Why Aren't Aussies Making Hydrogen?.. They Should!

 Hi

So recently I have been thinking about Australia..

Firstly, enough sunshine falls on 'The Bush' desert in one day to power the planet for a year. One day! A Year! But storing this energy is a problem.. no.. wait.. no it isn't.

Secondly, the efficiency of Hydrogen , is a two pronged tine.. on one prong it is one the most energy density rich material. On the other tine .. a lot of energy is lost making that hydrogen in the first place.. but do you see where I'm going with this?

It doesn't matter if loads of energy efficiency is lost when you have so much going to waste daily anyway! Literal sun energy hitting the dirt. Doing nothing good. Causing fires.

So if you had a plant near Exmouth with a pipeline and converted oil rig off the coast.. pumping seawater to the plant on the shore..

so to not disturb the barrier reef..

Power from solar panels on large poles covering the area and providing power..

What would this gain Australia?

Hydrogen (pure)

Oxygen (pure)

Sodium (for battery production)

Deuterium (for future energy production, sell to other countries. requirement for Helium 3 reactors.)

It's bit like.. free oil. free unlimited oil. Yes the set up costs.. cost a LOT of money, but if the Aussies were smart they would make a Nationalized Hydrogen Company and sit back.. and watch all the money roll in! No more borrowing! No more problems over welfare! Lower taxation!

How would I do it if I were the Australian Government?

Firstly, I would buy all the solar panels I could get my hands on. Put them on massive poles the height of wind turbines (wind farms) and make them in to a power grid.

Secondly, Get an old oil rig out at sea, but in a place that safe to suck up loads of seawater, with a pipe that can move it to shore.. then I would create the plant.. first stage would be desalination, extracting the sodium. This can be done simply by heating the water to boiling and siphoning off the steam. The steam once cooled returns to a liquid and has three elements.. hydrogen oxygen and deuterium. If you run an electrical current through this liquid the three become gasses, ready to be captured.

Thirdly, ban all 'carbon puffers' .. petrol diesel etc.. If a company wants to sell a vehicle in Australia make it a law they can only sell electric and Hydrogen cars and lorries.. over produce Hydrogen (home market only) so you can offer it to Aussies for a fraction of the price of carbon fuels. You just banned their vehicle so they'll be mad, but if you help them save so much money it makes their new vehicle cheaper that'll turn them back in to happy voters!

Fourthly, Replace every petrol station's fuel with hydrogen.

Finally, sell excess resources, make a mint.. then let everyone just go about their day.. because it didn't really matter what fuel we used to get about, so long as we're not choking the planet.

When a new house is built, I would get three large shipping containers, make them in to huge Sodium Ion (or sodium aluminium) batteries and bury them under the house. Each battery should last 50 years,, so say 150 years until they need changed, and you never need to worry about capacity because these would be overkill.

peace

Dava (Scottish.. Saor Alba!)

🤔 If I ruled the world..

 🤔 If I ruled the world..

I would give people an option to switch all their teeth with identical metal replacements. Never have tooth ache again.. and businesses never lose money due to toothache related sick days.

I would make bicycle/EV highways with a top speed of 15.5MPH. I would sell four wheel two seater EVs (1500W) for £1200 but electronically limited to 15.5MPH (Power to weight ratio, currently is a joke of 250W).. there would be no need for tax or insurance or driving licence.. as they would be classes the same as bicycles.

I would put Stirling Engines everywhere.. they are a great source of green electricity. Sometimes solar panels overheat.. if you had a three prong solution.. a vertical wind turbine that had solar panels and for its base a Stirling engine, it would pretty much be generating electricity all the time.

Thorium reactors.. not exactly 'green' but more 'cyan'. Thorium is a good stop gap .. not accurate but think of it this way; current reactors are 90% clean 10% dirty.. Thorium is 99.9% clean and 0.01% dirty and even that dirt (radioactivity) is 300 years, not the 10% of 100,000 years.. Imagine we had.. thorium reactors that were designed from the ground up to be converted to He3 Helium 3 reactors once we have access to He3 from the moon. He3 reactors are.. *cough.. loud voice* 100% clean. He3 is the future of energy generation. But we need to get all the He3 from the moon as fast as possible! So say we use Thorium for 20 years.. then convert to He3.

Scottish houses wouldn't be showboxes with a lightbulb.. rabbit hutches. Think about how much builders and building companies charge .. the price of a brick is 50p. It's because we the people have banks backing us.. so it's like 'free money' for the building companies who have no incentive to give value for money.

When building a new house, I would bury a shipping crate underneath the house, this would be a sodium aluminium battery for the house, and I would have mini versions of the aforementioned wind turbines (wind solar Stirling) on the roof.

I would encourage a basic living income for all people, working or not.. I would cut taxation to zero.. which all would be paid for by mining our solar system and recovering the resources, selling those resources and so profit No one would have to die due to a stupid thing like money.. money is our way of rewarding those who contribute the most to society (supposedly) and those people can make as much money as they wish without taxation of any kind.

If we stop looking to the Earth for resources.. then we stop warring about those resources. And it is to be mentioned.. we have *near* unlimited resources in our solar system.. there is a layer of natural gas in Jupiter that could fit 1000 earths.. and here we are fighting for a sliver in the crack of the earths skin. On Neptune it rains diamonds. literally rains diamonds.. the carbon evaporates and when it cool in to drops, those carbon drops become diamonds.

I would FORCE every government to ban privately own energy companies, including petrol companies. One government equals one government owned energy company. IT would be in their interest to keep fuels bills at a minimum so they get reelected.. and we the electorate could see how well they are doing by examine our bills.. it would be a good gauge to see if they cared about or even respected us.

I would reintroduce our Scottish States.. which were disbanded in 2014.. and link the Scottish Additional Member System (our system of Scottish election) to those States.

I would remove the sugar tax for over 16 year olds.. if an over 16 year old can prove their age, they get the normal rate.

I would make land ownership a REAL thing in Scotland.. if you own your land you can build what you want without planning permission.. but of course no one wants slum lords.. so what you build must be for personal and family use and if you ever sell the land, you must either knock down the structure or go through the steps you would have done had you chosen to get permission.

