tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660668376564486356.post683635373655685418..comments2023-05-18T15:36:55.078+03:00Comments on Open Duck: The efficiency triangleAsko K.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17128056786952824895noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660668376564486356.post-42470597619918338102011-05-18T08:54:52.578+03:002011-05-18T08:54:52.578+03:00That is the trap and I've always found the fol...That is the trap and I've always found the following picture the saddest example of that problem;<br />http://failblog.org/2009/10/10/limo-fail/<br /><br />Indeed a number of people are awake to the reality of consumerism; some have always questioned as appears in some of the literature. We're all, unfortunately stuck with it at the moment.<br /><br />A mate sent me this excellent short presentation;<br />http://www.ted.com/talks/marcin_jakubowski.html<br /><br />That is along the lines of genuine prosperity as I know and understand it. Open source information sharing is akin to the freely available resources I've been discussing of late. It's principles that don't suit any social paradigm so far explored.Mothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15894597496694539200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660668376564486356.post-63356400417715419522011-05-18T08:28:19.184+03:002011-05-18T08:28:19.184+03:00Thanks, Moth, for the comment.
You are absolutely...Thanks, Moth, for the comment.<br /><br />You are absolutely right about the "why" and about the need of putting a price on the "externalities".<br /><br />The first time I remember asking "why" (with regard to such issues) was during Christmas present sharing. Must have been 8 or 9. You know, we get *lots* of presents in Finland (as I think you do, as well). Anyways, the Santa lives here so maybe we get even more. *<:)<br /><br />But for the young boy, it was more than enough. Why so many presents? I realized only some of them would become really precious. The rest.. would soon be junk and thrown away. It said "Made in Hong Kong" at the bottom.<br /><br />So - why?<br /><br />For my parents and grandparents, who obviously were mostly to be "blamed" for this mountain of gifts, it must have been to show that we can. To show love. To show caring and nurture. That's all fine - only less of presents would actually have done the same thing.<br /><br />But was I going to open my mouth? No. I did realize that might not be the right approach (though it would have been brave). Saying: "dammit. Don't you realize I get the loving with a few less presents". I guess I sometimes did something akin to that, eventually.<br /><br />Then there's the other axis - friends. My friends got about as much presents, and of course after Christmas when we were out we'd compare what everyone's gotten. It's the relative amount of stuff you get. You don't want to be the one with 3 presents, if others got 30. You want to be at least around 25. And with the hip presents.<br /><br />Isn't it exactly so with the world?<br /><br />Some of us have woken from this era of consumption to the next era - maybe of collaboration and sharing. Some are still in the consumption era. And some (countries) haven't even made it there, yet.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660668376564486356.post-16698730606121400602011-05-18T05:18:09.824+03:002011-05-18T05:18:09.824+03:00A while ago, I had a small role in eco-mapping (ie...A while ago, I had a small role in eco-mapping (ie. industry efficiency mapping),in which such a model would be a useful tool - not only for improving practices but for proactively designing consumable range.<br /><br />The most important factor, however, (and the main driver behind the series I've put forward to The Sustainable Cities Collective) is a fundamental question; "Why?"<br /><br />Arguably the most short-sighted human activities are the result of this. We have a strong ideologically based presumption that resources are there to be exploited. As our technology improves, we get better at obtaining them, driving down costs. It's inaccurate that it has been largely for the improvement of societies, but that's another problem on it own.<br /><br />The problem starts with shifting our views of resources - ie. answering the "why?"<br /><br />Resources are the true wealth. They need to be managed and maintained and hopefully invested in to accrue interest. Resources are not from nature with the only cost association in extraction. An initial value needs to be addressed (much like is happening in recent years with placing a price on carbon).<br /><br />In that way, it becomes cheaper to reuse and recycle than to extract. It becomes more sensible to shift behaviours that favour energy transfer in cycling resource processing rather than linear waste conversion. By assigning wealth to resources, we include the missing link in the sustainable processes desperately required in human activity.<br /><br />At that point, models, such as yours here and "eco-mapping" and renewable resource innovation become what they should be; the fundamentals.<br /><br />It is a wealthy, liberated society that would be created, but it would look little like todays.<br /><br />I'm not currently involved with industry in this way, but I am linkable on LinkIn at http://au.linkedin.com/in/mothlubckeMothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15894597496694539200noreply@blogger.com