Functional Block Diagram E.0 Environment

Diagram and Notes

Notes

Description:

This is partial information on what constitutes environment flows. As more detailed analysis is done, more items will get added.

E.1 Energy Sources includes: sunlight, wind, wave power and stream energy if available, and commercial electricity. Commercial electricity may be balanced with E.10 Surplus Energy over time if more is produced than needed.

E.2 Food Sources includes: nutrients for humans, livestock, and plants, seeds, and new livestock. Food inputs may be balanced with E.11 Surplus Food over time if more is produced than needed

E.3 Water Sources includes: rain, streams, and public water supply. Well water is not an input from the environment, it is part of facilities.

E.4 Parts and Materials includes: premade parts and basic non-food materials including bulk rock, soil, compost, sand, wood, metal, glass, etc. It also includes consumed items such as lubricants.

E.5 Tools and Machines: Tools do not have internal power, machines do. This includes external transportation, bought tools, bought machines, and temporary use of equipment by rent, trade, or shared use.

E.6 Land Inputs includes: bought land and temporary use of land by rent, trade, or shared use.

E.7 Human Inputs includes: full time residents, part time workers, and hired contractors.

E.8 Money Inputs includes: contributed capital and sales of surplus/specialized items to others.

E.9 Information Inputs includes: OSE plans, instructions, software, and upgrades, data connections and active data flow on the connections.

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Higher Level: None, this is the top level

Inputs: (To be done)

Outputs: (To be done)

Controls: (To be done)

Mechanisms: (To be done)