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Welcome to my OWW page. Link to the Open Source Solar LED Lighting Project:







I am interested in starting an OpenWetWare lab project in bioengineering organic semiconductors, batteries+solar utilities, and Fab@Home[1][2] +RepRap[3][4][5], three developments which are mutually inclusive towards a free electricity project called GNUOPV. These designs, protocols, and biokits/strains will be freely downloadable and replicable for anyone to share and modify, exactly like GNU/GPL free software[6][7]. Bacteria cost very little to copy, as are harddrives with lots of data can copy operating systems and public domain media. At least one lab that I've recently discovered is researching virally-grown batteries and solar panels[8]. Richard Stallman[9] began the Free Software Foundation[10] and wrote the first General Public License for software[11] after fixing printers at MIT and realizing the source code was proprietary[12][13]. Further back in time, Johannes Gutenberg[14][15] developed the movable type in the 15th century. One of the most significant contributions to the Scientific Revolution was the ability to replicate the printed word. 3-D printing offers a similar potential for the Industrial Revolution. A particularly useful utility from 3-D printers could be towards the development of free electricity. I say electricity and not energy because electricity is the barenaked, universal medium/platform for most energy needs, and solar panels are the distributed/decentralized (off-line) utility (personal computer-like) that allows one to use software without an energy carrier[16] or, in software, SaaS[17][18] (a.k.a. on-line electricity [19], the middleman, gas, municipal water, and garbage bills). Though, I may use the terms electricity and energy interchangeably as I refine this page or to describe them in different contexts. I use a lot of analogies in this page since I previously studied English and am familiar with metaphors. I also liken its use in Biology [20].


Technical Synopsis

My first project will document with protocols on how to harvest porphyrins/phthalocyanines [21][22][23], PCBM [24] [25](and later, organic cathodes, anodes from polyaniline/anthraquinone+other organic conductors: [26]) from yeast, bacillus atropheus, b. thuringiensis, or b. subtilis[27] for use in OLEDs, capacitors, organic solar photovoltaic panels using soluble small molecules/solar cells/dye-sensitized solar cells[28]/quantum dot solar cells[29]/ on the scale of semi-synthetic artemisinin[30][31] while encouraging an open-ecosystem of protocols, data, materials on the scale of the Debian project[32][33], batteries[34] and other electronics. The integration of bioinspired systems and supramolecular chemistry of non-covalent structures can reduce the number of steps in developing inexpensive, renewable, and organic energy systems using self-assembling molecules like quinacridones -which are used for PLED lights- but porphyrins and phtalocyanines could form supramolecular assemblies in -p/-n junctions or DSSCs with advances in nanotechnology methods: "Supramolecular Chemistry: From Molecules to Nanomaterials, P.A. Gale and J.W. Steed (Eds), Wiley (2012) ISBN 978-0-470-74640-0". as in Additional molecules of interest include the photovoltaic mechanisms of xanthopterin. Free 17MB paper: Ariga, Katsuhiko; Hill, Jonathan P; Lee, Michael V; Vinu, Ajayan; Charvet, Richard; Acharya, Somobrata (2008). "Challenges and breakthroughs in recent research on self-assembly" Science and Technology of Advanced Materials 9: 014109. doi:10.1088/1468-6996/9/1/014109.[35]-voluminous and comprehensive at 97 pages. Additionally, integrating high-efficiency inkjet-printed[36] quantum dots: [37]

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alternate-official logo:



Lab Notebook

Lab notebook is located here(hasn't been used yet):



Energy comes in several mediums. The consumption of energy usually involves the combustion of fuel to generate heat to spin motors for the purpose of kinetic energy[38] or to spin turbines to generate electricity via electromagnetic induction [39] for the purpose of potential energy[40] when stored in a battery or capacitor. The ability to develop an energy generator utility that is accessible and affordable could come with advanced research and development efforts towards RepRap technology and bioengineering of microbes for the purpose of yielding abundant organic battery[[41]] and solar voltaic panel[42] raw materials[43]. World energy consumption is heavily based on non-renewable fossil fuels[44] and a new replacement could be developed faster through a distributed/decentralized effort similar to how the Linux GNU/GPL operating system was developed [45][46] and adopted with varying "market share" (with mild to moderate popularity) since the early 1990s. Linux software is stored in online repositories such as FTP servers [47] and via p2p [48] file-sharing[49]. Computer-aided design (CAD) stores 3D manufacturing blueprints in electronic medium as well. Efforts such as those by for hardware and for biological molecules allow both an electronic repository and an organization for physically replicable parts that could be accessed for research and applied towards hardware[50] and biotech instruments (Addenum: also develops biological constructs). The same type of organization inspired from led to the development of digital sharing content/media with,, and Open Farm Tech [51]. Furthermore, there are incentives such as the Gada Personal Manufacturing Prize[52]:

