OSE Theory of Liberation
FreeSolar refers to the transition of PV manufacturing, a core abundance technology, into the open sector as a universal basic asset.
This would solve oil wars and abolish a number of oil-funded dicatotorships (Russia, Venezuela, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Oman, Libya) [1].
The OSE theory of liberation includes the concept that a transition to abundance within the realm of critical infrastructure technologies is a prerequisite for a democratic world. Such abundance may be implemented by the open sector in the form of enterprises that carry on the creation of universal basic assets related to critical infrastructure.
This is predicated on the human psychology of the retilian brain, wired for a negativity and threat bias - which becomes activated with real and perceived threats. By removing basic survival (critical infrastructure technologies such as housing, food, energy) from this threat via universal basic assets, this negative psychology can be managed to minimize its negative effect. When scared or threatened, humans revert to violence and become susceptible to authoritarian ('savior') propaganda.
PV is particularly potent because it is a low-hanging fruit. With universal access to solar energy, and thermal energy storage via water - not only can homes be powered 100% from the sun, but also heated and cooled when there is no sun - by means of hot or cold water storage from heat pumps fueled by PV solar energy.
The concept here is that a $1B investment can solve the entire energy issue as such:
- Core manufacturing facility is produced for manufacturing 1 GW of PV panels annually. Startup cost for PV manufacturing facility is $1/W. $1T invested gets us 1TW every year, and we need 30TW total/
- Electricity value of 1GW is only $100M per year, so not enough to buy another GW PV panel production capacity. But, if we sell these PV panels, then we have $300M (30cents/watt of PV panels)
- The only way to transition rapidly is to free up the ability to create PV manufacturing facilities.
- If we open source the tech, we get 10x cost reduction so we can produce 10GW of PV panels per year for $1B.
- There is an embodied energy cost, but that can come from the PV that is produced. Every 3 months we have energy payback, so 70% of the energy produced is net.
- This [2] implies that larger PV manufacturers make 5GW of panels per year for a $1B investment.
- If open source, we can produce 50GW with a $1B investment. At this rate, $100B investment gets us to 5TW of PV panels each year. Now we are talking 10x today's rate of 640GW of modules [3]
Links
- Solar Energy Transition - or Earth Area Required for a Solar Economy. That's a preliminary question. Its answer is positive. Therefore, the next question becomes how do we install 30TW of PV?