A. Simple, Inexpensive, off-shelf components.
B. Rapid deployment and usage.
Given the current situation:
It can be done NOW, today, w/o expensive capital needed to build new semiconductor fabrication plants.
The only requirement is peoples’ willingness in working together. Since there seems a likely way for everyone to
gain somehow, and a new market created thanks to President Obama for investors, inventors, and an opening for an entire workforce of new jobs; not to mention building a sustainable future, I should hope we can do this.
"It" is way over my head. I worked out a very small part of "it" down to a basic design and a pseudo-algorithm based on published research data. There are an enormous number of components to be integrated; yet all exist as commodity goods or well established research data At this very moment.
References:
1. Energy and heating systems.
-Distributed energy systems
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decentralized_energy
-Distributed heating
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/District_heating
-->and in the real world: US DOE page
http://www.eere.energy.gov/de/
2. Three key terms as the future trend of networked computing.
- Autonomous Networking
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autonomic_Networking
- Context Aware Applications
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Context_aware_network
- Ad-hoc wireless networks
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ad-hoc_wireless_network
--> and in the real world: EU funded academic/industry collaboration projects.
http://www.ana-project.org/web/
Note the participants:
http://www.ana-project.org/web/partners/start
--> in the US IBM and Intel
IBM Autonomic Computing Website
Intel White Paper: Towards an Autonomic Framework
3. Applications: examples and precedents
The SECOAS project demonstrates practical application of concepts 1 and 2, and operation in extreme conditions is possible.
http://www.cs.kent.ac.uk/projects/secoas/papers.htm
4. US Economic reasons:
Taken from
http://www.barackobama.com/pdf/issues/economy/EconomicPolicyFullPlan.pdf
Paid for by Obama for America
Invest in U.S. Manufacturing: The Obama comprehensive energy independence and climate change plan not
only help strengthen Americas energy security and tackle global climate change, but it will also make strategic
investments in American workers and American businesses to create millions of new jobs. The Obama plan will
invest in Americas highly-skilled manufacturing workforce and manufacturing centers to ensure that American
workers have the skills and tools they need to pioneer the first wave of green technologies that will be in high
demand throughout the world. Obama will also provide specific tax assistance and loan guarantees to the
domestic auto industry to ensure that new fuel-efficient cars and trucks are build in the U.S. with American
workers.
Create New Job Training Programs for Clean Technologies: The Obama plan will increase funding for
federal workforce training programs and direct these programs to incorporate green technologies training, such
as advanced manufacturing and weatherization training, into their efforts to help Americans find and retain
stable, high-paying jobs. Obama will also create an energy-focused youth jobs program to invest in
disconnected and disadvantaged youth. This program will provide youth participants with energy efficiency
and environmental service opportunities to improve the energy efficiency of homes and buildings in their
communities, while also providing them with practical skills and experience in important career fields of
expected high-growth employment. Participants will not only be able to use their training to find new jobs, but
also build skills that will help them move up the career ladder over time.
Boost the Renewable Energy Sector and Create New Jobs: The Obama plan will create new federal
policies, and expand existing ones, that have been proven to create new American jobs. Obama will create a
federal Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) that will require 25% of American electricity be derived from
renewable sources by 2025. This measure, which builds off what many states across the nation have enacted,
has the potential to create hundreds of thousands of new jobs on its own. Barack Obama will also extend the
federal Production Tax Credit (PTC), a measure which has been used successfully for years by American
farmers and investors to increase renewable energy production and create new local jobs.
The Obama plan will also enact bold new energy efficiency goals for buildings and appliances, which will both
reduce middle class Americans monthly electricity bills and help jumpstart the construction and manufacturing
industries. Additionally, the Obama plan will provide tax credits for locally-owned biofuel refineries which
have already started to strengthen the economic vitality of rural America.
I should add that the industry standard IEEE 1547.2 titled "Application Guide for IEEE 1547 standard for Interconnecting Distributed Resources with Electric Power Systems" was just approved in 2008.
The adoption of an industry standard, from a technical viewpoint, is key to widespread commercial deployment of such technology. The final element required, IEEE P1901 or
"standard for high speed (>100 Mbps at the physical layer) communication devices via alternating current electric power lines"
the baseline specifications confirmed only a few weeks ago, around Jan. 09, 2009.
The press release is here: http://grouper.ieee.org/groups/1901/PR_1901_7Jan08.pdf
