enernet economy
2063 jose luis cruz
can you imagine a future in which we speak of a squanderable abundance of energy? bob metcalfe, inventor of ethernet
c. 2013
world at night
c. 2063
world at night
energy consumption
8
%
2010
renewable energy
nuclear electric
wind 11% 1% solar biomass 53% geothermal 3% hydroelectric 31%
37
9
%
21
%
coal
%
25
%
crude oil
natural gas
fossil fuels currently contribute 77% of all energy sources. Globalization 101, fossil fuels http://www.globalization101.org/fossil-fuels/#
global oil discoveries
barrels per year (billions)
70
global oil production
60 50 40 30 20 10 0 1920
1940
1960
1980
2000
2020
2040
2060
Paul Chefurka, world energy to 2050: forty years of decline http://www.paulchefurka.ca/WEAP2/WEAP2.html
global economies 2013
THE ECONOMIST INTELLIGENCE UNIT, THE GLOBAL DEBT CLOCK http://www.economist.com/content/global _ debt _ clock
global DEBT CRISIS 2013
$50,000,000,000,000 2013 debt
global DEBT CRISIS 2013
$50,000,000,000,000 2013 debt $53,000,000,000,000 2014 debt
energy
money
earth’s population
+
-
population
exponential decrease in available fossil fuels
exponential decline of global currencies
exponential GROWTH OF GLOBAL POPULATIONS
petroleum + coal + natural gas account for AN OVERWHELMING PERCENTAGE OF OUR ENERGY USAGE.
THE WORLD’S LEADING ECONOMIES COLLAPSE UNDER INEVITABLE BANKRUPTCY.
HUMANS WILL CONTINUE TO GROW, BECOMING ONE OF THE GREAT RESOURCES OF THE FUTURE.
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earth’s population
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money
exponential decrease in available fossil fuels
exponential decline of global currencies
petroleum + coal + natural gas account for more
petroleum + coal + natural gas account for more
variables
2063 SCENARIO #1
RENEWABLE ENERGY AS CURRENCY
TRADITIONAL PAPER MONEY AND GOLD RESERVES BECOME OBSOLETE, REPLACED BY A GLOBAL ENERGY CURRENCY.
2063 SCENARIO #1: ENERGY AS CURRENCY
WHAT MADE GOLD VALUABLE?
1. IT CANNOT BE CREATED OR DESTROYED. IT DOES NOT OXIDIZE. 2. IT IS RARE, BUT NOT TOO RARE. 3. IT IS DIVISIBLE AND CAN BE ADDED TO FORM LARGER PIECE. 4. IT IS EASY TO HANDLE AND STORE. 5. All gold is equal.
2063 SCENARIO #1: ENERGY AS CURRENCY
WHAT IS MORE VALUABLE?
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2063 SCENARIO #1: ENERGY AS CURRENCY
SOURCES OF NEW CURRENCY
8
%
renewable energy wind 11% 1% solar biomass 53% geothermal 3% hydroelectric 31%
2063 SCENARIO #1: ENERGY AS CURRENCY
SOURCES OF NEW CURRENCY
100
%
renewable energy wind solar biomass geothermal hydroelectric biomechanical harvesting
2063 SCENARIO #1: ENERGY AS CURRENCY
changing role of the individual
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PROSUMER of energy
kinetic + thermal harvest
store + circulate
extract + exchange
biomechanical harvest
36%
a portion of harvested energy goes towards public infrastructure
thermal
25%
wind
41%
other
harvest is stored as personal savings
2063 SCENARIO #2
THE ENERNET
current energy supply infrastructure
future energy supply infrastructure
‘23
space-based solar power
biochemical harvesting
segmented smart grids
2013 energy
‘33 ‘43 ‘53
2063
energy
enernet
photovoltaic glass
bio-enhanced fuels
space-based solar power
‘23
ecocortex
immersive virtual reality
smart drugs telepresence biochemical harvesting
segmented smart grids cyber warfare
organ printing
2013 energy
‘33 ‘43 ‘53
2063
energy
enernet
remote presence
stem cell treatment
interplanetary internet
reputation economy
photovoltaic glass
world wide wireless web
synthetic blood
bio-enhanced fuels
cloud computing