Is that really the best method to get power in these villages? I grew up with a PV system with a generator backup, and compared to the generator, even the batteries were low maintenance, and they were a pain in the neck. It's just such an expensive (long term, cheap initial cost though), maintenance intensive, noisy, way of getting power. Our neighbors ran theirs for about 10 hours a day to get power -- we were not entirely dissapointed when they tried to refuel it using a kerosene lantern for light, and blew it up.
I guess if you are watching the TV, you can't hear the birds anyway, so whether it's from a generator or something quieter is somewhat irrelevant. On 1/28/07, M&K DuPree <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Ok, with all due respect, you both have solved one problem, but can you still hear the birdsong? I speak both specifically and metaphorically, so try not to get too cute with me, ok, Miss Grundy? Rufus ----- Original Message ----- From: "A. Lawrence" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <biofuel@sustainablelists.org> Sent: Sunday, January 28, 2007 8:43 AM Subject: Re: [Biofuel] It's clean air vs. TV in poor India village >I also - runs great on B100 - I use it at work for portable power... > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mike Weaver" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <Biofuel@sustainablelists.org> > Sent: Sunday, January 28, 2007 7:08 AM > Subject: [Biofuel] It's clean air vs. TV in poor India village > > >> I have one of these - I run it on biodiesel. >> >> -Weaver >> >> >> BAHARBARI, India: A toxic purple haze of diesel exhaust hangs over the >> rice and jute fields here in northern India, and bird songs are >> frequently drowned out by the chug-a-chug-a- chug of diesel generators. >> >> Across the developing world, cheap diesel generators from China and >> elsewhere have become a favorite way to make electricity. They power >> everything from irrigation pumps to television sets, allowing growing >> numbers of rural villages in many poor countries to grow more crops and >> connect to the wider world. >> >> But as the demand increases for the electricity that makes those >> advances possible, it is often being met through the dirtiest, most >> inefficient means, creating pollution problems in many remote areas that >> used to have pristine air and negligible emissions of carbon dioxide, >> the main global warming gas. >> >> http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/01/08/business/village.php?page=1 >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Biofuel mailing list >> Biofuel@sustainablelists.org >> http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org >> >> Biofuel at Journey to Forever: >> http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html >> >> Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 > messages): >> http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ >> >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Biofuel mailing list > Biofuel@sustainablelists.org > http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 > messages): > http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ > > _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
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