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DoomsdaysCW<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mas.to/@squads" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>squads</span></a></span> Absolutely! I focus on those on Solar Punk Sunday. A search for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SolarPunkSunday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SolarPunkSunday</span></a> and / or <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AncientTechnology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AncientTechnology</span></a> should yield some results here.</p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>6 traditional architectural solutions that can help us adapt to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ExtremeWeather" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ExtremeWeather</span></a> </p><p>Aug 10, 2023</p><p>"Extreme weather is one of the top two threats facing the world in the next two years, according to the World Economic Forum’s Global Risks Report 2023.</p><p>"The race is on to make our homes able to withstand the effects of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCrisis</span></a>.</p><p>"Could these innovations from the past be part of the solution?"</p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://www.weforum.org/stories/2023/08/traditional-architecture-extreme-weather-climate/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">weforum.org/stories/2023/08/tr</span><span class="invisible">aditional-architecture-extreme-weather-climate/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SolarPunkSunday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SolarPunkSunday</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TraditionalArchitecture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TraditionalArchitecture</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AncientTechnology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AncientTechnology</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AncientArchitecture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AncientArchitecture</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TurfHomes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TurfHomes</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CoolingChimneys" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CoolingChimneys</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PlatformHomes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PlatformHomes</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Skywells" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Skywells</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Aqueducts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Aqueducts</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EarthenBricks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EarthenBricks</span></a> can be used to build wildfire-resistant homes<br> <br>It’s a modern version of an ancient building technique.</p><p>October 17, 2024</p><p>"When fire rages across a landscape, wood can go up in flames. But dirt does not burn, so some people are drawing inspiration from age-old earthen building methods to help create more fire-resilient homes.</p><p>"Morey: 'The blocks that I make are considered unfired earthen masonry, and we have been using this material for over 10,000 years.'</p><p>"That’s Lisa Morey, owner and founder of a company called Nova Terra. She says much of the world continues to build with earth, but it’s rare for new buildings in the United States. So she’s trying to change that.</p><p>"Her company manufactures compressed <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EarthenBricks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EarthenBricks</span></a> called EcoBlox. They’re made from <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/sand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sand</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/clay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>clay</span></a>, mixed with lime for additional strength and water protection.</p><p>"The blocks themselves cannot burn.</p><p>"Morey: 'So … for wildfires that we’re seeing of course more often now, the walls provide a lot better resistance.'</p><p>"She says homes built with <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EcoBlox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EcoBlox</span></a> can also be more energy efficient. And creating the blocks themselves uses minimal energy and fuel.</p><p>"So this modern take on an ancient building method can create homes that are better for the climate and less vulnerable to some of the impacts of a warming world."</p><p>Source:<br><a href="https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2024/10/earthen-bricks-can-be-used-to-build-wildfire-resistant-homes/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">yaleclimateconnections.org/202</span><span class="invisible">4/10/earthen-bricks-can-be-used-to-build-wildfire-resistant-homes/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Wildfires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wildfires</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SolarPunkSunday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SolarPunkSunday</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AncientTechnology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AncientTechnology</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>Ancient Egyptian ‘Air Conditioning’ Could Help Cool Modern Buildings</p><p>One research team hopes to harness 5,000-year-old ideas to battle rising temperatures.</p><p>By Andrew Paul, August 22, 2023</p><p>"While the planet continues to endure scorching, unprecedented temperatures, a 60-square-foot shipping container is serving as a testing ground for passive, sustainable cooling solutions. As detailed in a 2023 study published in the research journal Energies, an engineering team at Washington State University utilized the space to find and improve upon ancient cooling methods that don’t generate any forms of greenhouse gas—including water evaporation atop repurposed wind towers.</p><p>"Buildings require roughly 60 percent of the entire world’s electricity, almost 20 percent of which is annually earmarked to keep those structures cool and comfortable. As society contends with climate change’s most ravaging effects, air conditioning systems’ requirements are only expected to rise in the coming years—potentially generating a feedback loop that could exacerbate carbon emission levels. Finding green ways to lower businesses’ and homes’ internal temperatures will therefore need solutions other than simply boosting wasteful AC units.</p><p>"This is especially vital as rising global populations require new construction, particularly within the developing world. According to Omar Al-Hassawi, lead author and assistant professor in WSU’s School of Design and Construction, this push will be a major issue if designers continue to rely on mechanical systems—such as traditional, electric AC units. 'There’s going to be a lot more air conditioning that’s needed, especially with the population rise in the hotter regions of the world,' Al-Hassawi said in a statement.</p><p>" 'There might be [some] inclusion of mechanical systems, but how can we cool buildings to begin with—before relying on the mechanical systems?' he adds.</p><p>"By retrofitting their shipping container test chamber with off-the-grid, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/solar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>solar</span></a> powered battery storage, AL-Hassawi’s team can heat their chamber to upwards of 130 degrees Fahrenheit to test out their solutions while measuring factors such as air velocity, temperature, and humidity. The team is particularly focused on optimizing a passive cooling method involving large towers and evaporative cooling that dates as far back as 2,500 BCE in ancient Egypt. In these designs, moisture evaporates at the tower’s top, which turns into cool, heavier air that then sinks down to the habitable space below. In the team’s version, moisture could be generated via misting nozzles, shower heads, or simply water-soaked pads.</p><p>" 'It’s an older technology, but there’s been an attempt to innovate and use a mix of new and existing technologies to improve performance and the cooling capacity of these systems,' explained Al-Hassawi, who also envisions retrofitting smokestacks in older buildings to work as new <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CoolingTowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CoolingTowers</span></a>.