Research project to calculate the potential reduction in the use of materials and energy for our production systems, if the peer production stack would be applied integratively.

Provisional documentation via[1].

This is a joint research project by the P2P Foundation and the Blaqswans Collective, coordinated by Xavier Rizos and Celine Trefle.

Introduction

The aim of this project is to calculate the 'savings' that could be obtained through a full use of peer production as the mode of production and exchange, and to quantify some of the following effects:

1) moving artificial scarcity driven design (generalized planned obsolescence) to global open design communities and their sustainability driven motives saves x percent of matter and energy

2) moving towards more shared physical infrastructures saves x percent of matter and energy

3) moving to open supply chains and open book accounting and its speed up effect on circular economy integration saves x percent of matter and energy

4) moving to a cosmo-localized production (4a) for on demand (4b) distributed production saves x percent of matter and energy

Potential background documentation of interest

• Economic Calculation Problem [2]

• P2P Accounting http://p2pfoundation.net/Category:P2P_Accounting

• Open Source Circular Economy: "from the current linear system (we take resources out of the ground, and transform them into (often hazardous) waste. We consume and destroy our own planet faster than it can possibly recover) to a circular economy in tune with the cycles in the natural world.

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• Sustainable Manufacturing section on the P2P Foundation wiki, at http://p2pfoundation.net/Category:Sustainable_Manufacturing

• Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR): “regulatory principle based on the life-cycle approach, and aims to implement ownership patterns that encourage stewardship and conservation of resources.” [4]

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