"Grand Personal Manufacturing Prize
by the judging panel.
   * time for reloading, and clearing of printer head jams.
   * printed.
   * Software to drive and manage banks of RepRap printers

This could accelerate the development of RepRaps that could be used towards distributed/decentralized, mass-production[53] of progressively efficient solar panels that would generate enough electricity to be "too cheap to matter"[54]



from: Also of reference:

To demonstrate how rapidly a freely distributable RepRap and solar utility kit could be developed, several affiliated projects could be developed simultaneously in an ad-hoc[56], self-organizing[57], hologenomic [58] hive-minded[59] superorganism[60][61]: an international[62][63][[64] effort to engineer microbial strains that yield durable, organic semi-conductors for the purpose of progressively efficient (5->40%+?) capture of insolation into organic solar photo voltaic panels and energy storage which could be integrated into a modular[65], future version[66] of a RepRap to develop a multiversal[67][68] battery, connector [69] and a compatible PV frame set [70] using a format similar to that of ISO standards and IEEE-SA specifications. Recharging a battery[71], auto, and home could be as fast as Wall-E [72] at sunrise as he gets ready for compacting trash of the long-departed humans orbiting space and surviving easily from space-ship automation.

"The proper tool for a task, Not every nail needs a hammer. Are we too fixated on Exotitech?" "Connectors and Batteries. Designing them to be society wide." (above links)



And all good things flow from...farms. Vertical polyculture[73][74] farms [75] using microbially-synthesized and RepRap'd OLED [76] grow lights [77] for food, and bioreactor farms for energy. Microbes can harvest conductors which can then yield solar energy for renewable power. Off-grid[78] solar utilities represents energy independence and is a right[79][80], not a privilege. GPL and post-scarcity[81] can make that possible. Just past the greenwashing[82] horizon is the "blue sky"[83] approach.

A warehouse of refrigerators insulated with SEAGel? [84][85]? Sounds like a modern arcology[86]. Grown aerogel(video-[87]) with rice husks[88][89]?

Arduino-based[[90]] microcontrollers[91] are a significant platform for hardware development and can benefit solar utilities with custom Battery Management Systems [92] and charge controllers [93][94][95]. Recent[96] developments in residential-based solar utilities using lithium-ion batteries[97] instead of larger absorbed glass mat[98] indicates an potentially expanding interest in solar energy using more compact battery designs, but also opens up the opportunity for modified digital battery controllers[99] that can be reverse-engineered for additional control systems[100], including regulation of HVAC[101], solar thermal[102] utilities, and even residential-based miniature water treatment plants [103][104][105][106] 3D Printers that could replicate entire waste treatment instruments, including nanoporous filters, strains, and pumps could be scaled down to the size of a water cooler to purify rainwater, sewage, and flooded basements. Even smaller homes themselves have found a resurgent popularity, due to the Small House Movement[107] and arcane zoning code research discoveries by Jay Shafer in changes to the federally adopted building codes since the late 1970s[108] Solar-powered atmospheric water generators [109][110] could derive enough potable water from thin, humid air, while desalination plants [111] deliver larger volumes of water at the expense of intensive electricity consumption.



Engineering Physics: [114][115][116][117][118][119][120][121]

Materials Science[122]/NanoMaterials- math, thermodynamics, statistical mechanics, kinetics, solid state physics, semiconductor heterojunctions, photovoltaic effect [123]

Bioengineering[124]/Metabolic Engineering -soluble small (conducting) molecules

Mechanical Engineering[125] -CAD[126], Fab@Home[127]

Ecology[128][129] [130][131][132]

High Priority Projects

Like the Free Software Project, a list of high priority projects[133] helps clarify the focus of this wiki and concentrate efforts on widely needed utilities (such as energy-efficient wireless internet [134]- operates at 2mW).

