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> It looks like someome actually made an effort to reduce the quality of the images. For artistic effect, probably.

They did, and it’s part of the footprint-reduction techniques used to host the site off solar full-time. https://github.com/lowtechmag/solar/wiki/Solar-Web-Design#im...

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That's fine for the main article but I think there should be a way to get higher quality images should the reader request them. If power is a concern those can be hosted elsewhere.

I think it's acceptable for the drawings to be compressed this way but the photographs are very unclear.

There is. Click the small pixely looking X at the end of the photo's caption.

I see. They should make it more obvious.

I don't know, they are making electric heaters.

Might as well use your server to generate some of that heat ...

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