their hardware kinda is though, no? so a hacked and repurposed ALPR would be quite solarpunk.
@mangofeet @hi @mohs @twinkles what is alpr?
@gumnos @hi @prahou yes, but I think that this argument will not be able to stand alone, as a tech could have a very wasteful impact during production or after it's usage period. It also does not say how long each period is. So it would be one constraint to flag a tech as solarpunk, but certainly not the only one.
I feel like this debate is a little simplistic in its ambition, but when it comes to batteries, renewable lithium batteries may be a necessary transitory stage away from fossil fuels, but sodium batteries, based on abundant resources which do not require lots of environmentally destructive mining, is a better choice for solarpunk
@hi @prahou I would say that Organic Flow Batteries could be far more Solarpunk
https://www.frontiertechhub.org/insights/organic-flow-batteries