Well I hope the watch can at least update the time every time it acquires a location. Or when you travel to a new time zone it should be able to update automatically without internet access.

In theory, a GPS watch should be able to set the time automatically and precisely from the satellites. Hopefully the devs know this.

Sustainable would be square glass bottles that are reused. Little squat bottles 5 inches tall and by 3 by 3 square from the top. Easy to hold and pour, high packing efficiency.

Where but not necessarily when it’s needed. Still it’s good to connect to grid through a wall plug, without expensive or permanent equipment.

Thank you. This is really huge news and will probably be reposted a bunch with proper non-clickbait titles.

Water is nice if you want to move the heat - steam makes it easy to pipe it somewhere else. Also you can get extra energy out of the phase change. If you are just storing heat and using heat exchange, I think bricks or rocks would work better than sand. But it really depends what temperatures you want to use the heat.

https://www.ted.com/talks/john_o_donnell_can_a_simple_brick_be_the_next_great_battery

Most home energy use is heating and cooling. Heating air, water, and clothes drying. Cooling for refrigeration and air.

But home energy is a small portion of per capita energy. Transportation of goods (buy local), manufacturing of goods (bricks, steel, ceramics, concrete, aluminum, and glass are all kiln fired), etc. Consumers do not have information about energy of goods other than price. And many price-based decisions are worse for the environment - like buying plastic containers every few years vs. glass ones that last decades.

As energy becomes less expensive, its usage will naturally increase. A huge portion of the world doesn’t have indoor climate control or hot water on tap. Anyway energy usage is determined by demand, and demand is currently limited by price. Lower price will bring higher demand for the foreseeable future.

Electronic but all the instruments are recorded from nature - bird chips and rocks and thunder clapping. Maybe some toads for the bass.

It probably made a difference this year. It can’t change the frequency of storms as those come from the Pacific Ocean. But when it does rain it can make it rain about 10-15% heavier.

Cloud seeding is particularly important for San Francisco, who only get rights peak runoff amounts due to the Raker Act. It’s also big for PG&E at the Bucks/Grizzly complex - it’s such a large drop in elevation that each cubic foot of water makes a lot of money in electricity.

I’m a native English speaker, but you mentioned dragging twice. I was being facetious, so I guess you got it.

In my locale we would probably use the term schlep or haul or pack.

But in all seriousness, you should consider a grocery hand cart. Backpacks are great and all but for maybe up to 15 lbs. Beyond that and it’s nice to have it on wheels. I’ve carried a backpack for thousands of miles, and I’ll gladly repeat it, but when there are other options and the ground is flat…

Maybe a wheeled dolly or cart would be better for dragging around.

Pro tip for backpack longevity. Stop dragging it.