Lori Emersonfinally, Wendell Berry's standards for technological innovation--truly as relevant now as they were in 1987 #othernetworks
Earthshine@loriemerson Yes 100% to all of this. Though I'm not entirely sure what they mean by "some form of solar energy" in that context... it sounds like they mean generally renewable or naturally abundant in the local environment?
Geoff Mackenzie@earthshine @loriemerson I think they mean it quite literally. The energy in us comes from our food, which gets it from the sun. Wind energy is also from the sun since it's the heat differences that drive the wind. If you take that idea to extremes fossil fuels are also solar but I don't think that's what they meant :)
Space Hobo@earthshine @loriemerson You can imagine that all of these criteria were derived in reverse from the premise that bicycles are amazing technology that fit our society extremely well.
@earthshine @loriemerson I suspect a lot of this was inspired by Ilich's Tools For Conviviality.
SlightlyCyberpunk@earthshine @loriemerson Yeah, powered by burning wood or vegetation, or a combustion engine running pure ethanol..maybe even incinerating mountains of bioplastics... :)