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[-] bonkerfield@slrpnk.net 4 points 1 year ago

This would be so lovely for some far northern/southern latitudes that need all the sun they can get to stay warm. With double or triple paned glass to insulate.

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You can read more about the fascinating history here: https://about.usps.com/who-we-are/postal-history/pneumatic-tubes.pdf

Credit: https://hachyderm.io/@miah

[-] bonkerfield@slrpnk.net 10 points 1 year ago

The challenge that isn't covered here is that the grandeur of Singapore is far far easier to achieve with authoritarian centralization than the anarchic style of solarpunk. And people are compelled by the grandeur of a large expensive project in different ways than the DIY scale.

So how can a ragtag group in SF or Berlin make something that captures imagination just as well as Singapore?

[-] bonkerfield@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 year ago

I'm a huge fan of the ebike for camping too. In 2021, I took a year off work to ebike around the US.

This weekend's adventure was low-key by comparison, just a 14 mile ride from downtown Madison, WI out to a county park campground.

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I love bike camping and am starting to host trips where I live. I highly recommend it to anyone who wants to get to know the rural parts of their region. You can often ask around at bike shops (particularly the adventury types of bike shop) to learn who in the area runs them.

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