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1980s The Grand Confluence of Technological Innovation (Solid State and Optic Fiber)<\/strong><\/h3>\n

page under construction<\/p>\n

Technology<\/strong><\/h3>\n
\"Clyde<\/a>
Clyde Dam – example of “Think Big” ethos<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Increasing dependence on Bulk-generated electrical products\u00a0 from distant large-scale plant \u2013 the era of Think Big<\/a>.
\nThermal-magnetic circuit breakers begin to replace fuses on scale.
\nAdvent of solid state meters meters and ripple receivers<\/a>.
\nAdvent of optic fiber cable enables large-scale information transfer.
\nComputers, including personal computers, enable large-scale storage of information and potential of load management.
\nThe Dwelling 230v Control Console becomes miniaturized and more user friendly with new insulating materials and solid state devices.<\/p>\n

\"plug<\/a>
Plug boards<\/a> and AC adapters<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Common uses of electrical products<\/strong>:
\nhousehold appliance use extended to include computers, ceramic heat stores, tapedecks\/video recorders, remote control devices, battery chargers for wide range of voltages<\/p>\n

Information<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Still mainly visual (reading odometer\/cyclometer\/LCD display), observing fuse\/circuit breaker array and appliance performance* etc.
\nData is still recorded manually onto paper or with a computer key board. By the end of the decade information is being transferred on scale using optic fiber cable.
\n*Many appliances also now have inbuilt clocks and multiple thermostat settings so information is now more dispersed throughout dwelling.<\/p>\n

The ability of communities to transfer, store and collate information<\/p>\n

\"400px-First_Automatic_Meter_Reading_and_Load_Management_System\"<\/a>
WIKI The First Commercially Available Remote Meter Reading and Load Management System – Metretek, Inc. (1978)<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

of their local situation through their Municipal Electricity Department (MED) or Power Board rises exponentially. This includes information about patterns of behaviour of the users of the network e.g. the impacts of dwelling design, type of appliance use, hours of use etc. Communities through their MED can use information to inform urban design and social welfare planning, as can Borough Councils and Power Boards that share informal networks of links.<\/p>\n

Civics<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The structural legacy of the era 1910-1980 still prevails. To reiterate: a national network of 60 democratic, freehold \"south<\/a>cooperatives in the form of MEDs or Power Boards \"north<\/a>operates in New Zealand. All citizens can participate through these in the national market for Bulk-generated electrical products.
\nGovernance structure remains service-driven so high degree of civics (resource conservation) can prevail. The degree of civics varies by region from moderate to very good. Excellent civics cannot prevail because of the national lack of science – see below.
\nNonetheless some regions of New Zealand are world leaders in local load management.
\nAll citizens of voting age retain the right to vote every three years how their community uses its local electrical potential \"voting+paper\"<\/a>and how the information of their home is used.<\/p>\n

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\"traffic<\/a>
NZ has one of the highest rates of car ownership per capita in the world.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

However a profound change in institutional memory and belief systems is occurring. The generation born after 1940 assumes control in business, Government, media and education. This generation has no direct experience of war or deprivation. They are inculcated in the inter-related beliefs:
\n(a) It is our right to burn fossilized biomass on scale,
\n(b) Planned obsolescence (diseconomy) is normal.
\n(c) Humans and the provisions of vital needs (heating, communication, lighting etc) exist as commodities and means of private profit.<\/p>\n

\"george<\/a>
In 1977 the Rt Hon George Gair becomes NZ\u2019s first Minister of Energy.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

These beliefs are reflected in this generation\u2019s use of the English language. Electrical engineers and policy makers since the 1930s have propagated the impossible equation
\nPower = Electricity = Bulk-generated electrical products.<\/em><\/strong><\/span>
\nThis belief diminishes the state of science in our communities in general and perceptions of our electrical potential in particular. The establishment in1977 of a Ministry of Energy diminishes the national state of science (civics) to a perilous degree. By 1980 NZ is effectively governed using a fatally flawed equation:
\nEnergy = Fossilized biomass = Power = Electricity = Bulk-generated electrical products.<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

This gross denial of the principles of physics and loss of science (civics) becomes manifest in the following ways:<\/p>\n

