Energy and Developing countries

[lavapockets]

For anyone interested in energy and development issues. It's a bit heavy on info, but it was a really good read. There are nice visuals for people who just want to scroll too.

http://earthtrends.wri.org/updates/node/339

This was really cool:

"Biogas Digester
Biogas digesters use the process of anaerobic digestion. An organic feedstock, such as crop residues or food or animal waste, is put into the air tight container. Bacteria then breaks down the waste releasing biogas. This gas, consisting mostly of methane, can be siphoned off for cooking, often providing up to 75% of a households needs. Alternatively the gas can be used for small scale electricity generation using a gas-fired combustion turbine. The process also produces a slurry as a by product which makes a high quality fertilizer."

[chickenfeather]

LOL, the biogas digesters are basically artificial cows. It looks like a facility to generate biogas would require a large amount of space as well as time since these appear to be semibatch processes. *attempts to build one in my backyard*

[lavapockets]

LOL, the biogas digesters are basically artificial cows. It looks like a facility to generate biogas would require a large amount of space as well as time since these appear to be semibatch processes. *attempts to build one in my backyard*

lol don't blow yourself up, I don't want to be semi-responsible for it