Decentralized Infrastructure Push Fatally Flawed – A Look at Distributive Infrastructure
August 15th, 2008 |There is a big move afoot to decentralize our energy infrastructure. It appears that the critics of the huge grid system we have with giant power plants offends those who favor alternative energy exploits and sources of power.
Is decentralization really the future way of things or has our economies of scale in energy helped us keep our energy costs low, so low that they are amongst the lowest in the world, thus, giving US companies a bonus, helping them compete with low-cost, reliable and efficient energy resources?
Now then, this is not to say that folks should not install the latest solar technologies when they come to market in a couple of years and hook them into the grid or store some and sell the rest back to the system, they definitely should. But reliable energy is the mainstay of America, it’s one of the things that makes this nation so efficient, thanks to yes, the Economies of scale.
Indeed, it is true that Net-centric Models also work, just like the hub and spoke system for airlines works good and so does the point-to-point strategies of airlines like Southwest. They both work, and combination of strategies offer protection, safety and redundant back-up, so why not use all we got and not be so adamant about tearing down what we already have and going with a distributive energy infrastructure alone. Do Both.
Recently, our think tank began to study all the models put forth by the OCED and read tons of research reports on distributive infrastructure and when completed it was agreed that the United States is so far ahead of the game, that we are way past theory of what works, indeed these groups ought to study what we have accomplished here.
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