⚡️ energy and water system

• part of pirates of cyber states course on off grid living in cyberia

• published on x.com

• scale	total consumption	per hour	population	per capita
  global	30 850 TW/h	3.52 TW	8 000 000 000	0.42 KW/h
  cyber valley	40 000 KW/h	4.5 KW	40	0.11 KW/h

• kardashev type 1 target

  • 500x - 2000x more for all
  • 1 000 000 000 for cyberia

• main rule for autonomous energy system: diversification

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• energies

  • water: most fundamental resource

    • current cyber valley status
      • water generation
        • 1 000 000 m3 per year
        • 100 m3 per hour
      • water storage
        • 200 m3
    • how to?
      • how much you need?
        • As much as possible
        • we consume 1t per day minimum
        • 25 liters per human
      • rainy water collection and storage costs
        • depends on your soil ⇒ water holding capacity
        • don’t store on closed containers (unless a lot of pollution) ⇒ quality the same, costs 5x - 10x
        • clay or stone: \$5 - $10 m2 of the pond bottom
        • hdpe or ppr (not pvc) geomembrane: \$1 - $5 m2 of the pond bottom
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    • filtration
      • biofilter for water purification
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      • schmutzdecke
      • gravel + sand + biochar + limestone
      • uv filter
      • basalt box
      • total costs: $200 - $1000 per point of consumption
    • gray water
      • paperless toilets: drier and washer ⇒ $100 - $500
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      • do not use cosmetics ⇒ natural saponins
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      • simple plastic septic: $100

  • sun

    • solar is the key: map
    • current citadel genesis status
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      • 30 kw of solar generation which cant be reliable in our environment
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      • 30 kw of energy storage which is convenient for us
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      • nominal power != real power output
    • needs
      • 1-2 kw of nominal power per human
    • costs:
      • panels: $200 - $500 per kw/h
      • batteries: ~$500 per kw of storage
    • alternative != sustainable
      • photovoltaics and lithium batteries does not seems like sustainable solution
      • sustainable is when energy system can run indefenetly

        • aspect	solar panel	lithium battery	computer chip
          lifetime	10–30	3–15	10-30

      • rough estimation of production complexity for staple energy system

        • aspect	solar panel	lithium battery	computer chip
          number of countries	10–15	8–12	10–12
          number of companies	100–200	50–150	150–300
          number of people involved	500,000 to 1 million	250,000 to 500,000	1 million to 1.5 million

  • bio (gas)

    • affordable everywhere, cheap, clean
    • costs: $100 - $200 per m3 ⇒ $5k - $10k household
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    • biogas generator
      • 5 KW/h of reserve power ⇒ $5k
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      • remove noise
      • clean air
    • wood ⇒ come to carbon lecture tomorrow

  • air

    • low altitude winds
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    • high altitude winds
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    • current citadel genesis status
      • need next iteration

  • earth

    • topsoil geothermal: heat pumps + soil water batteries
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    • deep geothermal ⇒ high investments ⇒ heavy maintenance
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• summary: 4 people needs

  • generation: $10k
  • storage: $5k
  • water system: $5k
  • total: $20k or ~4k per human

• Connect

  • t.me/cybervalleyland

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  • x.com/@mastercyb

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• other

  • two questions
    • how to bootstrap the system using still working supply chains?
    • how to design less complex, but more efficient energy system?
  • came into two phases
    • 1 fast phase: buy staple energy system
    • 2 slow phase: during lifetime replace with sustainable
      • cheap storage as heat in water, soil, sand or whatever
      • stirling engine is needed
      • components
        • at least 3 sources
          • solar heat collectors
          • 2 chamber stove
          • medium altitude kites
        • water and soil heat batteries
        • stirling engine
  • basalt road as heat collector, basalt cistern and surrounding soil as heat storage
    • 1 m2 of basalt road can charge 1 m3 of water in cistern over a 90-day dry season
    • double the road area, you halve the charging time
    • heat loss from the un-insulated cistern to surrounding soil is < 3 % per month at 2 m burial depth
    • that lost heat simply diffuses into the soil store and is not wasted
    • overall system cost is dominated by tubing and electrics pumps
    • all other materials are site stone, soil and manual labour
  • elements in the air: oxygen, nitrogen, carbon, argon