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Surplus Energy Response
Surplus Energy Response
The phrase "too cheap to meter" entered the energy discourse in the 20th century, referring to the potential of nuclear power. Though orig...
·codingrelic.geekhold.com·
Surplus Energy Response
Communal Luxury: The Public Bathhouse
Communal Luxury: The Public Bathhouse
Throughout history, people have bathed in public rather than in private. Should we bring back the public bathhouse for the sake of sustainability?
·solar.lowtechmagazine.com·
Communal Luxury: The Public Bathhouse
Toyota HiAce - Wikipedia
Toyota HiAce - Wikipedia
The Toyota HiAce is a light commercial vehicle produced by the Japanese automobile manufacturer Toyota. First launched in October 1967, the HiAce has since been available in a wide range of body configurations, including a minivan/MPV, minibus, panel van, crew van, pickup truck, taxi and an ambulance.
·en.m.wikipedia.org·
Toyota HiAce - Wikipedia
BART (Dis)Connects the San Francisco Bay Area
BART (Dis)Connects the San Francisco Bay Area
This piece is an entry in our Eighth Annual Graduate Student Blogging Contest, “Connections.” by Andrew Allio The camera pans along the street, highlighting the abandoned buildings. Mid…
·themetropole.blog·
BART (Dis)Connects the San Francisco Bay Area
Creating Cohousing - The Library of the Uncommons
Creating Cohousing - The Library of the Uncommons
A handbook for community builders interested in cohousing from some of the founders of the American cohousing movement.
·books.theunseen.city·
Creating Cohousing - The Library of the Uncommons
Is Infill Microhousing the Solution to High Homelessness Rates?
Is Infill Microhousing the Solution to High Homelessness Rates?
One major consequence of the housing crisis is increased rates of homelessness. Real estate development and design experts in Tennessee are responding by designing multiunit housing prototypes that blend in with existing neighborhoods.
·strongtowns.org·
Is Infill Microhousing the Solution to High Homelessness Rates?
If Wood Isn’t The Biomass Answer, What Is?
If Wood Isn’t The Biomass Answer, What Is?
As we slowly wean ourselves away from our centuries-long love affair with fossil fuels in an attempt to reduce CO2 emissions and combat global warming, there has been a rapid expansion across a bro…
·hackaday.com·
If Wood Isn’t The Biomass Answer, What Is?
Hot Water Heater Hacked To Run On Solar Juice
Hot Water Heater Hacked To Run On Solar Juice
It’s 2024, and there’s no getting around it. Grid energy is expensive. [Darrell] realized that a lot of his money was going on water heating, and he came up with a neat solution. What i…
·hackaday.com·
Hot Water Heater Hacked To Run On Solar Juice
The Midwest: Talent, Ambition and Culture
The Midwest: Talent, Ambition and Culture
It's hard for a region's people and cities to be great, when being good enough is celebrated and striving for more is considered brash.
·petesaunders.substack.com·
The Midwest: Talent, Ambition and Culture
The Midwest: Solving The Networking Problem
The Midwest: Solving The Networking Problem
A region that's long felt left behind has the assets to surge ahead. Others must realize it and get onboard.
·petesaunders.substack.com·
The Midwest: Solving The Networking Problem
Solar will get too cheap to connect to the power grid.
Solar will get too cheap to connect to the power grid.
The cost of solar panels is plummeting, and this will flood the power grid with cheap electricity. But that’s just Act 1. We won’t stop building solar at the limits of the grid - we’ll build a lot more. This post explains why we'll keep building more,
·climate.benjames.io·
Solar will get too cheap to connect to the power grid.
Swiss Researchers May Have Solved Hydrogen Storage
Swiss Researchers May Have Solved Hydrogen Storage
If you follow the world of clean energy, you will probably have read all about the so-called hydrogen future and the hydrogen economy. The gas can easily be made from water by electrolysis from gre…
·hackaday.com·
Swiss Researchers May Have Solved Hydrogen Storage
3D Printed Homes Are All The Hype, But What Is Their Real Impact?
3D Printed Homes Are All The Hype, But What Is Their Real Impact?
Additive manufacturing (AM) has been getting a lot of attention over the years, with its use in construction a recurring theme. Generally this brings to mind massive 3D printers that are carted to …
·hackaday.com·
3D Printed Homes Are All The Hype, But What Is Their Real Impact?
Northern Ireland: A Vision for Better Buses — Human Transit
Northern Ireland: A Vision for Better Buses — Human Transit
We really enjoyed our work, in collaboration with Aecom, on the new bus planning document for Northern Ireland public transport operator Translink.*  It aims to inform future policies, strategies and plans with respect to land use and transport planning.  It’s called Bus Better Connected.  The short and graphically rich report can be downloaded here. Our […]
·humantransit.org·
Northern Ireland: A Vision for Better Buses — Human Transit