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First of all what was proven through this scottish example is great. Apart from that I will try to use this article as a conversation starter about circular economy.

Up until recently, last year or smth, I considered circular economy to be a sort of greenwashing mostly. Certainly not because of the people active in it. I am pretty sure their heart is in the right place. The main problems I found in them were related to 2 factors: (1) their analysis, and (2) how capitalists capitalized on their good faith, because they are not required to have any actual transparency.

Super briefly and to my understanding, circular economy sees the capitalist economic model as linear: take, make, dispose. In contrast they propose a circular model: make, use, recycle. Their analysis is describing the mode of production & consumption t some extend. It does not take into account one of the main, elements of the capitalist economy which is circular, not linear: all profits from one business should be invested back to another business for economic growth to continue, nonstop.

Currently, I’m on the fence. It seems to me that that there are so many things that need to be done worldwide on so many levels, in order to minimize the damage that has taken place (yes, I put t that vaguely) - that even circular economy is needed? In the same time, I dunno.

And I would totally like to hear from anyone who is interested in talking about this.

(Sorry this comment turned out to be that long)

This article would be great for another community, for example about climate, the environment, politics. But it’s not relevant to Green Energy

Just to note something that was not mentionned in the video: if we talk about an area that gets snow, vertical ones can be the best choice because they do not hold any snow during winter.

Ah ok, thank you for clarifying that!

This discussion has fundamentally very little to do with the energy transition and is more generally about destructive mining practices

What is called energy transition (I believe energy addition is a more accurate term) needs several elements that come from mining. So I am not sure I understand why you consider that mining should not be part of the conversation, since it is a necessary step.

Btw I think I don’t understand what you mean with your last sentence.

I think this depends very much on the project itself. Repair cafes are not by definition one way, or another.

For example, even tho I am not super tech-savvy, I have participated in 2 different makerspaces, in 2 different places in europe and both of these project had a very similar approach. We met weekly or bi-weekly do stuff in the workshop, and every month or so we had a repair cafe event. Some people wanted just their stuff to be fixed. Those who wanted to know more about fixing them themselfs, they were invited to attend the makerspace meetings.

Totally. According to the IEA map, it is ideal because Taiwan is close to the borders of tectonic plates.

My experience with this title/article was similar but ended with me wondering what was I expecting from a title like that, and kinda laughing about it. That’s mainly why I thought of sharing it, I mean sure the recipes seem great too haha.

Btw sorry you got disappointed tho, I hope not too much.