Like sand in the desert - like salt in the sea
Newsletter from PEGE - Planetary Engineering Group Earth from 2022-09-25.
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Like sand in the desert — like salt in the sea
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Believers of the doomsday cult “Limits to Growth” constantly want to make us believe in a hopeless situation. After all, the bible of this religion denies renewable energy and recycling. Without renewable energy and recycling, our situation would really be just as rotten as presented in this book.
However, after there is obviously more and more renewable energy, these try to fuel doubts that there are far from sufficient raw materials for it. The 2 most decisive things for a functional energy transition are photovoltaics and batteries. The most important material for photovoltaics is silicon. Most of the sand deposits consist of quartz (silicon dioxide SiO2), hence the saying “like sand in the desert”.
Until now, lithium was the decisive material for a decent battery, everything else could be forgotten. The main lines of batteries were lithium cobalt ion, lithium manganese and lithium iron phosphate. Here is the development of lithium use and lithium mining.
In the 1996 annual report, there are 12 million tons of mineable reserves. Of course, even then, it was known that 0.1 ppm of lithium occurs in seawater. 0.1 ppm is after all 100 tons per km³. 100 tons are about 10,000 pieces of 100 kWh batteries. But it is called “mining worthy”, so technically and economically possible mining.
In the annual report of 2022 there are 89 million tons of mineable deposits. This can be combined 3 reasons: more exploration, better mining methods, higher prices (the limit of “mineable” is shifted upwards). 89 million tons is still 100 kWh battery for each of 10 billion people. Surely the mineable deposits will increase in the next years. It could also reach the point where filtering from seawater is technically and economically feasible.
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Sodium exists like salt in the sea
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Salt is NaCl - sodium and chlorine. CATL is starting to produce sodium batteries. Electric scooter manufacturer NIU has already announced mopeds with sodium batteries for 2023. The GEMINI next generation house will also use sodium batteries. Currently, they are at 160 Wh/kg. The best lithium cobalt ion cells are 270 Wh/kg and lithium iron phosphate is at 230 Wh/kg.
This was not always the case. BYD had always relied on its own lithium iron phosphate cells. The first electric car with more than 2 seats and over 300 km range was not the Tesla S, but the BYD e6 in 2010. Here is my report on the BYD e6 from the Geneva Motor Show 2010. At that time the battery technology was still very weighty: 700 kg battery for 60 kWh, only 86 Wh per kg. The BYD e6 was mostly used as a cab and had the temperament of the legendary Mercedes Diesel Taxi a 1/2 century ago with 70 kW engine power for 2 tons curb weight.
Around 2016 there was then a better version, 80 kWh battery, there brought out from 700 kg already 117 Wh/kg. Exactly as much as in 2008 with the first generation of the Tesla Roadster. So still much less than the first generation of sodium batteries with 160 Wh/kg. CATL thinks that the next generation of sodium batteries will already reach 200 Wh/kg.
It could well happen that in the future lithium cobalt ion will be used in the most expensive cars, lithium iron phosphate in the middle class and sodium in cheap cars, stationary applications and large ships. If a 200,000 ton ship has 50,000 ton sodium batteries on board, then that is also 10,000 MWh in 2nd generation and 50 MW of propulsion can be supplied for 200 hours. This is the range of large container and cruise ships.
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Radical turnaround required
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Drastically generate more renewable energy, drastically reduce unnecessary energy consumption. When a family moves to a GEMINI next generation house, both are realized, even if the house is placed in a cheap area where more driving is required. Let's assume that the demand increases from 10,000 km to 25,000 km per year. The previous dwelling burned 20,000 kWh of natural gas per year for heating and hot water. For the 10,000 km of annual driving, 600 liters with about 6,000 kWh of energy content were burned. This compares to 800 kWh of self-produced solar power for heating and hot water and 4,200 kWh of self-produced solar power for driving after the relocation.
