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Post #1586506

2026-04-22 15:00 UTC

The human-powered handcart is the oldest of vehicles, and it will likely be the last one around in the future. Of all vehicles, it’s the cheapest and least complex to build and use. https://solar.lowtechmagazine.com/2026/04/rediscovering-the-handcart/

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  • @grayrattus@mastodon.social 2026-04-22 15:11

    @neauoire thats the most detailed blog post I ever read :blobcatcoffee:

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  • @lanodan@queer.hacktivis.me 2026-04-22 15:26

    @neauoire Reminds me of the kind of decently big bike trailers I've seen in Île-Grande as a kid, which I've been wanting to have myself sometimes as attaching stuff to my bicycle or walking around with a small suitcase roller (same as a rolling suitcase but without the suitcase) is kind of impractical at times. (And attaching it to a bicycle solves the going uphill problem ^^)

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  • @neauoire that’s a great article! it made me think of all the things i’ve carried in dock carts lol

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  • @zabow@mastodon.bida.im 2026-04-22 17:01

    @neauoire perfect for capsizing on the ground 😄 also, good luck going into the wind

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  • @wifsten@mas.to 2026-04-22 17:52

    @neauoire love the solar office attachment!

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  • @yngmar@social.tchncs.de 2026-04-22 18:12

    @neauoire I was flicking through that thinking "duh, obviously" because the below is probably my most used machine 😆 It's an exceptionally well designed wheelbarrow. Light aluminium construction, steel frame underneath so it can handle heavy loads and two east-german motorcycle (Simson) wheels, so it doesn't sink into the mud/snow like bicycle wheels do. I use it pretty much every day.

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  • @neauoire this is so, so damn cool.

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  • @csepp@merveilles.town 2026-04-23 09:52

    @neauoire Was looking into #bladepacking for @Daffodil and found this: https://www.inlinenomad.com/ I don't know much about sailing, but maybe if the wind is right, this thing turns from human powered into wind powered?

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  • @artsun@merveilles.town 2026-04-24 16:21

    @neauoire This resonates so much with the cover of the book I'm currently reading, /Les mains vides/ by Elio Possoz (and not just the cover, it's a great eutopia/climate fiction/solarpunk story) (See https://merveilles.town/@artsun/116159770453103340 :))

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