[This is a replication of a post made
in a public forum. The post discusses the From Earth To
Venus Project. If you are interested in participating in
this project, please consider registering on the Global
Forums of the Zeitgeist Movement and joining
in on the dialog].
Everyone:
As has been denoted previously, as a central focus of the
Creative Team, we are working to create a website which
can explore two important issues:
1) The Carry Capacity of the Earth in a general way: essentially
documenting the raw materials/energy resources of the planet
in as much detail as can be obtained.
(A "Resource Database", if you will.)
2) A Virtual Global Redesign initiative where a planetary
society is built "from scratch", using the most
modern principles of technological application and conservation,
in a full systems approach, taking into account the current
needs of the world's population.
The former issue is fairly straight forward,
as it is a matter of the Team investigating what information
is available about the current state of resources.
A global survey. It was suggested that we consider Google
Maps API as a possible "map" program which
can allow us to denote locations of resources or areas of
energy concentration. For example, MIT has found many concentrations
of Geothermal. These locations and values would be input
into our model via a Google API layer.
(If any of you out there have a better idea... let's hear
it.)
In turn, using the prior example of geothermal
energy, a hypothetical project would be created where distribution
methods for Geothermal would also be created. This would
be within the Virtual Global Redesign initiative. A sub-team
of this idea could work to show the most efficient methods
which could be utilized to spread that energy over the adjacent
regions, in the most efficient way. Each proposal would
undergo a peer review by members. Once accepted, it would
be input into our larger database / "design".
I hope these examples are clear. There are
a huge range of possibilities here and I believe it is a
terrific thought exercise. Again, this isn't about individual
inventions- It is about inferential hypotheticals based
on the simple notion of maximizing the efficiency of our
usage of the planet, without the hindrance of money or the
current established orders.
This is very bold idea and it has never been
done. We should start simple. So, I would like anyone who
is in programming or engineering to consider this challenge
and open a dialog here for ideas about the basics of the
website, first.
Then, my goal is to establish a small group
of organizers who can begin giving critical thought/points
to the issue, as based on the tenets of The Venus Project.
~Peter
