Re: Gobar Gas
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dave andrews
Apr 22, 2011, 1:52:28 PM4/22/11
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On 22 Apr 2011 11:20, "Nick Balmer" <balmer....@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Readers of this group might enjoy the following article about the
> effects of wide spread adoption of Anaerobic Digestion in the
> developing World,
>
> http://www.michaelyon-online.com/gobar-gas.htm
>
> I myself was taken by the wife of an expatriate Kerala Doctor to see
> the AD plants they had installed for their families and an old age
> peoples community.
>
> The effect on women's health is profound because they no longer have
> to cook every day on dung, which produces acrid smoke that destroys
> and harms their eyes and respiratory systems.
>
> When you burn dung you are also destroying most nutrients. With AD
> most of them return to the land. This provides much needed fertility
> in gardens and small farms.
>
> Regards
>
> Nick Balmer
> Hello,
>
> Readers of this group might enjoy the following article about the
> effects of wide spread adoption of Anaerobic Digestion in the
> developing World,
>
> http://www.michaelyon-online.com/gobar-gas.htm
>
> I myself was taken by the wife of an expatriate Kerala Doctor to see
> the AD plants they had installed for their families and an old age
> peoples community.
>
> The effect on women's health is profound because they no longer have
> to cook every day on dung, which produces acrid smoke that destroys
> and harms their eyes and respiratory systems.
>
> When you burn dung you are also destroying most nutrients. With AD
> most of them return to the land. This provides much needed fertility
> in gardens and small farms.
>
> Regards
>
> Nick Balmer
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