Bioenergy Systems with Michael Smith, The Need To Grow: Accelerating Regeneration and Remediating Pollution

In this interview with inventor Michael Smith, we dive into the green energy systems he develops that were first publicized in the popular documentary The Need to Grow. We talk about Michael's unique life path from video game development & working with AI to now bringing natural "players" like algae together with natural intelligence-based operating systems to create green power systems. These power systems create an expanding web of environmental regeneration, completely flipping on its head the the marching destruction of conventional power systems, agriculture, and to a large extent economics. A hopeful, information-dense & inspiring interview!  Watch the Documentary: The Need to Grow Michael smith's company website: Regenitech  John D. Liu's Eco Restoration Camps Follow us on Instagram @regenerativerevolutionpodcast Show notes:  Using technology to be a part of bringing together regeneration & modern society The Green Power House & using artificial intelligence to model ecosystems & create closed loop systems to draw down carbon. Working with algae & other “players” in the creation of photosynthetic energy systems Accelerating the process of creating humic acids with strategic use of algae as part of these energy systems. These systems create inputs for soil health instead of burning fossil fuels How Michael used the AI he learned during video game development to tap into the natural intelligence of these biosystems - using these as feedback to harness energy production from regenerative sets of organisms. How with the help of technology it is possible to regenerate soil at an accelerated rate to try and compensate for the accelerated rate of loss. Using an operating system to balance inputs and waste streams so the systems are not producing waste & are maximizing their energy output. In this way, using technology to quantum leap into regeneration! Comparing this merging of technology & natural characters with food forestry & permaculture. Accessibility for participation in these green energy systems - “it’s not a corporate move to become the next extraction technology. They’re local systems for each community, and most of the revenue & byproducts (like soil amendments) flow back into the local community, with a small percentage going to build the next one in the next community.” Bioremediation using these biostimulants to break down contaminants like aminopyrilate & glyphosate in polluted soil. Not only are these energy systems that they’re producing, plus producing these soil builders, but they’re also producing something that can be used for bioremediation - even in cleaning up oil spills! These energy systems as a way of introducing us into a life-based economy, cleaning up capitalist exploitation of workers, soil pollution & environmental pollution from dirty energy systems - all with these biosystems. “It may be also a way we can switch our economic system from a death-based system, which is a harvest-based, extraction system, to a life-based system.” Hope & spirituality in 2021, featuring the Gaia principles & quantum entanglement. Life direction advice for people in the regenerative movement.  And so much more!