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Hammering the extremely malleable lead into thin plates and mixing with some sulfuric acid seems the most easily solved of my technological problems. Now, the a
by mikestew 7y ago
Hammering the extremely malleable lead into thin plates and mixing with some sulfuric acid seems the most easily solved of my technological problems. Now, the author isn't wrong, grabbing golf cart batteries would be a hell of a lot easier, and would make for better batteries. But making the tools needed to fill those batteries seems to be a much taller order, IMO. Solar panels and generators are the things I "won't be able to re-make for a while".
- maxerickson 7y agoThere's alternators all over the place though. "Just" need to figure out how to get one turning.
- davinic 7y agoIn the same way that speakers are microphones, all motors are generators, albeit probably with very low efficiency.
- maxerickson 7y agoYeah, that's where I started, but if you are foraging for batteries, you probably aren't aiming so low. I guess reasoning along those lines, you're looking for literal generators that can be adapted to whatever fuel you have available.
- dTal 7y agoWhere are you gonna get sulphuric acid from?
- Symmetry 7y agoIndeed, the book has a chapter on that but it's towards the end. Solar panels are, sadly, outside its scope.
- kaybe 7y agoThere is a ready supply of bicycles with dynamos around here. If you lift the back wheel off the ground and pedal hard you can get at least some energy. The old ones are very basic too. With more time and need one can probably rig a small stream to do it instead.
- chrisweekly 7y agoReminds me of "The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind". Amazing true story. Book is recommended.