We are running out of oil and soon its extraction costs will go through the roof due to the volatility of the few places in the world were can still get it from. It is time to start thinking about alternatives. But what will this alternative look like?
Will it follow today's main way of centralized production of energy like this video shows:
Or will it follow a decentralized format closer to this video:
The answer could be a defining moment for the city (and more specifically the neighborhood), what it looks like, and how it functions. The first proposal seems grossly of scale, were it to malfunction maintenance would not be very easy, and because of its grandeur it could be a possible target for attacks. The second proposal seems to suggest that we need to move away from the grand infrastructural projects that defined the beginning of modernity and move towards smaller scales of interconnected networks, which would be more appropriate for our new culture of decentralized informational exchange.
At the end of the day, it may be that it is not a choice between one and the other, but a combination that allows for the interconnectivity of individuals to form a network that is then enhanced by a smaller central system (to make sure that power is never out).
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