Seed Eco-Home 4 Requirements + Value Proposition

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Seed Eco-Home Prior Work in Marysville, MO:

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Specific Features

• Superfridge stock option
• Superwasher
• Heat pump heating/cooling to -22F
• Induction cooktop
• Superefficient water heater
• Bricor water-saving showerhead

Value Concept

• See Comparison of OSE Build Costs to Industry Standards
• First example of open collaborative hardware development that scales while remaining open
• First human settlement that transcends artificial scarcity. Rigorous definition of scarcity, in simple terms - storytelling.
• First implementation of a Lifelong Learning Environment on the scale of a modern economy.
• First renewable energy industrial system for the production of important industrial feedstocks. Solar silicon, semiconductors, solar steel, solar concrete, lumber, solar hydrogen, and bioplastic.
• First example of bootstrapped industrial economy that can be replicated inexpensively anywhere in the world. Bootstrapped via collaborative development of a few key enterprises (house, car, drone, etc)
• First example of integrated (experiential + rapid + Flexible Cognitive Theory) learning that combines problem-solving R&D (first principles thinking), solving fundamental world problems, collaborative-open product development, entrepreneurship, and personal development.
• Replication mechanism is via investment from seasoned entrepreneurs who are interested in Transformative Enterprise.
• Village scale and curriculum focuses around building a village. Hot metal, solar concrete, silicon, solar hydrogen, PV, machines, ag, precision fab, 3D printing, psychology + mental models (thinking).

Key Challenges

Integrated skill sets and mind sets are the main obstacle. RLI - Rapid Learning Infrastructures - are the key enabler. The Tower of Wisdom can be used for Rapid Learning. The actual builders must be industrial artisans. This is not scalable without creating these Five Legged Dogs.

• The engineer must learn other disciplines.
• The researcher must gain a hunger for applications.
• The entrepreneur must get thirsty for fundamental transformation
• The builder must open their mind to diverse skills through Flexible Cognitive Theory
• The coder must learn to build things
• Everyone must learn to collaborate.

Value Concept

• First example of open collaborative hardware development that scales while remaining open
• First human settlement that transcends artificial scarcity. Rigorous definition of scarcity, in simple terms - storytelling.
• First implementation of a Lifelong Learning Environment on the scale of a modern economy.
• First renewable energy industrial system for the production of important industrial feedstocks. Solar silicon, semiconductors, solar steel, solar concrete, lumber, solar hydrogen, and bioplastic.
• First example of bootstrapped industrial economy that can be replicated inexpensively anywhere in the world. Bootstrapped via collaborative development of a few key enterprises (house, car, drone, etc)
• First example of integrated (experiential + rapid + Flexible Cognitive Theory) learning that combines problem-solving R&D (first principles thinking), solving fundamental world problems, collaborative-open product development, entrepreneurship, and personal development.
• Replication mechanism is via investment from seasoned entrepreneurs who are interested in Transformative Enterprise.
• Village scale and curriculum focuses around building a village. Hot metal, solar concrete, silicon, solar hydrogen, PV, machines, ag, precision fab, 3D printing, psychology + mental models (thinking).

Key Challenges

Integrated skill sets and mind sets are the main obstacle. RLI - Rapid Learning Infrastructures - are the key enabler. The Tower of Wisdom can be used for Rapid Learning. The actual builders must be industrial artisans. This is not scalable without creating these Five Legged Dogs.

• The engineer must learn other disciplines.
• The researcher must gain a hunger for applications.
• The entrepreneur must get thirsty for fundamental transformation
• The builder must open their mind to diverse skills through Flexible Cognitive Theory
• The coder must learn to build things
• Everyone must learn to collaborate.

Numbers

• Value proposition clarity - one person at 500 hours builds 4 houses. We have one track where a person builds a full house kit, as a contractor. 4 houses per year. 4 houses are $200k net when full-built. Probably 8 kits per year is likely. Baseline is 4 houses, value generation of 50/50 - $100k to worker, $100k to OSE. OSE overhead may be 20%. 80% goes to public interest deelopment. Fullbuild skill is $100k. Partialbuild skill is $70s k. Entry level is $50k.
• Feasibility starts with solar energy at 450 WHr/liter for lithium ion batteries. Not counting dead space. 450kWhr/m3. Tesla car 85 kWhr bat is 200W/kg [1] Or 300 WHr/kg. Or 425 or 300 kg of dead weight.
• Hydrogen is 23 kg/m3 [2] and 33kWhr/kg [3] Or 750 kWhr/m3 at 350 Atm [4].
• 1000 lb 'gas tank' cannot compare with a 100 lb hydrogen tank.
• Volume wise, 350 atm hydrogen is same volume when burned with fuel cells, and 3x worse if burned in ICEs. When are 700atm, it is respectively 2x better, and 1.5x worse. Weight wise, it is 10x better. Can't compete with hydrogen, as space is not at a practical premium for vehicles.
• This [5] says 1/4 cu m for an 85 kWhr pack. Based on this, an 85 kWhr hydrogen pack is 1/2 cu meter if burn is 20% efficient. Thus, 2x worse. But this does not account for dead space/structure. Which may make hydrogen equal to lithium. And this is at 350 atm, so 700 atm hydrogen comes out ahead about 2x compared to bats, and 10x in weight - for ICE burn of hydrogen.

Sequencing

• 24 person team ($2M net). At that point, we can leapfrog 10x to $20M net.
• This level gets us to investment level with top entrepreneurs, where we do 50/50. They help us build the team and replicate. Requirement is open source transformation: to collaborate.