Jeremy van Mourik Broekman

Technology The cost of algae as biofuel is higher than many other types of biofuel. The reason for this is twofold: high operating cost and high capital cost. The latter could be reduced by making use of the infrastructure that is in place at offshore wind parks. Obviously this would require close cooperation between the seaweed farms and operators of the wind parks, but it is not an unrealistic…

As has been explained in the last paragraph the goal is to achieve a completely self-sufficient Texel in 2065. This goal can be broken down in a large number of sub-goals that all need to be achieved. The techo-socio system covered in this report touches upon a number of these sub-goals for which it provides (parts of) solutions. The sub-goals, their proposed solutions and the expected design…

In this section the current state of the bio-socio-technological system that is sea farming on Texel will be discussed. It should be noted that as sea farming is not a widely spread practice it can in fact be discussed as if it consists of three parts, namely the biological system, which in this case consists of the sea, the social system, which entails the inhabitants of Texel and their culture

Why do we need to change our way of living As the years pass, the effects of human intervention on the planet start to show themselves more clearly everywhere, most obviously in climate change. A result of this is that society is becoming more aware of sustainability issues, and has been taking the first steps towards transitioning to a sustainable system over the last decade (Pesch). Why Texel…

Back in 2005 it seemed like such a good idea: fermenting sugar cane and corn in order to obtain a replacement for fossil fuels. By reassigning only 7%of the land used for feeding crops, the entirety of gasoline used for transport in the U.S. could be replaced. At the same time that the biofuel industry in the USA started to gain momentum a different approach was taken overseas; in Europe, world’s…