the WindBelt - a prospective cheap generator
A friend sent me the link to Windbelt, Cheap Generator Alternative, Set to Power Third World
This connects to recent advances in LED manufacture. More on that later.
meanwhile, googling led me to a couple of others commenting on the WindBelt
Windbelt Micro-wind, 10 Times Cheaper Wind Energy!!
Wind Belt - Cheap Renewable Energy at Sustainable Design Update
and at scribemedia.org
Reality check #3 on global warming
I’ve been a bit split personality writing about Global Warming. Most of my personal commentary is at RDSavage. For example, just yesterday I posted Global Warming? What, me worry? #2 which began to describe some positive steps to be taken. Beginning with a paradigm shift in thinking of global warming as a pollution issue.
In part I’m reacting to the commentary urging draconian steps. They may be necessary but let’s look at the whole system rather than one small part.
Climate Ark posts Deadly Climate Change Now Inevitable
Humanity is in for a nasty ride as the ecological fabric of being is deeply frayed. Yet the Earth and her humanity possess amazing regenerative and adaptive capabilities. We must trust in our ability to define and implement sufficient policies to pull back from the brink of destruction; starting with rigorous policies to reduce human population, end use of coal and other fossil fuels, preserve and restore ancient terrestrial ecosystems, and return to the land for a life of rich voluntary simplicity.
