• poVoq@slrpnk.netM
    6·
    2 years ago

    More steampunk than solarpunk, but yeah always interesting to read some details about complex but mostly forgotten technology.

    • Sneakz@feddit.de
      3·
      2 years ago

      In the medicine field this technology isn’t uncommon because you can send samples quickly to the hospital laboratory.

    • will stedden@slrpnk.netOP
      2·
      2 years ago

      Imagine upping the size, running the vacuums on renewables and automating it though. You could distribute farm fresh veggies to the doorstep of everyone in an entire city. I think that’d be solarpunk as hell.

    • hardypart@feddit.de
      21·
      2 years ago

      What about this is “punk”? It’s just old technology. I don’t see a reason to give everything a “punk” label.

  • Ragos81@feddit.de
    2·
    2 years ago

    We had such a system (with only one pipe) a few decades ago in our company. Purpose was to deliver samples from the production to the laboratory. When I started in the late 90’s it was already not in use anymore. I got told that sometimes the pipe got clogged…