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About Me

Location:
United States, Reno, NV
Current organization:
Basic Coatings LLC
Past organizations:
Sigma Nu Fraternity, Operational Consulting Group
Current role:
Accountant/IT Manager
Gender:
Male
I am:
Brainstormer, Concerned citizen, Designer, Entrepreneur, Idea generator, Project manager, Student, Web guru, World traveler
Associations:
Boys and Girls Clubs , Reno Urban Development Intiative, Sigma Nu Fraternity
Languages:
English
Universities:
University of Nevada - Reno
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Education, Sustainable design, Commodity Abundance, Positive interaction, technological development, Nature

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  • A comment on Talk: Cesar Harada: A novel idea for cleaning up oil spills

    Jul 6 2012: This is amazing, both the potential industrial and commercial applications are astonishing. However, even the 6m manned sail boat is going to create a whole new sport and hobby as well.

  • A comment on Talk: Kelli Anderson: Design to challenge reality

    Mar 14 2012: Very clever. Funny how we pass things over until someone like Kelli applies meaning to them, such as the birthday card. The reactions of the people reading the fake times was awesome.

  • A reply on Conversation: Energy generation for personal use should be free of control and taxation

    Feb 22 2012: Though I do think everyone should have means of generating some of their own energy, getting off the grid is not entirely the solution. The concept of the grid needs to be re-thought. The grid needs to be understood as a system for the exchange and sharing of energy not a means of distributing energy from a central source. If the grid could be owned and managed by the people that directly benefit from it then their would be a lot more motivation to move towards a greater diversity in sustainable energy sources. It is in the very benefit of the people who regulate our energy to ensure it remains a commodity, it is the shift of energy to an ubiquitous good that would drive away centralized control, and this is what they fear most. Therefore Communities must fight to foster development focused on creating energy abundance. Essentially shifting the grid to a means of sharing and exchanging the very good that was once regulated, and exploited. Trying to run from the issue by getting off the grid is only going to create a greater divide within our communities pitting the haves against the have nots and having the very people that want to solve this problem resenting each other. This is a community issue, asking a bigger question how do we make energy ubiquitous?

    I think it starts with awareness, people need to understand they are being exploited and they need to understand the alternatives, it is at this point communities can then decide to make a change. Here is an example of one community doing exactly that, its not the solution, but it is sure a start in the right direction.
    http://www.startribune.com/business/133081993.html

  • A comment on Talk: Edith Widder: Glowing life in an underwater world

    Feb 10 2012: This is very cool, she is very passionate about her work, and I believe she is going to innovate how we go about performing research within our oceans

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