One of the takeaways from this week's lesson would have to be the concept of free energy to all citizens of the world presented by Darius. Pay once and enjoy the limitless amount of energy provided, instead of paying for what you use. After coming so far in the technology field, surely we can achieve that vision of the writer. Darius presented to us four forces that prevented the realization of this dream, they were respectively the wealthy families of the world, governments, scams and exaggerations and last but not least the rest of us. After reading through the article that Darius posted, all these forces would not be possible, as suggested by the writer, with the existence of unspiritually motivated behavior. Are we so immune to our surroundings that we cannot be bothered with everything else with the exception of our self-interests? We are so blinded with self-preservation and greed that we do not spare a thought for the greater good. As with the case of the force of wealthy families, they were so obsessed with their personal wealth that they are willing to sacrifice free energy just to continuing earning from us. If we could just step back and look at the bigger picture, I'm sure free energy would be within our grasp.
Why aren't we using the Sun?
The sun provides us with more energy in a hour than the world's energy consumption in a year. That is one of the jaw-dropping statistic shared in class. With this fact, we have to wonder why are we so dependent on fossil fuels, one of the main contributors to global warming? Why aren't we breaking out of the fossil fuel cycle and focusing that massive ball of limitless heat? Germany, as shown in one of the videos, have taken the first step and build their very own 'Great Wall' of solar panels. It's not like we do not have the technology but countries are still so slow in making full use of solar power, which is related to the argument of free energy mentioned earlier. Fossil fuels can only last us a maximum of 50 years with our current rate of consumption, by that time, what are we going to survive on? Shale Gas? With solar power, we can eliminate any pollution coming from the burning of fossil fuels, any oil spills and all other catastrophes. We can expect a cleaner, less expensive source of energy.
Desperation drives innovation
That was one of my point i realized in the search for my article for my presentation. Like in the case of Britain, they would never thought of gasification as a practical solution if not for those hefty E.U. fines. And sadly that is the case for many other countries, they have to be pushed in order to see any changes. Like i said earlier, with the impending depletion of fossil fuels, when will the world see the light in renewables or alternative sources? One of the reading focus on being fully driven by renewables by 2050 and the policies or attitudes needed for this goal to be achieved. My personal take is we might achieve that not because we want a cleaner or better world but because we have run out of options. Man have to be pushed to the limit of 'do-or-die situation' before they start putting on their thinking caps and seriously sit down and resolve the issue at hand.
Man's shortcomings
This module is called 'technology world change' but what i observed after these 9 weeks, is actually 'human world change'. Man are both inspirational and disappointing at the same time. We can have moments of brilliance like flying to the moon or create phones which can respond to us but we can also dump waste into oceans without any sort of guilt and exploit other countries for their resources. Technology arises from the minds of man and it is up to man to use it to better our lives, which we know may no be the case at times. With every breakthrough, there would definitely be exploitation as if they come hand in hand like a package deal. Maybe with one less exploitation for every breakthrough, we can actually advance further than we have now.
Desperation drives innovation
That was one of my point i realized in the search for my article for my presentation. Like in the case of Britain, they would never thought of gasification as a practical solution if not for those hefty E.U. fines. And sadly that is the case for many other countries, they have to be pushed in order to see any changes. Like i said earlier, with the impending depletion of fossil fuels, when will the world see the light in renewables or alternative sources? One of the reading focus on being fully driven by renewables by 2050 and the policies or attitudes needed for this goal to be achieved. My personal take is we might achieve that not because we want a cleaner or better world but because we have run out of options. Man have to be pushed to the limit of 'do-or-die situation' before they start putting on their thinking caps and seriously sit down and resolve the issue at hand.
Man's shortcomings
This module is called 'technology world change' but what i observed after these 9 weeks, is actually 'human world change'. Man are both inspirational and disappointing at the same time. We can have moments of brilliance like flying to the moon or create phones which can respond to us but we can also dump waste into oceans without any sort of guilt and exploit other countries for their resources. Technology arises from the minds of man and it is up to man to use it to better our lives, which we know may no be the case at times. With every breakthrough, there would definitely be exploitation as if they come hand in hand like a package deal. Maybe with one less exploitation for every breakthrough, we can actually advance further than we have now.
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