The Forest Walker is an idea that integrates sensors, computation, actuated machinery, power conversion and electronic communications to create a machine that roams the forest harvesting the most widespread and least dense energy source available: Wood. Concurrently, the Forest Walker converts this gathered fuel into a usable fuel format, doing so unattended for long periods of time. Once converted, the fuel is fed to an internal combustion engine that drives a generator to constantly produce electricity. That electricity is used to drive hydraulic pumps, computers, sensors, and Bitcoin miners.
The Forest Walker is about as low time preference as it gets.
21 sats \ 0 replies \ @xz 15 Aug
Has Harris and her running VP delivered her economic plan a day early?
Well, if so, I'm truly shocked at the understanding of low time preference economic theory and originality of thought in guiding policy to bring the presidential debate into new innovative arenas.
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Is the expectation that The Walker harvests sustainably? I'd also be curious how much energy The Walker itself end up consuming harvesting energy.
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That is a good question and I do not have, as yet, a solid answer. I have an entire article I'm working on, a deep dive into how this thing works and "why". Energy budgets for the FW is a missing piece.
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