When It Comes to the Environment, There Really Is No Such Thing as a “Good” Car (www.nakedcapitalism.com)
Tesla partners with BYD's FinDreams for energy storage Megafactory in Shanghai - ArenaEV (m.arenaev.com)
Ignore the fact that Tesla are involved. I’m quite excited for this era of energy storage that we’re entering....
Tesco's Laser-Etched Avocados to Save on Packaging Waste - Core77 (www.core77.com)
freesewing.org - software that adjusts sewing patterns to your exact measurements (freesewing.org)
New recycling method makes solar cells even more environmentally friendly (arstechnica.com)
A green roof or rooftop solar? You can combine them in a biosolar roof — boosting both biodiversity and power output (www.goodgoodgood.co)
This startup is about to install bladeless rooftop wind turbines on box buildings (electrek.co)
Heu und Transportwagen aus einer Sackkarre (sueden.social) German
Sensenpflege, –Kauf, –Wartung (sueden.social) German
Solar-Powered Fridge Doesn’t Require Electricity And Can Run For 40 Hours Without Power - Yanko Design (www.yankodesign.com)
AnarSec is a resource designed to help anarchists navigate the hostile terrain of technology (www.anarsec.guide)
Penkesu is a handheld PC that you can build yourself. (penkesu.computer)
I've always been fascinated by these small computers. GPD makes these kinds of devices too. Ordered one once but I never got it. Been thinking of building one myself though I'm worried it would be too small to enjoyable use. I would definitely write on it, that I am sure of.
A Tour of the Jevons Paradox: How Energy Efficiency Backfires (economicsfromthetopdown.com)
vore reader: brutalist rss reader (vore.website)
Self-balancing commuter pods ride old railway lines on demand (newatlas.com)
A Solarpunk Internet: How Much Bandwidth? (www.wumpus-cave.net)
Exercise bike that can store 2KWh of electricity (mastodon.social)
This is an industrial designed exercise bike from Lithuania that can store 2KWh of electricity generated by your own exercise.
University of Denver to make its electricity 100% solar within three years (coloradosun.com)
Lithium-free sodium batteries exit the lab and enter US production (newatlas.com)
It’s so rare to actually see a new battery tech exit the lab and enter production. Always seems like there’s 10,000 new up and coming breakthroughs in battery technology, but none ever leave the workbench....
Hydro Power Overview (www.builditsolar.com)
A good overview and link collection around small scale hydro power technologies
The wave glider, a robot to catch data in the ocean (www.liquid-robotics.com)
I was watchin the last episode of ‘‘earthsounds’’ (docuseries that you can find on torrent) and they said to have used one of this with a microphone mounted under it to record better sounds from whales (because they travel a looooooot and not always on the same routes)....
New PCB design is repeatably recyclable — vitrimer PCBs could save millions of tons in eWaste, say UW researchers (www.tomshardware.com)
Keurig's new K-Rounds coffee pods are plastic-free and could finally make single-serve coffee-making sustainable (www.techradar.com)
This is quite exciting in that it removes plastic waste. I see no reason why different companies can’t make different shape ones to maintain their lock-in. I expect a knock-off market to pop-up, but that exists with plastic pods too. It’s a step in the right direction at least.
Transform Home Energy with a System that Powers Through Outages and Enhances Sustainable Living - Yanko Design (www.yankodesign.com)
A wild Anker enters the home battery market.