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Energy4Life
14.11.2008.16:44
I. Third generation energy sources are different from more conventional energy sources now in use and are environmentally friendly by nature
- Third generation energy sources are based on forces of nature, like magnetism, gravity, high voltage gradients, coriolis forces, etc
- Unlike energy from fossil fuels, or nuclear energy (1st generation), and energy from the sun or the wind (2nd generation), 3rd generation energy sources can be harnessed everywhere, and all the time. They do not need to be distributed over long distances to the end user.
- Application of these energy sources is very attractive because they are environmentally friendly by nature, are free to use and can be applied in a multitude of applications at any scale (small, medium and large) at any location in the world, without losing it’s effectiveness
II. Contrary to conventional knowledge of physics, these third generation energy sources can be harnessed in a relatively cheap and energy-effective way and promise to be really applicable in our daily lives (today there is sufficient evidence available to that respect)
Some examples are:
- Gravity Assisted Power (GAP) technology, by means of the pendulum mechanism, is now being successfully tested and working. Many other energy harnessing inventions have recently surfaced using the pendulum as power transfer-mechanism.
- More than a dozen inventions have (recently) surfaced using a wide variety of high voltage (low current) principles to induce a number of important chemical reactions in a highly efficient way (for instance: water to hydrogen and oxygen, cold cracking of crude oils, plasma guided flue gas purification from SOx and NOx)
- Many inventions feature the smart use of the Coriolis force as a means of harvesting energy from rotating systems.
- A number of inventions have recently surfaced using permanent magnets (neodymium) as a source of energy.
Flow
26.10.2008.20:52
The most obvious explanation, is of course that flow comes from any kind of substance that 'flows'. It is also this metaphor, of the flow of (for instance) water, from which we can explain into more detail how projects, or your work, or even your life can be in flow.
When water flows naturally, it is not experiencing any obstacles or hindrances, it just adapts to the external circumstances in a natural way. It is not resisting, it's just moving on, not trying to do otherwise, following the way it has to follow, without some external force telling it how it should move.
If we say that we bring "projects in flow", we mean that projects are brought into a state where they start moving themselves, without any obstacles. It is not the same as bringing a project 'on track'. Bringing a project on track implies that the project should follow the previously determined and fixed track. The difference is that a project which is brought in flow, does not have to follow the fixed track. Projects in flow are set up in a way that they move, while still being able to adapt and move with the changing reality.
Quote of the Month 2:
Dr. Eli Goldratt
19.10.2008.21:07
This months quote comes again from the founder of the Theory of Constraints and Critical Chain Project Management, Dr. Eli Goldratt.
"… what some would call academic-resource optimization, sequence optimization, investment optimization. I call them irrelevant." -- Dr. Eliyahu Goldratt
Quite a provocative quote, but it points out to one of the essential principles of TOC: local optimization doesn't necessary lead to global optimization. With the Theory of Constraints managers will try to look at the whole, and see how to improve the whole of the system, instead of gaining only local improvements.