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Modified Navy Showers

Published in October 31st, 2024
Posted by in household
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According to wiki, a normal ten minute shower uses as much as 60 gallons of water. This means that the water tank of an boat or an RV(*) will be exhausted after a single shower. Therefore we’ll have to adopt to some kind of Navy shower. The thing I don’t like about Navy showers is […]

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The climate politics debate that we should be having

Published in October 31st, 2024
Posted by in Strategy
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This video illustrates the discussion that should be going on about climate change. Please watch the video first so you know what I am talking about. The rows are the scientific discussion, if you do not understand science, leave that discussion to the scientists. The columns are the political discussion. Since we, the people, choose […]

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Upcycling: Turning waste into goods

Published in October 30th, 2024
Posted by in How to
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Among other things, I spent today making two self-watering plant pots. In doing so I simultaneously solved two other problems, namely The problem of empty 2L soda bottles that need to be stored and eventually taken to the recycling center. The problem of having too many t-shirts thanks to participating in events, promotional t-shirts from […]

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