I am not the bravest person when it comes so socializing, so I am not very forum-savvy. However, I am a nerd who loves to learn and I am going to do my best to share what I learn just in case it helps you all. ᕦ(ò_óˇ)ᕤ

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Cake day: May 26th, 2024

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  • They go off of who volunteers. For example, if a person who specializes in fixing stand mixers volunteers, that will be one of the tables people can visit. That repair person brings the parts (for example, there are a few parts in stand mixers that tend to break, so the repair person would know to bring fixes for those). I have also heard of repair cafe’s elsewhere even bringing in 3D printers to help with part replacement.

    Here is the text from a recent one in my town:

    Items that are accepted at Repair Café events:

    • Electronics such as gaming consoles, CD player, DVD player, camera, adaptor cord, etc.
    • Small appliances such as toasters, coffee makers, lamps, waffle makers…you get the idea!
    • Smaller pieces of furniture such as small wooden furniture pieces, a clock, or a plastic item that needs some crazy glue.
    • Toys! Whether it needs glue or some wire soldering, we can try to repair it!
    • Clothing or housewares (clean please!) that need mending. Full alterations will not be done.

    Items not allowed:

    • Microwaves










  • Haha could I have more info on NFTs? When I try searching it up, I only get the non-fudgable token kind of NFTS 😆

    Just guessing, though, think of this as a low-income starter kit. Assuming you can scavenge the bottles and substrate, this whole set up might cost around $40CAD (though keep in mind that’s a rough estimate from someone with dyscalculia hahaha)





  • Blair@slrpnk.netOPtoGreen Energy@slrpnk.netThe Power of 💩
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    4 months ago

    I tried looking it up, and most sources still say that cold-weather heat pumps only work until -30c, which still isn’t cold enough when parts of my province reached -50c. I am not saying I don’t believe you, just that I would like to know more haha. According to this, Norway is pretty comparable climate wise to the Canadian averages, but Canada does get colder, so I hope it’s not just that.

    Heat pumps are gaining in popularity here, just not on their own yet.


  • Blair@slrpnk.netOPtoGreen Energy@slrpnk.netThe Power of 💩
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    4 months ago

    I agree that solar and heat pumps are better! However, heat pumps and electric vehicles lose effectiveness as the temperature drops. So, when it reaches -40c here, the people who own heat pumps still need their furnace as a backup. Most the time heat pumps are fine, but right now backup heat is still needed for those cold snaps or they risk the cold and their pipes freezing and bursting.

    So the idea is to use a renewable source of methane as that fuel until it’s no longer needed(and stopping waste pollution while doing it).


  • Blair@slrpnk.netOPtoGreen Energy@slrpnk.netThe Power of 💩
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    4 months ago

    The main difference is that it would be moving from non-renewable sources to renewables. As well as that, the methane is already there being released, it’s just right now we don’t use it and instead a large portion of the world just dumps it into the ocean or rivers untreated. So it would be turning human waste pollution into fuel and fertilizer instead of contaminating water sources and releasing the methane.

    In cold climates, heat pumps don’t work when it’s gets to -40c, so people who own them have gas furnaces as a backup. The same happens with electric vehicles; their range drops with the temperature, and some stopped working a few days last winter.

    SO that’s why human waste is considered a “transition fuel.” It’s an option to supplement other energy sources until we have what we need to transition away for good.