A basic attribute of any civilization is its energy usage,
sources, and technologies. The sustainability of any society -- from the most
basic to the most technologically advanced -- is dependent upon the long term
usage of energy, its availability and the technology which transforms one form
of energy into another to accomplish useful work.
PHISOLAMA FOUNDATION, with its commitment to encourage and
support sustainable communities, projects, and other initiatives recognizes this
critical factor in having readily available energy resources and appropriately
utilizing sustainable energy uses, methods, and technologies.
PHISOLAMA FOUNDATION is therefore committed to supporting
and encouraging the research, development, and implementation of energy sources
that are sustainable, inexhaustible, ecologically sound and locally controlled.
Such energy sources include solar, wind, tidal, hydro, "virtual energy", and
other sources of energy. Ample attention will be given to ephemeralization ("doing more with less"), the "Right
Use of Energy" (conservation, efficiency, and selectivity as to energy usage),
and adherence to comprehensive design in the development of each and every
technology.
Utilizing the criteria and underlying philosophy of the
Science & Technology Strategy as a basis, energy research and development
will focus on energy conservation, and those alternative forms of energy
production and resources which meet the following criteria:
¨Sustainable and/or Renewable
¨Ecologically sound
¨Locally controlled
¨Inexhaustibility, a fourth criteria
will be sought but not constitute a disqualifying condition
Traditionally, the energy technologies which qualified under
the above criteria included: solar, wind, tidal, and hydro.
Solar
is currently considered uneconomical and therefore underutilized. PHISOLAMA will
support a Solar R&D center both actively and by making accessible knowledge
and communications services available to further Solar and any other truly
inexhaustible and environmentally near-zero impact source on the immediate
technological horizon.
Wind being a solar driven effect, it is also inexhaustible
and free of negative effects with the possible exception of EMF health concerns.
Research and implementation in wind energy generation will be facilitated in the
same manner as solar.
Tidal and hydro are even more location specific. The
restrictions on tidal are substantially created by the restriction of
development to shorelines, which have environmental impacts, and few, if any,
shore lines would be appropriate from either economic or ecological reasons,
while hydro has major environmental impacts not acceptable except perhaps in
terms of "Low-Head Hydro", which have the benefit of being locally controlled.
Research on both methods of power generation will have the same priority and be
furthered in the same way as solar and wind. The use of tidal energy by floating
and/or submerged ocean communities will be considered also.
Also, in this category is the utilizing "ocean
thermal-gradient" as a potential energy source.
PHISOLAMA recognizes explicitly that the alleged lack of
feasibility of many alternative energy sources has been based on the axiom that
such feasibility is determined strictly by economics. The establishment of a
Viable Eco-field however, does not require adherence to existing paradigms or
old assumptions. In addition, an advantage of solar and other energy
technologies is that they are oriented toward a simpler and less technological
society -- a preference that is strongly appealing for many individuals.
PHISOLAMA is further committed to supporting and encouraging
projects which adhere to the "Right Use of Energy", i.e. energy conservation,
energy efficiency, ephemeralization ("doing more with less" -- a
combination of conservation and efficiency), and selectivity (i.e. the choice
and desirability of the appropriate uses to which different forms of energy are
applied).
PHISOLAMA is also dedicated to promoting a comprehensive
design criteria in the various stages of a technology's development (leading to
ephemeralization), and -- where
appropriate -- bypassing old axioms such as economics which might otherwise
dictate the late or premature timing of introducing new energy devices and
concepts.
From a modern, technologically oriented world viewpoint, new
innovative energy devices offer the best opportunities to effectively provide
sustainable, ecologically sound, and locally controlled sources of energy. Some
of these devices utilize as a fuel a resource that either has traditionally been
considered a waste product or a virtually inexhaustible source of fuel such as
ordinary water. In at least one case, a water-fueled device is in the late
stages of development, and might easily come under the purview of a PHISOLAMA's effort to make it available
to a large segment of the population.
Inexhaustible sources of energy come under the category of
so-called "free energy" or "over-unity energy" devices. These new and
extraordinary devices range from so-called "Cold Fusion" and specific designs
such as the "Patterson Fuel Cell" to what is known as "zero-point energy" and
"space energy" devices. Zero-point and space energy devices also exist and
appear to involve either other dimensions (hyper-dimensions beyond the
traditional four-dimensional space-time reality), or simply the basic inertia of
the universe. Both forms offer energy that is literally inexhaustible. Modern
calculations, for example, have estimated the available zero-point energy to be
ten to the 70th power times the total nuclear energy availability. These modern
innovations have the advantage of being near-term and appear to have already
passed the "proof-of-concept" stage in their development.
Alternative inventions (such as those by Tesla, Schauberger, et al) may also bear
revisiting. PHISOLAMA expects to be involved with the research and development
of such devices in a material and strongly interactive way, but simultaneously,
maintaining the integrity of the Right Use of Energy and Ephemeralization of Usage.
