Ed Dowding is a systems-thinking entrepreneur with over 20 years of experience using technology to tackle existential risks and promote sustainability. https://www.linkedin.com/in/eddowding/
The higher up you go, the stronger the wind. So if you fly a wind turbine at 400m it should generate a lot of energy, right? Right.
Watch from the 30 minute marker for about 10 minutes. The average American car uses 100 times its weight in ancient plants (converted to oil). 7/8th of the energy never gets to the weheel is lost in engine, idling, driveline, etc 1/2 of the remaining 1/8th heats tyres, road, air Only 1/20th of the mass ...
An animated map of Europe over the last 1012 years. Includes epic music. via Historic Atlas
“To break a law which conscience tells you is unjust is, in reality, to express the highest respect for the law. Speaking out against injustice is a profoundly political act. The best people in history put themselves on the line.”
1. Love Vs. Fear. 2. Acceptance Vs. Resistance. 3. Forgiveness Vs. Unforgiveness. 4. Trust Vs. Doubt. 5. Meaning Vs. Ambition. 6. Praising Vs. Criticizing. 7. Challenges Vs. Problems. 8. Selflessness Vs. Selfishness. 9. Abundance Vs. Lack/poverty. 10. Dreaming Big Vs. Being Realistic. 11. Kindness Vs. Cruelty. 12. Gratitude Vs. Ingratitude. 13. Presence/ Engagement Vs. Disengagement. ...
It’s ok to do the right thing, even if it’s not the most profitable thing. Still shocking news for many, alas
1. Get house2. Get wife3. Change world
We’re coming to the edge,Running on the water,Coming through the fog,Your sons and daughters. Let the river run,Let all the dreamersWake the nation.Come, the New Jerusalem. Silver cities rise,The morning lightsThe streets that meet them,And sirens call them onWith a song. It’s asking for the taking.Trembling, shaking.Oh, my heart is aching. We’re coming to the ...
From a memorial plaque in Bath Abbey today: “His faults were but as transient shades of his many and brilliant virtues.” Please put this on my epitaph, please!
http://energy.publicdata.eu/ee/vis.html
Twitter profiles saying “views are my own” disturb me. It implies at least one of these: You’re prone to parroting shit you don’t believe You work for a tyrant who is uncomfortable with you speaking your mind You’re scared of lawyers Which also implies, therefore, that the rest of what you say is likely to ...
And for Rock Hard Cop fans: “I don’t get it.. aliens?”
It was there that in the purity of the air around me I truly began to unravel the real reason for the change in my mood, and the return to that inner peace which I had lost for such a long time. Indeed, it is a general impression…that on high mountains, where the air is ...
via Agamemnon Otero, Dude.
It just makes a lot of sense, k? via Permaculture Magazine
Beautiful. \ Beautiful design, inspirational engineering, powerful performance, technically and commercially viable 100% renewable powered 3000dwt sailing cargo ships. Created from proven, off-the-shelf technology B9 Ships are ready-to-go. B9 Ships showcase the economic opportunities arising from the need to transition to a circular low carbon economy. Their construction creates manufacturing jobs and their operation reduces ...
Open this one – the embed below is too small, sorry. Public spending by UK government department: an interactive guide
“In these days, a man who says a thing cannot be done is quite apt to be interrupted by some idiot doing it.” — Elbert Hubbard
The world, my friends, is such a beautiful, beautiful thing. It is an honour to be alive on it, and a delight which today made me breathless with admiration and love. If you have the means (Spotify), please play this track, then read on: Noah And The Whale – Instrumental I There was a near ...
