Jon Shell
@jonshell.mastodon.energy.ap.brid.gy
Clean energy enthusiast. Rehabilitator of spaces. Lover of nature. Believer in social justice.
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Interesting to see prefabricated straw panels /homes with a reduced timber content which still utilize the common HD straw bale format. Because it's a production challenge to get the straw density right between the ladder type frame.
slomianydom.eu from PL. thx @labruunt.bsky.social #strawhouse
slomianydom.eu from PL. thx @labruunt.bsky.social #strawhouse
April 1, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Interesting to see prefabricated straw panels /homes with a reduced timber content which still utilize the common HD straw bale format. Because it's a production challenge to get the straw density right between the ladder type frame.
slomianydom.eu from PL. thx @labruunt.bsky.social #strawhouse
slomianydom.eu from PL. thx @labruunt.bsky.social #strawhouse
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Was interviewed today about microcredentials. To me, we do not have just a climate crisis, we have an experience crisis.
What we need is literally a marshall plan that unlocks a hands-on revolution for the coming renovation wave.
(If you all do not vote for fascism/extinction that is.)
What we need is literally a marshall plan that unlocks a hands-on revolution for the coming renovation wave.
(If you all do not vote for fascism/extinction that is.)
Friends and family of the Baugruppe helping to insulate the 6-family home in 1 day with local secondary materials from food agriculture. I never see this on non-climate conscious construction sites?
November 5, 2024 at 3:21 PM
Was interviewed today about microcredentials. To me, we do not have just a climate crisis, we have an experience crisis.
What we need is literally a marshall plan that unlocks a hands-on revolution for the coming renovation wave.
(If you all do not vote for fascism/extinction that is.)
What we need is literally a marshall plan that unlocks a hands-on revolution for the coming renovation wave.
(If you all do not vote for fascism/extinction that is.)
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"Thickness is often conceived in negative terms in contemporary architecture, indicative of a lack of material optimization & therefore inefficient. However,[...] agricultural waste products, like straw, invert those logics"
ltlarchitects.com/mass-straw-house
ltlarchitects.com/mass-straw-house
January 30, 2026 at 11:02 AM
"Thickness is often conceived in negative terms in contemporary architecture, indicative of a lack of material optimization & therefore inefficient. However,[...] agricultural waste products, like straw, invert those logics"
ltlarchitects.com/mass-straw-house
ltlarchitects.com/mass-straw-house
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Ok Ok 🍿, bundled #hemp stalks as load bearing elements in #hempcrete walls compared to timber (hempcrete needs additional structure). It seems as if academia has finally woken up. Good work guys. Now onto replacing the lime, please. #rapidlyrenewablematerials #bicrs
www.instagram.com/p/DTx7EKcjEE...
www.instagram.com/p/DTx7EKcjEE...
January 30, 2026 at 10:54 AM
Ok Ok 🍿, bundled #hemp stalks as load bearing elements in #hempcrete walls compared to timber (hempcrete needs additional structure). It seems as if academia has finally woken up. Good work guys. Now onto replacing the lime, please. #rapidlyrenewablematerials #bicrs
www.instagram.com/p/DTx7EKcjEE...
www.instagram.com/p/DTx7EKcjEE...
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Natural fiber insulation allows moisture transport in the right assembly. If you control the other variables like rising damp and other failure points of existing buildings, you may have dryer walls with insulation than without.
bsky.app/profile/mich...
bsky.app/profile/mich...
Straw wrapping for Landhotel Yspertal.
Good example that you don't have to use a whole straw bale (~36cm) sometimes. You can build with 'flakes', but you want to stay at a raw density of around 100kg/m3.
Find many hands-on #strawbuilding workshops here: www.strohnatur.at/naechste-wor...
Good example that you don't have to use a whole straw bale (~36cm) sometimes. You can build with 'flakes', but you want to stay at a raw density of around 100kg/m3.
Find many hands-on #strawbuilding workshops here: www.strohnatur.at/naechste-wor...
