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Jean Lievens: Peru Providing Solar Electricity to the Poor Via National Program

01 Poverty, 05 Energy, Ethics, Government
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Jean Lievens

From blog.p2pfoundation.net – January 22, 7:57 PM

Peru, where currently only some 66% of the population has access to electricity, will install solar panels in a National Photovoltaic Household Electrification Program for 500,000 of the poorest households.

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The project, which was kicked off recently in Contumaza province with the installation of some 1600 solar panels, will eventually provide electricity to many Peruvians who now lack it.

It is estimated that by the end of 2016, 95% of the population will have at least basic electricity from a solar panel installed on their house.

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John Robb: The National Insecurity State

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The National Insecurity State

I'm still writing my next book online.

Today's pages might be of interest to GG readers.

It's entitled “The National Insecurity State”

There's also some thinking on the end of bureaucracy if you are interested.

I suspect the only thing the US national security bureaucracy can do is launch new arms races  — as we have done in cyber, drones, and genetics (if you count GMOs)~

  • Weaponized computer worms/viruses/malware. Legal bot networks that control/manipulate society and markets (think in terms of quant hedge funds).
  • Drones/robots. Weaponized drones that at first self-perpetuate by acquiring fuel from the environment. Weaponized drones that can self-replicate ala 3-D fabrication and scavanged materials (think rep-rap).
  • Superbugs/superweeds (some may be aided by engineered modification, but all get their start due to the stupidity of growing food in monocultures). Organisms that can wipe out monocultures and cause the loss of productive farmland and crops ond a global scale.
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Stephen E. Arnold: Drone Identification Guide – Symbol of Today’s World

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Stephen E. Arnold

Identify Drones from Below with this Handy Guide

A guide brought to our attention by Popular Science highlights the dilemma of living in areas where drones of unknown origin may fly above you, your loved ones, or your home at any time. Reporter Kelsey D. Atherton shares “A Guide to Spotting and Hiding from Drones” created by Dutch graphic designer Ruben Pater. Available in Pashto, Dutch, German, Italian, Indonesian, Arabic, and English, the one-sheet guide presents to-scale silhouettes of drones and suggestions for hiding from them.

The article tells us:

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Reflections: Policy Makers and Social Science — Distant & Lacking Value-Added Decision-Support

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Robert David STEELE Vivas
Robert David STEELE Vivas

Carnegie and the Stimson Center are exploring the distant and largely dysfunctional relationship between policy makers and the social sciences. This is an important topic that could usefully be expanded to explore the similar distance between government and the other information tribes.*

Below are two seminal references in this area.

Carnegie Stimson National Security Programs Supporting Social Science in Academia

Carnegie Stimson Article As Published

Based on reading the two above references, I have three preliminary thoughts pending an invitation conference on this topic to take place 30-31 January (I am attending as an observer):

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