How not to parachute cats: Read on

 

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"What exists is possible. There's an old joke about an economist who was walking down the street and saw a $20 bill on the pavement. He didn't pick it up because he assumed it didn't exist; if it did, he reasoned, someone would have already picked it up. Many good ideas are slow to catch on because people assume that if it worked somebody would have done it already."

By the way, Trinity's technological processes should have begun 30 years ago!

Solar Car

"In energy policy, the conceptual solutions are now clear. The more efficient use of energy and the harnessing of cost-effective renewable resources-sources that don't run out, such as sun, wind, flowing water, and biomass-can together provide affordable and sustainable energy options. Together they can continue to out-compete and outpace both fossil and nuclear fuels-as they have so far, despite many official efforts to force the opposite result."

Trinity motors can replace any generator in any of these instances and give, on average, a 30% more productive energy source.

Solar Panels

"In the early 1950s, the Dayak people of Borneo suffered from malaria. The World Health Organization had a solution: it sprayed large amounts of DDT to kill the mosquitoes that carried the malaria. The mosquitoes died; the malaria declined; so far, so good. But there were side effects. Among the first was that the roofs of people's houses began to fall down on their heads. It seemed that the DDT was also killing a parasitic wasp that had previously controlled thatch-eating caterpillars. Worse, the DDT-poisoned insects were eaten by geckos, which were eaten by cats. The cats started to die, the rats flourished, and the people were threatened by potential outbreaks of typhus and plague. To cope with these problems, which it had itself created, the World Health Organization was obliged to parachute 14,000 live cats into Borneo.(See "How Not to Parachute More Cats.")"

Galloway Hydro Electric scheme

"The true story of Operation Cat Drop-now nearly forgotten at WHO-illustrates that if you don't know how things are interconnected, then often the cause of problems is solutions. On the other hand, if you understand the hidden connections between energy, climate, water, agriculture, transportation, security, commerce, and economic and social development, then you can often devise a solution to one problem (such as energy) that will also create solutions to many other problems at no extra cost. Crafting solutions so that they multiply is RMI's credo and the basis of its success. "

Here at Trinity we understand and applaude RMI's story for our inspirational strategies. Our business values are to crawl, take all the baby steps, and finally make enough of an impact to walk our technology across the world.

Turbine Hall, Tongland hydro electric power station, Kirkcubright, Galloway

"In 1990, a study by five national laboratories concluded that increasing R&D budgets by just the cost of building one nuclear power plant ($3 billion spread over 20 years) could, by the year 2030, enable renewable energy to provide a half to two-thirds of the total energy then used in the United States."

With the right amount of support and funding Trinity Motors plans to keep moving forward with R&D concepts, its not about just selling a motor or generator, that is just the beginning.

Blyth Harbour Wind Farm, Blyth, Northumberland

"Because devices now on the market can save four times as much electricity as all U.S. nuclear plants make, at just 5 percent of the cost of building and running them, it's cheaper to write off any nuclear plant and provide customers with efficiency. The city of Sacramento, California has done just that. The Sacramento Municipal Utility District closed its Rancho Seco nuclear plant, and is recreating itself as a utility based on photovoltaics and energy efficiency. The result: more jobs, less pollution, stable electric prices, and a more sustainable and prosperous community."

Now, given this let Trinity replace all those motors with one that is 30% more efficient. Wow!

Arable Biomass Renewable Energy Power Station

"Although, America is fairly self-sufficient in most other forms of energy, with 5 percent of the world's population, it uses about 25 percent of the world's oil."

 

Building with Solar Panels

"Some state governments are harnessing utilities' market motivations to encourage efficiency, by decoupling utilities' profits from sales-in other words, ensuring that they're no longer rewarded for selling more energy nor penalized for selling less. Such regulatory reform also typically lets the utilities keep as extra profit part of any savings created for their customers. Keeping 15 percent of the savings, for example, spurred Pacific Gas and Electric, the nation's largest private utility, to stop building or planning conventional power plants. A decade ago, PG&E projected 20 new power plants. Today it plans none. In 1993, it disbanded its engineering and construction division because it never again expects to build a power plant. Instead, it will get at least three-fourths of its power needs from efficiency and the rest from renewables."

Here at Trinity Motors we want to see one of the biggest industrial revolutions in energy savings. We offer our products along with our services and enjoy hearing of new concepts and beliefs in changing the outlook for the world. With this in mind please visit http://www.rmi.org for inspiration in your own journey for sucess and changing our world views concerning our economical and strategical explorations.