Interesting stats on EVs and energy use in the US, developments in wind and tidal power, a plastic recycling microfactory, and an "unprecedented collapse" in EU fossil fuel generation.
Did you know that 40% of all greenhouse gas emissions come from the construction and operation of buildings? 🤯
Here's a UK architecture firm that's hoping to help change that – by creating mycelium building blocks that are biodegradable and carbon free and have minimal impact on the environment.
The team produce their building blocks by using 3D-printed wood forms that they pack with a substrate injected with mycelium spores. As the mycelium colonizes the substrate, it develops into dense, moldable blocks that can be put together to create a range of different forms for use in construction.
If this means people will be living in cute little mushroom houses a few decades from now, count me in! 🍄