Two high priority projects here are

1. GNU photovoltaic panels

2. PLED lamps[135][136][137] in the milliwatt range (1-1000mW). (free/abundantly 3D printable, because neither old incandescant (2700k) nor planned obsolescence[138] bulbs should be the only two options: hybridized concepts include designing molecules to self-assemble supramolecular structures as in quinacridones for illumination, including using FRET: "Quinacridone can form a self-assembling, supramolecular organic semiconductor. [139] Alternativey, Quantum Dot LED inkjet printing [140](QDLED, or all-organic QDLED (OQDLED-without metal plate)

3. Arduino-programmed solar controllers

The first two, developed through RepRap and bioengineered molecules, would allow solar electricity to power lights in addition to extending the reading and cell-phone[141] charging times of remote villages[142] across the world.

4. Waterfilters- ultra and nano filters capable of filtering some of the dirtiest, contaminated water, along with portable, desalination instruments. This 2006 article [143] provides a good background starting point. Additionally, for 3D printng and Extreme Ultraviolet Lithography (EUV) (for washable, inorganic filters): [144][145][146][147][148][149][150]

5. Atmospheric water generator.

6. Bioplastic-based water bottles and/or bioplastic cups


Inorganic Industrialization and the Environment are at odds. Industrialization with spills[151] and planned obsolescence[152] makes environmental remediation more difficult, like added paperwork (if only it were that easy), delaying restoration. The late 20th century's transition from centralized manufacturing to service-based economies[153] is not enough to reduce global warming because many service sectors are unscientific and many old technologies are still used- internal combustion engines, Jet fuel, and air-conditioning[154][155] at excess levels-in 3,000 square foot homes. To suggest on this page that more manufacturing will solve the climate situation does not immediately make sense, even to me. However, the habits of consumers[156] suggests that new purchases aren't going away anytime soon, thus a kind solution is to phase out old-tech with phased-in "greener" tech. What happens in landfills[157] is still a bit of a mystery to me. As Blue Man Group simply put it for sewage, it flows "away" [158]. But the role of bacteria is not to do society's bidding, as bioremediators or pure factories. In a New Biology for a New Century[159], Carl Woese's abstract reads:

society's bidding and a biology that is society's teacher."

I interpret this to mean that society cannot rely on biotechnology to solve all of nature's problems without acknowledging that Biology requires basic research acknowledgment and should not solely be treated as a technology or tool. However, Rob Carlson's[160] book, despite the title, includes a thorough analysis of the emerging bioengineering field and the old establishment's shortcomings in adapting to the citizen/DIYBio science movements. So far, I've only read the parts on free software and open source biology, but I like the contrasts and comparisons of two and how the Apollo and Manhattan projects were mentioned. Both free software operating systems-GPL and atomic race+space race projects were analyzed to have been completed with large group efforts. The reasoning behind biology and my interest in it being free are for the same reason free software improved the Internet, Information and Communication age. Free source biology will certainly improve the medical/healthcare industry by promoting a lower (or non-existent) risk exchange[161] of ideas and tools towards solving diseases and developing cures. An economic model based on a free source biology would not be able to run on a conventional currency system, however. While a monetary exchange works most of the time, the leading edge of nanotechnology and increasingly diversifying research discoveries suggests, as is a problem in the software industry, that developments travel faster than snail mail patents beyond a workable model. I include links to barter software at the bottom of this page- I'd like to think they'll be useful one day, but as I like to think in terms of spacetime[162], maybe some form of human photosynthesis[163] could work, gaining net energy from the sun during the day and storing the energy to hibernate at night, but additional amounts externally, perhaps in a pail for simple retrieval. That's one way to put the pants on the table and wear the bread[164] in the house. A nomadic, phototrophic[165] lifestyle would certainly be stigmatized, at least initially, but it's the classic salad bowl[166][167]-turned-melting pot[168] story of immigration[169] in the United States.

What if renewable energy was only sustainable if it were biosynthetic, biodegradeable[170][171], and freely distributable? The mining of rare earths puts an extraordinary strain on manual labor. The generation of energy and consumption and its impact on the environment are treated as if they are mutually exclusive events [172]. Critical thinking[173][174] (a.k.a thought and number-crunching) is good for the environment, the same way crushed-aluminum cans compact space. But why are we buying cans anyways, and not drinking from a spring[175]? [176]

Bioremediation-based climate change solutions and studies [177][178][179]

The following is from [180] (but disagreeing with the point on methane clathrate as I think methanotroph bioremediation is a more environmentally friendly solution compared to exploitation of natural gas/methane.

(which put a man on the moon).
implied by the  rise in oil prices over the past year.
Neither entailed a great scientific challenge, but rather a vast engineering problem. Although invention  
was required, existing scientific 
methods were used.
game changer, like the integrated circuit, radio, or electricity. Such a paradigm shift requires an 
Apollo-scale investment, but in basic science."


