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Social network for the transition initiative in Devonport

Social network for the transition initiative in Devonport

Social network for the transition initiative in Devonport

For User of Electric and Fuel-less Vehicles to share their experience as Users who are pioneering the TRANSITION from The Oil Economy to The Electron Economy future.

To kick things off it may prove enlightening to know what initiatives or what changes you would like to make if there was the infrastructure or resources to do it?Feel free to expand on it by highlighting what would be needed in order to help make it a reality. I suppose this forms a backcast but focusing only on issues you have a particular interest in.See More

Social network for the transition initiative in Devonport

Bamboo is one of those materials that is underused and misunderstood in the Western world. I have not tried this yet mainly because my steel frame track bike is doing so well and may well outlive me.I saw a howto on Instructables where they used a mix of carbon fiber and bamboo to create a very beautiful frame (the image below is not from there).I don't suppose the knowledge is there yet to build…See More

As Llywelyn's comment on the group wall says, it is best to start with efficiency savings and look at what our needs really are before loading our roofs up with banks of power generators but I wanted to bring this up as I found it very interesting indeed. I am interested in power generation systems that are sufficiently low tech to be able to be serviced and even made by a community without hard to find specialist help.A few years ago I came…See More

Exploring and discussing the viability of renewable energy sources for individuals and the community.