Basic Human Rights
speak directly to the provision of Infrastructure. The objective is the cost
effective and efficient delivery of Water, Fuels, Electricity, Communication,
Transportation and the Operation & Maintenance of these fundamental utilities,
taking advantage of #SYNERGIES to improve human lives. Water and Waste are and must be treated for
use, disposal and to be recycled. Fuels to Fire power plants, manufacturing
processes, stoves, machinery and vehicles. Electricity powers many consumption devices,
appliances and equipment. Communication transmits and stores ideas, trade and transactions.
Transportation moves people and property via Air, Sea and Land. All such
utilities, with Operational and Maintenance (O&M) cost and schedules
embedded, have reliability, as its main concern.
Water
and Sanitation are the most basic of human necessities. Essential for
acceptable standards of healthy living, the best available methods are used for
Collection, Treatment, Testing, Distribution and Recycling. Water, from natural
rainfall, ground storage (lakes, rivers and wells) and oceans, must be
collected, stored, purified for Human consumption, tested, distributed and
recycled. Sanitation, the recycling and processing of waste, whether in Solid
Liquid or Gas Forms, employs water to transport most bio-waste to be dispose of,
chemically treated, or positioned to be composted, releasing methane gas, if
captured, processed into (Renewable) Natural Gas, while the remaining solid
waste is broken down to inert substances, used as fertilizers. Hence, Water and
Sanitation connections are made to supply Residential, Commercial, and
Industrial Structures, and networked to those large-scale treatment and storage
facilities.
Fossil
Fuels Fire has been the main source of human industrial progress. Extracted
from the planet in a solid, liquid or gaseous form, and processed into energy, which
is networked or stored mainly for use by Industry and Transport sectors. Coal is
mined in a solid state and transported via rail or trucks to fire electricity
generators. Natural Gas, in its gaseous form is released from surrounding
deposits of crude oil, transported via pipeline networks for use or to be
processed, Compressed or Liquified, to fire generators, operate equipment and
run vehicles. Crude Oil is located, drilled for, and pumped, in a liquid state,
transported to refineries and processed into Heavy Oils to lubricate machinery,
further, refined into Diesel, Kerosene and Gasoline, additionally transported via
distribution networks to power various types of industries and vehicles.
Electricity
is seen as an essential component in human development. Generating Electricity is
still mostly powered by fossil fuels but is being heavily challenged by
renewable fuels, while, still delivered via one-way Electricity Distribution Grids,
for human consumption. Solar generates electricity using light from the sun as
its fuel but requires a fueled manufacturing process to produce and dispose of photovoltaic
cells. Wind Turbines, using the movement of air as its fuel, are judged as the
best because of its long-life span but also requires a fueled manufacturing
process. The same is true for Tidal generation, fueled by ocean currents, which
still must factor in the production and disposal of equipment. Geothermal is
still being studied as to its long-term effects on the planet. Nuclear power
plants are assessed to carry the most risks. Distribution Grids are inclusive
of Switch Sub-Stations with step up transformers and miles of cable between
Residential, Commercial, and Industrial Structures.
Communication
is the basis of global human relationships. Modern information networks enable an
exchange of Ideas, coordinates Trade, and stores Transactions, allowing
individual and groups to engage, worldwide. Ideas transmitted via Voice,
Notifications, Texting, Messaging, Collaborating, Recording, Conferencing,
Documenting, Ticketing, Data Storing, etc. Trade is initiated, negotiated, monitored
and verified across Business Platforms. While, Transactions are originated,
tracked, confirmed and audited, to permit Payments. The Technology, involved in
such communication networks, is complex and evolving. Rooted in software, which
moves data packets across multiple networked structures, built on; old
telephone systems Digital Subscriber Line
(DSL) broadband, and through coaxial television Cable,
and on to Land Mobile Radio (LMR), all
retailed by an Internet Service Provider (ISP). ISP’s purchase access to larger
networks with more bandwidth and very high speeds, built on; Fiber Optics
moving data through plastic or glass wires as
light waves, or Satellite Internet better serving rural areas. The industry is amid sweeping changes as it moves from
LMR to an entirely new technology, Long Term Evolution (LTE).
