You’re god damn lucky. You really are. Out of all of the hominids born in the last few million years, you were born at a time of abundant energy and refrigeration. Yes, refrigeration – and on top of that, you…
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It’s Evolution Stupid!
The recognition of one’s own ignorance is a valuable component in the character of the individuals I care to correspond and share personal time with. In a world of “leaders” and followers, politicians and prophets, “experts” and arm-chair economic theorists,…
Tagged with: collapse, ecology, evolution, life, peak oil, sustainability, technology
Posted in Organized Entropy Expansion, Personal, Philosophy
Posted in Organized Entropy Expansion, Personal, Philosophy
Technology, Autocracy, and Extinction
I’ve gone through something of a trauma recently. Nothing to get excited over, more of an existential thing, or a re-analysis of my own values and outlook on the world. I have spent so much of the last few years…
Tagged with: autocracy, civilization, collpase, ecology, extinction, neo-luddite, refrigeration, refrigerator, sustainability, technology
Posted in Personal, Philosophy
Posted in Personal, Philosophy
Fridge Powered by Farts and Rainbows
The most difficult part of designing a durable, robust, long lasting refrigerator is dealing with the the question of how to power it. Electricity is the answer most people would pop off before I get the last breath out. But,…
Tagged with: diy refrigeration, green tech, HVAC, off grid, peak energy, peak oil, refrigeration, refrigerator, renewables, solar power, sustainability, sustainable
Posted in Personal, Philosophy, Refrigeration, Refrigerator
Posted in Personal, Philosophy, Refrigeration, Refrigerator
Bringing Materialism Back
It is a worthy undertaking to redefine what we know as “materialism” in today’s culture. The word is so often associated with excess, waste, and possessing more stuff than the neighbors have. Keeping up with the Jones, or what not. …
Tagged with: capitalism, collapse, materialism, refrigeration, refrigerator, sustainability, sustainable
Posted in Personal, Philosophy, Refrigeration, Refrigerator
Posted in Personal, Philosophy, Refrigeration, Refrigerator
Designed For The Unborn
Let it be known that I do not want to sell refrigerators, own patents, market products, or operate anything which could be construed as a business. That being said, a guy has to make a living, so that if I…
Tagged with: appropriate technology, capitalism, collapse, conservation, extinction, living small, minimalism, modular design, overshoot, refrigeration, refrigerator, resource depletion, tiny living
Posted in Personal, Philosophy, Refrigeration, Refrigerator
Posted in Personal, Philosophy, Refrigeration, Refrigerator
A Refrigerator For The Ages
Over the course of the next several years I will be illustrating a plan for a long lasting, modular refrigeration system which encompasses my values in the realm of design and simplicity. Here I will begin that process by trying…
Tagged with: diy refrigeration, modular design, planned obsolesence, refrigeration, refrigerator
Posted in Personal, Philosophy, Refrigeration, Refrigerator
Posted in Personal, Philosophy, Refrigeration, Refrigerator
Design With Planned Integrity
It has taken me some years to find my path. I believe that were I born in a previous era, I would have found my way to the field of engineering, as that seems to be the my core interest: …
Beware of HVAC Technicians
In the fall of 2015, I did something which I felt was for my own good: I quit my job as a local truck driver, and pursued a residential HVAC maintenance position at a Portland area company. My view then,…
Change of Course – 3 ? 4 ?
This is at least the third or forth time I have decided to change the course of this blog, and my focused area of research. You could say I wander wherever my attention is captured. I remain interested in all…
Refrigeration – Back at it!
Oh my; where to start? I’ve been away from the blog so long, and have so much to discuss, I fear I know not where to start. I’ve written quite a bit about refrigeration in the past, but that…
Tagged with: diy refrigerator, propane, r290, refrigeration, refrigerator, vapor compression
Posted in Dehumidifiers, Hot Water, Personal, Philosophy, Refrigeration, Refrigerator
Posted in Dehumidifiers, Hot Water, Personal, Philosophy, Refrigeration, Refrigerator
Determination and Resolve
I feel a little lost lately. I’m still looking for a cause to devote myself to. It’s not like there aren’t enough options; the list of interests I have is endless, but I have little structure in my life to…
Posted in Personal
Build A Community, As If Your Life Depended On It
These are uncertain times to be sure. The human population is almost 7.3 Billion, and as of this writing, the net population growth on Earth this year is about 602,000; yet it is only January 3rd. I don’t look at…
Tagged with: "tiny house community", extinction, intentional community, minimalism, overpopulation, overshoot
Posted in Dwelling, Personal, Philosophy
Posted in Dwelling, Personal, Philosophy
Creating Affordable Housing in Portland
There are many reasons for wanting to live in a city as beautiful and progressive as Portland. For us, we like the fact that by staying close to the city core, we don’t have to commute for our jobs which…
Tagged with: "cooperative consumption", "tiny house community", "tiny house on wheels", collaborative consumption, communal living, cooperative, land trust
Posted in Dwelling, Personal, The Squatch, Tiny House
Posted in Dwelling, Personal, The Squatch, Tiny House
The Right Dwelling For Me
I think I’ve nearly come full circle in my desired house. When I was raking in a lot of cash working at a coal mine in Pennsylvania, I wanted to buy a pice of rural property and build a house,…
Tagged with: "tiny house community", minimalism, natural building, tiny house
Posted in Dwelling, Personal, Philosophy, The Squatch, Tiny House
Posted in Dwelling, Personal, Philosophy, The Squatch, Tiny House
The Absurdity of Property and Human Rentals
Perhaps this is a little much for some people to swallow, but I’m just going to lay it out. We have a property disorder here on this planet. Yeah, property. Like land, trees, the air, the minerals, the means of…
Growth, Death, and Survival
Homo sapiens may very well be the first species that must learn to live on Earth. It appears as though every other species that came before us, or exists today, has a population limited by available food supply or other…
Tagged with: climate change, climate disruption, conservation, extinction, stewardship
Posted in Organized Entropy Expansion, Personal, Philosophy
Posted in Organized Entropy Expansion, Personal, Philosophy
Acceptance and Adaptation
Human activities of the last 10,000 years have made irreversible changes to the landscape of the Earth, to the waters, the air, and the biodiversity of life. This much is not up for debate; marshes have been drained, forests leveled,…
Tagged with: climate change, climate disruption, conservation, environmentalism, extinction, geoengineering
Posted in Personal, Philosophy
Posted in Personal, Philosophy
The Electric Hybrid Bicycle === Delightful
For many years, I’ve planned on building and electric hybrid bicycle for my general transportation needs. An electric motor that supplements the human operator increases range, cargo carrying capacity, and general enjoyment of the ride. A few hundred watts of…
Tagged with: bafang 8fun, bicycle, bike, commuting, conservation, ebike, electric bike, mid drive, transportation
Posted in Personal
Posted in Personal
musings on entropy 