Nice review! I too wish for a solarpunk future with mesh communications infrastructure. I see a Pine64 box in your pictures, will you try out PineRadio in the future?

> The T-Beams run off big honkin’ 18650 batteries—the same lithium-ion cells used in Tesla battery packs.

While this is true, it seems unnecessarily alarming. 18650 are also the type of cells inside old-ish laptop removable batteries, which are far more common and don't frighten people.