If I ruled the world..

SNEC Scottish National Energy Company (Pært 2)

 Hullo

hInglish:

I'll do this in English first then Scots.. Although it really bugs why I should do this in English at all, making English seem the 'intelligent' language, and making Scots seem less intelligent and so devalue us as a peoples, making us seem stupid for not doing a dance around the English language. But no matter for now.. The SNP Leader candidates are using only English, which again bothers me, but I'll put up with it for now.

SNEC Scottish National Energy Company 

While Westminster controls certain aspects of Energy as a reserved matter, there is a loop hole to this, in that, the Scottish Government are allowed to set up any publicly owned business they wish.. this includes an National Energy company.

The SG might not be able to legislate fully on Energy matters, however the SG is allowed to set up such a company and allow people to join it of their own free will.

100% Green energy means 90% free energy, minus 10% for set up and maintenance costs. A co-op style owned by the people energy company.

I would suggest going state by state, starting with Grampian, the state that might provide the most resistance to this idea and once they are (hopefully) on board with the idea, moving state to state based on least demand. Shetland, Orkney, Hebrides, Highland, Borders, Dumfries & Galloway, Tayside & Angus.. leaving Central, Fife, Lothian and then Strathclyde for last, as these will be the most demanding, especially Strathclyde (my state) with Glasgow being the hardest work due to our Glaswegian population.

Once the infrastructure for power generation is there, it is easier to provide for the states with larger demands. 

Using the decommissioned oil platforms as a base for Wind and Wave energy in Scottish waters, and the pipelines, instead of pumping oil ashore, having electricity sent through cables to the mainland.

Roads having small vertical wind power generators.. think about how many cars produce wind as a by product of driving, having these generators alongside highways would offset some of the cost and provide *some* power during windy and non-windy days.

Every rooftop with a line of vertical wind power generators, solar panels and mini rainwater turbines in the pipes. I first imagined it as.. vertical power generators replacing every chimney, but why stop there..? In summer we now get loads of sunshine.

Reserved Matters

In Scotland we have.. get this.. 30,000 lochs.. not 300, not 3000.. Thirty Thousand lochs! all ready to pump out green energy.. however, The Tories sold off our rights to water energy generation in the late 80s, early 90s.

The SG owns Wind and Wave (and Solar.. pretty much everything but).. we don't own our Water Loch power generation.

I've done the maths.. and we could produce enough energy in ONE WEEK to satisfy our power needs for ONE YEAR. (see maths below)

But again this is held by Westminster.. unless we get independence. 

To all those Tory voting businesses out there.. WHY?? .. Your customers can't afford your products and you can't afford the staffs wages while all this energy crisis is going on.. WHY continue to be a Unionist and vote Tory?

Stirling Engines

I came up with a way to combine loch water power and Stirling engines, see picture:

The Stirling engines take heat from the atmosphere and put it in to the water, while doing so the engines create electricity. As the water comes out of the dam, it generates turbine energy through gravity, but also releases the stored heat, this pooling and release is done again and again until the temperature is back to normal, each layer producing electricity through gravity and finally the excess power generation is used to pump the water back to the starting loch.

It might seem like a perpetual motion device, however the excess energy is coming from the environment.

To be clear.. this design of mine is simply an improvement of current designs. It does not figure in to the Water Energy maths below.

In Summer.. Stirling Engines themselves alone could provide electricity, with deep forks using the ground as a heatsink and transferring surface heat to the earth. Think of it like geothermal but in reverse.

Hydrogen

In the near to mid future.. batteries will never give us the freedom petrol did, I agree they are important for everyday vehicle use, but as a drop in replacement for such freedoms, we need to produce hydrogen.

Sourced from 100% green energy, available on masse, especially for Hydro trucks to carry our food cheaply and easily.

Keeping jobs for people in petrol stations, as Hydro stations.. keeping jobs in Grampian for those former oil workers, now moving to being maintenance people. Living on the rigs as they once did but instead of harming the environment, helping heal it. 

This is something the SG could get in to with SNEC.. there is no law saying they cannot set up a publicly owned petrol to Hydro replacement company.

Sell hydrogen at cost + 10%.

Begin with hydrogen fueling station for trucks/lorries to carry our food and goods cheaply, then expand to consumer cars.

Sodium Aluminium Batteries

The price of lithium is going up and up and the earth doesn't have enough to provide for our upcoming needs.

Sodium aluminium batteries would however be easy enough transition to provide for our needs, using much of the same manufacture processes as lithium. Lithium and Sodium are like cousins on the periodic table.

The draw back is, for Sodium you need much larger batteries to achieve the same results. But in an industrial setting this much less of a problem, as we don't need to care how big the batteries are if they are to provide power for say.. a town.

Sodium Aluminium wouldn't be suitable for say.. an iPad, or a phone or EVs.. but for industrial applications they are a fraction of the price, can store and discharge large amounts of energy cheaply. 

If we had control of our Water rights we wouldn't need any batteries at all.. but since we do not have control of those rights until independence.. we have to make do for now.

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Hullo

Scots:

SNEC Scottish National Energy Company 

Ays Westminster controls certain aspects o Energy ays a reserved mætter, we dæ hæ a loop hole tæ thys, iyn thyt, the Scottish Government ur allooed tæ set up ony publicly owned business they wa'nt.. thys includes an National Energy company.

The SG mibe no bæ able tæ legislate fu'lly oan Energy mætters, howe'er the SG is allooed tæ set up such a company an alloo folk tæ join it o' their æn free will.

100% Green energy means 90% free energy, minus 10% for set up and maintenance costs. A co-op style owned bi oor æn folk, energy company.

Ah wid suggest goin state bi state, stærting wæ Grampian, the state that mibe gee the mæst resistance tæ thys idea an wance they ur (hopefully) oan board wæ the idea, moving state tæ state based oan least demænd. Shetland, Orkney, Hebrides, Highlund, Borders, Dumfries & Galloway, Tayside & Angus.. leaving Central, Fife, Lothian an then Strathclyde fur last, ays these'll bæ the mæst demændin, especially Strathclyde (ma state) wæ Glæsga bein the hærdest work due tæ oor Wegian population.

