https://blog.p2pfoundation.net/p2p-peak-oil-and-the-degrowth-scenario/2010/05/22 Researching, documenting and promoting peer to peer practices Sat, 22 May 2010 19:53:02 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.5.14 https://blog.p2pfoundation.net/p2p-peak-oil-and-the-degrowth-scenario/2010/05/22/comment-page-1#comment-428830 Sat, 22 May 2010 19:53:02 +0000 http://blog.p2pfoundation.net/?p=8716#comment-428830 To the extent that the P2P model facilitates economic relocalization by substituting the movement of information for movement of goods (i.e., the movement of information on how to produce goods locally for the movement of centrally produced goods), Peak Oil and the increased cost of moving goods may provide strong market incentives to economic models based primarily on the movement of information. In that case, the expansion of information movement capabilities as an alternative to investment in long-distance transportation and overseas production facilities (the Ponoko/100kGarages model using local shops), and as an alternative to the movement of people (teleconferencing and telecommuting), may actually be a powerful multiplier of energy efficiency. If the money and resources devoted to Internet infrastructure results in a corresponding tenfold reduction in the money spent on containerships and trucks, it’s pretty much a no-brainer.

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