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.