Wance the infrastructure fur power generation iys there, iyt iys easier tæ provide fur the states wæ yon mæst demænds. 

Usin the decommissioned oil platforms as a base fur Wind an Wave energy iyn Scottish wa'ters, an the pipelines, instæed o pumpin oil ashore, huvin electricity sent through cables tæ the mainlund.

Roads huvin wee vertical wind power generators.. hink aboot how miny cærs produce wind ays a by product o drivin, huvin these generators alangside highways wid affset some o the cost an provide *some* power during windy an no-windy dæys.

Every rooftap wæ a line o vertical wind power generators, solar panels an mini rainwa'ter turbines in the pipes. Ah first imagined iyt ays.. vertical power generators replacin awe chimneys, bit how stop yon..? In summer we noo git loads o sunshine.

Reserved Matters

Iyn Scotlund we huv.. git thys.. 30,000 loȝhs.. no 300, no 3000.. Thirty Thousand loȝhs! awe ridy tæ pump oot green energy.. however, The Tories selt aff oor riȝhts tæ wa'ter energy generation iyn the late 80s, early 90s.

The SG æns Wind an Wave (an Solar..  it awe bit).. we dinnæ æn oor Wa'ter Loȝh power generation.

Ah've done the maths.. an we could produce enough energy in WAN WEEK tæ satisfy oor power needs fur WAN YEAR. (see maths below)

Bit again thys is helt bi Westminster.. unless we git oor independence. 

Tæ awe yon Tory voting businesses oot there.. WHY?? .. Yur customers cannæ afford yur products an ye cannæ afford the staffs wages while awe thys energy crisis iys gaun oan.. WHY continue tæ bæ a Unionist an vote Tory?

Stirling Engines

Ah came up wæ a wæy tæ combine loȝh wa'ter power an Stirlin engines, see picture:

The Stirlin engines tak heat fæ the atmosphere an pit iyt iyn tæ the wa'ter, while dæn sa the engines create electricity. Ays the wa'ter comes oot o the dam, iyt generates turbine energy through gravity, bit an'aw releases yon stored heat, thys pooling an release is done again an again until the temperature iys back tæ normal, each layer producin electricity through gravity an finally the excess power generation iys used tæ pump the wa'ter back tæ the stærting loȝh.

Iyt mibe seem lit a perpetual motion device, however the excess energy is coming fæ the environment.

Tæ bæ clear.. this design o mine is simply an improvement o current designs. Iyt dusnæ figure intæ the Wa'ter Energy maths below.

Iyn Summer.. Stirlin Engines thumsels alæne could provide electricity, wæ deep forks usin the groon ays a heatsink an transferring surface heat tæ the earth. Hink o iyt lit geothermal bit iyn reverse.

Hydrogen

Iyn the near to mid future.. batteries'll ne'er gee us the freedom petrol ay did, Ah agree they ur important fur everydæy vehicle use, bit as a drop in replacement fur such freedoms, we need tæ produce hydrogen.

Sourced fæ 100% green energy, available oan masse, especially fur Hydro trucks tæ carry oor fid cheaply an easily an wæ abundance.

Keeping joabs fur folk in petrol stations, as Hydro stations.. keeping joabs iyn Grampian fur awe yon former oil workers, noo movin tæ bein maintenance folk. Livin oan the rigs ays they wance did bit noo insteæd o hærmin the environment, helpin heal iyt. 

Thys iys somethin the SG could git in tæ wæ SNEC.. there iys næ law sæyin they cannæ set up a publicly ænd petrol tæ Hydro replacement company.

Sell hydrogen ayt cost + 10%.

Begin wæ hydrogen fueling station fur trucks/lorries tæ carry oor fid an guids cheaply, then expand tæ consumer cærs.

Sodium Aluminium Bætteries

The price o lithium iys gaun up g'uy shærply an oor poor wee planet dusnæ hæ enough tæ provide fur us. 

Sodium aluminium batteries wid however bæ easy enough transition tæ provide fur oor needs, usin much o the same manufacture processes ays lithium. Lithium an Sodium ur lit cousins oan yon periodic table.

The draw back iys, fur Sodium ye need muckle stoater bætteries tæ achieve the same results. Bit iyn an industrial setting thys isnæ a problem, as we dinnæ need tæ care how big the bætteries ur iyf they ur tæ provide power fur say.. a toon.

Sodium Aluminium widnæ bæ suitable fur sæy.. an iPad, oar a phone oar EVs.. bit fur industrial applications they ur a fraction o the price, can store an dischærge large amoonts o energy cheaply. 

If we hud control o oor Wa'ter rights we widnæ need ony bætteries at awe.. bit since we dinnæ hæ control o oor rights until independence.. we huv tæ make dæ fur noo.

 

O'er ærticles oan thys:

Scottish Politics : Energy, Climate and the Future.. (scotspol.blogspot.com)

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FRIDAY, 30 JULY 2021

Why Domestic Energy Should Be a Governmental Utility...

Why Domestic Energy Should Be a Governmental Utility... 

Hullo

Ah'll screve thys in Scots first then iyn hInglish. Totally done wæ usin' hInglish tæ prove Ah'm intelligent.
I'll write this in Scots first then in English (see below). Totally done with using English to prove I'm intelligent.

Scots:

Folk/companies cannæ bæ trust'yt wæ energy.

We ur burnin the planet wæ oor need fur energy.

If yon energy is controlled bæ yon Government, then it kin awe bæ controlled fæ wan source. Wan source tæ sæy wits wit.. wan goal o' usin' only clean energy, green energy.

Bit yon is a trade aff.. coz noo, iyn thyt scenario we næ langer hæ access tæ a market an choice o' energy companies.. sa.. then the electric must bæ free.

Thys wid bæ fur the hæl planet.. bit let's gie a swatch ayt Scotlund specifically:

Scotlund hus a silly amoont o' hydro power.. we hæ 30,000 lochs, each wan able tæ bæ convert'yt tæ generate oan average a affy spry 300 MWh.. thys means we kin generate;

300 MWh

x 30,000

= 9,000,000 MWh

oar 9 thousand GWh

oar 9 TWh

Scotlund's annual usage fur electricity is 160 TWh .. bit yon is YEARLY.. sa let's dæ yearly then as the above is potentially HOURLY.. gien awe perfect conditions..

