I think ever town being somewhat self sufficient would help alot. .For instance wind powered pumps could be fitted at bore holes and pump water up full time and store it in storage tanks which could then serve the towns with their water needs. for instance back home most of the power consumption goes into pumping water up from a river to use on the farm a feat that can be accomplished by a wind mill and an adequately sized chunk and thus save us some cool cash. .we tend to forget the problems we are actually solving and focus on the immediate one which is kplc. . .On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 10:58 PM, michael wambua <m80mig@gmail.com> wrote:
nice thinking... i know of a few farmers in ol donyo sabuk who have
wind mills that work as water pumps and generate electricity for them.
and the electricity seems reliable enough since its also used for the
security fence.
On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 10:29 PM, ndungu stephen
<ndungustephen@gmail.com> wrote:
> I suppose decentralize is the wrong word.
>
> But suppose those towns with water bodies could produce their own power.
> Which makes me wonder why KPLC is preferring the expensive diesel option
> unlike the sustainable natural resource options..
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