The extraction of fossil fuels is an applied science. Fossil fuel depletion is bad for the environment even when fuel consumed as planned. The alternatives to this applied science, rather than the "best bad idea"[182], would require basic science research in systems ecology. Whether or not to turn its research results- those from simulation/scenario modeling into acts of geoengineering or ecological engineering[183] for the purpose of developing alternative sustainable renewable energy, electric/clean fuel utilities have to be integrated into a sustainable and predictable ecological system cycle.

Questions to be asked from basic science in systems ecology: What does thermodynamics teach us about irreversible entropy in the environment? How would the earth's climate progress if greenhouse gases did not increase as they currently are? Which ecological phenomena require the most study for the purpose of bioremediation and sustainability? What are the levels of conservation needed in addition to net decreases in greenhouse gases?

Linux as a species serves a software ecosystem a diverse function- to prevent the blight of a monoculture in an instance of an epidemic such as the Irish Potato Famine of 1845. Wine[184][185] accomplishes something like a backup for a software that is widespread but not always considered adequately maintained due to its size. A similar situation appears to be occurring with the recent reverse-engineering of Skype voice-over internet software[186]. The premise here seems to be that if a large population relies on a communication protocol or software that is not adequately supported due to resources or private interests with no legal obligations to support said abandoned software versions, a motivated community or individual is likely to re-create an alternative or derivation as a type of insurance against that dependency's uncertain future. While not the same as an XMPP[187] client, an emulation of a proprietary software challenges the definition of software as property because it creates a new or grey definition/area of what was authored originally and what was written based on logical deduction by independent tinkering of software as property. The rationale used for defense of proprietary software defines software as "intellectual property", however it is sold as a "license" rather than "property," thus it cannot be defined as both at the same time while restricting the benefits to the author for an intangibly amorphous contract. The location of virtual property is thus redefined to be as intangibly undefined and emphemeral as biological knowlege[188], which is relational and not based on any central repository, as brain cells store memories but are altered every time they are retrieved. Virtual property does not disappear[189] but it is often designated as such when it is sold.



"Jon “Maddog” Hall is a well–known personality in GNU/Linux circles [46]. During an interview on FLOSS Weekly, a popular free and open source software podcast (, Hall recounts the following story [47]. Back in the     
remains a vexed question."

Thinking inside the Hole


Well, I suggest you gentlemen   
invent a way to put a square peg
in a round hole. Rapidly.       

Okay, people, listen up.

The people upstairs     
have handed us this one,

and we gotta 
come through.

We gotta find a way
to make this...    

fit into the hole
for this...      

usin' nothin' but that.

- Let's get it organized.
- Okay. Okay, let's build
  a filter.              

Better get some coffee
goin', too, someone.  


Thinking outside the Grid-Tie cycle


Moore's law has been applied to transistors and genomic sequencing (Rob Carlson has some excellent analyses on the lowering costs of DNA sequences[196]), but they can also apply to photovoltaics, and a book by Brodie and Muray (1982) "The Physics of Microfabrication", seems one of the first textbooks to explicitly detail the technology behind making machines smaller (referencing a 1961 "landmark paper" by Kenneth Shoulders[197], Preface), and "As far as machines are concerned, machines may be classified into two general types- those with dimensions determined by their function and those whose size is limited only by economic factors" (Introduction).

Integris: Analysis+Synthesis+Integration




What's not needed is another office filing [199][200]. Fortunately, this may hint at a sea change [201][202] from an outdated model [203].



I was an English[206] major for a year and a half when I started college, but then I moved into Biology, not because I didn't find English important but because I was seeking to understand something universal to human life in contrast to the current (post-modern) literary era's underwhelming (at the time) thematic conclusion-that realities are metaphysical and not quite universal. What I learned from Biology and evolutionary phylogenetics is that DNA might be somewhat universal (Arsenic DNA backbone pending but even then-still), but the phenotypic nature of life itself varies so much at the microbial scale that I reached the conclusion that the reason so much conflict exists in human society is because people can't deal/adapt with their differences[207]. Yet microbes do a lot better job at symbiosis, based on the vast majority of mutualism in the biosphere[208] and systems ecology[209]. Fortunately, at least some evolutionary sociobiologists[210] and psychologists[211] see a bigger picture. The rest depends on society's willingness and/or ability (from gene street[212] to K street[213]) to adapt[214][215][216][217][218].

