{"id":459079,"date":"2023-09-24T08:04:37","date_gmt":"2023-09-24T06:04:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/innovationorigins.com\/?p=459079"},"modified":"2023-09-24T08:04:37","modified_gmt":"2023-09-24T06:04:37","slug":"ios-week-free-energy-and-abundant-it-will-change-everything","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ioplus.nl\/archive\/en\/ios-week-free-energy-and-abundant-it-will-change-everything\/","title":{"rendered":"IO’s week: Free energy. And abundant. It will change everything."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In our Sunday newsletter, we, as editors, reflect on the past seven days. We do this on the initiative of our cartoonist Albert Jan Rasker<\/a>. He chooses a subject, draws a picture, and we take it from there.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

You have to take a while to imagine it, but that it’s coming is, in our opinion, certain: abundant, free energy. We wrote about it before, but this week, we had another trigger thanks to comments Mustafa Suleyman (co-founder of DeepMind) made in a podcast: “When energy is abundant, everything changes. It becomes highly unlikely that we will all continue to work, and our social structure will look completely different.” That that moment will come, he is convinced, as we are. But what exactly will change? “Everything. From water desalination to food production, carbon capture and storage, our education system and health care, and everything in between. It’s the foundation that makes everything else possible.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We made a preliminary attempt<\/a> to pick out the most defining elements. Transportation, urbanization, our social structures, health care, education … indeed, everything becomes different when energy is abundant. In the coming weeks, we will look at these elements in more detail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are so many energy developments now; the main question is which energy source will be the most decisive. Nuclear fusion<\/a>, Suleyman thinks. Or solar<\/a>, if that takes too long. Geothermal<\/a>? Could be as well. However it will happen, for Albert Jan it already conjures up somewhat humbling images.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here’s what else struck us this week:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Europe cannot compete with China on price – solar panels will have to be more sustainable and efficient above all<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meet Prime Minister AI, the digital leader<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

B’ZEOS seaweed-based packaging makes plastic a thing of the past<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Green light for large-scale battery storage project in Eemshaven<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bacteria produce electricity from wastewater: a breakthrough<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

AI breakthrough: Google DeepMind’s tool can assess risk of DNA mutations<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A world of difference between investment cultures in Europe and the U.S.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

RUG students win Mars Rover Challenge<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A colorful experiment: Semi-tropical crops thrive on Dutch soil<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Away with long resumes – Recrubo lets candidates apply via WhatsApp<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

And here<\/a> you can find the rest of the articles we wrote last week. Have a nice, sunny week!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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