solarpunk n.

A major difference between solarpunk and steampunk is that solarpunk ideas, and solarpunk technologies, need not remain imaginary, and I indulge a hope of someday living in a solarpunk world.

[Post peak oil resilient communities]
+ [low-energy computing]
+ [internet of things]
+ [adaptation of past technologies]
---------------
SOLARPUNK.

We’re solarpunks because the only other options are denial or despair.… And yes, there’s a -punk there, and not just because it’s become a trendy suffix. There’s an oppositional quality to solarpunk, but it’s an opposition that begins with infrastructure as a form of resistance.

Sunvault: Stories of Solarpunk and Eco-Speculation.

Such stories are now called ‘solarpunk’, a literary genre that has grown in prominence over the last few years and is echoed by a real-world social movement. Solarpunk is driven by a need for people to imagine a better future from where we are, not necessarily a fantasy world set in an unfamiliar, unlikely future. Solarpunk pushes against the bleak Blade Runner future of cyberpunk — a speculative genre centered on urban dystopias dominated by corporations and technology. Solarpunk provides a shining vision of a positive future, grounded in our existing world, one that emphasizes the need for environmental sustainability, self-governance, and social justice. Solarpunk imagines an inclusive, sustainable, possible future, where renewable technology meets ecological enlightenment.

Several companies are realizing that some plants are so good at inhaling metal from soil that they’re trying to use it for commercial mining…. Getting the nickel for 500 to 800 EV batteries by planting crops is deeply solarpunk.