Got it, Decentralization is Good.
“How do these technologies threaten you?”, I questioned.
“The implementation of these technologies means people generate their own power, manufacture their own products, produce their own food, recycle their water, communicate independently of corporate infrastructure, and educate themselves according to their own standards. They empower people to live, and organize collectively instead of as individuals. If these things happen, our society falls apart. Order cannot be maintained.”
It all sounded good to me. I think I understood what he was saying, but I wanted him to elaborate, and to find out more of their use of these technologies. Hydrogen fuel cells are used on the island, and he had mentioned developing such technologies before. So I asked him, "Isn’t everything here powered by solar and hydrogen?"
He said, “Of course, we use the best technology available to us. We would never allow ourselves to be dependent on something we can't control. For the powerful, it is how we build everything we use. With solar technology, we collect energy from the sun. We use that electricity to separate water into hydrogen and oxygen. We use the hydrogen for fuel and recombine the hydrogen with oxygen in fuel cells to produce pure, hot water and electricity. One system produces clean water, electricity, and heat all at once. It is a beautiful set of technologies which allow us to cut our reliance on public infrastructure. It also has an organic beauty. The system mimics how plants collect and store sunlight.”
“With solar and hydrogen we have yachts that can travel the oceans for months or years without any need to refuel. They purify sea water as they produce energy. We have built off the grid emergency survival compounds around the world, both shared and private. There is a facility built within the island that acts as a sort of bunker and life boat in case something were to threaten the island.
“3D printing is revolutionizing manufacturing. We are not limited to the old designs anymore, and can create stronger, lighter materials by printing them. This room was printed, as is much of the resort. Highly efficient solar panels can also be printed.”
“However, this technology is not for consumers. If consumers had these energy systems and other technologies, they would not be dependent on corporations for their survival. The technologies have a cascading effect. For example, hydrogen fuel cell systems, do not just produce energy off the grid, they recycle water. Autonomous power generation and water purification, allow for communications and manufacturing which cannot be controlled by market forces. We use these technologies, because they gives us advantages, and we can live separated from the collapsing infrastructure. If consumers had these technologies they would also survive the collapse. Which would be bad for the future of humanity.”
“On this island, and elsewhere, we use these technologies, because it gives us a certain independence. This way we don’t need a regular fuel delivery. We recycle our water. Our heated pools and saunas use the water from the fuel cells, after some heat is collected for other uses. These technologies allow us to be independent of the old infrastructure. One day our sanctuaries will print everything they need, out of local resources and recycled materials. We have a another resort facility on the island that is dedicated to researching and building new technologies, which can be 3d printed and recycled indefinitely.”
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