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Open source ecology's "Global Village Construction Set" has open source blue prints for various machines. The idea being that poor nations, people who dont want
by maerF0x0 12y ago
Open source ecology's "Global Village Construction Set" has open source blue prints for various machines. The idea being that poor nations, people who dont want DRM on their tractor and post apocalyptic societies can rebuild faster. They do presume a decent amount of parts though, its not straight from caves, it presumes people will be able to access parts or scrounge them from rubble.
http://opensourceecology.org/gvcs/ http://opensourceecology.org/gvcs/
- yincrash 12y agoThose still require fuel, no?
- undersuit 12y agoTheir tractor page include this line: We are interested in a Piston Engine Construction Set – modular, in-line scalable engine that can be adapted to spark ignition, compression ignition, or steam power. That kind of means petro, diesel, and coal. That's not a hard fuel requirement though.
- random28345 12y agoAs long as it includes ethanol, then it's sorta renewable.
- tsotha 12y agoIf you have to you can run vehicles off of anything that burns. Thus the wood-fired trucks in North Korea.
- delbel 12y agoTwo acres of sunflower seeds will produce enough oil to run a tractor for one season.