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More details on their github repo: https://github.com/alexnathanson/solar-protocol https://github.com/alexnathanson/solar-protocol I was looking for the “why”
by micromacrofoot 4y ago
More details on their github repo: https://github.com/alexnathanson/solar-protocol https://github.com/alexnathanson/solar-protocol
I was looking for the “why” personally:
> Solar Protocol is an art project exploring the poetics of internet infrastructure; as well as an education and research platform for exploring energy efficient and energy aware web design; and ecologically responsive internet protocols, among many other things.
cool project!
- KennyBlanken 4y agoIt's one thing to consider energy use of a webpage (I'm guessing a lot of "slide show" functions chew up gigawatt-hours of electricity every year) but it's another to implement infrastructure which consumes power to save power. One also needs to be wary of lost opportunity cost for equipment. Frankly, just put the money into funding for utility-scale solar installations where everything is more efficient.
- londons_explore 4y agoutility scale anything is more efficient. That's why micro-farms will never take off commercially - the money and climate costs of transport are smaller than the savings from being a big farm rather than 20 cabbages on someone's roof.
- micromacrofoot 4y agolooks like the equipment cost roughly $700