I really like this.

Very near it, embarcadero is like 10min walk to Mozilla/mini-goog

I’ve seen the wear and tear that goes into sync converters and actual flywheels for pulsed power applications… good idea, let’s see how these degrade.

We’re working on fully electrifying our ferries here in Seattle. Plan sends to be limited by current tech, so boats will have some typing up done while losing new cars and passengers on, meaning very high current chargers (kA), which is technically novel so far as I can tell.

Things get murky once time comes into the discussion.

Yes, more concrete is used. But if the building survives for 100yrs, there’s a point where the reduced CO2 required to power the HVAC system thanks to the added shade cover, equals the amount of CO2 expressed in order to create that extra concrete. And that benefit continues as time goes on, never mind the added beauty.

Do we create durable homes for our people by choosing concrete over the naturally carbon-sequestering wood? Are we not subsequently damaging our forests more directly as a result? I’m not really sure either way, to be honest.

However, I expect losing the ability to make multistory buildings would be losing out on efficiency in indirect ways; heat rises, so in winter, less energy is needed to keep a large group of people warm vs a cluster of individual houses. Groceries and work can be closer to one another thanks to the higher density. There’s obviously some real downsides to these choices as well, but there it is.

Their church certainly appears to be able to afford it 🙄

Not only can I imagine it, I think we should go for it. The goal ought to be one cylinder per person, a family of four gets driven around with a 1.6L naturally aspirated V4 engine.

Keep it balanced between simple and efficient.

Pretty clever, and I like how organic it looks. Come to think of it, wasn’t H.R. Giger also Swiss?

Guess they like those organic designs.

I work in this field specifically hoping to power CO2 removal in a sustainable way.

We absolutely need to reduce consumption as a species though, as whether we power cargo ships with solar or planes with batteries, we are collectively demanding too much from our planet.

It’s frankly amazing the system hasn’t fully collapsed by now.

Erm… There’s a lot going on inside an electrically powered train. Even a diesel engine has a computer managing fuel flow and diagnostics.

More importantly, you need networked computers to handle automatic train safety systems, a requirement in the EU from what I understand, after several notable rail crashes up to the 70’s.