by Graham Palmer | May 17, 2017 | Networks
Electricity networks and disruption Clayton Christensen’s theory of disruption was originally based on his observations about disc drives. He saw that the manufacturers of 14” drives for mainframes had been driven out of business by manufacturers of 8” drives for...
by Graham Palmer | May 4, 2017 | Electricity
A few thoughts on the electricity ‘death spiral’ One of Germany’s exports has been the idea of ‘energy democratisation’ – the Energiewende is not just a transition to renewable energy but a switch to energy democracy. But was does energy democracy...
by Graham Palmer | Apr 25, 2017 | Silicon Valley
Energy technologies and the Silicon Valley mindset Horace Dediu identified the twin personalities of Google – Google A solves problems of humanity and Google B solves problems for advertisers. Google A is known for their moonshot programs and optimism, Google B...
by Graham Palmer | Apr 22, 2017 | EROI
A Framework for Incorporating EROI into Electrical Storage The fundamental problem with a transition to renewable energy is that modern society has been structured around demand-based power flows. Any quantity of power is available at any time – the only limit...
by Graham Palmer | Apr 21, 2017 | Oil
Leif Wenar- Blood Oil From 1807, Britain tried to suppress the Atlantic slave trade until eventual success its 1867. In the late eighteenth century nearly everyone of influence or power in Britain had a direct or indirect interest in the slave trade. In 1805–1806 the...
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