</p><p>" 'That’s why research like this would really help,' he adds. 'How can we address building design, revive some of these more ancient strategies, and include them in contemporary building construction? The test chamber becomes a platform to do this.' "</p><p>Source:<br><a href="https://getpocket.com/explore/item/ancient-egyptian-air-conditioning-could-help-cool-modern-buildings?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">getpocket.com/explore/item/anc</span><span class="invisible">ient-egyptian-air-conditioning-could-help-cool-modern-buildings?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AncientTechnologies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AncientTechnologies</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SolarPunkSunday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SolarPunkSunday</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CoolingSolutions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CoolingSolutions</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ExtremeHeat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ExtremeHeat</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AncientTechnology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AncientTechnology</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a></p>
Ma Quest :ablobjam:<p>A breezy evening.<br>20.38 Stork family signing off on Solar Punk Sunday<br><a href="https://whitestorkproject.org/live-cam-feed/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">whitestorkproject.org/live-cam</span><span class="invisible">-feed/</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/StorkFamCam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StorkFamCam</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/Stork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Stork</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/Storks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Storks</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/Knepp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Knepp</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/ReWilding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ReWilding</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/BioDiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BioDiversity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/St%C3%B6rche" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Störche</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/Storche" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Storche</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/WhiteStork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteStork</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/WhiteStorks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteStorks</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/BirdsOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BirdsOfMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/Birds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Birds</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/Webcam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Webcam</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/Bird" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bird</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/Webcams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Webcams</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/SolarPunkSunday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SolarPunkSunday</span></a></p>
J blue<p>Hi everyone, with the incoming <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a> likely affecting the cost and availability of food, please feel free to reach out if you need help foraging or growing your own food. Just tag me with any Q’s.</p><p>Below are <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/FoodSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FoodSecurity</span></a> links you may find useful. 1/2 🧵</p><p>Find and support local growers here:<br><a href="https://www.localharvest.org/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">localharvest.org/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://blackfarmersindex.com" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">blackfarmersindex.com</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>Locate a food co-op near you: <br><a href="http://www.grocerystory.coop" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://www.</span><span class="">grocerystory.coop</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/gardening" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gardening</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/foraging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>foraging</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/SolarpunkSunday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SolarpunkSunday</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>Heh. So, I had a bushy plant that was thriving in a container indoors, but had forgotten what it was. Turns out, it's a cayenne pepper plant that's turned into a pepper bush! Not sure how I kept it alive for a couple of years, but there you go.</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Gardening" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gardening</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ForgetfulGardening" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ForgetfulGardening</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SolarPunkSunday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SolarPunkSunday</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PepperTree" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PepperTree</span></a>?</p>
BramblyBearWhuffling<p>A garden of reading for Solarpunk Sunday~</p><p><a href="https://solarpunkmagazine.com/solarpunk-a-container-for-more-fertile-futures-jay-springett/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">solarpunkmagazine.com/solarpun</span><span class="invisible">k-a-container-for-more-fertile-futures-jay-springett/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/SolarpunkSunday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SolarpunkSunday</span></a></p>
Ma Quest :ablobjam:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@stux" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>stux</span></a></span> Yay! Thanks for posting: this is is great!<a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/SolarPunkSunday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SolarPunkSunday</span></a></p>
Ma Quest :ablobjam:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://kolektiva.social/@DoomsdaysCW" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>DoomsdaysCW</span></a></span> Yes, we have them in UK. There's even an international association for toy libraries! <a href="https://itla-toylibraries.org/home/become-a-member/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">itla-toylibraries.org/home/bec</span><span class="invisible">ome-a-member/</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/ToyLibrary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ToyLibrary</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/SolarPunkSunday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SolarPunkSunday</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/Sharing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sharing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/ToyLibraries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ToyLibraries</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>What a great idea!<span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.green/@MaQuest" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>MaQuest</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.ie/@thetoylibrary" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>thetoylibrary</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SolarPunkSunday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SolarPunkSunday</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Sharing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sharing</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ToySwap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ToySwap</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>So, I'll be continuing <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SolarPunkSunday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SolarPunkSunday</span></a> when I return from Beltaine at the Beach. I'll be posting (re-posting) articles about traditional building techniques that could help with <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a> !