January 20, 2026 at 2:30 PM
Natural fiber insulation allows moisture transport in the right assembly. If you control the other variables like rising damp and other failure points of existing buildings, you may have dryer walls with insulation than without.
bsky.app/profile/mich...
bsky.app/profile/mich...
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RE: https://flipboard.social/@ScienceDesk/115923603355235745
Veronika the cow fans, here's the full text of Antonio J. Osuna-Mascaró and Alice M.I. Auersperg article for Cell Biology entitled: "Flexible use of a multi-purpose tool by a cow."
"Her behavior was systematic: the broom end served […]
Veronika the cow fans, here's the full text of Antonio J. Osuna-Mascaró and Alice M.I. Auersperg article for Cell Biology entitled: "Flexible use of a multi-purpose tool by a cow."
"Her behavior was systematic: the broom end served […]
January 19, 2026 at 11:36 PM
RE: https://flipboard.social/@ScienceDesk/115923603355235745
Veronika the cow fans, here's the full text of Antonio J. Osuna-Mascaró and Alice M.I. Auersperg article for Cell Biology entitled: "Flexible use of a multi-purpose tool by a cow."
"Her behavior was systematic: the broom end served […]
Veronika the cow fans, here's the full text of Antonio J. Osuna-Mascaró and Alice M.I. Auersperg article for Cell Biology entitled: "Flexible use of a multi-purpose tool by a cow."
"Her behavior was systematic: the broom end served […]
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I've seen neat practical tricks in pinball over the years, but I swear nothing has ever topped my reaction to Bram Stoker's Dracula and its Mist multiball start. When started, the game will float a ball across the playfield like magic, while you have another ball […]
[Original post on mstdn.games]
[Original post on mstdn.games]
January 15, 2026 at 11:19 PM
I've seen neat practical tricks in pinball over the years, but I swear nothing has ever topped my reaction to Bram Stoker's Dracula and its Mist multiball start. When started, the game will float a ball across the playfield like magic, while you have another ball […]
[Original post on mstdn.games]
[Original post on mstdn.games]
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Hands-on Earth Building Workshop for Starters in July, in german, english possible.
biwena.de/index.php/ev...
biwena.de/index.php/ev...
January 11, 2026 at 11:26 AM
Hands-on Earth Building Workshop for Starters in July, in german, english possible.
biwena.de/index.php/ev...
biwena.de/index.php/ev...
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Hi there, warning to all my new follows! This will get repetitive unless regenerative building is overtaking degenerative building. This needs your support, just like renewable energy, plant based diets, cycling, public transport etc. ⚔️🌾🪵
December 18, 2024 at 5:19 PM
Hi there, warning to all my new follows! This will get repetitive unless regenerative building is overtaking degenerative building. This needs your support, just like renewable energy, plant based diets, cycling, public transport etc. ⚔️🌾🪵
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The thing nearly all media commentators have missed (because nobody knows nothin’ about energy in media) is that Venezuela has a lot of oil alright, but it’s heavy sour, hard to produce, hard to refine, and hard to transport, requiring:
• Conventional drilling + artificial lift
• Diluent […]
• Conventional drilling + artificial lift
• Diluent […]
Original post on mastodon.energy
mastodon.energy
January 4, 2026 at 3:51 AM
The thing nearly all media commentators have missed (because nobody knows nothin’ about energy in media) is that Venezuela has a lot of oil alright, but it’s heavy sour, hard to produce, hard to refine, and hard to transport, requiring:
• Conventional drilling + artificial lift
• Diluent […]
• Conventional drilling + artificial lift
• Diluent […]
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@chrisnelder One of the NPR shows had an oil industry expert on saying 1) none of the majors are interested; 2) market can’t support the needed investments; 3) OPEC was increasing production despite low market prices to suppress any new entry.
January 4, 2026 at 4:30 AM
@chrisnelder One of the NPR shows had an oil industry expert on saying 1) none of the majors are interested; 2) market can’t support the needed investments; 3) OPEC was increasing production despite low market prices to suppress any new entry.
