I would recommend any bike with 8 or 9 speed in your budget that you tried and like to ride. Add the cost of a good U-lock and lights. As it eventually get stolen, save for a next bike.

8/9 speed parts are robust, abundant, and cheap, and maintenance is easy.

you might add to your list : choose a bank and insurance company that use your money for ecological/local/social projects

Yes political will can fix it. But for that we need people to vote in mass for such politics. Thus every individual will and actions counts because it can show a change is possible, as mentionned in the article people reacts when confronted to new behavior around : oh my neighbour installed EV heater and insulated his roof, maybe it can improve my house too, oh my colleague is biking to work, he is fit and healthy and saves money, maybe if this cunt can do it I can try too it will save me gas money and gym subscription.

And when you begin to pay attention to an “healthy” way of life, you enlarge the spectrum : e.g. I try to save water so I do not want to support big companies that pollute it (oil, intensive farming, chemical, electronics…) and I will try to avoid buying their products (sure I can’t cut all but I will try to find alternatives) etc…

Just make it yourself, 1g of salt in 100 mL of lukewarm water

Unfortunately open sourcing is not an option without certification, cause vehucles will not be allowed to go on roads.

At least here in europe

they are very useful outside : pollinate, chasing bugs, cleaning corpses

A company in my city created an EV conversion kit for any cars years ago. As they could not get certification for all models, they made a partnership with the constructor and managed to have certification for only 1 model (Renault Master, a utility truck) and now the company is controlled by Renault (the constructor).

They indeed killed the competition…

Please remind people that oil is toxic and giving cancer.

Great that we have build all our way of life on it.

Aaah then it is not a retreat it is just an excuse to fire people and whine about regulations

Same in Sicily, some farmers begin to plant mango trees and bananas. This summer Mediterranean see was 30°C so I guess we are now in a tropical climate there

Obama brought hope, he brought hum… hate ?

Once I used a “plastic” bag as kitchen bin, it did not survive to garbage I’ve put in, so I gess it is highly compostable when you put wet stuff in.

Indeed, plus there is no opposition - at all : here, even ecologists are complaining about some solar panel fields projects because companies want to build it in national parks.

Without oil China is trying to ensure energy independence, they go full nuclear too, they want to build 6-10 reactors per year

Check on youtube there is probably a video on how to open and do it your laptop model

Whaaat my laptop is 13yo, It is faster than new, just because I added ram and ssd 4 years ago

TL;DW : money, and a lack of critical thinking (1 men told “this is the way to build” and all jumped on the train)

Surprisingly yes it is, cause big cities are in valleys which are flat (valleys were flattened by massive glaciers), and there is a lovely bike infrastructure.

damn you just reminded me my mom bought a basic calculator with tiny solar panel 25 years ago : it is still working !

In 2022 there was a hot wave in summer here (usually temperated climate), a restaurant owner told me in the kitchen was so hot in the kitchen his refrigerators snapped, so he had to change it for a one with Tropical class engine, designed for an average ambient temperature of 40°C.

He didn’t seem to be much worried about the kitchen staff health…

damn wild trees crossing street