</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TEK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TEK</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TraditionalKnowledge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TraditionalKnowledge</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AncientArchitecture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AncientArchitecture</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SodiumBatteries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SodiumBatteries</span></a> offer an alternative to tricky <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/lithium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lithium</span></a></p><p>Lithium is relatively scarce and mostly refined in China. Sodium is neither</p><p>Oct 26th 2023</p><p>Excerpt: "Fortunately, lithium is not the only game in town. As we report this week, a clutch of firms are making batteries based on sodium, lithium’s elemental cousin. Since sodium’s chemical properties are very similar to those of lithium, it too makes for good batteries. And sodium, which is found in the salt in seawater, is thousands of times more abundant on Earth than lithium and cheaper to get at. Most of the companies using sodium to make batteries today are also Chinese. But pursuing the technology in the West might be a surer route to energy security than relying heavily on lithium. </p><p>"Besides its abundance, sodium has other advantages. The best lithium batteries use <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/cobalt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cobalt</span></a> and 3nickel in their electrodes. Nickel, like lithium, is in short supply. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Mining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mining</span></a> it on land is <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/environmentally" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>environmentally</span></a> destructive. Proposals to grab it from the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/seabed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>seabed</span></a> instead have caused rows. A good deal of the world’s cobalt, meanwhile, is extracted from small mines in the Democratic Republic of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Congo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Congo</span></a>, where child labour is common and working conditions are dire. Sodium batteries, by contrast, can use electrodes built from iron and manganese, which are plentiful and uncontroversial. Since the chemical components are cheap, a scaled-up industry should be able to produce batteries that cost less than their lithium counterparts. </p><p>"Sodium is not a perfect replacement for lithium. It is heavier, meaning sodium batteries will weigh more than lithium ones of an equivalent capacity. That is likely to rule them out in some cases where lightness is paramount. But for other applications, such as grid storage or home batteries, weight is irrelevant. Several Chinese carmakers are even beginning to put sodium batteries in electric vehicles.</p><p>"Perhaps the biggest disadvantage of sodium batteries is their late start. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LithiumIon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LithiumIon</span></a> batteries were first commercialised in the 1990s and have benefited from decades of investment. But the rest of the world is behind China on both fronts anyway. America and the European Union have announced enormous programmes of green industrial subsidies. If they are determined to bankroll batteries, some of the pot should go to sodium."</p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://www.economist.com/leaders/2023/10/26/sodium-batteries-offer-an-alternative-to-tricky-lithium" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">economist.com/leaders/2023/10/</span><span class="invisible">26/sodium-batteries-offer-an-alternative-to-tricky-lithium</span></a></p><p>Archived version:<br><a href="https://archive.ph/7x6JX#" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">archive.ph/7x6JX#</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SolarPunkSunday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SolarPunkSunday</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DeepSeaMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DeepSeaMining</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoLithiumMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoLithiumMining</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LeaveItInTheOcean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LeaveItInTheOcean</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LeaveItInTheOcean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LeaveItInTheOcean</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LithiumAlternatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LithiumAlternatives</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SodiumBatteries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SodiumBatteries</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RenewablesNow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RenewablesNow</span></a></p>
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DoomsdaysCW<p>World’s first <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/sustainable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sustainable</span></a> #<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/battery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>battery</span></a> lasts 6,000 cycles, could offer 30-year life</p><p>The batteries transport electrons using three physical processes, thanks to an ultraporous carbon layer inside the cell.</p><p>by Georgina Jedikovska, Updated: Apr 11, 2025 11:02 AM EST</p><p>"Ukrainian startup <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SorbiForce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SorbiForce</span></a> has made a major breakthrough by transforming agricultural waste into a metal-free organic battery prototype in an attempt to combat the environmental impact of conventional batteries.</p><p>"Apart from <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AgriculturalWaste" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AgriculturalWaste</span></a>, the Arizona-based energy storage company claims they used nothing but carbon, water, and salt to develop what they say is the world’s first truly sustainable battery.</p><p>"The team, led by material scientist Serhii Kaminskyi, SorbiForce’s CEO and co-founder, came up with the idea after realizing agriculture generates up to 2.1 billion tons of waste each year.</p><p>[...]</p><p>"However, what’s perhaps most striking is that at the end of a cell’s life, as much as 95 percent of the battery can be broken down into organic materials, while the rest of the components can later be reused.</p><p>"Additionally, Drolet remarks that, unlike <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LithiumIon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LithiumIon</span></a> (Li-ion) batteries, which often become <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/toxic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>toxic</span></a> plastic waste or pose safety hazards when recycled, SorbiForce cells pose no risk of explosion, thermal runaway or toxic leaks thanks to their metal-free chemistry and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClosedLoop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClosedLoop</span></a> design, even if cut in half."</p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://interestingengineering.com/energy/world-first-metal-free-battery-6000-cycles" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">interestingengineering.com/ene</span><span class="invisible">rgy/world-first-metal-free-battery-6000-cycles</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SolarPunkSunday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SolarPunkSunday</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RenewblesNow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RenewblesNow</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoLithiumMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoLithiumMining</span></a></p>
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