Gasifier Experimenters Kit

Overviewhydrocarbons and various forms of heat engines to respirate them. Our current problem followslargely from feeding our mechanical animals with foods/fuels derived from the prehistoricsolar energy (petroleum products), and not their contemporary sun derived parallels (terrestrialbiomass).The evolution of our artificial life machines, and particularly synthetic metabolic systems, hasnow progressed to a point where they are no longer trivial participants in the larger biosphereand atmosphere. Though Gaia has really been a cyborg entity since the beginnings of widespread human agriculture, the fundamental cyborg nature of Gaia can no longer be ignored. Weare not likely to go backwards to a light food/fuel footprint. Rather, we are likely to go forwardwith more thoughtful forms of synthetic metabolism- ones which more reasonably collaboratewith and positively contribute to a progressively cyborg earth/atmosphere system.This bio-imitative nature of our industrial metabolic machines, as well their intimateparticipation in the macro-carbon cycle of biological life, we are terming the "MechabolicHypothesis". We hope that recasting the energy economy in the terms of biological metabolismwill highlight its systemic nature, as well as the great flexibility available in nearly all parts ofthe system.http://whatiamupto.com/mechabolic/overview.html (3 of 3) [10/9/2008 08:18:02]