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The problem I have is on long trips (via bicycle or on foot) my phone’s battery hits 15% remaining and screen dims mid-trip, which is essentially blank in daylight when navigating. I’m in airplane mode with wifi also disabled. So the only power consumers are the screen and the GPS receiver. Yet I’m still forced to power...
The Byron Bay Railroad Company runs the world’s first 100% solar-powered train. It wouldn’t work everywhere - but in the bright sunshine of Australia, it might just be the right tool for the job....
Though this photo fits the theme kinda nice....
I like travelling by bike, but i am not the biggest fan of doing roundtrips, i much prefer moving further and further away. So on longer trips i will end up way far from home, and since travelling by train across Europe, can be a real ordeal (especially with a bike), i sometimes take a plane back home. I guess busses would be an...
Just heard a quick blurb on BBC that another panel fell off a Boeing mid-flight which landed in Oregon. No harm done… wasn’t noticed until after they landed. United Airlines....
If you scroll down to Torleif Stumo there’s a quite interesting story. I was amazed that an aircraft that started to taxi returned to the gate and reconnected to let a passenger exit who discovered he was on a 737 max – and that the airline rebooked him at no extra cost. Then I realized after my speed-reading what I missed:...
Not sure if commuting really counts as “travel” related but hopefully it’s interesting enough.
⚠ Link #enshitification warning: #euronews has a forced agreement type of popup in some browsers (TB). I suggest either Ungoogled Chromium or lynx. Lynx warns “bad html” but it renders fine....
Solarpunk travel is intended for /sustainable/ travel, right? So where can we discuss travel with no sustainability relevance? I only consider proper decentralized non-Cloudflare instances. This is what found as free world venues for travel chatter:...
(This is good news for people who trust Boeing more than medical workers. You can bring your own screwdriver.)...
cross-posted from: slrpnk.net/post/4750716...
