Mohammed J Ali

The 1979 Scottish referendum results in a Yes for independence.

Scotland separates from England and the New Scottish Government implements policies around what it believes is the true basis of independence and economics: energy!

Using its new and substantial oil wealth, the new Scottish Government intends to create a country where people are given back a measure of control over their lives. The ultimate goal is to create peer-to-peer energy grids and spread a new economic paradigm, based on the sharing of energy, goods services and information, rather than the accumulation of capital.

Energy creating devices, a short government information film, posters, marketing devices, government forms, zines and short stories populate a counterfactual timeline. The purpose is to take a speculative design approach to sustainability and personal energy futures.