Our Future, at the Intersection of Energy, Computation, Information, Materials, Crypto.
We currently are at the cusp of a revolution - an irruption point. Energy is its fundamental building block. But we must get politics right, or find trustless solutions that can work.
“Everything in the universe exists at the intersection of 3 things: Energy, materials (atoms), and information.” ― Mark P. Mills
“Energy makes life possible. But for energy, nothing exists.” ― Mark P. Mills
"Energy, compute, and digital currency will make this digital, multi-polar future possible". ― Meltem Demirors
Bloomberg: The number of service-delivery protests in South Africa — demonstrations over the failure of providing services such as electricity and water — may reach a new annual record. The country is suffering its worst-ever electricity blackouts and patience is fraying over the deterioration of municipal services, leading to 122 protests in the first six months of the year. At that rate, this year may overtake the 237 incidents of 2018, dwarfing the lull during the pandemic years.
“You can have the most advanced and efflorescent cultures. Get your politics wrong, however, and everything stands to be swept away. This is not ancient history. This is Germany 1933.” ― Charles Krauthammer, Things That Matter: Three Decades of Passions, Pastimes and Politics
A protest organized by the Economic Freedom Fighters in Pretoria. Photographer: Guillem Sartorio/Bloomberg
Energy is a basic human right. It is the indispensable ingredient for any community to develop and emerge out of poverty.
The so-called “green energy” that patently failed in the West (case in point, Germany) that neo-colonialism would like to impose on developing countries won’t be able to provide for the billions of people we need to add to the grid right now.
That is why we need a political reality check that recognizes this simple fact and pushes forward with gas and nuclear much faster.