Greenbeard
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Greenbeard@slrpnk.netto
Composting@slrpnk.net•Good resources to get started with composting?
1·30 days agoAlso, maybe this calls for a wiki post? 👀
Becuase somehow during the purge the rich and influential will somehow be vulnerable instead of the right-wing billionaires literally pushing the poor into a literal lava pit?
I would argue that it’s a bit unfortunate name choice haha
Hihi, I’m very much into urban gardening, sustainable ways to feed our communities and food preservation techniques (especially all kinds of fermentation), I’m in the GMT tz, happy to answer any questions you have!
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Green Energy@slrpnk.net•California zeroes out funding for world’s ‘largest virtual power plant’
5·4 months agoDive Brief:
- California lawmakers approved a sweeping energy package at the end of the legislative session that does not include funding to continue two grid reliability programs, including a virtual power plant advocates believe is the largest in the world.
- Earlier this year, the state faced a $12 billion budget shortfall, and the two programs were in limbo for months as legislators negotiated down to the wire. The bills awaiting Gov. Gavin Newsom’s signature after the session closed Saturday include proposals aimed at bringing down energy costs, expanding the Western grid and codifying virtual power plants in longterm planning.
- Advocates say gutting the Demand Side Grid Support and Distributed Electricity Backup Assets programs threatens to undermine the state’s progress toward a more resilient grid that can respond to system stress by calling on batteries, electric vehicles, rooftop solar panels, smart thermostats and other energy resources that are increasingly common in homes, businesses and institutions.
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zerowaste@slrpnk.net•What to do with a hotwired fridge (no thermostat) -- make it a wine cooler, beer fridge, or what?
4·4 months agoYou could even use the ‘smart’ temp sensor and plug to power it on when the temp rises above the desired value, but probably won’t be buyable in your local hardware store… Also, R-134a and other refridgerants are vety potent greenhuse gases, so maybe don’t release that…
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fixing@slrpnk.net•My Zanussi fridge must be junked because (IIUC) a simple relay switch went bad? Are my resistance readings good? Is there such a thing as a universal fridge switch?
2·5 months agoHi! https://www.manualslib.com/download/662200/Zanussi-Zfc19-4d.html Here you can download the manual I didn’t manage to find the relay, I only found one place that has the thermostat: https://fixpart.co.uk/product/electrolux-aeg-50206930005-thermostat?apl=082057 I’m not sure to what degree it helps, but if your problem with acquiring a part is geographical in nature I’m in Ireland, and am happy to get and mail the part for you if it is available in either EU or the UK. Good luck and keep us posted!
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Solarpunk@slrpnk.net•This article won’t change your mind. Here’s why | Sarah Stein Lubrano
2·5 months agoYou made me reade this article, which I dismissed as a clickbait before, but I cannot find it. Where is that implication?
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Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.net•Want to plant trees to offset fossil fuels? You’d need all of North and Central America, study finds2·7 months agoPlant a tree, let it be, don’t mow around it, leave the leaves, and when it dies or breaks, also leave it there, it’s all alive!
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Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.net•Want to plant trees to offset fossil fuels? You’d need all of North and Central America, study finds5·7 months agoNo, I want to plant trees because it helps to have a resilient ecosystem that’s more safe in case of a cascade collapse. I want to plant trees because they provide shade in the summer. Because they improve the soil. Because they help prevent floods. Because they give birds food and shelter. Because they are fucking PRETTY.
Can we start thinking about the whole thing instead of acting as if i single problems that are not interconnected?
Plant some fucking trees, even if they are not just carbon sequestration batteries.
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Solarpunk@slrpnk.net•Giving your house plants genetically enhanced super powers
4·7 months agoThat’s because this video is an undisclosed ad probably. Also, sorry, I’m not really willing to take advice from someone who lives in Northern America with it’s completely fucked ecosystem, says to be ‘a researcher’ and still makes dumb quips about how the genetic research restrictions in Europe are ‘silly’ and ‘too much’


Yeah, no, I’m not going through two different ‘prove you’re not a robot’ screens for one article about RAM chips, thanks.