\u21d2The emergence of the \u201cEnergy Conscious Age\u201d in which well-meaning electrical engineers and Environmentalists\/Green teachers begin to propagate the above energy equation throughout our communities;<\/p>\n

\u21d2The adoption of Think Big https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Think_Big<\/a> and the rejection of solar-electrical options;<\/p>\n

\u21d2The movement to make energy efficiency practice illegal \u2013 imperatives to maximize the short-term profits of principal shareholders replace service-driven imperatives;<\/p>\n

\u21d2The accounting system is reformed so that Civil Protection (Civil Defence) measures are valued as liabilities i.e. as needless duplication and \u201cuneconomic investments\u201d;<\/p>\n

\u21d2individuals are defined as commodities while corporations are accorded the rights of citizens;<\/p>\n

\"environment\"<\/a>
(Osaka Prefecture University Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences) Ecological awareness supplants civics and physics.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u21d2The emergence of a reactionary Green\/Environmental Movement founded in the belief The Environment = Ecology<\/em><\/strong><\/span>, <\/em>which tends to propagate that which it reacts against. (The inherent disconnect of the self from the environment works to undermine civic awareness. Put simply \u201cHumans are their environment\u201d becomes \u201cHumans and the environment\u201d.);<\/p>\n

\"unemployment<\/a>
Unemployment statistics – NZ Treasury.<\/a> The delusional energy equation results in escalating unemployment, enhanced waste and national conflict from 1980 \u2013 e.g. see \u201c1981 Springbok Tour\u201d clashes.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u21d2 Delusional behaviour and societal breakdown e.g. the new accounting equation means the\u00a0 global price rise in 1979 for mineral oil\u00a0 generates in New Zealand an instant 60% price rise for Bulk-generated electrical products and on-going societal implosion in the form of debt accumulation, inequality, fire sales of national assets, unsustainable hidden subsidies to cars etc.<\/p>\n

Common Perception of Dwelling 230v Control Console<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The common alienation of citizens from their 230v Control Console increases despite safer insulation and solid state technology. Causes of alienation include:
\n(1) Most permits for new construction and major renovations \"exterior<\/a>dictate that the 230v meter and ripple receiver are placed outside the dwelling. Thus dwelling control consoles become increasingly fragmented.
\n(2) The flawed equation of Bulk-generated electrical products and mineral oil\/gas with energy generates a new language that obscures local electrical potentials while enhancing the delusion that it is sustainable to burn fossilized biomass without regard for the consequences.
\n(3) The corrupt linkage of the price of NZ electrical products with global mineral oil prices disenfranchises and disillusions citizens.
\n(4) People have less reason to be sentient of daily load management in regions where reticulated mineral gas becomes an option.<\/p>\n

Health \/ecology<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Pollution decreases locally as coal-to-gas plants are closed in urban areas. Local pollution also decreases as \u201copen fires\u201d in dwellings cease to be permitted and electrically heated brick stores are installed. These decreases are offset by increasing reliance of combustion appliances such as wood-burners, cars, buses, trucks<\/p>\n

\"Huntly<\/a>
Huntly combustion plant: one of New Zealand\u2019s biggest sources of air pollution, generating half the pollution caused in the manufacture of electrical products.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

and the global pollution from distant devices. The fringe interest in our local solar and wind potential that developed after the 1973 mineral oil price scarcity is almost eliminated by the new “energy” ethos and associated diseconomy. This ethos is reflected in dwelling and urban design plus national legislation and language that gives zero value to local solar potential and attributes zero cost to pollution.<\/p>\n

BACK
\n1950 \u2013 1980s: 230V Grids become Telecommunications Systems<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00a0NEXT <\/a>
\n1990s -2011 The Great Dumb-down as Community information is Fragmented and Privatized<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

1980s The Grand Confluence of Technological Innovation (Solid State and Optic Fiber) page under construction Technology Increasing dependence on Bulk-generated electrical products\u00a0 from distant large-scale plant \u2013 the era of Think Big. Thermal-magnetic circuit breakers begin to replace fuses on scale. Advent of solid state meters meters and ripple receivers. Advent of optic fiber cable … <\/p>\n

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