All Blog Posts Tagged 'windmills' (3)

A young man from Malawi spent some time reading about windmills, the knowledge that he gained from this process lead to the adventure of a lifetime, but more importantly, it lead to a revolution for the people around him. Having light at night is something we take for granted so easily. I realized from this story that with a little imagination and the drive to make it happen, nothing is impossible.



William Kamkwamba show us that you do not need a deep understanding of the elements of a… Continue

I'm no Matthew Lesko - but then again the knowledge below WILL help US folks use incentives and tax breaks to make investing in Alt Energy and Efficiency pay off (sooner).



BTW, in the US - the biggest bang for your buck in reducing energy use, carbon emissions etc. is almost always efficiency and insulation. But ... here's the Money (yeah, baby, I'll show you da money)!!!



For the US there is a handy website on State and Federal incentives and tax breaks... with a nifty… Continue

Eureka mentioned two things on the first page right at the start of Episode 3. One was William Kamkwamba and the other was that all you need to build a windmill is a "simple dynamo". For me Mr. Kamkwamba's flash of insight and inspiration was not that dynamos are simple but that all the stuff around him that he and the rest of his community saw everyday could take on a new life as a windmill powered generator. Seeing the un-obvious potential in the obviously ordinary is a…

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