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This video is a movie-length description of the case for solar panels (and by extension renewables in general) over oil- and gas- and maize-burning energy production, with a natural focus on the United States, especially the last third which is an outstanding polemic about why the US is NOT going all-in on solar panels instead of ever-more-marginal oil extraction.
(Via Alex :yikes: (@amorphophalex@mastodon.social))
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Breakdown on life on Earth in terms of biomass (measured in millions of tonnes of carbon). Scroll down for a surprise!
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Noted by Damian Cugley .
Eco housing has to be deisgned differently depending on the local climate. I am used to thinking of green houses as carefully sealed boxes with triple-glazed windows to retain heat during winter. This one, designed for Costa Rica, is the exact opposite.
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Noted by Damian Cugley .
Honext boards are a construction material made from the sludge at the end of paper mills.
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Noted by Damian Cugley .
Scottish startup Kenoteq has launched the K-Briq – a more sustainable building brick that is unfired and made of 90 per cent construction waste.
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Noted by Damian Cugley .
Cross-laminated timber and other innovations make large-scale wood buildings increasingly attractive.
