Sorry! I have dyscalculia, so I’ll admit I didn’t try to analyze the numbers at all. I can delete the post

Thanks! I’ll add that (also sorry the reply took so long. I haven’t been feeling well).

Thank you so much! You and that post answered my questions perfectly

I like the idea of a wicker basket coffin with natural-fiber clothes…and an added sword just to confuse future archaeologists •ˋᴗˊ•

I could be wrong, but I don’t think you can grow all plants in hydroponics. For example, anything that grows on trees(large root systems) as well as grain crops (where you need a lot of plants together, rather in individual pods like in most hydroponics).

The only alternative I can think of is a greenhouse system. Like what indoor botanical gardens use for trees, but instead designed for farming. That would be expensive(more than farmers could afford), but it would also weather-protect crops.

But you are right about hydroponics or aquaponics for a lot of produce, though!

This one doesn’t list all of them, but it has some: https://www.repaircafe.org/en/visit/

This site might help with planning!

It looks like there are some! https://www.repaircafe.org/en/visit/

They go off of who volunteers. For example, if a person who specializes in fixing stand mixers volunteers, that will be one of the tables people can visit. That repair person brings the parts (for example, there are a few parts in stand mixers that tend to break, so the repair person would know to bring fixes for those). I have also heard of repair cafe’s elsewhere even bringing in 3D printers to help with part replacement.

Here is the text from a recent one in my town:

Items that are accepted at Repair Café events:

• Electronics such as gaming consoles, CD player, DVD player, camera, adaptor cord, etc.
• Small appliances such as toasters, coffee makers, lamps, waffle makers…you get the idea!
• Smaller pieces of furniture such as small wooden furniture pieces, a clock, or a plastic item that needs some crazy glue.
• Toys! Whether it needs glue or some wire soldering, we can try to repair it!
• Clothing or housewares (clean please!) that need mending. Full alterations will not be done.

Items not allowed:

• Microwaves

That quote was for the shoes. Sorry for not being clear about that. I’ll edit my post to add dividers in case that helps

I didn’t mean it as a advert (I even pointed out that more work needs to be done on efficiency), I just wanted to share an energy generation possibility that most people don’t know is a thing. I apologize that my wording came off as so bias

Not sure! It does not say on their website. Here’s the info they have:

Partners with Sun invented and patented the first Industrial Solar Oven. The Solar Oven has been successfully tested and launched in the year 2022. The Solar Oven cuts up to 80% of the bakery’s fuel bill and improves its production efficiency, increasing its profits and savings. The Solar Oven is embedded with IoT technology to optimize energy consumption and production processes

There is also a video here, if you just want to see more of it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1MEw6TFSu-E

I tried looking it up, and most sources still say that cold-weather heat pumps only work until -30c, which still isn’t cold enough when parts of my province reached -50c. I am not saying I don’t believe you, just that I would like to know more haha. According to this, Norway is pretty comparable climate wise to the Canadian averages, but Canada does get colder, so I hope it’s not just that.

Heat pumps are gaining in popularity here, just not on their own yet.

I agree that solar and heat pumps are better! However, heat pumps and electric vehicles lose effectiveness as the temperature drops. So, when it reaches -40c here, the people who own heat pumps still need their furnace as a backup. Most the time heat pumps are fine, but right now backup heat is still needed for those cold snaps or they risk the cold and their pipes freezing and bursting.

So the idea is to use a renewable source of methane as that fuel until it’s no longer needed(and stopping waste pollution while doing it).

The main difference is that it would be moving from non-renewable sources to renewables. As well as that, the methane is already there being released, it’s just right now we don’t use it and instead a large portion of the world just dumps it into the ocean or rivers untreated. So it would be turning human waste pollution into fuel and fertilizer instead of contaminating water sources and releasing the methane.

In cold climates, heat pumps don’t work when it’s gets to -40c, so people who own them have gas furnaces as a backup. The same happens with electric vehicles; their range drops with the temperature, and some stopped working a few days last winter.

SO that’s why human waste is considered a “transition fuel.” It’s an option to supplement other energy sources until we have what we need to transition away for good.

Very true!

There’s actually several problems with most hydro dams that sadly is often completely ignored due to it being “green energy.” For example:

• Disrupting Fish Migrations. The dams can act like walls, stopping annual fish migrations. Though this is sometimes minimized using fish-ladders, often many other aquatic species that can’t use the ladders are ignored.
• Displacing people and wildlife. For example, Lake Minnewanka in Alberta, Canada, has an underwater town that was flooded for a hydro-dam. The spot was also of importance to the indigenous people of the area, as it was seen to be connected to the spirit world.
• Polluting the Water. By causing higher levels of sediment and algae in the reservoirs. This is called “eutrophication.”
• Hurting or Killing Wildlife. The released water is often cold and low in oxygen, which can shock and even kill wildlife downstream.
• Water-Depletion. Reservoirs can cause water-depletion for an area, since still water evaporates faster than the water in a moving river, and the plants consume water to work.

That’s why I don’t always classify hydro as actually being green energy. There’s hope in small-scale turbines making a comeback in a fish-friendly style https://youtu.be/KEsrAmM07fs , as well as updated takes on tidal energy, such as the wave swing. https://youtu.be/mxesgXdw0Zw

I hope it helps! 😊

You’re welcome and thanks! I will add that to the list with credit to you.

Haha Thanks! I made the section breaks on Canva(free version) so I am not really attached to them or anything, so please feel free to save and use them if you’d like!

Perfect, thanks! I will add those right away with credit to you.