[adammunich]

I am working on two problems:

1. I want to create way to generate electrical power without pollution. Basically, a closed cycle process that releases no pollutants, or electronic waste.

2. I want to do everything I can to eliminate gender bias in the world.

[znpy]

Regarding 1, if you can accept some pollution at the beginning, hydro-electrical can be a solution, albeit probably not for a global scale.

We have a small hydro-electrical plant una River near my house and really it's no big deal, it fits very nicely in the surrounding environment and it produces clean energy.

It's also educational because since the river is near the city small children classes can visit it and learn about it.

[ajot]

Regarding hydro, you can go micro to power a house or some small comunity. There are lot's of books on microhydropower, but get a look at this fantastic post at ludens.cl

http://ludens.cl/paradise/turbine/turbine.html

[minhmeoke]

Rather than generating electricity directly, it might be more practical to reduce electricity consumption using other approaches:

Geothermal can be a solution for generating electricity directly, but if you'd like to minimize electronic waste perhaps it would be easier to use it to replace alternative energy sources for HVAC purposes.

Biofuels (eg: plant bamboo, grow it, then burn it) can also technically be closed cycle energy sources.

Solar water heaters can also reduce electrical or fossil-fuel-based energy consumed for generating hot water.

[adammunich]

I love hydroelectric power and I want the circuits I design for solar to be capable of utilizing the raw power from a small turbine as well without any hardware modifications.

[betwixthewires]

You sound like a wonderful person!

What progress have you made in your work on either front? What sort of work do you do to solve these problems?

[adammunich]

I worked for years studying how to use microcontrollers and after a lot of determination now I have a $750,000 grant to build solar systems that are fireproof so you can install them anywhere. It will be a few years of work to get something suitable made but I have full confidence it can be done.

I am also spending much time lately in the SF kink community to build a fundamental understanding of the biases people have experienced in life with respect to their gender identity, and am strongly considering HRT so I can live life on the other side and experience the prejudice first hand.