Since I will be fertilizing all of the plants at the same time I figure it would be easier to log the fertilizing sessions here.

June 9th: I mixed one tablespoon of 20-20-20 water soluable fertilizer with seven litres of water and poured it over the potato barrel and the SWC's using my large watering can.

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There are some good ideas here, but this kind of breathless over-the-top boosterism will only disappoint people when they finally experience the reality of the not-so-great ideas.

Cell phones consume way more power than can be supplied by a solar panel on the phone. Also, cell phones usually stay in pockets, purses, and holsters, where it's dark! The cost of the solar panel will usually give no benefit at all-- and what manufacturer or customer wants to waste money?

The revolving-door idea is truly awful. There's only a trivial amount of power available from a person walking through a revolving door-- ten watts, maybe-- and this power is available for only a few seconds per person. In a whole day, in a busy building, there isn't even a penny's worth of electricity available this way each day. That's orders of magnitude too little energy to justify the costs of the system and the added maintenance costs.

I like that Ice Energy idea, assuming it works. Like anything else, the numbers have to prove out, but this sounds pretty good. Water might not be the best working fluid here, though; too much stuff grows in water.

Plant-based and recycled clothing is done more for feel-good reasons than economics, aesthetics, or comfort, but as that industry gains experience it'll become more practical, so that's fine.

I doubt that wind-powered bicycle light produces enough light to be useful, since a wind generator that tiny simply can't produce much power, especially at typical bicycle velocities. In any event, this thing takes its power from the user's pedalling just as a traditional generator does.

I bet the solar cells on that airplane don't generate more power than they cost in wind resistance and weight, but if the data says otherwise, fine.

I think anyone can adjust the water used for tea and coffee without a special kettle.

And Tesla would be annoyed to be compared to a Mustang!

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Isn't bamboo ridiculously scarce?

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I gotta agree with your love of Bamboo clothes. I work for a clothing company called Sameunderneath based out of Portland Oregon. We've been making bamboo clothes since 2005. The fiber is unbeatably soft, naturally antibacterial, it naturally wicks water so it drys very quickly (cuts down on energy costs with dryers), it's very versatile and can be blended with other fibers to give it a different texture or strength. We use a species of bamboo that grows about 2 feet a day. No pesticides used. Less water consumption than cotton and doesn't need the crop rotation like cotton does either. Check us out at....

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Thats amazing!

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Through the cafeteria at work I have obtained my first three containers that I will be converting into SWCs. As I am off to a customer site for the next two weeks the actual building of my very first one will have to wait.

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