Innovation Toronto » The Guardian http://www.innovationtoronto.com Innovation Acceleration ~ Innovation in Action Across Disciplines & Generations Sun, 16 Nov 2008 21:13:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 en A Third Industrial Revolution http://www.innovationtoronto.com/2007/12/03/a-third-industrial-revolution/ http://www.innovationtoronto.com/2007/12/03/a-third-industrial-revolution/#comments Mon, 03 Dec 2007 18:21:10 +0000 ron http://www.innovationtoronto.com/2007/12/03/a-third-industrial-revolution/ The pivotal economic changes in world history occur when new energy regimes converge with new communication regimes. Today, the technology that made possible the IT and internet revolutions is coming together with renewable energy and hydrogen and fuel cell storage technology to create the foundation for a third industrial revolution and a post-carbon, post-nuclear era. In 25 years, businesses and homeowners will produce much of their own power with locally available renewable energy, and store it in the form of hydrogen. Surplus energy will be shared with others via an intelligent “intergrid” just as we now produce our own information and share it with others via the internet. This revolution will help usher in a near zero-emission energy era.
Jeremy Rifkin is an adviser on climate changet to the EU commission

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