IF oan average each wan put oot hauf a TWh..

30,000 1/2 = 15,000 = 15,000 TWh

Thys wid mean we wid hæ 93.75 times the total power we need'yt.
Iyn o'er words.. we wid generate oor YEARS need o' power in wan WEEK an still hæ an'oer 4/5ths o' oor annual electricity needs left ower per week..

WAN MAJOR PROBLEM.. The Tories selt awe the hydro rights tæ companies in the late 80s early 90s.

Ah wid sæy jist pass a law takin thum back fur the people. Wæ the intention tæ gie awe the peoples free electricity.

Awe motors.. electric.. motors become free tæ run, if yon power is free, the motor is free runin. Then who gies twa hoots if there's chærgin ports everywhere? Næwan kin steal leccy coz it's no gettin chærged!

Næ weans freezin iyn the cauld!.. mær money tæ spend oan feedin the weans an clæs an educatin thum ayt hame.

POWER IS NO A RESERVED MÆTTER TÆ WESTMINSTER:
we could jist pass a law sæyin; gies it back!

CLIMATE CHANGE

Only wæy Ah see is.. tak it aff the people.. stop production o' fossil fuel motors, ban thum, except fur hauls bit wæy a time limit (sæy 5 years, then gone a'naw).. switch everyhin tæ electric. Use the surplus leccy tæ pay fur itsel.. miby hæ a yearly bill fur maintenance.. bit noo Ah swatch the maths.. aye thys kin pæy fur itsel!

Joabs ur transferable.

Let's git thys done in thys term! Why wait? Sa the earth kin burn some mær? Naw.. næ wæy. 

English:

People/companies cannot be trusted with energy.

We are burning the planet with our need for energy.

If this energy was controlled by the Government, then it can all be controlled from one source. One source to dictate what is what. with one goal of only using clean energy, green energy.

But this is a trade off, if we take away peoples choice for a free market in energy supplier, we then must compensate then by making it free. 

This would suit the whole planet, but let's look at Scotland specifically:

Scotland's has excessive amounts of hydro power.. we have 30,000 lakes, each one with the ability to be converted to generate on average a very conservative estimate of 300 MWh.. which also means we can generate: 

300 MWh

x 30,000

= 9,000,000 MWh

oar 9 thousand GWh

oar 9 TWh

Scotland's annual usage for electricity is 160 TWh, so let's calculate with yearly in mind as the above is hourly (given all perfect conditions) 

IF on average each one put out half a TWh..

30,000 1/2 = 15,000 = 15,000 TWh

This would mean we would have 93.75 times the total we needed.
In other words.. we would generate our YEARS power needs in one WEEK and still have have another 4/5ths of our annual electricity needs left over per week.

ONE MAJOR PROBLEM.. The Tories sold all Scotland's hydro rights to companies in the late 80s early 90s.

I would strongly suggest we just pass a law returning these rights to the people, with the intention of providing free electricity.

All (new) vehicles should be mandatorily made electric and so they become free to run, because the electricity is free. Then no one will care if there is charging ports everywhere because no one can steal electricity if its already free.

This also means a quality of life improvement for all children across the board, no child freezing to death for the sake of a few pennies in the meter, more money spent on clothes and feeding the child, more effort can be made in educating them at home.

POWER IS NOT A RESERVED MATTER FOR WESTMINSTER:
The Scottish Parliament could pass law returning the rights to the people.
We are sovereign in Scotland and it was sold without our consent.

CLIMATE CHANGE

The only way forward I can see is to take away the ability for everyday people to be producing large amounts a carbon. With no new fossil fuel vehicles except for haulage, and even giving haulage a time limit of 5 years than they too will be banned. Switching everything to electric so it can be controlled at the source how the power is generated.

Using the surplus to generate cash so the system can pay for itself.
With transferable jobs. A straight transition.

Let's get this done within this term! Why wait? So the earth can burn some more? No.. no way.

Dava

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Excess power should bæ fur hydrogen generation:

Fossil Fuel/Petrol

To fill an average tank is 65 liters
£1.80 per liter.
A Full Tank would cost you £177, and you
would get 780 miles per tank.

Hydrogen

To fill an average is 5KG
at £$/15 per KG.
A full tank would cost you £$/75 and you would
get 2000 miles per tank.

15,000 TWh = 1.5e+13 KWh

1KG of hydrogen costs 55 KWh of electricity 

1.5e+13 divided by 55 = 272,727,272,727 Kilos of Hydrogen per year from just this one source.

272 Billion KG's of Hydrogen per year.

Scotland has on average 2.4 million cars on the road.

The average car in Scotland does 7,400 miles per year.

Totalling 17.76 billion miles combined.

And for Hydrogen as per the above graphics..

272,000,000,000 divided by 5 (for a full tank) = 54.4 billion x 2000 (miles per full tank)

.. meaning we would have access to 108,800,000,000,000 or 108 TRILLION miles of fuel.

We lose 60 to 80% efficiency, but that was already factored in with the 55 KWh.

However  petrol provides a certain freedom, which hydrogen does also and we NEED that freedom.

We can have small electric vehicles, little run about.. but the large long haul household car should be hydrogen.

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Hydrogen stockpiling..

Who is going to buy a hydro car if they know there's no fuel; waiting at the local pump??

A: no one!

The Government should stockpile a years worth of hydrogen and have our own 'Gas Stations' aka Garages owned by the government and fully automated. Set them next to the grounds of Police Stations and Fire Stations.. so no one will tamper with them. Cashless, card only.

If all petrol and diesel vehicles are banned over the course of a year and petrol and diesel were phased out over that year. All new cars hydrogen or electric or hybrid hydrogen & electric. Petrol and diesel engines are scrapped but the chassis/frame and the rest is fine to keep in case conversion of classic cars is desired.

All the current forms of racing can continue with Hydrogen, simply needing adjustment to the new fuel.. and would not have to stop as a sport completely.

The Fermi Paradox; The Horrors and Delights of Free-Will

Hi .. 

