India`s low-tech energy success
Journal Article
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· World Watch
OSTI ID:160023
This article describes a program by the Indian government which develops a inexpensive, readily available resource into electricity. A very simple method for converting cow dung into a flammable gase, biogas, has been used to improve the lives of over 10 million rural inhabitants of India. The dung provides cooking fuel, electric power, and as a by product an even better fertilizer than manure. Topics covered include the following: why biogas works in India; the economics of self-sufficiency in rural India; finding a strategy that works; tapping into the potential in the rural areas.
- OSTI ID:
- 160023
- Journal Information:
- World Watch, Journal Name: World Watch Journal Issue: 6 Vol. 8; ISSN 0896-0615; ISSN WOWAEE
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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