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

published on x.com

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: `MATH_PLACEHOLDER_010 m2 of the pond bottom
      • hdpe or ppr (not pvc) geomembrane: `MATH_PLACEHOLDER_15 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: MATH_PLACEHOLDER_21000 per point of consumption
  • gray water
    • paperless toilets: drier and washer => MATH_PLACEHOLDER_3500
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    • do not use cosmetics => natural saponins
      • 
    • simple plastic septic: $100

• sun

  • solar is the key: map
  • current citadel genesis status
    • 
    • 30 kw of solar generation which cant be reliable in our environment
      • `
    • 30 kw of energy storage which is convenient for us
      • 
    • nominal power != real power output
  • needs
    • 1-2 kw of nominal power per human
  • costs:
    • panels: MATH_PLACEHOLDER_4500 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

	- rough estimation of production complexity for staple energy system

• bio (gas)

  • affordable everywhere, cheap, clean
  • costs: MATH_PLACEHOLDER_5200 per m3 => MATH_PLACEHOLDER_610k household
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  • biogas generator
    • 5 KW/h of reserve power => $5k
    • 
    • remove noise
    • clean air
  • wood => come to carbon lecture tomorrow

• air

  • low altitude winds
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  • high altitude winds
    • 
  • 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