The Project

Connecting the Dots

As the future is not what is used to be, we are currently facing the unknown. To become actors of change, Gery and Baudouin decided to prepare a bike that would take them far and fast enough across the roads of America. Their goal is to map projects and experiences that will solve our current and future challenges. Beyond mapping, the ambition is also to connect the dots, to highlight project's synergies and inspire anyone desiring to embrace the change

Once you are on the map, you can check all our points of interest and site we plan to visit.

We are always eager to know more and all your suggestion are welcome as long as it concern on how to do better with

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Bay2Bay : A Cross-Country Sustainability Awareness Bike Ride from Baudouin de Hemptinne

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Carbon Sources & Sinks

By not distinguishing between a fact and an opinion, by dint of confusing orders of magnitude and time scales, I wanted to find the large masses of carbon production and carbon sinks and share them here. We have included in the site under the "fact" tab the data we found in "the Project Drawdown - March 2020" and which states, by order of magnitude: Carbon sources 1. Electricity production : 25% 2. Cultivation & agriculture : 24% 3. Industry : 21% 4. Transportation : 14% 5. Building : 6% 6. Rest : 10% Carbon sinks 1. Land : 24% 2. The oceans : 17% 3. The Atmosphere : 59% What about taking another source: the book of Bill Gates, "How to avoid a

Hydrogen fuel cartridge .. let's power bikes ?

As "green" hydrogen production and storage has become an EU green deal central strategic axis, more and more innovative solutions emerge from academic and industrial players. Early this month, the Fraunhofer institute published an article presenting a prototype of what we can call "hydrogen power paste": hydrogen power paste (source : Fraunhofer institute) The principle behind is to create a magnesium hydride paste (whereas a high quantity of hydrogen is stored). When water is added to the mix, hydrogen gas is produced and can be used in a fuel cell to create electricity. In the previously published article describing hydrogen fuel principles and applications, we mentioned that this H2 energy source was particularly suited for heavy transportation such as trains, trucks, or boats. This power paste concept is particularly interesting for light mobility or applications where there are no refill stations neither H2 storage tanks easily available. One can think of Hyd

Let's make Europe an adventure again

Gery and I are back on the road this year 2021 for an electro-solar race. One more name to be added to the list of the Green Deal. We have our circular economy plan . Let me explain: the plan is the map here above; the economy implies that we are going to recharge our batteries with solar energy that we will self-produce and circular because we are simply going all the way around Europe. Even better, we will leave Brussels in June 2021, in the presence of Frans Timmermans, Vice-President of the European Commission, in charge of the Green Deal. We will have less than 60 days to complete this tour of Europe which will pass through 33 countries (to be confirmed), will total 10,000 km and will have 5 checkpoints (Stockholm-Sweden, Constanta-Romania, Passo Stelvio-Italy, Pico Veleta-Spain, Porto-Portugal) with an expected arrival in Lyon. Portugal will be our "far west" stage and we are so pleased that this country has decided to commit itself fully to the energy

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