Chatting Solar Panels at EMF Camp

I fucking loved my first visit to #EMFcamp. After two years of lockdown, I was over-excited at the chance to be with all my friends in a field this year. I was over-excited about doing a talk about my beloved solar panels. I was over-excited about sleeping in a goddamned camper-van! I was even - sadly - excited at seeing my name broadcast on TELETEXT!

Photograph © Skylar MacDonald 2022. All Rights Reserved. The moral rights of the author have been asserted.

The universe, of course, had other plans. Striking down both Liz and me with COVID literally the day before we were due to pick up our camper. FUCK YOU UNIVERSE. FUCK YOU COVID!

Thankfully, our symptoms weren't too bad (thanks to some TOP SECRET medical experiments we may or may not be participating in. Shhhh!)

And, even more thankfully, Jonty and his crew of joyful nerds found a way for me to do my presentation. There's this brand new technology called "Zoom". I really think it could be even bigger than ICQ messenger because - get this! - you can send voice and video and slides at the same time. MAGIC!

So I hastily rejigged my slides, gulped down some industrial-strength cough medicine, and said hello to all my new friends.

I asked the tech team to mount my laptop so I could see the smiling faces of anyone who'd entered the tent. It almost worked.

It's always hard presenting to a room where you can't hear people chuckling at your jokes. It's worse when you can't even tell if they're humans or poorly constructed animatronics. But I got a little bit of audience participation going and, overall, it went pretty well, I think:

https://twitter.com/DanielThePope/status/1533033746382917633

such a shame I didn’t get to see @edent in person, but even over video call his #emfcamp talk was a fun, geeky dive into solar power at homehttps://t.co/mVtSA5Ophd pic.twitter.com/2AU0ELaO5K

— Dale Lane (inactive) (@dalelane) June 4, 2022

https://twitter.com/aidanrtaylor/status/1533026341305597953

Really enjoyed the talk. Gonna get some quotes in for solar panels now !

— John Hegarty (@johnhegs) June 4, 2022

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— Harvinder Atwal (totally not on mastadon) (@harvy2004) June 4, 2022

Sadly, it looks like official videos might not appear this year:

Talk recordings will be delayed this year, and it's possible some talks may not have been recorded.

We'll provide updates as soon as we know more.

— Electromagnetic Field (@emfcamp) June 6, 2022

But... Because I love you all very much, I did a pre-record just in case the live-stream failed. My brain and throat were slightly addled with Covid when I did the record - so I ask you to bare that in mind. You can watch it for free at:

If you'd like me to natter on about solar in person - buy me a pint first ☺