MeekAndMild
New member
My take is that the politics of central energy distribution versus distributed energy is on-topic. Thanks to the moderators for your indulgence.
As you all know we are in a political crisis related to the price of crude oil and lack of refinery potential. In my opinion the oil distribution system is an example of hydraulic despotism, where a government or oligarchy controls the public availability of a resource needed by citizens for their daily affairs. As such it causes a risk to personal freedom and economic well being as well as community prosperity. We have many historical examples of totalitarian societies resulting from such central distribution systems, the most widely recognized ones having been the Mayan empire and the ancient Egyptian empire. In my opinion the only way for us to maintain a free society is to pursue development of small bioenergy systems.
For those youngsters who have never heard of the ways our parents (and possibly some of our more seasoned members) got around this impasse during the Great Depression and WW-II I'm going to add some information links about small scale hydrocarbon generation. Please consider going to alternative sites so you don't totally overwhelm the servers downloading PDF copies of the 1989 FEMA handbook on the subject.
Wikipedia article on the subject
Link to DTIC file description page
Windward.org generator construction page
Green Trust bioelectricity generation linkpage
As you all know we are in a political crisis related to the price of crude oil and lack of refinery potential. In my opinion the oil distribution system is an example of hydraulic despotism, where a government or oligarchy controls the public availability of a resource needed by citizens for their daily affairs. As such it causes a risk to personal freedom and economic well being as well as community prosperity. We have many historical examples of totalitarian societies resulting from such central distribution systems, the most widely recognized ones having been the Mayan empire and the ancient Egyptian empire. In my opinion the only way for us to maintain a free society is to pursue development of small bioenergy systems.
For those youngsters who have never heard of the ways our parents (and possibly some of our more seasoned members) got around this impasse during the Great Depression and WW-II I'm going to add some information links about small scale hydrocarbon generation. Please consider going to alternative sites so you don't totally overwhelm the servers downloading PDF copies of the 1989 FEMA handbook on the subject.
Wikipedia article on the subject
Link to DTIC file description page
Windward.org generator construction page
Green Trust bioelectricity generation linkpage