Trying to define the direction to proceed – II

I very much doubt another Tesla will rise to fulfill the dream of free energy for all, big business will squelch that vision as fast as it did the original. With that as a jump-off point, it is time to move exactly to the opposite – provide each person with his own ability to provide all the personal power he/she requires to deal with the life he/she is presented. To do this, we need the following building blocks

- A power source

- A way to store excess power if/when that source is unavailable

- A generation mechanism to translate the stored energy into kinetic

- Energy conserving appliances to make the most of personal power

In my previous weeks’ comments, I have outlined some sources, all from the point of view of the typical consumer who needs the machine made for me. I admit freely, I am a terrible handyman. I want to buy the system and get it to run tomorrow, but something like that isn’t even close to ready. If we are lucky, we will begin to find pieces and parts that can be put into a single workable team for power generation and usage. The aim of this blog is to identify a safe system and provide the details for other terrible handymen who want to reduce or eliminate our dependency on oil as swiftly as possible.

Everyone has their pet theories and beliefs to guide them. I have made a few assumptions that are there to guide me toward fulfilling my goal of being energy self sufficient in the city. There are a few other glaring truths that have to be accepted as well.

1) Since I have no stream on my small lot, hydro power is out

2) Wind turbines are too loud for neighbors – and there isn’t very much wind in my area anyway

3) Solar Power is the only initial and plentiful energy that is available

4) The sun doesn’t shine every day – so storage of excess power is a must

5) I prefer to use the sun to produce hydrogen and store it in ecologically friendly containers.

6) Electrolysis is the most available method – although granted it does take a lot of energy to create hydrogen

7) I am open to the use of Browns Gas instead of Hydrogen wherever it makes sense in the system

I believe that most of the technology required for energy conversion has been invented/perfected over 100 years ago, it remains to integrate that into a viable and safe home system

9) I need a lot of power to stay in my personal preferred lifestyle – the idea here is not to conserve, the idea is to make more than I need at any given time

10) I like the idea of the Stirling Engine over the standard combustion engine to power the generator or turbine

11) Initially, I need only produce electricity to run my home – once that is accomplished, the focus will turn to acquiring an electric car and charging it from the home system. Once that is accomplished I truly will be living the Energy with-out Oil lifestyle (or creating any carbon footprint at all). Electricity will be the only energy required – and it will be entirely carbon free.

12) Once the first system is built it will be much easier to produce a second and then more until the rest of the world is living the Energy with-out Oil lifestyle as well

One final thought, which stems from the many personal development books and tapes I have read and absorbed, especially derived from DVD – CD – Book the Secret – the Law of Attraction which holds:

The universe is abundant – not scarce

There is more than enough energy there for everyone to use and still the universe will have more than enough left over – in all probability what I use will never even be noticed – in all probability it will be more than replaced faster than it can be used.

Tesla was trying to tap that, I am not in his league, but I want to make my small contribution in that direction if at all possible, if only to help persuade others that is has a viable case in favor of it.

I am still open to other possibilities for generating the energy we need, the only real overall guideline is that it must eliminate oil from the scene. We don’t need to continue to ad any more carbon to the atmosphere than is already present, so let’s see what we can do to derive Energy with-out Oil