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This is Chapter 8 from free climate book?A Plan to Save the Planet.

The U.S. government currently operates dozens of national laboratories, an example of which is the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in California. They develop gadgets that explore outer space with a $3B/yr budget.?

In theory, the U.S. government could do something similar with climate change by setting up a new national laboratory that develops gadgets that reduce decarbonization costs.

Foundations could also set up laboratories. For example, Bill could set up a Gates Decarbonization Laboratory, and Elon could set up a Musk Decarbonization Laboratory. And these could collaborate with Joe's U.S. National Decarbonization Laboratory.

For an open-source (i.e. free) decarbonization laboratory business plan, visit www.APlanToSaveThePlanet.org/lab

What Do Labs Do?

Some laboratories develop large systems, whereas others focus on supporting research via grants. For example, JPL focuses on developing large systems such as the Mars rover, and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) is active in supporting research grants.

The typical grant process is as follows: (a) announce funding opportunity, (b) collect proposals, (c) review, (d) select, and (e) manage awardees.

Foundations, Companies, and Universities

Companies and universities who receive money for R&D often prioritize their own financial interests over reducing CO2. For example, they typically do not share developed materials unless they are required to do so. This is because transparency often detracts from: (a) filing patents, (b) developing proprietary products, and (c) raising money for companies and labs.

A decarbonization laboratory, on the other hand, might be tasked with solving the climate change problem, and not with making money. And to do this, they might require developed materials be placed onto the internet, open source. This would maximize the utilization of developed technology worldwide, maximize candid review, maximize the development of interconnection standards, and minimize inaccurate claims.

Organizational Structure

Laboratories typically divide responsibility among multiple divisions, and divisions typically divide responsibility among multiple groups. A lab could have any number of divisions and any number of groups, and these could be added or subtracted at any time.

Panels of individuals typically allocate money from a general fund to divisions and to groups. And staff are typically encouraged to raise money from external sources via proposals.

Some laboratories have many employees at one site, whereas others funnel money toward other organizations. For example, a laboratory that accelerates the development of fusion power might pass money to scientists at the world's 10 fusion research organizations who are already familiar with fusion.

Reduce Waste Due to Project Bias

Governments and foundations occasionally fund projects that are not technically feasible or are not economically viable. This is often due to developers who claim everything is OK when it is not, to raise money, to pay people.

To defend against “project bias”, a lab could potentially task the best and brightest engineers and scientists in the nation to oversee multiple projects, and reasonably throttle money up or down, to each, over time.

Laboratory Divisions

Below are examples of divisions within a laboratory.

Commercial Fusion Moonshot: Achieve commercial fusion within 10 years. Funding is directed by the world's top fusion scientists and flows toward top people at existing fusion research institutions.1, 2, 3, 25

Fission Moonshot: Dramatically increase the production of nuclear fission reactors over the next 10 years in a manner that meets the satisfaction of the public.4, 5, 6, 7, 24

High-Temperature Manufacturing: Develop next-generation high-temperature green manufacturing sites, standards, and supporting transportation infrastructure.4, 5, 6, 7, 26

Custom Solar Skin: Develop machines that fabricate, install and maintain custom pieces of PV solar that wrap building roof and wall surfaces.8, 31

Solar Sub-Assembly Development: Develop standardized modular solar sub-assembles that stack within a shipping container and are assembled under robotic control.9, 32

Solar Panel Installation Automation: Automate the placing of traditional solar panels on buildings.9

Solar Farm Automation: Develop next generation automated solar farms that consume significantly less metal, concrete, and glass.10, 33

The National Solar Farm: Develop an automated software system that supports ownership of solar panels on a solar farm.29

Ammonia Transportation: Do paper-only design of a global well-to-wheels ammonia based transportation system. This entails exploring ammonia-based fuel cells, ammonia tanks, automated refueling mechanisms, and citywide ammonia monitoring and service.11, 27, 28

Hydrogen Transportation: Similar to the above yet hydrogen (H2) instead of ammonia (NH3).11, 27, 28

Electric Vehicle Cost Reduction: Reduce the cost of electric vehicles (EVs) to the extent required to make them cost less than gasoline and diesel powered vehicles. This includes improving EV battery longevity 2-fold (i.e. to beyond the lifespan of the vehicle), exploring dynamic battery warranty, and exploring mandated diagnostic battery reporting.12, 13, 15, 28

Swappable EV Battery: Develop a standardized swappable EV battery system, to the point of simple prototypes.14, 28

HVAC Command and Control: Develop software and standards that connect HVAC equipment in all buildings to regional computers. Support a national strategy that decarbonizes building heat at lowest cost.16, 35

Building Automation: Develop software, devices, and standards that automate buildings.16, 17, 18, 19, 36

Carbon Capture and Sequestration (CCS): Develop software, standards, systems, and models that support the eventual unfolding of CCS.20, 30

Power Line Transmission Automation and Commoditization: Reduce cost of electrical power transmission lines via automation and standardization.21, 34

Decarbonization Policy Making Tools: Maintain websites that calculate the lowest cost way for regions to decarbonize given policy options.22, 23, 37

Conclusion

Developing large systems is often avoided for a variety of reasons; however, one can explore with a relatively small budget. And one can require open-source to avoid placing the entire system onto the shoulders of one organization.?

Business schools teach that the best productivity comes from well-funded teams of outstanding individuals who are surrounded by minimal bureaucracy. Organizations that apply this principle tend to be more successful.