PowerX Strategy "PowerZ"

[bb01100100]

Wow that’s a very coherent dream.. I’m embarrassed to say I had to doublecheck that Dinar was the fiat currency I dimly recall and not some kind of crypto coin. Given you’re a metals trader, I think you mean the gold coin variety instead?

I guess the infinity price reflected the utility of gas and not the supply cost (making the assumption you’re in the US; and where domestic supplies are sufficient for demand).

In my part of Australia, gas (petrol) prices are very volatile, often moving 20-30c per litre each week, so I’ve often wondered what would be involved in running small bore engines on ethanol (home distilled). I would think anything with electronic fuel injection (eg cars) would be harder and I guess diesel engines would be out of the story… given we have thousands on hours of sunshine per year maybe it would be a win for home charging EVs!

I should keep a dream journal, because things are only crystal clear for 2 minutes after waking up. . .
the dream could very well have chosen the Dinar as a way to communicate the location of the dream.

I don't think that I am ever fully asleep:
I can stop and have conversations, reason, & make choices. . .
I even have a "dream memory"; where I refer to previous dreams, as if it were my past, while dreaming.

PS: gas prices usually stay in a tight range between $3.75 and $3.85/gallon.
Price will occasionally rise close to $5 and then fall back below $4.

Dream memory - that's interesting. I almost never remember my dreams, but those that I can remember seem to be repeats. I've never had a dream that was connected to another dream.. sounds very cool. Often when I wake mid-sleep it's like a 56KB modem was playing in my ears.. like I'm algorithm processing data. Odd.

Is it the buddhists who talk about the three states of consciousness? Awake, asleep and dreaming? Let's go on a big tangent about the nature of reality!

[bb01100100]

… given we have thousands on hours of sunshine per year maybe it would be a win for home charging EVs!

Why dont you guys drive EV's if there is so much sun?

I might be wrong, but I /think/ Australia has high growth rates in EV sales... so "we" are. I'd like to see how things look circa 2025 before looking at buying an EV, though. I feel the battery tech (range) isn't there yet and the premium is too high.

I drool over the idea of owning an F150 lightning (https://www.ford.com/trucks/f150/f150-lightning/)... but have no use for such a vehicle.. unless I get assigned on a grain trade, hehe.

[Yirbu]

… given we have thousands on hours of sunshine per year maybe it would be a win for home charging EVs!

Why dont you guys drive EV's if there is so much sun?

I might be wrong, but I /think/ Australia has high growth rates in EV sales... so "we" are. I'd like to see how things look circa 2025 before looking at buying an EV, though. I feel the battery tech (range) isn't there yet and the premium is too high.

I drool over the idea of owning an F150 lightning (https://www.ford.com/trucks/f150/f150-lightning/)... but have no use for such a vehicle.. unless I get assigned on a grain trade, hehe.

Ha, ha. Yes, those are great machines.
Over here a lot of cities are preparing for 0 emission. This means that within a couple of years (before 2030) you are not allowed to enter the city with a car that runs on petrol.
If there would be more sun (and my roof would be bigger) I would certainly have solar panels and an EV.
The range also is a problem for me. I do hope that we get bigger ranges soon.

[aliassmith]

Why dont you guys drive EV's if there is so much sun?

I might be wrong, but I /think/ Australia has high growth rates in EV sales... so "we" are. I'd like to see how things look circa 2025 before looking at buying an EV, though. I feel the battery tech (range) isn't there yet and the premium is too high.

I drool over the idea of owning an F150 lightning (https://www.ford.com/trucks/f150/f150-lightning/)... but have no use for such a vehicle.. unless I get assigned on a grain trade, hehe.

Ha, ha. Yes, those are great machines.
Over here a lot of cities are preparing for 0 emission. This means that within a couple of years (before 2030) you are not allowed to enter the city with a car that runs on petrol.
If there would be more sun (and my roof would be bigger) I would certainly have solar panels and an EV.
The range also is a problem for me. I do hope that we get bigger ranges soon.

You do realize that the green/ 0 emissions is a shell game. They tell you the EV is running on clean electric. Meanwhile the energy is derived from dirty sources and the batteries are mined dirty and made dirty. Additionally the lifespan of the batteries isn't very long so you'll need another expensive dirty battery if you keep your car for awhile.

I wish it was a legit thing. Currently it is a political football.

[IgazI]

You do realize that the green/ 0 emissions is a shell game. They tell you the EV is running on clean electric. Meanwhile the energy is derived from dirty sources and the batteries are mined dirty and made dirty. Additionally the lifespan of the batteries isn't very long so you'll need another expensive dirty battery if you keep your car for awhile.

I wish it was a legit thing. Currently it is a political football.

I'm betting on hydrogen-powered cars; that's one of the reasons for investing in platinum.

Tesla cars are BS

The AI, humanoid robots, and satellites are Elon's only real assets.

