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Thematic Book Series: How to Downsize a Transport Network?

We have launched the second volume in a new series of books opening up Low-tech Magazine’s archive by theme.

Piston-powered aircraft from the 1950s were as fuel-efficient as the current average jet

Estimates about the fuel efficiency of aircraft ignore the record of the pre-jet era.

The Status Quo of Electric Cars: Better Batteries, Same Range

We don’t need better batteries, we need better cars.

The Sky is the Limit: Human-Powered Cranes and Lifting Devices

The only advantage that fossil-fuelled powered cranes have brought us, is a higher lifting speed

Cargo Ships, Then and Now

Time for a new age of sail.

The Age of Speed: How to Reduce Global Fuel Consumption by 75 Percent

If we cut the average speed of all vehicles by half, fuel consumption would decrease by a whopping 75 percent.

The Citroen 2CV: Cleantech from the 1940s

In spite of all the high-tech that has been squeezed into cars, the 2CV from 1949 is still more energy efficient than the smallest Citroen today.

Life Without Airplanes: from London to New York in 3 Days and 12 Hours

If we would stuff people in the ‘Queen Mary 2’ like we fold passengers into airplane seats, the ship could transport more than 500,000 people

High speed trains: planes on wheels

From an ecological point of view, the strategy to move travellers from airplanes to high speed trains just doesn’t make sense.