Make melomels!
alzymologist
joined 1 year ago
There are ways to automate without all that overhead. We can start over, with wooden cog logic and solar light free space transmission lines, living media power converters and recycled metal tools, and build sustainable machines we couldn't imagine today.
Sure things will break, so the srtisan would have to stay close to the creation. There is no easy scaleup without oppression now - but I am sure more self-sustainable technologies are possible if we start caring.
Besides, there is matter of research. I think making small amounts of insustainable materials to discover more laws of nature and empower us to achive more harmony are ok, as long as we do it ourselves and not outsource to slave work half world away.
If you find something good, let me know! I live in Finland and do IT jobs, and there is no decent aggregator that has good ones.
Try specific companies - Wolt, IQM, ICEYE, etc.
https://permies.com/t/65217/DIY-Solar-Oven
https://www.solarbrother.com/en/making-a-solar-oven/
Oh come on, just grab some sunlight and go. We've built these babes with damaged frenel lenses from huge tvs in junkyard.
That's weird design and comparison; to get similar performance from a tool without electricity, you'd need some heat transfer mechanism between solar collector unit and consumer - steam? sand? just heat sufficient thermal mass and then load it with things to be cooked? I just hate the idea to waste efficiency by transferring energy through electricity here, while all heat losses could have been turned to profits instead. Electricity-centered approach of modern solarpunk pushes just a bit too far, too high tech in places where more traditional approaches could have been used.
Well, I must say that if you already have a solar electrical power system, it would be quite convenient to just hook up the oven there. Then on the other hand any conventional oven could probably do this same trick.
These are things that just came to my mind after reading this; I'm probably going to think about these more and try them next summer. This article is inspiring indeed!
Wouldn't it be cheaper, more efficient, lower tech, more traditional to just focus heat with foil reflectors omitting the electricity altogether?
*nights
If you have a brewer supply locally, totally just invade them. The job is usually quite boring, they LOVE initiating neophytes.
These are just some crappy office supplies, 2 eur each, with holes drilled through their bottoms with a sheet metal drill bit in an electric screwdriver. I am looking at buying clay and firing it myself, or casting geopolymer lye/clay/cat litter crystals, containers are not just expensive, there is no place that sells them locally. I might become local bonsai evangelist if I step over my imposter syndrome (well, I am one, I suppose) and get non-negative balance on my bank account to start something.
Tiger does not look so tiny though
Another way that prevents bottles from exploding is corking with wine corks slightly slices across to hold a thick thread that wraps around the neck to hold the cork against pressure. It's quite weak seal that should pop before the glass.
My friend once had some bottles of sparkling hard cider bottled like that (naturally explosive), left for a trip in winter (Texas), temperature went below freezing, so his landlord (old redneck lady with confederate flags and deer skulls on her house) went into his place and turned on gas stove. Sure she forgot to turn it off when weather normalized to regular +10C, so when he came back, it was hot sauna with apple flavor, but no broken glass at least!
Why just 8, not 10? They must be hiding someone, hmm...