Why were the early days of history called the dark ages? Because there were so many knights!
What is the center of gravity? The alphabet V !
Who should be your best friend at school? Your princi-pal!
How do you spell Hard Water with 3 letters? ICE!
What school do you greet people in? Hi School !
Why did child take a ruler to bed? Because he wanted to see how long he slept!
TEACHER : Ravi, can you find me Australia on the map please ? Pupil :There it is TEACHER : Now, Ravi, who discovered Australia ? Pupil : I did !
TEACHER : I want you to tell me the longest sentence you can think of Pupil : Life imprisonment sentence!
Student: The brain is a wonder full thing Teacher: Why do you say that? Student: Because it starts working the second you get up in the morning and never stops until you get asked a question in class!
Mother: What did you learn in school today Son: How to write Mother: What did you write? Son: I don't know, they haven't taught us how to read yet!
TEACHER : What shape is the world in? Pupil : Rotten !
This article brings up many interesting questions. As others in the discussion point out, there are some erroneous assumptions. I would here like to make a point that Indian academic thought on the subject of energy is negligible or non-existent. Tatas have started TERI, but how many other institutions of energy research do we have? How many universities have serious energy research going? Yet today we talk of Jatropha and biodiesel. In the nuclear energy sphere, must the DAE be the only island of wisdom in the entire country? If Prof. Brahm Prakash came to the Department from IISc Bangalore, what other Indian institutions are we nurturing for future leadership?
why cant our govt spend all that effort and energy into alternative, innovative sources of energy. im sure that india has enough brain power to handle it. take this for example:
Barry Bruce is one of a small handful of researchers suggesting an entirely different road. Nature has its own incredibly efficient way of producing power from the sun--photosynthesis--so why not put it to work?
"Essentially, you grow a power plant in a field or in a fermenter," says Bruce, an associate professor at the University of Tennessee's Center for Environmental Biotechnology. "You don't have to pay for it in any real way other than allowing photosynthesis to do what it's done for billions of years."
Bruce and his colleagues poach particles from photosynthetic plants or bacteria and form them into so-called "nanoclusters" on small assemblages of metallic platinum. These photosystems produce very high-energy electrons that can be siphoned off for direct electrical power or used to stimulate the production of hydrogen atoms, usable as fuel in anything from cars to homes.
The system is far preferable to conventional photovoltaic solar power systems, because it doesn't require the complex manufacturing process of solar cells, which uses a number of toxic and limited materials. And since the photosynthetic particles are easily harvested--Bruce extracts them from garden-variety spinach using a standard kitchen food processor--it should be a lot cheaper.
RE:why
by Anindya Chatterjee on Sep 20, 2007 01:44 PM Permalink
This is very interesting. Why don't you give your real name and weblink to the sources of this information. I would like to initiate a bit of farm work investment on this.
RE:why
by ASHOK on Sep 20, 2007 02:50 PM Permalink
See This >>> http://www.forbes.com/2007/05/23/barry-bruce-photosynthesis-tech-cx_07rev_de_0524bruce.html
RE:why
by Madhup Rathi on Sep 20, 2007 08:14 PM Permalink
Hello, we have 1 billion people, and at least 300 million people are increasing their standard of living annually. Has Indian in India ever done any path-breaking research in last 1000 yeats? No. I think everyone is way too optimistic about Indians being able to solve energy problems with R&D! Yes, there will be small scale solutions like the one you mentioned. Nothing that will solve our energy problems.
RE:Public Opinion Poll
by ASHOK on Sep 20, 2007 01:11 PM Permalink
It is not a question of love or hate America. We are in a 123 Nuclear agreement with US as US has a major NUISANCE Value in the whole Game. That is Global Scenario. At Home we have ( Parakash Karat / Bardhan ) and whole lot of Commies / Forward Block etc. Having local NUISANCE Value.
India is in this Game because India Planners Think India needs to keep developing Nuclear option. ONUS is not On MM Singh alone.
It is a Group decision already taken, which is being challenged now by Commies as well as BJP.
I do not care if we have severe power loss in southren states and if China becomes all finished product manufacturer and supplier to India.
Indians will open factories in CHINA. If they are kicked out, some one will rise and kick Indian Commies. Just wait and watch.
Coming Generation is no more Mahatama Gandhi. It is MOUSE CLICK Generation which needs RESULTS on the click of MOUSE.
KARAT AND PARTY WILL BE A HISTORY. THEY OPPOSED INDIAS COMPUTERISATION. NOW THEY ARE OPPOSING NUCLEAR PLANS. Nothing strange
it will take time for him to think ... bcoz his brain lies 2 ft above his head :) .... Anyways, we need energy at any cost, we can't afford to import petroleum, we must go for more energy, if not nuclear one, must be something else, but we must need it, and immediately. I believe our future generation will have more sophisticated technology to encounter menace of nuclear waste.
RE:We must gor for more energy
by Bala Ramasamy on Sep 21, 2007 12:32 AM Permalink
look at these links ..don't know where he got his data..US producess 20% of it is energy from nuclear.
http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/ene_nuc_ene_con-energy-nuclear-consumption http://www.scaruffi.com/polit ics/nuclear.html http://timeforchange.org/nuclear-energy-and-nuclear-weapons-per-country http://www-formal.stanford.edu /jmc/progress/nuclearnow.html http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/14/AR2006041401209_pf.html h ttp://fpc.state.gov/fpc/61808.htm
I think this article needs more research. Coal burning plants are environmentally disastrous than nuclear fuel plants. Please look up aerial snaps of before and after pictures of all coal burning plants in India. Resarch indicates Coal burining plant pollutes Air, Water and environment than any other energy source. Today there are better technology and Engineering available to construct nuclear plants (Ex: Japan nuclear plants which withstood earthquakes) and to dispose nuclear wastes. Today, there is a big movement in US to move towards nuclear plants, but they are constrained because of some mis-informed, short sighted tree huggers who made amendments in individual state legislator.
Hydro Energy, Windmill, solar Energy all combined we would only be able to generate miniscule of Energy needs.
I wonder if Claude's article would have been pro-123 agreement if we have signed up this pact with France instead of "Nasty" US of A.
Pleaseeeeeeeeeee.. give me a break!
Check this out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfdwa4YED-k
RE:Rediff needs to Check Facts - Basic Mistake
by ASHOK on Sep 20, 2007 01:24 PM Permalink
Author of this article is conveniently flipping between two aspects.
1) Electricity produced through Nuclear Route as % of total Electricity produced. 2) Nuclear Energy as % of Total Energy Consumed.
We all know Total Energy consumed is Electricity Heating Oil burnt Directly to heat the house Gasoline burnt in Cars Diesel used in Trucks.
I hope you understood the carefull ploy of author. Same is being used by KARAT & YACHURY.