Scottish Politics : Politics. Peace. Intersolar Travel. (scotspol.blogspot.com)

I'll write this in English as to reach out to a wider audience. (Although my first language is Scots) I also have a faith based slant, so that is in there too. I am Catholic and Abrahamic.

Why are humans the only civilization.. forgoing ecumenical spiritual beings*.. why are humans the only civilization we are aware of?

Shouldn't we have already made contact if an alien civilization exists? I believe that alien life exists, such as fish-like, plant-like, insect-like and cow-like.. but I do not believe that any alien civilization exists.. the Bible does not mention alien life, however omission is not a proof of a fact. And just because I suppose something; does not make it fact.. The Lord said He repented making Man.. but we are creating a '4th kind' in AI &  robot-kind. 

Now that's out of the way.. lets discuss why we don't have aliens summer vacationing in Florida.

The Horrors of Free-Will

As humans spread out and become more and more frontiers people.. law will recede and people will be more and more free to do whatever they want as there will be no one around to stop them.

Imagine something that would seems Sci-Fi to us just now but in 2000 years.. born on Earth, then buy a ship with the ability to go anywhere in the universe, own a galaxy/solar system where no other human will ever come as space is so vast; no one will ever find you.

Acting out forbidden horrors like Genetic Engineering and manipulation.. a reasonably intelligent human could create beings and rule over them.. making them slaves and making them worship that human.

Every evil we could imagine..

Now put this into the context of an authoritarian civilization.. an alien one.. imagine random aliens with alien morality coming and experimenting on life here.

Well.. if their government at least have the morality that those alien citizens shouldn't be doing that, they will keep those citizens most likely in places they control, such as their own solar system.

Prose: If aliens exist it is unlikely they allow their kind outside of their reach.

Everything is Trying to Kill Us

Everything from the radiation to the distances involved.. but even if we overcome these things, I posit even on arrival of an earth-like twin.. everything would try to kill us.

Basic biology of two system in hostility, we would be entering a literally an alien environment never designed for us.

Remember what killed the aliens in War of the Worlds? That's right.. Terran bacteria.

If we blindly go to other planets.. that planet will kills us. And likewise the though occurs to me, if a alien civilization went to another planet.. it would, I think, mostly likely kill them too.

Remember when Australia was overrun with rabbits?.. now imagine that but in an alien body with our bacteria.. or vice versa alien bacteria and our body.

The common cold could easily wipe an alien planet out.

Max Capacity 1600KG or 21 Persons

Staying in the solar system means you get to have children.. going off in to the unknown, means you are  unlikely to ever meet another.. you will be alone for the rest of your life, unless you take humans with you.

This is the same for an alien civilization.

Our solar system will be packed full of humans.. 10's of trillions of humans, on every moon and major planet and dwarf planet and asteroid giant.. in the solar system, in the Oort Cloud.. but outside endless space and self reliance and loneliness.

That loneliness can lead to madness.

Cheer Up And I'll Buy You An Ice Cream

To get to this point we would have had to solved all the worlds problems.. and that is a remarkable achievement. 

Humans are a mix of good and evil.. if we express goodness with consistency and teach our children to do the same .. then they are more likely to be good to any creatures they come across.

As we become spacial frontiers folk and resource mining based.. we become free and so long as we do not degenerate.. we are fit to inherit this Galaxy and all Galaxies.

The Delights of Free-Will

A life devoted to your own pursuits.
Never breaking another persons rules as you are always alone.
Robot-kind companionship.
You-do-you without interference.

Peace

Dava

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*Angels & spirits.

*what if aliens have their equivalent of the common cold that would kills us etc.. if they are civilized they would not go to other worlds for fear of the chance of spreading the bacteria and killing whole planets

*4th kind.. either way you look at it.. Spirits, Angels, Man and Robotkind.. or Man, Woman, something inbetween, like Eunuch (trans) and then 4th kind AI/Robot

Scottish State Licence Plates

Scottish State Licence Plates (Originally: 22 June 2022)

 

Made thys masel, jist fur fun 🙂 .. lit the American wans. 🤔Wonderin if Ah shoulda done it in Scots..

Thoughts Oan Indyref2..

Thoughts Oan Indyref2..

Ah wis hinkin ..

Æoer we win mær seats iyn the next General Election an/oar vote share..

Noo winnin a majority o' seats iys the sensible wæy tæ go, ays its a mathematical impossibility fur wan pærty tæ win a majority o' yon vote share, iyn fact iyn 2015 wæ oor landslide victory o' 56 seats, we only won 49.97% o' the vote share. Add tæ thys iyn yon next General Election Scotland'll go doon fæ 59 seats tæ 57.. then we huv some hinkin tæ dæ.

Ah wid sæy.. General Election> Majority Seats> Declare Independence> Withdraw fæ Westminster>Abstentionism o' Seats (returning the money fur the joab tæ Westminster, lit Ireland)

Thys pits pressure oan hInglund tæ recognise oor independence, while we git oan wæ the joab o ruling oor æn country.

hInglish:

I was thinking..

Either we win more seats in the next General Election and/or vote share..

Now winning a majority of seats is the sensible way to go, as its a mathematical impossibility for one party to win a majority of vote share, in fact in 2015 with our landslide victory of 56 seats, we only won 49.97% of the vote share. Add to this in the next General Election Scotland will go down from 59 seats to 57.. then we have some thinking to do.

I would say..General Election> Majority Seats> Declare Independence> Withdraw from Westminster>Abstentionism of Seats (returning the money for the job to Westminster, like Ireland)

This puts pressure on England to recognise our independence, while we get on with the job of ruling our own country. 

SNEC.. Scottish National Energy Company

 🤔 Iyt strikes mæ thyt.. The Energy Companies huv failed us. We need a Scottish National Energy Company, ran bi the Scottish Government.

Why?:

1. The profit vs oor bills is shockin. 

2. Yon listen tæ MONEY afore the needs o' oor environment.

Lit the French we should tak o'wer wan Energy Company an Nationalize it, bit unlit the French we should ban awe o'er energy companies.

No hæn an'oer energy companies poor behaviour cancel oot, oor guid behavour tæ the enviroment oar tæ the people!

