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Definitely a valid critique of Mondragon in the modern era, its commitment to the 10% ratio has atrophied somewhat. It’s still something that ebbs and flows, for example there is a current push to transfer 35,000 non-member workers in their retail coop into full members (from a total of 50,000 workers). From numbers I’ve seen, 85% of employees are still members, which is pretty good.
Nyssa@slrpnk.netto Green Energy@slrpnk.net•Proxima Fusion Unveils Stellaris: A Breakthrough in Fusion Power1·5 个月前Fusion power doesn’t utilize uranium or plutonium, it uses hydrogen. Any radioactive outputs have short half-lives, making storage less of a concern.
I’m not sure I would call that a monopoly though. Most farmland is owned by the operator, and a large portion of leased farmland is owned by retired farmers, descendants, or widows. Roughly 10% of land is owned by some sort of corporate or trust landlord. (This data is a tad old, but my general sense from subsequent years is that land transfers were mainly through inheritance, not sale, implying the situation is similar today). Price increases in land is due to different forces, and consolidation occurs mostly within communities (i.e. a big family farm purchases a small family farm, or when a farmer dies their kid retains the land and rents it, these are the processes behind consolidation and lack of land access, imo).
Can you elaborate on land ownership monopolies?
Nyssa@slrpnk.netOPto Solarpunk Farming@slrpnk.net•Vertical farming: a local solution for greens, but not feeding the world any time soon1·8 个月前Moisture would be an issue with such a set up, and could cause mold and mildew in apartment units
That’s awesome! What sorts of lessons have you learned in navigating that transition?
That’s kind of what I was getting at, I think both have their strengths and weaknesses, and I think the discourse should reflect that.
Poplars and willows are fairly fast growing. Plus there are perennial grass feedstocks
Nyssa@slrpnk.netOPto Solarpunk@slrpnk.net•Bringing about the Solar Age | The energetics of Solarpunk2·1 年前Municipal scale infrastructure to capture waste, treat it, and extract nutrients to be redistributed or sold as fertilizer. This is usually an activity undertaken by and fit into existing municipal waste infrastructure.
Nyssa@slrpnk.netto Green Energy@slrpnk.net•Solar Photovoltaics with Battery Storage Cheaper than Conventional Power Plants1·1 年前You’d probably site them on higher ground outside of the flood plane. Add in flood walls, etc. if storm surge is a concern
Nyssa@slrpnk.netOPto Buy it for Life@slrpnk.net•How to Maintain Wooden Cooking Tools for Generations to ComeEnglish19·1 年前For sure. I think trying to preserve these tools is a bit of a waste of time. But extending their lifespan is always a win in my book
Ooooh interesting, good to know! I suppose inoculation is a process that is not particularly complex that a localized society could also achieve.
I like to chop it up, fry it with onions, and put it in burritos. Breakfast burritos especially with egg, bacon or sausage, and cheese. It can also substitute for turnip or collard greens in a recipe if you’re looking for a place to eat it. Since its more of a bitter plant, you’ll want to use it much differently than spinach (whoever told you it tastes like that deserves a stern talking to)
Wait until you get into food preservation!
I’m from a big wind state. It’s absurd to me how unpopular wind farms have been among rural folk. It brings jobs and revenue and has a relatively small land foot print. I just don’t get why people don’t like them, except for culture war stuff :/
The only disease to be fully eradicated, 5 million people can live every year who otherwise would have died had we not defeated this disease
Nyssa@slrpnk.netOPto Solarpunk technology@slrpnk.net•Meet the Ondol, a traditional Korean system for heating one's house15·2 年前I figured there were some issues like that, I think I’m more into the general idea than this specific execution
Alley cropping has a lot of advantages and scales well depending on one’s goals. If you wanted to have large combines, you can simply make the alleys wider. Its all about tradeoffs. I’ll have to look into Kentucky coffeetree, I imagine that their bean pods would make good livestock fodder.
Regarding the alfalfa wheat intercrop, the goal is actually to harvest the wheat for grain, with the alfalfa functioning as a sort of fertilizer crop (that’s still harvested for forage after the wheat is harvested). There are a lot of barriers, so it’s an active area of research, but it’s a really interesting topic.