Prospective Models of The Organizational Structure of Post-Development, Post-Decentralization, Post-Fossil Fuel, Economies

Basics

• This page aims to outline what the relevant Scales of the economy/materials economy would be in a Post-Development, Post-Decentralization, Post-Fossil Fuel System
• This could be applied to any scale, but this page will focus on National and International Scale
• Need to get studies / whitepapers on related concepts

Levels of Scale in the Model

• May need a better name

Most Relevant

Local

• This refers to the level of a community
• Should be no more than what one could travel to in 30 minutes or less (is that time accurate, also may want to factor in distance AND transportation time?)
• Nearly all goods and services exist at this level
  • Short of perhaps Transit , and some aspects of the Electrical Grid

County

• This is used in the USA, is this an common term elsewhere?
• Essentially multiple communities, and probably a major city center etc
• Medium Scale Industry (Which in this Economy Becomes The Equivalent of Heavy in Most Cases, due to The Partial Demise of Mass Manufacturing ) , and Medium Scale Commerce, and Heavy Scale Residential use
• Also the beginnings of Transit Networks

State

• For 2/3 of people's daily activities, this would be the highest relevant level
• Most materials wouldn't "flow" beyond here
• Mainly Consists of Administrative Networks, Transit Networks
• Also Mining/Heavy Industry That are VERY location dependent, or difficult to practically do at lower levels such as
  • Some parts of the Chemical Industry (Each state could have 1-3 Major Bio-Crude Refineries , RDF + Biomass grid scale plants, and Plastic / Paper / Engineered Wood Product plants in clusters of 1 of each)
  • Mining (Some resources may only exist in one state, or even one continent, this will neccesitate large scale trade for these resources (One example is the Neodyminium in Neodyminium Magnets , which as a Rare Earth Metal only exists in a few regions)
• Also the lower levels of a Super Grid begin here

Relevant, Yet Only in Specific, Large Scale, Less Common Aspects

National

• This would be mainly for administrative, diplomatic, large scale transit, and social safety net purposes (sometimes called a "Minarchy" in relevant literature)
• Also deals with disaster relief and epidemic/pandemic response
• Large Ammount of Large Scale Inter-State Transit Networks , Power Grid , and Communications Infastructure

Regional

• This is similar to how "national is to state" but even lesser so
• Also deals with disaster relief and epidemic/pandemic response
• Mainly deals with "in-continent inter-national" transit, communications, and energy

Global

• Essentially what the UN is now, most likely with less, if any military role, and as a much "Stronger UN" (ie binding treaties, no vetos etc)
• Large Scale Treaties, Projects, and Rules/Guidelines
• Deals with the largest aspects of the Super Grid , With intercontinental transit, and Cross-Ocean Communications Cables
• Also deals with disaster relief and epidemic/pandemic response

Internal Links

• Analysis of Scale and Value Chain Optimization in a Post-Development, Post-Decentralization, Post-Fossil Fuel, Economy