Thus, I see myself more as a wedge/widget[219] between the arts/humanities and the sciences, similar to C.P Snow's The Two Cultures[220]. Perhaps in equal intensity or based on the situation/context, artists-humanists need to think more scientifically as scientists should think more culturally.


If the picking of an undergraduate major included the privileges of a hedge fund investment, college could be about studying whichever portfolio succeeds. Realizing this esoteric benefit, many twenty-somethings of this generation have become stem cells[221] and jacks/amateurs of all trades rather than mastering a particular field, especially if that fields' requisites become quickly outdated. A perma-pluripotent cell (polymath) would have more options and abilities to contribute to larger, but ad-hoc projects that accomplish community-defined goals in a shorter amount of time. But the value and enrichment that comes with higher education is still a good reason to complete[222] it, regardless the major, as long as it's in Liberal Arts & Sciences[223][224][225][226]. If it can be affordable[227] for anyone to be a student for life, there should be little reason to leave it. Google's Summer of Code (GSoC) [228] and Internationally Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM)[229] and their contributions to GPL software/biology are examples of short-term projects with long-term applications. The question is why similar organizations are not being emphasized to address issues in climate change, bioremediation and accessible sustainable energy. Pink Army[230] is one such initiative in biomedicine, concerned with treating unique diseases with custom-made pharmaceuticals.

Lateral thinking[231] [232](of memes) and horizontal gene transfer[233] seem to have a lot in common for the purpose of evolutionary equilibrium[234] and survival.


Links to papers/articles:




Bio-Chem-Physics Computational Modeling/Simulation Software

"Functional Self Assembly Incorporating Quantum Dot-Block Copolymer Hybrids" [235] Two-Photon Absorption Enhancement of Polymer-Templated Porphyrin-Based J-Aggregates [ /la203883k] Layer-by-Layer Assembly and Characterization of Multilayers of a Manganese Porphyrin Linked Poly(4-vinylpyridinium) Derivative and Poly(styrenesulfonic acid-o-maleic) Acid [236] Self-Assembled Monolayers of Disulfide Cu Porphyrins on Au Surfaces: Adsorption Induced Reduction and Demetalation [237] Pd(II)-Mediated Triad Multilayers with Zinc Tetrapyridylporphyrin and Pyridine-Functionalized Nano-TiO2 as Linkers: Assembly, Characterization, and Photocatalytic Properties[238] "Solar Cells by Self-Assembly? Science 10 August 2001: 1059-1060."

Science 10 August 2001: Vol. 293 no. 5532 pp. 1119-1122 DOI: 10.1126/science.293.5532.1119 Self-Organized Discotic Liquid Crystals for High-Efficiency Organic Photovoltaics

"Multilayer Nanostructured Porphyrin Arrays Constructed by Layer-by-Layer Self-Assembly" "Solid-State Photovoltaic Thin Films using TiO2, Organic Dyes, and Layer-by-Layer Polyelectrolyte Nanocomposites†" "Template Synthesis of Stimuli-Responsive Nanoporous Polymer-Based Spheres via Sequential Assembly" Beyond molecules: Self-assembly of mesoscopic and macroscopic components [239]

Jun-ichi Kikuchi and Kazuma Yasuhara (2011). Cerasomes: A New Family of Artificial Cell Membranes with Ceramic Surface, Advances in Biomimetics, Prof. Marko Cavrak (Ed.), ISBN: 978-953-307-191-6, InTech, Available from: "Microbes reprogrammed to ooze oil for renewable biofuel" (Quantum Dots)

"From computational discovery to experimental characterization of a high hole mobility organic crystal" [240] [241]

Clean Energy Project: [242][243][244]

"Accelerated computational discovery of high-performance materials for organic photovoltaics by means of cheminformatics" [245]

"Formation of melanin pigment by a mutant of Bacillus thuringiensis H-14" (free)



"Thermal and mass spectroscopic characterization of a sulphur-containing bacterial melanin from Bacillus subtilis" [246]



Imaging pentacene:


[255]Solaronix's The Assembly Guide for Making Your Own Solar Cells (7.7MB) very interesting





Phosphorescent OLEDs also have higher potential quantum efficiencies and are another interesting route of synthesis.[261]

Heterojunction Diodes of Porous Silicon with Soluble Polyaniline [262]

"Polyaniline and poly(N-vinylcarbazole) blends as anode for blue light-emitting diodes"[263]

