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Our purpose is to create a single, scalable solution which solves Humanity's worst problems, for one family, the basic unit of any society. Once perfected, we can mass produce this solution so that everyone can have it. The symptoms of global overpopulation are growing worse every year; like climate change, the pandemic and the war in Ukraine. Empty grocery store shelves, due to supply chain disruptions, is a thankfully infrequent consequence, so far. It is also a grim testimony that even the favoured solution, called guaranteed basic income, or GBI, is far from sufficient. We are currently facing many threats to easy and reliable access to basic necessities, especially food, shelter and energy, causing their prices to increase at an alarming rate. More and more families are being forced to choose between paying rent or buying food. We need guaranteed basic necessities, or GBNs.
Mission
Our mission is to inspire organizations and individuals to create incentive prize competition challenges for a Controlled (or Closed) Ecological Life Support System (CELSS) Dream House that can regenerate all basic necessities with zero pollution. This will generate a wide selection of all-in-one solutions to choose from. Mastering CELSS, as the new normal for the masses, is the key to solving most of Humanity's worst problems, like scarcity-based: famine, homelessness, poverty, pollution, inequality, crimes, wars, stress, illness, etc. Mass adoption of the CELSS standard for all structures, significantly increases the Earth’s biocapacity and Humanity’s ability to thrive responsibly in any environment. An example of this is the Automated Close Ecosystem (ACE) House: Eco-friendly greenhouses, attached to an eco-friendly house, tended by a network of automated systems and optimized to closed ecosystem standards (the most eco-friendly design possible). It is a modern version of the pre-industrial subsistence family farm. Guaranteed healthy and eco-responsible Basic Necessities (GBNs) are the result. Fully automating the mass production of all ACE House modules will bring down the total cost enough for governments to reasonably subsidize them. Living in zero pollution houses leads to zero pollution habits, values and lifestyles. These lead to zero pollution public and private interests. Imagine a new and indispensable economic sector: CELSS add-ons, upgrades, services, etc.
Vision
This is the best direction for the Great Reset of the global economy, which currently treats everything as optional, even necessities. Growing overpopulation and increasingly rapid advancements in space technology make it likely that our children could live and work in space. Space colonization is a humane opportunity for unlimited, prosperous and responsible growth for us. Until then, the ACE House provides a safe haven for families, protecting them from the worst consequences of overpopulation. It also acts as a crucial stepping stone for the development of safe and ecologically responsible space colony habitats. The ACE House is an idea looking for a pilot project:
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Greenhouse Roof Greenhouse extension Automation
Transparent, Photovoltaic Graphene Greenhouse
| Waste to Compost, Clean Energy and Flash Graphene Reactor
| Graphene + Composites 3-D Printer
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Inputs Soil, hydroponics, aeroponics Plant food Seeds Water Sun, LED grow lights, ventilation, automation | Inputs Food, Garden and Human/Pet waste Recycling and Trash: Paper, plastic, rubber
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Outputs plant-based materials
| Outputs Flash graphene
| Outputs Pure graphene, aerographene, graphene foam, etc. Graphene composites Graphene-enhanced materials for all economic sectors Graphene Composite Clothing Materials Clean Energy Production and Storage Materials Energy Plus Construction Materials Automation Materials Water Filtration Materials |
Problems
The COVID-19 Pandemic forced the world into lockdowns, where only essential workers remained employed. This necessitated the adoption of various flavors of Guaranteed Basic Income (GBI) for non-essential workers, globally. The leaders and citizens of many of these countries quickly realised that their minimum wages and social assistance programs, before the GBI, were far from sufficient for the purchase of basic necessities. As vaccinations increased, restrictions were eased and GBIs were removed. Many citizens refused to return to work two or three jobs just to make ends meet. This was called the Great Resignation or the Big Quit. Not forgotten for long, the Climate Crisis has also reclaimed the stage with the UN Climate Change Conference COP26 and a steady rise in history-making natural disasters. The Russian invasion of Ukraine created additional supply chain issues, globally.
Desired Future History
The goal is to create this new, basic ACE housing standard for which all houses would be mandated to meet or exceed. The lack of reliable access to basic necessities is the root cause for our worst problems, including those identified in the United Nations’ Global Goals for Sustainable Development. The ACE House fulfills all of the Goals by directly addressing the cause(s) for each problem:
Graphene
Graphene is a miracle material that used to be expensive to produce. The recently discovered flash process makes its prime quality production fast and inexpensive. It can be produced from any material containing carbon, which includes most of our daily household compost, garbage and recycling production. The process also generates significant amounts of hydrogen; a clean fuel that emits only water vapour when burned. By incorporating this technology into the ACE House, it becomes a decisive way of eliminating all household pollution. Mandate that all product packaging be 100% graphenable, then the ACE House becomes an ideal backbone for a circular economy that guarantees basic necessities for everyone.
We need permanent, forever solutions, now. We need to start adapting the lifecycles for all of our current products, policies and practices to meet closed ecosystem standards, right now, for a bright future. The early mastery of small, mobile, closed ecosystems will greatly simplify the design of eco-friendly houses, towns, cities, countries, space colonies, etc.:
Elon Musk, founder of SpaceX, plans to colonize Mars. Jeff Bezos, founder of Blue Origin, plans to colonize space with O’Neill Cylinders. Perhaps both could collaborate to combine their dreams into stages of a plan: Build the O’Neill Cylinders first into a Dyson Swarm, to save Humanity and Earth, in the short term. Then, gravity control research could be emphasized to make permanent colonization of Mars, the Moon and other planets, safe.
"Fundamentally thrivability is visionary - it is about co-evolving a future we want rather than avoiding a future that terrifies us. It is about acting with enthusiasm toward an opportunity rather than away from catastrophe. It is about becoming a good ancestor."
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