Talk: The Dynamics of Energy Demand: Change, Rhythm, Synchronicity and Movement

One Response to Talk: The Dynamics of Energy Demand: Change, Rhythm, Synchronicity and Movement

1. Darragh McCurragh says:

   November 11, 2014 at 5:38 pm

   After reading the whole presentation pdf linked to above, I have one thing to say: it is humans that demand “services” and thus drive the temporal structure of energy “demand”. The same goes for bread, butter, milk and any other “consumable”. Most demands can be met from storage, like iphones, bread, water etc. Due to a lack of storage, electricity cannot be delivered from storage. Which makes it necessary to construct the supply system in such a way that it follows human and industrial demand. Which means you cannot use wind or photovoltaic systems which turn solar energy into electricity as these are unpredictable. Rather you need, and at even higher efficiency to boot, to convert solar energy int warmth or heat via thermal collectors or mechanical devices (for wind, if used at all). This “renewable energy” policy is the first that ignores demands and ignores synchronicity in human history.

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