[p2p-research] Fwd: P2P Energy Economy: request for critical feedback

[Michel Bauwens]

Thanks for making a special effort to spread this to other circles,

Michel

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From: marc fawzi <marc.fawzi at gmail.com>
Date: Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 2:42 AM
Subject: P2P Energy Economy: request for critical feedback
To: Michel Bauwens <michelsub2004 at gmail.com>, Dante-Gabryell Monson <
dante.monson at gmail.com>, Larry Pensinger <wlpensinger at yahoo.com>, Chris Cook
<cjenscook at googlemail.com>


Dear All,

The more exposure an idea gets the more debate it benefits from and the
faster it evolves to meet real world needs.

We have tried the P2P Foundation forum at Ning, the P2P Research list, the
Open Manufacturing list, and the  Oekonux list and the debates there
definitely helped shape the latest evolution of the P2P Currency model.

It is so clearly stated now that it could use some more aggressive beating.

As you know, the four aims of the model have been made concrete and
intelligible to the average person:

1. Direct the flow of money towards socially, ecologically and
environmentally intelligent producers of goods and services.

2. Enable a model of money creation where the value of money is derived from
energy (i.e. allows the conversion of energy surplus in the system to new
money which is then converted to more goods and services, i.e., more
productivity, and higher economic growth) and where the process for money
creation is both simple (in that it's driven mainly by the economy's
capacity to grow, based on increase in available energy) as well as
transparent (in that everyone can verify the process.)

3. Make available cheap and abundant renewable energy which should enable
the production of more goods and services (i.e. higher productivity) and
drive economic growth

4. Enable a model of the economy where in order for peers to grow their
wealth (comparatively speaking) they have to share it (by lending their
money to others.) In other words, "the more you share, the more you have."

#4 had been in my mind/psyche all along while designing the model but it was
not crystalized yet, and I think it is a very powerful aphrodisiac and a
great uniting principle ("the more you share, the more you have.")

In the latest two or three iterations, I've made sure ponzi/pyramid-like
schemes are not possible under the peer credit model.

So now, with the model being in its clearest state, and while I'm building
an idea of game design (with everyone's help/input) I am eager to get the
model exposed to more critical eyes, on more aggressive basis.

I started talking to one team working on Smart Grid (distributed energy
production grid) to see if my expectation/vision/version of SmartGrid
matches with what is possible technically at this time.

If there is any group of 'change makers' out there with any relation to
alternative currencies, LETs, renewable energy, Smart Grid, peer production
economy, please feel free to forward them this request for critical
feedback.

The model in question can be found here:
http://p2pfoundation.net/P2P_Social_Currency_Model

Thank you.

Marc

http://evolvingtrends.wordpress.com/



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