Næ need tæ recompense shareholders æhor. Jist seize the assets fur failure tæ serve the people! Let the shareholders tak us tæ court.. we kin fine thum for how they let profits rule thum and no care fur their customers!

Ye cannæ hæ bæth.. listenin tæ money an the environment.

Only election solves thys problem an so; wan nationalized Energy Company.

Thys means a'naw we kin generate hydrogen ayt a controlled price fur awe long haul vehicles bringing the price o' shoappin doon!

Ban awe long haul lorries/trucks in Scotland, by providin the haulage/shoappin companies FREE hydro truck replacements.

End 2000 Years of Enmity with a Hard Border .. or Naivety and Wishful Hopefulness

 End 2000 Years of Enmity with a Hard Border .. or Naivety and Wishful Hopefulness

Hi

I have been a nationalist 35 years of my 46y years of life.. since 11 years old. I was one of the 300 or so to vote SNP in my local area when I turned 18yo and the SNP didn't have the success it does today. 

I believe in an independent Scotland. I have been impressed by FM Sturgeon's skill and defense of Scotland.. but one thing bothers me, when The Tiosh* speaks about keeping an open border she sounds to me like Biff, misquoting a saying out of Back to the Future. 

Bold claims Dava! .. 

D: .. so let's unravel this shall we?

The reason to maintain business links to England on the face of it seems many.. the influx of cash, trading energy for more cash, tourism and being kind to each other post divorce. But all that is a fantasy!!

We already know what Westminster is like.. haven't we been complaining about them for decades.. how can the FM be so BLIND?? Of course once Scotland leaves they will cause us as much trouble as they can, just like they do now.

The Tiosh is asking us to trust Westminster in negotiation, but at the same time we are not to trust them with our country. It doesn't make logical sense.

The English won't have any other choice but to come to us for their energy, Scotland is the power house for energy for the whole of Europe and finally they have to pay us a fair price for it, and not get a groupon discount because: Union.

Tourism.. use a passport and join a lane. Problem solved.

Businesses having a problem with Scotland leaving and having border checks on goods, this will sting a bit, but what we get in return is worth much much more.. we FINALLY get peace.. after 2000 years of enmity PEACE.. Gauls vs the Saxons.. Gauls vs the Anglo Saxons.. Scots vs the English, then subjugation to the English for 300 + years.

But then again remember.. no checks from Norway, Ireland, Netherlands, Denmark, Germany.. via the Ferry links we are setting up just now.

A hard border means we can move on and just forget about the English. The Tiosh sounds like Alec Salmond talking about sharing currency when she talks about a soft border.. it's pure fantasy.. like a teenager talking about marrying their favourite actor.

Trying to be friendly to group of people who have been hostile to us for 2000 years.. and here's the problem; we can't control them, so we have no leverage. Look at what they do with the EU! We have no leverage to get the things Tiosh dreams of and that a practical fact. Leverage over the English is a pipe dream of epic proportions because they will just do whatever they like.

Do we simply ignore what they are doing to the EU?

Ireland did well in the last 20 or so years.. the English just forgot they existed, this seems like a good deal to me.. English just forget Scotland exists.

Trade Negotiations post Independence

I want: Nothing from the English.

But when you hear the SNP politicians talk about all this, they sound like its a genteel affair .. if you know your history, you know the battle of Stirling Bridge.. the opposing forces thought it was to be a genteel affair.. William Wallace showed otherwise.

Now WE are the ones acting genteel when we should be cutting off access to our soft under belly with a hard border and no negotiations.

D: What are the benefits really?

The Pound was the sweetest plum in the pudding.. the rest was just add-on junk.. so we are going to negotiate for the junk that's worth what you get in your change for a Happy Meal??

Q: Wait!.. don't just skip over those assets.. what are they and how does this all work?

All the joint assets are: All Government Buildings (inc NHS, Fire Service) and Military Buildings, Armories, Vehicles and Weapons. The BBC. The Bank of England.

1. Owning 1/3rd of the BoE is useless unless you also own the Pound Sterling.

2. The BBC are a Unionist mouthpiece, sooner we set up our own National TV service the better. Licence free I hope. Abolish the TV Licence. Advertiser funded.

3. We get the military and governmental property (inc everything, vehicle weapons, NHS, Fire Service) that are on our side and the English get whats one their side.. except for Trident, they can ram that right up their nose and get it out my Country. Dumped it on the West Coast, jist ootside Glæsga sa yon English kin feel important.. flip!

So each one is a moot point.. and in exchange for this daft moot point we are expected to take a share of the Kingdom's national debt? 100's of billions of pounds for what??

THERE'S NOTHING LEFT WORTH WANTING.. the pound was it.

Now we're going to have our own currency 'The Pound Scots'.. and EVEN if we chose to go Euro, which is a lateral move.. Pound Scots is more risk for more reward.. Euro is the safest way forward all round.. our adventure with the Pound Sterling is at an end.

The English have said no.. and we have faced up to reality.

This is what the Tiosh has to do.. face up to reality that a soft border or no border is a pipe dream and only damages the self respect of Scots. Like we are yet again worthless and some off brand supermarket English.

A hard border stops that dead.. it becomes a symbol.. never gain will Westminster rule us! Never again will we be some cut price English cultural colony! A symbol we will have self respect as a nation again!

peace

Dava

*Tiosh.. from MacKintosh, Mac kin Tiosh 'Sons of the Chief' so The Tiosh means 'The Chief'. Also like The Taoiseach or Teshoȝh  for Ireland.

The Many Problems of the Isle of Skye DLC..

Dec 14, 2021, 11:08 PM  
Hullo

Firstly.. thank you for taking me to my home, Scotland. I think I should thank you but as this post evolves you may see.. strike that.. you will see my anger and confusion.

The voice actress who plays Edyt.. is a Londoner. Are you trying to provoke me to hate you?? What is the meaning of this? I am very confused.. you include Scotland as a playable place and make a dream of mine come true.. but on the other hand you cast a person whose peoples entire history.. is to wipe my people out by any means.

I don't get it.. maybe it was a mistake.. you are not from here and misunderstood?.. however I find that a mystery as the NUMBER ONE cultural rule everyone knows about Scots: Don't call us English. And this example is exactly that.