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Last night I tried a podcast called "How we survive," it was some bullshit I heard about on NPR (back when I still listened to that crap) that I bookmarked because it billed itself as an optimistic jolly little look at the people who're working on the energy transition. Within the first ten […]
Original post on retro.social
retro.social
December 19, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Last night I tried a podcast called "How we survive," it was some bullshit I heard about on NPR (back when I still listened to that crap) that I bookmarked because it billed itself as an optimistic jolly little look at the people who're working on the energy transition. Within the first ten […]
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Remember when a “legitimate argument” peddled against #evs was the power grid would fail? Too much strain? Oh WOE be to the power lines! Grandma will DIE in her home in August because YOU plugged in!
Yet suddenly we are full steam ahead building #datacenters the size of Manhattan to make banana […]
Yet suddenly we are full steam ahead building #datacenters the size of Manhattan to make banana […]
Original post on mastodon.tails.ch
mastodon.tails.ch
December 9, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Remember when a “legitimate argument” peddled against #evs was the power grid would fail? Too much strain? Oh WOE be to the power lines! Grandma will DIE in her home in August because YOU plugged in!
Yet suddenly we are full steam ahead building #datacenters the size of Manhattan to make banana […]
Yet suddenly we are full steam ahead building #datacenters the size of Manhattan to make banana […]
Has anyone noticed how Daniel Craig, having completely redefined Bond, goes on to casually dominate the entire genre of iconoclastic genius detectives in Knives Out?
The man absolutely owns whatever he's in, in a way that makes it difficult to even conceive of who might better fill that role […]
The man absolutely owns whatever he's in, in a way that makes it difficult to even conceive of who might better fill that role […]
Original post on mastodon.energy
mastodon.energy
December 9, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Has anyone noticed how Daniel Craig, having completely redefined Bond, goes on to casually dominate the entire genre of iconoclastic genius detectives in Knives Out?
The man absolutely owns whatever he's in, in a way that makes it difficult to even conceive of who might better fill that role […]
The man absolutely owns whatever he's in, in a way that makes it difficult to even conceive of who might better fill that role […]
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In Ep. 264, we kick off a new miniseries on South Africa’s energy transition with one of its key progenitors, Professor Emeritus Anton Eberhard of the University of Cape Town, who has been agitating for power sector reforms there for over 35 years […]
Original post on mastodon.energy
mastodon.energy
December 4, 2025 at 12:26 AM
In Ep. 264, we kick off a new miniseries on South Africa’s energy transition with one of its key progenitors, Professor Emeritus Anton Eberhard of the University of Cape Town, who has been agitating for power sector reforms there for over 35 years […]
The first renewable day!
With solar, wind and battery installations ramping rapidly, it won't be long before we see a town or region or perhaps even a country, run on 100% renewables for a 24 hour period.
In tihs blog post I look at isolated examples of towns or regions hitting 100% renewables […]
With solar, wind and battery installations ramping rapidly, it won't be long before we see a town or region or perhaps even a country, run on 100% renewables for a 24 hour period.
In tihs blog post I look at isolated examples of towns or regions hitting 100% renewables […]
Original post on mastodon.energy
mastodon.energy
November 17, 2025 at 10:49 PM
The first renewable day!
With solar, wind and battery installations ramping rapidly, it won't be long before we see a town or region or perhaps even a country, run on 100% renewables for a 24 hour period.
In tihs blog post I look at isolated examples of towns or regions hitting 100% renewables […]
With solar, wind and battery installations ramping rapidly, it won't be long before we see a town or region or perhaps even a country, run on 100% renewables for a 24 hour period.
In tihs blog post I look at isolated examples of towns or regions hitting 100% renewables […]
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Brilliant new ad campaign I just spotted at the Southwark tube station in London.
November 8, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Brilliant new ad campaign I just spotted at the Southwark tube station in London.
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Further explanation needed?
Modern strawbuilding is super safe.
Modern strawbuilding is super safe.
November 3, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Further explanation needed?
Modern strawbuilding is super safe.
Modern strawbuilding is super safe.
