Hi,
the theme for today's #februaryinleo, the initiative for increasing the interaction and the quality of posts, is about green tech, which falls under the #wednesdaytech.
Well, I'm a big fan of green tech. I know, that the one we have today, is not fully green, but with every technology cycle, it gets better. My mother did her PhD in 1980 on hydrogen power research. The tech back then was still at an early stage, compared to the one today. She was impressed, when we visited the BMW World, where the hydrogen cars have been shown.
I try to use as much green tech as it gets. For work, I drive an electric car, which due to the company policy is filled with green electricity. At home, we have solar panels, both for electricity production and water heating. I was surprised that in winter we during daytime 38.5°C in the unit, even with -5°C outside. This summer, if I manage to get the funding, we will install a small wind turbine on a part of the roof that it is not used. I'm against the big wind turbines, as they are very dangerous for birds, and we need birds to survive as a species. Small wind turbines, on the other hand, are not dangerous for birds, and can give power also in the night. We don't have a battery at home, as we put the electricity in the grid. We have an old electricity counter, that counts also downwards.
Maybe, we will install some battery inside, which probably, I will build myself from an old one, that is donated from a car. I like the car batteries, because they have tougher safety standards, compared to the industrial ones. With one o my friends, we build one at his home, from a crashed Porsche Taycan. It has 396 cells, which were in pretty good shape. He has the same electricity counter as I have, but usually does not put any electricity in the grid. We have chosen the Taycan as a donor, as the battery pack is done by a German supplier, and has also a very good cooling and heating system. It has a sensor, when the battery is heating, usually at fast charge or discharge, it simply cools it off. So the same system, I will try to do at home, but need to find a good battery pack.
There are a lot of things, where green tech can be used. I try to use biodegradable plastics, for example, if I have to use plastics. Beyond the myth, plastic is not fully recyclable. It can undergo different recycle cycles, till one point, where polymer chain loses the elasticity. So, if you use plastics, use biodegradable one.
Beside using green tech, we can have a change of lifestyle. Like for example, every once in a while, I go a plant a couple of thousands of trees during a weekend with some friends.
Do you use green tech?
