This would be so lovely for some far northern/southern latitudes that need all the sun they can get to stay warm. With double or triple paned glass to insulate.

Imagine upping the size, running the vacuums on renewables and automating it though. You could distribute farm fresh veggies to the doorstep of everyone in an entire city. I think that’d be solarpunk as hell.

The challenge that isn’t covered here is that the grandeur of Singapore is far far easier to achieve with authoritarian centralization than the anarchic style of solarpunk. And people are compelled by the grandeur of a large expensive project in different ways than the DIY scale.

So how can a ragtag group in SF or Berlin make something that captures imagination just as well as Singapore?

I’m a huge fan of the ebike for camping too. In 2021, I took a year off work to ebike around the US.

This weekend’s adventure was low-key by comparison, just a 14 mile ride from downtown Madison, WI out to a county park campground.

If you’re around Madison, WI I’m running group campouts now! Have one coming up this weekend and will do more over the summer.

Oh my! That video is so freaking awesome. I have a butterfly. I only need to ride it less than a mile to my nearest lake. My trailer is much heavier because it was a converted car one.

I have 3 bikes right now. An upright ebike for around town and short trips, a recumbent ebike for 50+ mile trips, and a mtb/commuter (mostly to handle the winters). I ride everywhere around town, and I do lots of bike camping around my area.