this post was submitted on 04 May 2024
288 points (97.7% liked)

Solarpunk technology

2391 readers
2 users here now

Technology for a Solar-Punk future.

Airships and hydroponic farms...

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
 

I found these kind of cool as an idea, as they can be added rather easily to existing cities and provide some greenery without taking up space, while providing shade:

https://www.singulargreen.com/en/green-shades-valladolid/

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] Excrubulent 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

If you want those questions answered then ask the designers. I do not know what made you think I was the person to ask this. I am not here to defend or debate the comprehensive features of this system.

[–] SparrowRanjitScaur@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Sorry, I thought you designed these things yourself. Jokes aside - I was asking about the wind because you mentioned the strength of the cables. And then I piggy backed the water comment on there because I'm lazy and it seemed like a good place to put it. I agree that it's not really relevant to your comment.

[–] Excrubulent 3 points 6 months ago

Okay, fair enough, sorry I was a bit short with you. Steel cable is astonishingly strong and as long as it's correctly engineered it won't be an issue. Wind loading is going to be included in the calculations for just about any structure, especially this, but whether wind could like... toss the dirt off of them I don't know. I thought that's what you were asking.