[Yirbu]

You do realize that the green/ 0 emissions is a shell game. They tell you the EV is running on clean electric. Meanwhile the energy is derived from dirty sources and the batteries are mined dirty and made dirty. Additionally the lifespan of the batteries isn't very long so you'll need another expensive dirty battery if you keep your car for awhile.

I wish it was a legit thing. Currently it is a political football.

I'm betting on hydrogen-powered cars; that's one of the reasons for investing in platinum.

Tesla cars are BS

The AI, humanoid robots, and satellites are Elon's only real assets.

Yes, I also think hydrogen is a better solution.
Right now all the electricity that goes into those EV's is grey...at best. Next to that the amount of "dirty" energy that goes into manufacturing an EV isn't compensated by having no emission car. I think breakeven is somewhere around driving your car for 7 years.
But hey ..our government wants to stimulate EV's so it does.
I currently have to pay €150 tax every month for driving my (diesel) car. They will gradually increase the tax untill everybody switches to EV's or is broke.

Obviously IF the sun would shine more, IF I had solar panels and IF the range of the cars would be a bit more I would like to have one.

[bb01100100]

I sort of agree with Alias: the total environmental cost of obtaining a "clean" EV is far far higher than most consumers realise or bother to look into.

That brings me to: ammonia!

While doing some research on the grain market, I came across a very interesting article in Nature about an Australian research spinoff called Jupiter Ionics... bear with me here, there is a point to all the words..

To summarise:

1. They have a process that uses lithium (+ air & water) in the production of ammonia
2. Lithium helps break the Nitrogen molecule in two, creating ammonia
3. Ammonia is used to produce synthethic fertiliser
4. Fertiliser is an essential input for growing grains and improving yield per acre
5. The fertiliser industry is a heavy emitter of greenhouse gases.. I've read estimates from "nearly 1%" to circa 1.8%
6. The Jupiter Ionics process happens without the high temperature and pressure used by existing plants using the Haber-Bosch method.
7. The significance of this is that smaller, distributed plants can be created and placed close to renewable energy sources. The intermittent nature of renewables (e.g sun, wind) appears not to be an issue with this lithium-based process, because it does not require the high-scale, stable electricity inputs that existing plants need.
8. This sets the scene for carbon-neutral production of ammonia.

That's sounds quite innovative, but one the things the Jupiter Ionics website mentions is that because ammonia is used in agricultural applications globally, there is already infrastructure in place to transport and store it. I also discovered that ships fitted out for transporting propane can also handle ammonia.

This would be one way of exporting renewable electricity: convert to ammonia and ship through existing logistics networks and associated infrastructure.

This speaks of the possibility of green ammonia being an alternative to fossil fuels, so I wonder if it has potential applications for use in vehicles...

There are several downsides though:

1. Massive downside of burning ammonia: it produces nitrous oxide, which is a big greenhouse gas; so unless than can be addressed it's probably a non-starter for general use.
2. It burns at a higher temperature and (if I'm reading the science direct article linked below) slower, which I think indicates that it emits less heat (?) than other hydrocarbons

Links if anyone is interested:

• Nature article describing the process: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-01659-w
• Start-up website: https://jupiterionics.com/green-ammonia/#agriculture
• Science direct article looking at Ammonia combustion in turbines & industrial furnaces: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/a ... 8918306345

[IgazI]

17 ounces of platinum / 24
20 grams of gold / 100
100 ounces of silver / however many I want, it's just for lolz

I'm still holding out hope for lower gold prices but there is a new war / problem every week it seems.

If I said, "I'll give you ten $1 coins, or a half ounce of silver" people would choose the USD every time

"they're worth about the same"

No, one has zero intrinsic value and has been losing purchasing power at an astronomical rate. . .

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PS: I purchased 100 half oz silver coins this morning; too much premium, I know, but I wanted them.

$20558.36

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[aliassmith]

17 ounces of platinum / 24
20 grams of gold / 100
100 ounces of silver / however many I want, it's just for lolz

I'm still holding out hope for lower gold prices but there is a new war / problem every week it seems.

If I said, "I'll give you ten $1 coins, or a half ounce of silver" people would choose the USD every time

"they're worth about the same"

No, one has zero intrinsic value and has been losing purchasing power at an astronomical rate. . .
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PS: I purchased 100 half oz silver coins this morning; too much premium, I know, but I wanted them.

$20558.36
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That won't be useful in the apocalypse. You need to collect the redneck retirement plan. GUNZ & AMMO.

[IgazI]

That won't be useful in the apocalypse. You need to collect the redneck retirement plan. GUNZ & AMMO.

I'm only putting around 30k into physical metals, as a hedge:

I don't want my net worth to be cans of beans, guns, and ammo, if the dollar goes to zero

I would only expect the value of my holdings to fall in the range of 150 to 180k if things started getting really bad;
I probably wouldn't sell it if it broke a million dollars, because that would mean that what I was trading it for is worthless