Due to the relocation and the switch to an electric car, not only 33,000 kWh/a – 5,000 kWh/a (space heating, hot water, driving) = 28,000 kWh/a of solar power generation were added, but also the consumption of 26,000 kWh/a of thermal energy was eliminated.
This calculation if for Germany. More south is much more solar electricity yield.
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GEMIN next Generation Inc.: 50.000 € on the account
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An account for “GEMINI next Generation Inc. in foundation” was prepared at RAIKA Salzburg on August 2, 2022. On Tuesday I was informed that a legal question still had to be clarified. I received the answer on Friday:
The account can only be activated when I can prove that I have more than 70,000 € at my disposal.
The solution to this problem: The money will be collected at the account of the Association for the Promotion of Infinitism.
Investing in such turbulent times? Right now! The GEMINI next Generation house is the ideal product for such turbulent times. It is practically like selling extremely safe and comfortable lifeboats aboard the Titanic.
The foundation with 70,000 € share capital is organized in 1,000 € investment packages of 700 shares each and a 0.05% allotment certificate. Through the allotment certificate, the owner will be allotted every 2,000th of the newly issued shares in future capital increases. It is possible to purchase 2 to 4 investment packages in the first phase. In special cases, this can be reduced to one.
This gives the first investors a considerable advantage over later investors. Around 2027 I expect a market capitalization of one billion, then a €1,000 investment package is worth €500,000. If everything goes smoothly, a market capitalization like Tesla's is possible in 2045. Of course, Tesla has had very difficult times on the way up, most recently with the start of production of the Model 3.
In order of bookings, the most prominent shareholders:
- Dr. Christoph Ferch - Founder of Liste SALZ - Citizens for Salzburg, Municipal Councillor in the City of Salzburg
- Ing. Andreas Schloffer - 8 years ago one of the first Tesla S owners in Austria
- Roland Seepacher - Founder of the first photovoltaic cooperative in Austria
- Heini Staudinger – candidate for president of Austria
- Dr. Björn Peters – Entrepreneur (Dual Fluid Energy) and policy advisor
- Karl Zeilhofer, B.Sc. Mechatronics, founder of Gartenkraftwerk OG, PV systems and development of battery storage. Electric car driver since 2016, currently Tesla Model 3 and Model Y.
- Mag. Christian Gruber, electromobilist, managing partner of Elektroauto.at Handels Ltd. (electric car trading)
- Elektroauto.at Handels Ltd. (electric car trading)
- Ing. Maisriemler Ferdinand - IT consultant
- Eva Steinsky – Opera singer
- Andy Mangele – Composer and author “Alzheimer until now it affected the other”
- Dr. Aribert Peters
- Anton Zagst – private from 89155 Erbach-Ringingen, Germany
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-250% CO2 until 350 ppm are reached again
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| -250% CO2 emission until 350 ppm are reached again
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Less CO2 emission is much too little, even zero emission is insufficient. Only a planet renovation with large-scale CO2 filtering and splitting from the atmosphere will help.
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| IPCC Report 2021: “Net Zero Emissions” Fairy Tale and its Devastating Consequences
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Constantly contradicting itself, the IPCC 2021 report adheres to the completely inadequate “net zero emissions” target. This can only be thinking prohibitions.
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| Green dogmatism and the destruction of the German photovoltaic industry
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How the dogma “the demand for electricity will decrease” led to extremely wrong targets, which led to the destruction of the German photovoltaic industry in 2013.
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| Why Germany is failing in the energy transition
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In the first decade of the new millennium, Germany was the great role model in the energy transition, why, on the other hand, the current EEG policy leads to disaster.
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| Sri Lanka crisis 2022 example of oil exit failures
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Hit hard by the breakdown in tourism caused by COVID-19, the higher price of oil comes as the next blow. The serious failures of the industrialized countries.
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| Destructive cult prevents functional energy transition
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A horror novel about a world without renewable energy and recycling delayed a workable energy transition and thus effective climate protection by decades.
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| Functional energy transition vs. German energy transition
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We have to denounce very hard the grotesque German energy transition in order to turn all the enemies of this grotesque into fans of a functional energy transition.