Transportation
connects human providers/producers to users/consumers worldwide. Distribution Networks;
Air and Sea routes with entry Ports, and Land routes inclusive of paved Roads
and Highways, Rails/Tracks, Bridges and Tunnels, are built to support passenger
and cargo movement via carriages/vehicles. Cable connected carriages are mostly
installed to carry people Vertically or Horizontally, while Rail carriages move
people and cargo via Rails/Tracks, Bridges and Tunnels only Horizontally.
Pipelines transport liquid and gasses in purposeful directions to preset
destinations. A combination of Rails/Tracks laid underground in tunnels below
heavily populated areas, otherwise known as a subway, are mostly to move people
quickly around that major city.
Operations
and Maintenance (O&M) are Scheduled to give the best performance and longest working life, out of appliances,
machines and equipment employed. While, Breakdowns are anticipated and planned
for, with crews standing by to effect emergency repairs.
The Future of #Infrastructure
will provide better living standards. The mission is to design, improve,
commission and regulate, mini interconnected networks combining multiple
utilities, to benefit Residential, Commercial, and Industrial Pod
Structures.
Water and Waste essentials will take on a plug and play
environment, with multiple interconnected area networks, allowing interchangeable
links to monitor and report on usage. Water purification apparatus will be
integrated into building pods; collection, storage and treatment, will
therefore be recycled to minimize usage. Waste will be separated and sorted to
composed into fertilizers, produce natural gas and recycled to other products.
Fuels to Fire electrical plants and transportation
vehicles, will exhaust cleaner healthier emissions into the Air. Replacing existing
fuels used, which burns and exhaust heavy pollutants into cities’ atmospheres.
Natural Gas produced from capturing methane gas from deteriorating organic
sources; fossils or biodegradable
materials, burns the cleanest, with near-zero emissions,
Electricity distributed via two-way mini-grids, for
residential and commercial usage will come from renewable fuel sources
operating on that particular building structure. While, Industrial usage will
incorporate its own power sources, noting that, the manufacturing and disposal
or recycling of electricity generating equipment will grow to use renewable
fuels in its own processes.
Communication will
see Individuals using 5G mobile services licenses in the 3,400–3,800 megahertz
frequency band. While Commercial, and Industrial users will adopt High-End IP
Phone systems, Workspace Collaboration, Visual Studio and Video Conferencing
solutions, Big Data Hybrid Cloud Storage and Security solutions, and Digital Transformation,
to monitor, track and instruct the Internet Of Things (IOT). For example; to
allow vehicles to share information about their surroundings with substructure,
which can be used to change traffic signals.
Transportation improvements,
will be slow in coming as popular methods and equipment, are presently well integrated
into societies. Private Passengers are moved via; Electric Escalators, Cars,
Speed, and Luxury Boats, Airplanes. Public Passengers employ; Elevators, Buses,
Trains, Cruise Boats, Commercial Aircrafts. Cargo utilizes; Trolleys, Cable
Lifts, Trucks, Trains, Fishing Vessels, Container Ships and Airplanes. Industrial
engages; Extraction Heavy Land Moving Equipment, and Drilling Platform Rigs,
Processing Barges, and Aircraft Carriers, High Speed Aircrafts. And Tubal
Transport is being researched to power seawater to push a bullet type carriage
forward.
Operations and
Maintenance (O&M) will further develop these mentioned
utilities as technology advances, expanding networks as communities grows and delivering
services and supplies dependability.
Rationale
T.A.J
& Associates Company Limited
uses this occasion to comment on topics that have been covered, both academically
and by the mainstream media, to add its opinion and point out investment
opportunity, not to invoke any social action.
