Third Industrial Revolution

Jeremy Rifkin (year 2009), promoter of the Third Industrial Revolution (TRI) as the only possible global solution for the energy and economic crisis.

Diagram showing the 5 pillars of the Third Industrial Revolution. The future scenario proposed by the so-called Negavatio will use an intermediate storage of energy through methane injected into underground deposits, as well as through energy provided to the network itself. Likewise, it will be possible to enrich the gas injected as a reserve with some pure hydrogen.

Countries according to their corresponding real growth rate. GDP, 2009.

Number of countries that have a banking crisis in each year since 1800 onwards. This information is based on the book This time is different: Eight centuries of financial follywhere information is handled only from about 70 countries. The general upward trend in this figure could be attributed to many factors, and one of them is a gradual increase in the percentage of people receiving money for their task or work. The striking aspect of this graph is the virtual absence of bank crises during the period of implementation of the Bretton Woods Agreements (1945-1971). This analysis is similar to that presented in figure 10.1 in the publication Reinhart-Rogoff-2009.

The Third Industrial Revolution, also called (RCT), e, is a new concept and a fusion of ideas, which was raised by Jeremy Rifkin, and endorsed by the European Parliament in a formal declaration approved in June 2006. This theme has been intensely developed by the author over the last few years in different media and meetings. The documentary by "Vice Documentary Films" summarizes from the author's mouth how this revolution can be understood and promoted, as well as its fundamental importance for humanity.

Throughout history, economic transformations usually occur when new communication technologies converge with new energy generation systems. The new forms of communication become the means of organization and management that the most complex civilizations have made possible through the development and use of new sources of energy. The conjunction in the 21st century of the advancement of communications technologies, together with the great development and use of the Internet, as well as renewable energies, are giving rise to what we could well call the "Third Industrial Revolution" or 'Third Technological Revolution', which would be characterized by:

1. Change to increased use of renewable energies.
2. An ever-increasing transformation of certain types of buildings into generators of energy proper.
3. The development of rechargeable batteries, the Fuel Pill, and other new energy storage technologies.
4. Development of the smart grid or “intelligent” power distribution network (smart grid).
5. The development of electric vehicle-based transport (all-electric vehicles, plug-in hybrids and regular electric hybrids) as well as fuel batteries, using renewable electricity as propulsion energy.

Characteristics of the First and Second Industrial Revolution

The Industrial Revolution was initially powered and promoted by the steam engine; its introduction into the industry transformed the medium into the tool that developed and consolidated the so-called First Industrial Revolution.

In the first decade of the 20th century, electric power converged with the internal combustion engine, powered by fossil fuels, mainly derived from petroleum, giving rise to the so-called Second Industrial Revolution. the memes

of the factories then began the era of industrialization, mass production of manufactured goods, the automobile being the most important of them. Henry Ford began to mass-produce the Model T gasoline engine car, altering the spatial and temporal dynamics of society, without prejudice to the lack of sustainability that individual transportation through the internal combustion engine or whatever they gave him would cause. the Internet.

Trade and globalization

The industrial revolution is one of the most influential aspects in the new society and in international trade, facilitating the development and investment in technologies. One of the most representative impacts of technology and globalization has been electronic commerce or e-commerce, which consists of an economic activity in which services, goods or products are offered through the Internet.

Proposal for a new Universal Declaration of Human Rights and Responsibilities

In the documentary filmed by Vice on the subject, Jeremy Rifkin asks the audience a provocative question: "How long will it take a generation of young people collaboratively to prepare a list of facts for a statement of human responsibilities and protection of the human race, our fellow animals and the planet we live on?".^{[citation needed]}

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  Zero energy house in Baja Saxony, Germany
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  U.S. Air Force Solar Power Plant
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  Aerogenerators in a colza field, in Sandesneben, Germany
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  Technological feat, Buzz Aldrin walking on the Moon, July 1969

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  Passive solar house designed for humid subtropical climates