The first settlement is populated with Anglo-Saxons.. not Pictish Scots and Pictish Gaels. Not only is this wrong.. Anglo-Saxons at this time would have been killed on sight. You have one tending the stables in the first settlement like its nothing!

No one is wearing kilts.. kilts were worn by both genders. All should have dirks (including the children) a small sharp knife in their sock. The women should carry short sword/long daggers as should the men but they also have a long sword. If they are a warrior the long sword is replaced by a claymore.

It seems the Animus has decided to lazily repopulate Skye with NPCs from England. Unless for a short time in the late 800s Skye relocated itself to The Thames.

Everyone I have spoken to has been.. English.. and that infuriates me. The English are known for culturally wiping people out.. it's there signature move. Either kill the population.. which they tried to do to us Scots (& any Gauls) for over a 1000 years.. or trick them into giving up their own culture and adopting English culture rebranded as 'British'.

Why would Ubisoft help them do that? I am so sad Ubi is helping that happen within this game world 😞 .. do you have lots of English staff who thought this would be funny?? To do the single most offensive thing you can do to a Scot.

As you can tell I'm pretty upset and a bit proud of myself that I wasn't as graphic as I wanted to be when I first found out.

Other mistakes..

There is phenomenon in Scotland (no where else in the world that I know of) .. at certain times.. everything goes purple.. not just the heather but the very fog and the trees and the wheat and the rock and all have a purple hue to them. We don't have that much of a mix of flowers as depicted.. but some in small crops along where the sea breeze blows. It rains a lot.. even on Skye.. in fact Skye is known like most of Scotland for it's rain.

Modern Scotland has three languages. Scottish Gaelic, Scots and Scottish Standard English.

Ancient Scotland had five languages. Pictish Gaelic, 'Island' Gaelic, Brythonic Gaelic, Norse and Scots.

I don't know if the NPCs are speaking Gaelic.. but I didn't recognise any of their speech but I admit my Gaelic is very very *very* limited.

Much like the Irish reaction to 'Danes'.. Scotland would have been identical, except on Shetland and Orkney which were Norse at that time.

I realize there is some poetical licence when writing a story to a game.. but making them English pales the blood to sickness. I also realize there is a pandemic going on, but I absolutely do not believe if you offered a Scottish Actress some money to be in such a prestigious game, that they would refuse.

I have been looking forward to this DLC for months.. no. years. .. A game I enjoy set in Scotland?.. yuess!

But then you tell me what.. we sometimes tell ourselves.. what the English have been telling us for generations.. wearing us down.. 'you are worthless. become us, so we can say we rightfully own this land.'

And even after 2000 years of enmity (Saxons then Anglo Saxons after the Romans left).. 50% of us buy into this.. so long as life is reasonably comfortable we are worthless to ourselves.

Last week an English ASDA delivery guy dropped off my food for a home shopping.. without skipping a beat he began speaking Scots with a English accent.. I thought to myself : 'what a truly great guy! .. he *gets* it!' .. meaning he gets that he is not here to culturally wipe us out.. he's moved here and he's integrating with us and not expecting us to act English around him. Wish there was 100 more like him.

I have written this in English as you would have a hard time understanding me in Scots. I don't ask for Scots internationally.. Scottish Standard English is fine.. spoken BY a Scot.

O' course Ah wid luve tæ hæ Scots leid spraffed wæin ma game.. bit Ah dinnæ expect tæ muȝkle.. jist thyt Scots plæy Scots. Oar at least an Irish bro'er oar sister.

Dava

Universal Semaphore for Off-World Communication (regardless of language)

 1. Danger (Fire and Water)

2. Danger (Oxygen)

3. Food and Drink

4. Bed and Showers (rooms and room amenities)

5. Medical

6. Toilet

7. Spaceport (direction to)

8. Hookah Lounge and Vaping (nicotine amenities)

9. I don't understand.

10. I wish to report an incident to the correct authorities.

11. I have missed my flight.

12. I am having issues with my suit.

Energy, Climate and the Future..

(hInglish below)

Scots:

 Hullo WWW

Wæ COP26 takin place affy soon iyn Glæsga, this is opportune time tæ share ma thoughts oan energy generation.

Climate change iys the biggest problem humankind hus hud tæ face since the Biblical Flood.. carbon burning is oot an green energy is in! Bit wit dæ those options look lit an how kin Scotlund become a leading titan o' green energy?

Short Term

We need tæ switch noo.. no next year oar 2030, noo. First step wid bæ set up ays miny green power stations ays possible, wind, wave and solar.. well mibe no solar fur Scotland bit ye get wit Ah mean.. iyf it's green lets dæ it noo.

Ye mibe huv heard we dinnæ hæ a large enough capacity tæ store excess energy, Ah sæy diffuse hydrogen through electrolysis fæ wa'ter (which we hæ iyn abundance iyn Scotlund).. iyn the future technologies 'll allow awe peoples tæ dæ this fæ the oceans, bit fur noo sea salt is a major problem.. bit no wan we share in Scotland ays we hæ much much fresh wa'ter.

Hydrogen fæ energy generation tæ the door loses some 70% of its efficiency, a grand number Ah'll grant ye, bit sa lang ays it iys only used a replacement fur petrol, diesel and gas, it's mær thun worth losing oot iyn exchange fur a drap-in replacement. Hydrogen works lit petrol, we fuel up the car wæ it, it costs aboot the same, takes the same time tæ fuel, wance the fuel stations provide a pump we will get it at the fuel station lit we did wæ petrol. It truly iys a drap-in replacement fur petrol.

This is ideal fur bæth haulage, transport companies an regular consumers alit. We DÆ lose a skeen 70% efficiency, bit we git tæ continue oor lives iyn a wæy thyt is familiar tæ oorsels.

Power grids Ah wid sæy should bæ fed wæ Hydro (no hydrogen) power during the night thyt wis saved up during the dæy (Hollow Mountain style).

Ban awe burning o carbon, Replace carbon burning based vehicles wæ Hydrogen Fuel Cells based vehicles. Personally Ah wid like tæ see thys ban iyn place bi 2023/24.

