Re: [Biofuel] Technology and the poor

2009-01-08 Thread Chip Mefford
Dawie Coetzee wrote: > Elmer, an indoor composting toilet system would interest me very much. Would > it be suitable for multi-storey buildings? What would the > service-reticulation implications be? > > Thanks > > Dawie Coetzee > Yeah; Where's the info on the toilet? I must be missing a th

Re: [Biofuel] Technology and the poor

2009-01-07 Thread Keith Addison
is suggested that human >> >and animal excreta be used in combination with the small chips of either >> >green or dried organic waste (with a PH of near 7 which is attained by a >> >combinations of 30-70 percent green to brown materials). The >> >temperature in t

Re: [Biofuel] Technology and the poor

2009-01-07 Thread Dawie Coetzee
iofuel@sustainablelists.org Sent: Tuesday, 6 January, 2009 2:23:14 Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Technology and the poor Hello Elmer, welcome Elmer, why not send the list the original message you sent me on your ideas for an indoor composting toilet system, that's why I suggested you join the list. It'

Re: [Biofuel] Technology and the poor

2009-01-06 Thread Chris Burck
Elmer: Keith wrote: >I should point out that the higher a country's per-capita advertising expenditure is, the more its citizens are inclined to think that way. . .It's an implanted view. . .what Prof. Chomsky would call "the manufacturing of consent". Keith makes an excellent point. In additio

Re: [Biofuel] Technology and the poor

2009-01-06 Thread Keith Addison
hips of >> either >> green or dried organic waste (with a PH of near 7 which is attained by >> a >> combinations of 30-70 percent green to brown materials). The >> temperature in those Equtorial areas should be easily maintained at >> the >> 90-140 de

Re: [Biofuel] Technology and the poor

2009-01-06 Thread Hakan Falk
gt;temperature in those Equtorial areas should be easily maintained at the > >90-140 degrees required. Many of the researched areas differ on exactly > >what works best for the materials composted, it seems that some fine > >tuning is required for each area as the feed stock will va

Re: [Biofuel] Technology and the poor

2009-01-05 Thread Elmer Stenger
what works best for the materials composted, it seems that some fine > tuning is required for each area as the feed stock will vary.  At any > rate the digestion should be able to gnerate the methane required to > cook food, supply fertilizer and even operate small refrigeration  >

Re: [Biofuel] Technology and the poor

2009-01-05 Thread Keith Addison
st for the materials composted, it seems that some fine >tuning is required for each area as the feed stock will vary. At any >rate the digestion should be able to gnerate the methane required to >cook food, supply fertilizer and even operate small refrigeration with >less wor

Re: [Biofuel] Technology and the poor

2009-01-04 Thread Elmer Stenger
Keith: A comment on the 2009/01/03 Sat AM11:45 EST posting I agree completly, with the premise expressed, that technology as envisioned by the enlightened societies, is not what the poor need to pull themselves out of their predicament. They need help that they understand and can a