The engineer as a hero
from cradle to cradle?
Tor Nørretranders
Alsion, Sønderborg
June 12, 2009
Let us go
to the Moon
But why, some say, the moon?
But why, some say, the moon?
Why climb the highest mountain?
Why, 35 years ago, fly the Atlantic?
But why, some say, the moon?
Why climb the highest mountain?
Why, 35 years ago, fly the Atlantic?
But why, some say, the moon?
Why climb the highest mountain?
Why, 35 years ago, fly the Atlantic?
We choose to go to the moon
in this decade
and do the other things,
not because they are easy,
but because they are hard. John F. Kennedy
September 12, 1962
Rice University, Texas
But why, some say, the moon?
Why climb the highest mountain?
Why, 35 years ago, fly the Atlantic?
We choose to go to the moon
in this decade
and do the other things,
not because they are easy,
but because they are hard. John F. Kennedy
September 12, 1962
Rice University, Texas
But why, some say, the moon?
Why climb the highest mountain?
Why, 35 years ago, fly the Atlantic?
We choose to go to the moon
in this decade
and do the other things,
not because they are easy,
but because they are hard. John F. Kennedy
September 12, 1962
Rice University, Texas
But why, some say, the moon?
Why climb the highest mountain?
Why, 35 years ago, fly the Atlantic?
We choose to go to the moon
in this decade
and do the other things,
not because they are easy,
but because they are hard. John F. Kennedy
September 12, 1962
Rice University, Texas
But why, some say, the moon?
Why climb the highest mountain?
Why, 35 years ago, fly the Atlantic?
We choose to go to the moon
in this decade
and do the other things,
not because they are easy,
but because they are hard. John F. Kennedy
September 12, 1962
Rice University, Texas
Why would anyone choose
to do the difficult thing?
The
Handicap
Principle
Amotz Zahavi, 1975
Dare, care
& share
Dare, care & share
Attention
Sex, jobs & recognition
Down to Earth
Resource
><
Machine
Flow
Depot
Solar, wind, wave
Fossil sources
Biomass,
Photosynthesis
Nuclear
Drop the
depots
We are in a crisis
We stop the flow
We have to get
on-line
with the
sunshine
again
Civilisation as we know it:
Depots from the planet below
Civilisation as we have to invent it:
Flow from the star above
Ecosphere
The User Illusion, 1998, p 334
Waste = Food
Waste = Food
Share your shit!
Ecosphere
Just add
daylight
Build a civilisation
based on daylight,
the whole daylight
and
nothing but daylight
Call for:
Outstanding contributions to
the creation of a civilisation
based entirely on daylight
Dawn
The Dawn of Civilisation
The Civilisation of Dawn
Civilisation 2.0
All you
need
is light
Everything
has to be
reinvented
Yes to the new
HiTech
Yes to the old
Flow of solar energy
Business
Public awareness
Academia
proud again!
Heroes!
Danish physics studying renewable energy:
Niels I. Meyer, Jørgen S. Nørgaard, Bent Sørensen
But why, some say, the moon?
Why climb the highest mountain?
Why, 35 years ago, fly the Atlantic?
We choose to go to the moon
in this decade
and do the other things,
not because they are easy,
but because they are hard. John F. Kennedy
September 12, 1962
Rice University, Texas
Re Invent
Every Thing