The world is in a state of political and financial chaos at this time and this is affecting the progress of science and engineering to the detriment of everyone.

Corrosion is not being controlled because money is dominating those who want to study and practice the science of corrosion control.



What can we do about it?

Social media has changed the established structure of academia and knowledge transferand we can now exchange ideas, information and data without editors and publishers.



We each have an individual timeline of experience that results in knowledge and understanding that provides a unique perspective from which we observe our part of the universe and form our own opinions.

The established structure of academia cannot possibly keep up with the scientific advances of millions of intelligent brains that are now communicating freely through the internet.

The science of electrochemistry includes corrosion.

There is claimed to be over 30,000 members of organisations who are engaged in corrosion control and these are relying on scientific papers that have been presented to a few hundred people for 'peer review'. This group of specialists then filter all information and claim that this makes it valid.

When recommended practices prove impractical or corrosion failures occur in spite of approved methodology, academia becomes defensive and consolidates against innovation.

We now have a means to progress beyond this blockage through the availablity of mass individual communications. The internet was designed to survive in the event of nuclear conflict destroying major parts of the communications network. The result has been described as an ocean of ideas in which each idea has a life of it's own, hence the term 'viral'. When we transmit an idea through the internet it can be likened to pouring a bucket of water into a lake which somebody else can take out from the other shore of the lake. This is not magic, it is mathematics and is achieved by sets of instructions that set switches on or off. This has the advantage of a program having to answer the question 'true or false' at every step of the sequence.

The World Wide Web is a set of conventional codes that make it possible for all computers to 'talk' to each other. Any information that is put into the WWW is immediately avalable to every connected computer. The energy to sustain this information comes from millions of sources and the paths through which the information passes form a matrix of massive proportions. The whole thing is three dimensional and cannot be controlled from any point of number of points.

Step 1 (and I am doing this right now.) If a scientist has an idea, it can be broadcast onto the internet for the scrutiny and approval of everyone without editors or publishers. We need to supply evidence to support our theories so that they are taken into practice by the people whose cash flow passes through the pipelines that are presently leaking.

Step 2 is to make our suggestion the only alternative to the established system.

We have to produce data that shows clearly that the present system is failing in terms of profit for investors. We can do that by gathering all reports of pipeline failures and corrosion related incidents globally. We must do this from a local level upwards through to the actual official reports. This gathering of information must be on a global scale as explained in my paper ....

http://www.pipeline-corrosion-control.com/Euroconference/

Step 3

We must initiate the activities required to control corrosion on networks of pipelines and facilities.

Management of resources

Rewards for everyone.

Software development

Manufacture of specialised items.

Research and development of the science and technology of corrosion control

Design of standard components

Training

Information and data acquisition.

Client and PR

Step 4 We must define the problem.

Step 5 We must list the resources

Step 6 We must provide a structure in which everyone can do what they are best at and receive the rewards the would like.

Step 7 We must set up cash flow.

We must set up admin