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0. The Sol Journey - part one

eerik — 2009-01-26T12:13:30Z

So I've spent about a year and a half voyaging spreading solar concentration, and then about a year recovering and reflecting upon the effort.

Among my objectives was to test my philosophy and so I have done. My philosophy was put to a rigorous stress test and the weaknesses within were revealed in fractures failure.

However, there was also successes, more so I believe than failure. At least 10 people have learned the solar concentration technique I set out to diffuse, and 5 have built machines independently. The solar fire project now has a functioning website www.solarfire.org in which I've managed to get spip up and running, so anyone can log in and contribute material. And las but not least, the first construction guide of the Vesta, a smaller version of the Vesta, the Batant, which also contains some new techniques developed here in France.

I also managed not to die nor seriously injure myself which is notable.

Overall, I believe the plan and philosophy worked very well, and the errors I will now turn to only served to slow and tire us. A good analogy is that we decided to trail blaze in unknown environments, certain that the conventional path always leads to conventional ends, and though the progress was slow and difficult the training experience made up for lost time ... and my lost travelers fork/knife set I stole from the army ... sigh. And so, once one is comfortable with trail blazing, then one has no fear to use the conventional path where it makes sense to do so.

It is this total refusal of the conventional path, and insistence on radical solutions on all things, problems and non-problems alike, which is a mistake. We stubbornly stuck to this method, and would only compromise it only after exhaustive discussion and contemplation, so exhaustive it would itself impart at the least a radical flavour to conventional conclusion. And to this I shall turn in the next instalment in this series.

This is a patchwork of unfinished texts, work notes, components that were useful in developing my projects and ideas.

eerik — 2008-07-28T17:12:08Z

- 8. Selected notes

0. About this section

eerik — 2008-07-21T14:29:45Z

Here is found the philosophical system I have been working on for some time now to try to deal with these turbulent times. Writing all this will take me some ... I have a map now at least.

0. About this section

eerik — 2008-07-21T14:23:25Z

Here are found short articles and essays on diverse subjects that capt my interest: ecology, solar energy, sustainability, philosophy, critiques ... - 5. Articles

1. Who am I?

Eerik — 2008-07-21T14:05:21Z

As I go about my day, I am mostly concerned with bridging the gap between ecological theory and implementation on the ground. Though I have a bit of training in mathematics from my days of mathematics, outdoor survival from my days as a conscript in the Finnish defense forces, and creativity from my days as a creature, I am mostly self taught in philosophy, music, sustainable technology, and a bit of web mastery.

I am involved in a few projects that actually exist, as seen in the Projects Box ... as well as many that don't exist but I'm currently working on.

I play chess as well as a form of scrabble where only invented words are allowed ... I regularly score 400 points or more. I enjoy the letter Q.

2. Oil Depletion

Eerik — 2008-07-13T19:24:58Z

The amount of oil we can take from the ground each year is about to reach a limit that cannot be increased by ingenuity or determination. That limit will then decrease forever, with short plateaus and little upward bumps on the way down. A similar limit for natural gas will follow in a few years. continue

1. The Sixth Extinction

Eerik — 2008-07-13T19:24:53Z

There is little doubt left in the minds of professional biologists that Earth is currently faced with a mounting loss of species that threatens to rival the five great mass extinctions of the geological past. As long ago as 1993, Harvard biologist E.O. Wilson estimated that Earth is currently losing something on the order of 30,000 species per year — which breaks down to the even more daunting statistic of some three species per hour. Some biologists have begun to feel that this biodiversity crisis — this “Sixth Extinction” — is even more severe, and more imminent, than Wilson had supposed. Continue

1. The Urgency of Local Solar Power

Eerik — 2008-07-13T12:06:25Z

http://www.solarfire.org/en/doc_en_...

5. Treehugger

Eerik — 2008-07-13T12:00:17Z

http://www.treehugger.com/

6. Philosophy Forum

Eerik — 2008-07-13T12:00:17Z

http://forums.philosophyforums.com/