Biogas Generation System- Neil Karmaker

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The core ideas behind the diagram include the explicit social system and ecosystem impacts that are achieved with the introduction of the biogas system in different landscapes.  There are so many benefits that the biogas system brings to the landscape they are introduced in, such as the cleaner fuel, reduced health effects, improved crop production, increased education rates, and the increase in jobs in communities that adopt this system. The previous system that was done using firewood, had many negative drawbacks, but the system diagram presented the direct improvements on those drawbacks, and also included different benefits that the biogas system introduced. With the systems diagram, it is easy to identify some beneficial positive feedback loops. For example, with improved crop yield, communities are able to raise more cows and livestock, which then produce the waste that creates slurry, that fuels the entire biogas process and makes the loop grow larger. This biogas system also affects the impact to the environment in the local area (IPAT). On the local community scale, the population and the affluence are not going the necessarily change with the introduction of this biogas system, but the technological aspect will definitely be reduced due to all of the benefits this system brings in terms of upkeep of the environment and the people living there, and the economic systems that drive the landscape to stability. In comparison to Figure 1.5, my diagram may be a little bit more convoluted and is most likely more difficult to read. In Figure 1.5, the diagram is clearly split into two distinct categories, social system and ecosystem, whereas in mine, there is a split, but I think it is more difficult to see. I think they are similar in the trend in organization, where I chose to attempt to categorize all of the information related to social system and ecosystems, and have the arrows connecting between the two systems. I think the similarities and differences arise solely from the categorization, and the subject matter, respectively.

2 thoughts on “Biogas Generation System- Neil Karmaker

  1. Hi Neil,
    My name is Ralph (TJ) Diaz. I picked your post to comment on largely because of the post’s content. I also noticed multiple positive feedback loops within the system that cause the generator to have larger impacts within the community. In your diagram, you included “construction jobs” and “better economy.” I completely overlooked the immediate impact the Biogas technology is having on the economy by providing construction jobs. I also like the style you used to draw connections among your various diagram components. Your arrows are commonly intersect and look very messy, giving the diagram a feeling that everything is highly interconnected. The lose distribution of boxes around the Biogas center also lends to this feel, where many posts had two columns of boxes with Biogas in the center. Overall, I found your post very insightful on multiple levels.
    If you want to see my post, check it out here: https://wp.me/p3RCAy-b74
    -TJ Diaz

  2. Hi Neil! My name is Karissa. Check my post out if you have a chance https://wp.me/p3RCAy-b7A

    The main aspect of your diagram that drew me in was the different take on creation. Most of the posted diagrams look similar to Figure 1.5 in our reading (including my own), but you were able to portray it in a different fashion. With your style of diagram you were able to make more connections between the given information. Another positive aspect of your diagram is that you are more capable of seeing the present feedback loops which you mention in your post. I like that you took the given information and gave your own take on how everything was interconnected. In a way your diagram may be a better representation of the real systems. Awesome job!

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