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Sour Labs · Field Unit Nº12

3D unavailable here — the tour below still works. 🍋

Field Unit Nº12 · Pop. 2 humans, 1 node, 16 fireflies

One island.
Zero landlords
of energy.

A tiny homestead that makes its own power, food, water and money. Drag to look around — scroll to take the tour.

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01 / 05Solar roof

The roof has a day job.

Every morning the sun clocks in — no contract, no invoice, no “dear valued customer.” It has been on shift for 4.6 billion years and never once raised its rates.

Array
6.4 kW peak
Yield
~24 kWh / clear day
Meter
spins backwards
Sun’s invoice
$0.00, forever

Start hereRoof area × sun-hours × 0.8. That one line of math is the whole religion. Run it tonight for your own roof.

02 / 05Battery shed

Jam, but for electrons.

The battery stores sunshine for later — like jam, but for electrons. Last February the grid next door died for 62 hours. The island baked bread and watched movies. It felt rude. It wasn’t.

Chemistry
LiFePO₄
Capacity
30 kWh
Storm buffer
~3 dark days
Drama
none detected

Start hereOne server-rack battery, one honest inverter. Boring beats clever, every single time.

03 / 05Garden beds

Salad with zero supply chain.

This lettuce has never seen a truck, a warehouse, or a loyalty program. It has seen exactly one thing in its short green life: this island.

Beds
9 raised
Calories
~40% of the table
Food miles
0.00003
Middlemen
0

Start hereOne bed. Six herbs. Kill them all, learn why, plant again. That’s the entire course, and it’s free.

04 / 05₿ The node

The house checks the money.

In the window, a machine the size of a paperback verifies every bitcoin transaction on Earth. It votes “no” on money printing. Quietly. Forever. Best houseplant we ever bought.

Hardware
one dusty laptop
Blockchain
100% verified here
Permission
not requested
Uptime
99.98%

Start hereBitcoin Core on any old laptop, plus about a week of patient syncing. Pairs beautifully with Bad Wallet.

05 / 05Workshop

Warranty void. Everything works.

The printer has re-made 214 broken parts so far — hinges, knobs, one heroic dishwasher wheel. The little robot arm holds things and judges nobody. The landfill is furious.

Printer
1, stubborn
Parts repaired
214
Thrown away
almost nothing
Skills
compounding

Start hereThis month, fix one thing you’d normally replace. Feel the forbidden joy. Repeat monthly.

Field notes

Total independence is a myth.
Total dependence is a choice.

Nobody is leaving the world. The island still loves the world — its music, its medicine, its extremely weird cheese. Opting out of everything is a fantasy sold by bunker salesmen.

But look at the meter. Every watt you make, every calorie you grow, every block you verify, every hinge you re-print — that’s one small veto. Not against people. Against dependence you never actually agreed to.

The grid isn’t evil. The bill isn’t evil. Needing them with no plan B — that’s the part you’re allowed to fix. Start with one watt. The rest is compounding.

Sour Labs — sweet tools, sour to the system 🍋

Nightfall on the island

Lights on.
Grid off.

The meter reads zero and the house could not care less. Stars out, windows amber, soup on the induction hob.

And in the corner window, a little orange LED counts blocks until sunrise.

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