Mid-Term

Start banning energy companies. Awe utilities should bæ (Scottish) government controlled.. Ah wid even extend thys tæ free electricity fur awe private citizens except businesses which wid still bæ metered. Private citizens payin a wance a year maintenance chærge.

Expand the hydrogen production an attempt tæ increase efficiency ays much ays possible. Except grid energy, use awe excess energy tæ diffuse hydrogen fur storage.

Begin selling Hydrogen wance oor stockpile reaches maximum.

Require awe new hames tæ hæ large garages, sa hameowners kin hæ; 

1. a Hydrogen Fuel Cell car fur lang journeys.

2. a Electric Battery car fur everydæy local use.

3. a electric bike o some description.

Require awe new hames tæ huv;

vertical wind turbines (as mock chimneys)

Solar panel roofing. (aye it's Scotlund bit every wee bit helps)

Geothermal electricity generation.

Look intæ 'Green Nuclear Energy.'

Right noo, ays far ays nuclear energy goes its ultra toxic, bit we ur using atoms lit plutonium an uranium.. this is lit ram raiding wæ a transit van tæ swat a fly. 

Bit theres o'er materials, Thorium reactors ur mær lit usin a baseball bat tæ swat thyt aforementioned fly. Thorium waste hus a life o aroon 500 years, not 10,000. We used Plutonium an Uranium acause iyn the 50s they were weaponizable, Thorium iys no weaponizable an so didnæ git the money put intæ it to expand the research.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLrt_38LR3A

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96et8ZGsxJY

Using Thorium reactors tæ generate even mær hydrogen expands oor ability tæ use it ays a general fuel source an ays we did wance wæ oil, export it tæ o'er countries an chærge fur it.

Long Term

Energy demand iys set tæ increase exponentially ower the coming decades, Ah hæ heard o a 'green nuclear material' called Helium 3 oar 'H3' ays Ah like tæ cry it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cV_vE26o6a0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bml8Pn5_tyo

H3 is affy scarce oan the earth (Terra), bit it wis discovered thyt oor moon (Luna) hus possibly the highest concentration o H3 in oor solar system.

Helium 3 is withoot a doubt the future o oor energy production.. it is 100% green, 100% safe.. it iys lit swatting thyt aforementioned fly wæ a laser.  

Iyn the lang lang term Ah hope we will bæ mining oor solar system responsibly fur oor energy needs, wance we kin mine Jupiter we'll hæ næ need fur energy worries ever again.

Hanks fur readin ma screevin :)

Dava

hInglish:

 Hi WWW

With COP26 taking place very soon in Glasgow, this is opportune time to share my thoughts on energy generation.

Climate change is the biggest problem humankind has had to face since the Biblical Flood.. carbon burning is out and green energy is in! But what do those options look like and how can Scotland become a leading titan of green energy?

Short Term

We need to switch now.. not next year or 2030, now. First step would be set up as many green power stations as possible, wind, wave and solar.. well maybe not solar for Scotland but you get what I mean.. if it's green lets do it now.

You may have heard we do not have a large enough capacity to store excess energy, I say diffuse hydrogen through electrolysis from water (which we have in abundance in Scotland).. in the future technologies will allow all peoples to do this from the oceans, but for now sea salt is a major problem, but not a problem we share in Scotland as we have much much fresh water.

Hydrogen from energy generation to the door loses some 70% of its efficiency, a grand number I'll grant you, but so long as it is only used a replacement for petrol, diesel and gas, it's more than worth losing out in exchange for a drop-in replacement. Hydrogen works like petrol, we fuel up the car with it, it costs about the same, takes the same time to fuel, once the fuel stations provide a pump we will get it at the fuel station like we did with petrol. It truly is a drop-in replacement for petrol.

This is ideal for both haulage, transport companies and regular consumers alike. We DO lose a whopping 70% efficiency, but we get to continue our lives in a way that is familiar to us.

Power grids I would say should be fed with Hydro power during the night that was saved up during the day (Hollow Mountain style).

Ban all burning of carbon, Replace carbon burning based vehicles with Hydrogen Fuel Cells based vehicles. Personally I would like to see this ban in place by 2023/24.

Mid-Term

Start banning energy companies. All utilities should be (Scottish) government controlled.. I would even extend this to free electricity for all private citizens except businesses which would still be metered. Private citizens paying a once a year maintenance charge.

Expand the hydrogen production and attempt to increase efficiency as much as possible. Except grid energy, use all excess energy to diffuse hydrogen for storage.

Begin selling Hydrogen once our stockpile reaches maximum.

Require all new homes to have large garages, so homeowners can have; 

1. a Hydrogen Fuel Cell car for long journeys.

2. a Electric Battery car for everyday local use.

3. a electric bike of some description.

Require all new homes to have;

vertical wind turbines (as mock chimneys)

Solar panel roofing. (yes it's Scotland but every little helps)

Geothermal electricity generation.

Look into 'Green Nuclear Energy.'

Right now, as far as nuclear energy goes its ultra toxic, but we are using atoms such as plutonium and uranium.. this is like ram raiding with a transit van to swat a fly. 

But there other materials, Thorium reactors are more like using a baseball bat to swat that aforementioned fly. Thorium waste has a has a life of around 500 years, not 10,000. We used Plutonium and Uranium because in the 50s they were weaponizable, Thorium is not weaponizable and so did not get the money put into it to expand the research.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLrt_38LR3A

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96et8ZGsxJY

Using Thorium reactors to generate even more hydrogen expands our ability to use it as a general fuel source and as we did once with oil, export it to other countries and charge for it.

Long Term

Energy demand is set to increase exponentially over the coming decades, I have heard of a 'green nuclear material' called Helium 3 or 'H3' as I like to call it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cV_vE26o6a0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bml8Pn5_tyo

H3 is very scarce on the earth (Terra), but it was discovered that our moon (Luna) has possibly the highest concentration of H3 in our solar system.

Helium 3 is without a doubt the future of our energy production.. it is 100% green, 100% safe.. it is like swatting that aforementioned fly with a laser.  

In the long long term I hope we will be mining our solar system responsibly for our energy needs, once we can mine Jupiter we will have no need for energy worries ever again.

Thanks for reading :)

Dava