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Australians to get at least three hours a day of free solar power - even if they don’t have solar panels
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/nov/03/australians-to-get-at-least-three-hours-a-day-of-free-solar-power-even-if-they-dont-have-solar-panels
Clever. Congrats to Labor. I […]
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/nov/03/australians-to-get-at-least-three-hours-a-day-of-free-solar-power-even-if-they-dont-have-solar-panels
Clever. Congrats to Labor. I […]
Original post on mstdn.social
mstdn.social
November 3, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Australians to get at least three hours a day of free solar power - even if they don’t have solar panels
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/nov/03/australians-to-get-at-least-three-hours-a-day-of-free-solar-power-even-if-they-dont-have-solar-panels
Clever. Congrats to Labor. I […]
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/nov/03/australians-to-get-at-least-three-hours-a-day-of-free-solar-power-even-if-they-dont-have-solar-panels
Clever. Congrats to Labor. I […]
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Let's look inside. #biobased #renewablematerial #strawhouse #carbonstorage
🧵 1/ of a lot, be sure to like and share this post so others can see that climate adaptive building is in the pipeline for elderly people, child care and social housing e.g.
🧵 1/ of a lot, be sure to like and share this post so others can see that climate adaptive building is in the pipeline for elderly people, child care and social housing e.g.
October 25, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Let's look inside. #biobased #renewablematerial #strawhouse #carbonstorage
🧵 1/ of a lot, be sure to like and share this post so others can see that climate adaptive building is in the pipeline for elderly people, child care and social housing e.g.
🧵 1/ of a lot, be sure to like and share this post so others can see that climate adaptive building is in the pipeline for elderly people, child care and social housing e.g.
I have a #sleepnumber bed problem and I hope the tinkerers can help.
The [old] remotes don't connect to the pump any more. There are some diagnostic steps which I've taken, but they eventually lose connection again.
I want to make an inflator that exposes a REST API.
The internet-wifi-api […]
The [old] remotes don't connect to the pump any more. There are some diagnostic steps which I've taken, but they eventually lose connection again.
I want to make an inflator that exposes a REST API.
The internet-wifi-api […]
Original post on mastodon.energy
mastodon.energy
October 20, 2025 at 2:12 PM
I have a #sleepnumber bed problem and I hope the tinkerers can help.
The [old] remotes don't connect to the pump any more. There are some diagnostic steps which I've taken, but they eventually lose connection again.
I want to make an inflator that exposes a REST API.
The internet-wifi-api […]
The [old] remotes don't connect to the pump any more. There are some diagnostic steps which I've taken, but they eventually lose connection again.
I want to make an inflator that exposes a REST API.
The internet-wifi-api […]
What are they up to?
The motivations for stockpiling oil at a time when there seems to be an oversupply is hard to fathom. Unlike pure capitalist economies, the central planning style of governance in China makes long-term planning possible, even preferable.
What kind of long game play could […]
The motivations for stockpiling oil at a time when there seems to be an oversupply is hard to fathom. Unlike pure capitalist economies, the central planning style of governance in China makes long-term planning possible, even preferable.
What kind of long game play could […]
Original post on mastodon.energy
mastodon.energy
October 10, 2025 at 5:38 PM
What are they up to?
The motivations for stockpiling oil at a time when there seems to be an oversupply is hard to fathom. Unlike pure capitalist economies, the central planning style of governance in China makes long-term planning possible, even preferable.
What kind of long game play could […]
The motivations for stockpiling oil at a time when there seems to be an oversupply is hard to fathom. Unlike pure capitalist economies, the central planning style of governance in China makes long-term planning possible, even preferable.
What kind of long game play could […]
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Tomorrow is a big day. Our Demand Reduction Group is going to extend expts done in UCL's chemistry building to tweak the operation of a subset of buildings to reduce #energy #waste.
The changes me made were so extreme, radical, and brave, that no one, aside from the three people looking at the […]
The changes me made were so extreme, radical, and brave, that no one, aside from the three people looking at the […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
September 28, 2025 at 6:08 PM