tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8725048551167635627.post5602042812083267895..comments2022-11-25T03:35:05.294-06:00Comments on Showing Fossil Fuel the Fist: Coffee Waste to Manufacture Biodieselmehulkamdarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09210416730465039593noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8725048551167635627.post-24681379031742527352010-03-27T09:40:31.909-05:002010-03-27T09:40:31.909-05:00Mohan,
A lot of the comment that comes out of Ind...Mohan,<br /><br />A lot of the comment that comes out of India on solar energy is complete bullshit. Some weeks ago I had written about some so-called authority called N N Sachitanand who talked about solar power with no mention of solar thermal energy or of thin film solar cells. If you take solar ell technology from fifteen or twenty years ago when the morons in government in India read their last technology review, yes, they were inefficient. Now you have companies with proprietary technologies by which you can print the photovoltaic components on a plastic sheet using a machine that is very similar to your home printer. DO this on a sticker and you can paste it to your roof. Check out www.nanosolar.com and some of my earlier entries about that company. The jokers who have their heads stuck in the sands (though I would prefer to think that they have them firmly ensconced in their nether anatomy instead) are simply out of whack with the current state of the art as far as solar technology is concerned.<br /><br />As far as the Cooum is concerned, when I was in the 3rd and 4th standards, the TN government stopped boat trips which you could earlier take all the way from Commander in Chief Road to Chingleput. When I left India, you could still see the old boat stop (a crumbling ruin at the time) if you walked past the Shivalaya Building towards Pantheon Road. By the time I was in school, the river had already started stinking too much for people to travel up and down it.mehulkamdarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09210416730465039593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8725048551167635627.post-51730629062208045752008-12-11T00:47:00.000-06:002008-12-11T00:47:00.000-06:00Chennai has been deteriorating day by day.The stag...Chennai has been deteriorating day by day.The stagnant water from the rains has drained in many places but the slush still remains.Your good intentions are appreciated.However the authorities are busy.They have just dusted off the old `Beautify` Buckingham Canal Project from the early 1970`s with the avowed intention of turning it into the Venice of the east.I was about 5-6yrs old when the project was first initiated.If I remember correctly they turned the Cooum pink in colour and introduced boating trips.However the minute boats started moving the muck started surfacing and the tourists fled due to the stench.While you are going on about the advantage of photo voltaics,I read an artice in fp-online(I think I sent you a link)that photo-voltaic cells emit more green house gasses than fossil fuel derived energy.I dont know much about all this.Is there any truth to this or is this just slick PR from companies with vested interests?Any information would be helpful.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com