"The “plastic” led: A flexible light-emitting device using a polyaniline transparent electrode " [264]


"High-Resolution Inkjet Printing of All-Polymer Transistor Circuits"[266]

Dissertation by Tapio Mäkelä, 2008, PhD "Towards printed electronic devices; Large-scale processing methods for conducting polyaniline" [267]

"Photovoltaics from soluble small molecules" [268] -references 4 papers with advances in monodisperse soluble small molecule film formation:

   N. Stingelin-Stutzmann et al.
   D.A. Bernards et al.
   C.D. Dickey et al.
   C.Y. Liu et al.

"In-Situ Regrowth and Purification by Zone Melting of Organic Single-Crystal Thin Films Yielding Significantly Enhanced Optoelectronic Properties" [269] (above) "Solution-Processable Organic Conductors and Semiconductors: Viable Materials for Thin-Film Electronics"



[270] "Porphyrin dimers harvest more sunlight for next-generation solar cells" -focus on above two links and the following: "Porphyrins and phthalocyanines in solar photovoltaic cells" [271] "The common acceptor in these cells is either C60 or the more soluble fullerene derivative [6,6]-phenyl-C61-butyric acid methyl ester (PCBM), which is preferred for use in most BHJ solar cell configurations."

"Fabrication of Polymer Solar Cells Using Aqueous Processing for All Layers Including the Metal Back Electrode" (altenative solvents to chlorobenzene in PCBM)


"Printed Paper Photovoltaic Cells"[[272]]


Anthraquinone as an organic cathode: [273]

"Organic light-emitting devices with laminated top contacts" [274]

"“Observation of intermediate-range order in a nominally amorphous molecular semiconductor film" [275]

"Energetic disorder at the metal/organic interface" [276]

"Dye-sensitized solar cells employing a highly conductive and mechanically robust nanocomposite gel-electrolyte" [277]

"Non-dispersive and air-stable electron transport in an amorphous organic semiconductor"[278]

Top recorded solar efficiency of an organic solar cell: about 5%: from:

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications, Volume 18, Issue 5, Solar Cell Efficiency Tables (version 36), Wiley 2010 [279] 5-7.9% for organics

8.3% efficiency

"Polymer-based solar cells"[280] from:

Illustrative and informative Nanosolar video:

The Secret of the Fibonacci Sequence in Trees [281][282]




Polylactic acid and biodegradeable mechanical/photovoltaic systems might not be enough. Goes well with: and:





Contact Info, Donations, & CV

primary contact email: If you would like to donate money to this project, it would be very helpful for continuing research (currently in the bioinformatics stage) please click on link next to this Paypal icon.

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(I also frequent OpenManufacturing, OpenCircuits and DIYBio (also here:[285]):

Feel free to make edits to the project ideas and references and send me links/publications that I can also post for you on this page. If you would like to start an online lab on OWW regarding this specific project or a related one such as RepStrap printing [286] or plasmid/bacteriophage development, also please message me. Thanks!

CV is located here:

Coursework in Materials Science & Engineering (opens with LibreOffice[287] Calc)

Virtual Bookshelf at LibraryThing

Distributed Solar Energy Independence!/Technocracytech

QSAs (Questions, Seldomly Asked)


Why do I have so many lock icons on my page? I use HTTPS Everywhere and it defaults to wikipedia:secure when I paste links: Also, I use



Whereas most manufacturing today is highly centralized and materials are transported considerable distances throughout the assembly process, in the year 2050 human industry will use distributed and renewable manufacturing based upon biology. " The importance of electricity: (@04:30) and online security [288] Peer review:

The stitching of this wiki was made possible by ontological [289] systems and their self-organizing, recursive[290], node-centralizing [291] gravity. The format is based in part on David Pearce's cerebrally-taxing web ring of cyclically-resonating pages on medical health ideas (which is fine for that purpose as it's not about being too fixated on one synapse/neuronal receptor on the circuit board) whereas this maintains the dense text:link ratio (not for the sake of links but to link to specific concepts of relevance) but uses one single panorama page designed like a Mission Control Center [292]and its purpose is for visualizing an entire free electricity project's potential from start to finish and its integration into an ecological cycle.

"The power of the open source concept isn't so much the cost, it's the community." -Richard Jefferson (from the intro of Chapter 33- "Open-Source Biology," p.316, of an uncorrected proof of Present at the Future: From Evolution to Nanotechnology, Candid and Controversial Conversations on Science and Nature, 2007, by Ira Flatow)

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