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Here’s how Michelin plans to make its tires more renewable ( arstechnica.com )

I feel this is a bit disingenuous. Especially as Michelin are working on airless tires. We all know that tires as we know them have planned obsolescence as a fundamental part of their design. They're already a blight on our environment, the only good thing to do now is to ensure that as few new tires are needed as possible, not...

DIY Supermaterial Could Save You From Heatstroke: Salt based PCMs ( www.youtube.com )

A simple mix of two cheap salts, Sodium Sulfate and Table Salt (Sodium Chloride) dissolved in boiling water can create a really useful Phase Change Material that has a melting point of 18c (65f) which allows it to be recharged back into it's cooling state simply by putting it in a basement and can then be used as a cooling...

And that's why I love linux, to keep using old hardware ( cdn.masto.host )

cross-posted from: https://floss.social/users/be4foss/statuses/112638603664718053...

Title: "The most environmentally-friendly device is the one you already own."

The image shows a pie chart with Apple Corporation's CO2 emissions.

In the center are the total emissions from 2018: "25.2 million metric tons of CO2". 

The pie chart illustrates the following (from lowest emissions to highest):

- End of life treatment accounts for less than 1% of emissions
- Corporate facilities account for 2% of emissions
- Product transport accounts for 5% of emissions
- Usage accounts for 19% of emissions
- Production accounts for 74% of emissions

The original report from Apple is: "Environmental Responsibility Report: 2019 Progress Report, covering fiscal year 2018": https://www.apple.com/environment/pdf/Apple_Environmental_Responsibility_Report_2019.pdf.

The full KDE Eco leaflet from which the image was taken is available at: https://invent.kde.org/teams/eco/opt-green/-/blob/master/materials/leaflets/kde-eco-umweltfestival-flyer-EN-8.jpg
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