#solarpunk

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Today I encountered this Volvo Amazon (from the 50s) and the hero who converted it to electric WAY BACK IN THE 90s! After getting a new battery pack from a crashed EV and solar panels in recent years it has a range of 400km and charges a few 10s of km per day on sunny days. Basically an infinity car!

So inspiring, I’m doing something like this some day! Imagine the future we could have had.. and maybe still can.

An old car with 3 solar panels stuck to the roof

RE: https://infosec.exchange/@tinker/116472176913970907

Heads up for any FOSS contributors and coders!

Or anyone that knows how to code web apps and wants to contribute to solarpunk activities, bringing about post-scarcity food security, or just helping feed people:

Rootable is a Free and Open Source app that helps local towns coordinate food rescue.

Website: https://rootable.org

Code Base: https://codeberg.org/rootable/

Food rescue is where local community groups go to a grocery store, bakery, restaurant, etc., and "glean" or gather up any GOOD FOOD that would otherwise be thrown away and get to it people who are hungry.

Reduces food waste.
Increased food security.

For more info on food waste, take a look at this John Oliver episode on Food Waste: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8xwLWb0lLY

If you'd like to contribute code, fix bugs (usability, security, etc), assist in technical documentation or support, etc., please …

I don't want to eat the rich. They're toxic. Don't want to put them in the sea or landfills or incinerators either, obviously. Plasma arc gasification is a hope for the future of toxic waste disposal, but still has its downsides. How many people is 1% anyway? How many can be crammed into a fuck-off big cylinder and fired into the sun?

It's ! I practically grew up in a library, and my love for them is often reflected in my books.

Like in my latest, a solarpunk western called _Echoes Through the Mountains_

I'm self-published and release all my books for free. Try it today! https://books2read.com/b/bOgDKW

@bookstodon

Excerpt of printed text: "The library, meanwhile, has been officially closed since around the time the last librarian -- the infamous Stella Bartlett, my mother -- killed two men and fled the county. Unofficially, however, the doors are always open, which seems to always be the case with my family. Anyone can borrow a book, and most people even bring them back when they're done. That is the extent of my community -- the silent, mutual agreement to remain civilized about books. I go to the library when I can, stocking up in the fall for winter like a bear..."


17th Apr 2026. How far beyond the local home of your MC does your story extend?

My WIP is set in a boatyard on the Atlantic coast of Ireland, in the 26th century CE, 500 years after the global crash of fossil-fuelled civilisation, when a community of artisans and their families assemble to build a big wooden cargo ship of sail. Trade in products and skills from across the world will be part of the process of building both the ship and the community.

16th Apr 2026. If your MC lived in our world, would they have good financial credit?

A skilled and experienced artisan, Maeve could if she wanted to sell herself into debt slavery. But she isn't foolish, so wouldn't do it. On her Earth in our future, the post-industrial financial industry is held as responsible as the fossil-fuels industries for damaging nature almost beyond survival.


5th Apr 2026. Could you do a scrapbook accompanying your current creative process?

I could, but I won't, because long experience has taught me that my most efficient practice is to direct all my energy directly into writing the book.

Unusually, during March I considered blogging my new WIP's process and progress. Even looked around and chose NovaFuture because the platform's ethos suits my subject. But, no, I'll continue my normal practice.

Post by RED | swear to h*ck, if I have to explain the difference between Science Fiction and Fantasy again, I will literally be so glad to help because learning is awesome and those two genres are my favorite.

I am leaving the university system, possibly forever, at the end of this month. I will be living in the woods, studying mathematics and (hopefully) farming enough to survive. I have posted an essay explaining why I'm doing this on my website:

https://aten.cool/leaving_university_2026.html

Home is fun. I like making fun things like minis, and useful things, like a spice rack organizer.

I like how they fit into story telling.

But until/unless one can recycle and more importantly, produce filament, it's still a centralized technology based on plastic.

I've only worked with basic PLA, and read a bit about PETG & the differences.

Are there any filament technologies that are recyclable / reusable or that can be produced locally from raw materials?