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| The 1000 m² Civilization
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More space for nature, more space for humans, stop wasting land through inefficient use, stop destroying nature for the nonsensically inefficient.
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| UBI - Universal basic income
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UBI is becoming increasingly necessary, but is not compatible with the current system. Creating the foundations of a UBI compatible society.
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| CO2 calculator — Energy balance calculator
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Since there is not a single footprint calculator where you can enter the values of a GEMINI next generation, here is our CO2 energy balance calculator for housing and mobility.
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| Rethinking cities
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The Green parliamentary group in the German Bundestag is hosting the online conference “Rethinking Cities” on March 19, 2021. We are participating in the virtual exhibition.
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| Rethinking the energy transition: The price lie
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The demand for “more money for climate protection” is based on the price lie. But we need more motivation, credit and opportunity for a real effective energy transition.
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| Summer / winter balancing of solar power — seasonal storage
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Different approaches to summer/winter balancing compared. Seven different locations, from Oslo to Cairo, are examined for seasonal balancing.
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| Energy change — Food change — Social change
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Everyone is only talking about the energy transition for climate protection, but we also need a change in food production and in the social sphere. A solution for all 3 changes.
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| Would Germany be possible with 100% solar electricity?
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The expansion of wind energy is faltering. Is wind energy really indispensable for the energy transition or would it even work with exclusively 100% solar power?
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| Ventilation systems with heat and moisture recovery
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Extremely economical and quiet, yet large power reserves to have the best indoor air quality even at a large party. Is of course part of the basic equipment.
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| More efficiency in heating, cooling and hot water by 3 new patents
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How can you achieve a higher COP with an air-source heat pump than with a ground-source heat pump, and how can you drastically reduce the amount of electricity needed to heat water?
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| Disruption at houses
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The market for homes is in as horrifying a state as the electric car market was in 2003: in the year Tesla was founded, the Peugeot 106 was a top electric car.
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| Housing counseling life counseling - new opportunity for more living standard
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Homeownership cheaper than a rental apartment? The dream of a house with your own garden suddenly not only within reach, but also a financial improvement?
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| Homeownership cheaper than rental apartment: electricity sales and self-supply
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Because rent + operating costs + electricity + fuel for the car cost more than the loan installment MINUS profit from the sale of electricity. Ideal retirement provision.
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ClimateProtectionSuperiorityHouse
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| Climate Protection Superiority House CPSH
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An enduring civilization with respect and space for nature requires that housing, energy production and food production be combined in a space-saving way.
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| Iron-air battery - will decentral summer/winter balancing become standard?
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A new big duel is emerging: hydrogen fuel cells, power to methane and combined cycle power plants against the iron-air battery. Where can the iron-air battery save costs?
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| Wall heating and/or floor heating
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How a combination of measures drastically reduces the electricity demand of a heat pump: The additional wall heating enables lower flow temperature, higher COP.
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Investing in disruption for survival
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| Investing in disruption for survival: GEMINI 1991 to 2023
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In 1991, the “GEMINI habitable solar power plant” was extremely far ahead of its time, but in 2021, “GEMINI next Generation” has the potential for the next big disruption.
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| Dynamics of goals and decisions
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The invention of the catalyst in 1950 developed a momentum that will lead to the end of the ICE. Rio 1992, Paris 2015 will likewise establish the CPSH building standard.
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| Foundation of GEMINI next Generation inc.: we will be Tesla at houses
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The first step is to establish a stock corporation in Austria with €70,000 in share capital. This will create a legal structure for further investors.
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| Land for Energy: Affordable Housing, efficient Energy Transition
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and cheap electricity for worldwide wealth. Resolutely stop the economic decline caused by exploding housing costs and skyrocketing energy costs.
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| Levels of civilization and the status of the civilization on planet Earth
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Without knowing it, mankind has been on a civilization jump for a 1/4 millennium. This must now be completed as quickly as possible with the urgently needed planet renovation.
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