Tiniest RV Ever is a Zero Carbon Camper
He keeps the shower water warm with that tiny solar thermal panel on the roof. There’s also a tiny wind turbine and a solar panel up there to power his few tiny appliances; enough to cool a beer and power a stereo.
That yellow funnel on the outside is his urinal.
Well… maybe now this improvised RV is getting a little rough. His pee is stored in the pee jug inside (it’s that jug in the corner on pg 2) till he gets to a convenient disposal place. Hm. And what about when he needs to poop? I don’t know.
But if you really need a resting place that unobtrusively blends in, in any neighborhood, in an emergency, this might be it. Paul was dubbed Turtleman at Burning Man, where he tried it out.
But unlike real turtles, his teeny zero carbon RV has a sky-sized view of the starry cosmos at night from the sleeping window bubble. That has got to make up for those cramped quarters inside.
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September 6th, 2009 at 5:24 pm
Just had to add this from the inventors site:
“In my spare time I play in my shop creating a host of toys and things that roll, mostly. They all start as and idea that gets transfered to paper.
I’ve been doing this idea hatching thing since I was a kid. I recieving my first serious sketch pad on Christmas morning when I was 8 years old.
Each day I’d think of something weird and sketch it out, and every year another book would appear under the tree.”
Let that be a lesson to you, parents!
September 8th, 2009 at 8:07 am
A pretty neat idea, and I admire his ingenuity. Though I’m not as handy/inventive as he is, I don’t see why some entrepreneurial company couldn’t make one for a very affordable price.
September 16th, 2009 at 8:06 am
Awesome, but what I would to differently is use an electric recumbent bike and use unisolar pvl-124 or shorter and glue from the back of trailer to over the bike to provide shade. Keep the battery in trailer but wire it to the bike motor.
September 19th, 2009 at 8:58 am
excellent!
great post, Susan! (still catching up from my vacation a couple weeks ago
September 26th, 2009 at 8:53 pm
why not use 700 C wheels to get over the humps and bumps then use a burley cart frame and expand it with recycled aluminum bits. then an 18W solar panel to power everything. should be very light even still.. great idea!!!
October 7th, 2009 at 11:51 am
scoop away cat litter? I hope that is for the cat…
October 7th, 2009 at 12:53 pm
BUZZKILL: A backpacking tent and a sleeping bag is smaller and lighter.
October 7th, 2009 at 4:27 pm
Does anyone know what kind of trailer base he used? I’ve found a small one online rated at 250 lbs. I would be curious to know what kind of trailer he started with..??
October 7th, 2009 at 6:19 pm
Neat little invention but let’s be honest with ourselves. There is no such thing as zero carbon. Raw materials don’t just rise from the earth fabricate themselves into useful machines.
Low carbon maybe, zero carbon…well no.
October 7th, 2009 at 6:20 pm
“PUPTENTer said on October 7th, 2009 at 12:53 pm
BUZZKILL: A backpacking tent and a sleeping bag is smaller and lighter.”
Tent, sleeping bag, JET-Boil. WIN.
October 19th, 2009 at 5:26 am
Why not make it a little longer so the head and feet don’t stick out…could use different tires too. Not a bad idea but I would want to put too much into it and couldn’t tow it then…