How to Escape From the Iron Age? (solar.lowtechmagazine.com)
We cannot lower carbon emissions if we keep producing steel with fossil fuels.
We cannot lower carbon emissions if we keep producing steel with fossil fuels.
Although slightly off-topic, I decided to post this since it applies to balcony gardens and indoor small-scale gardens alike.
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Solar panels have always bothered me because they require such intense manufacturing and usage of scarce resources. TLDR of article: “Many people will argue that if low-tech solar panels are less efficient, we would need more solar panels to produce the same power output. Consequently, the resources saved by low-tech...
Consumer societies produce enough plastic waste to power at least 10% of motorized road traffic. Dutch designer Gijs Schalkx grabbed the opportunity and now drives his car on the plastic waste he collects.
Using solar panels without backup infrastructure makes renewable energy production much more affordable, efficient and sustainable.
Not all the articles are about renewable energy but they are all interesting to read.
Low-tech Magazine launched the first volume in a new series of books opening up their archive by theme....