do you smell burning?

okay, so the way i see it, those that decide to stay here. poor, poor us..... have 3 options, acceptance, action or winging. personally i am a blatant culprit of option 3, but really think that option 2 is best.

So in doing some research i found loads of info about alternatives to electricity-as supplied by eskom.

so theres solar and tidal and wind and human fesces etc etc....and one site in particular actually ended up putting them all down....with justification

and then i encountered a frickin goldmine let me tell you!!!!!

Researchers or developers or something like that at UJ, have innovated an advancement of solar power which makes it alot more affordable!!! like really.

And then i found more info about how in new york they are saving power by doing simple things and one main initiative is to switch to CFL which are basically lightbulbs which use waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay less electricity. Literally up to 75% less.

~wow!i feel like its my birthday with all this good news~

so then i had a brainwave, no that was not an earth tremor, that was in fact my brainwave!

By not using as much electricity load shedding wont need to happen....duh!!!

so listen, assuming most people are actually trying to be a little more energy effecient theres a saving, however small it may be.

now, instead of those who have the money going and buying a generator which is costing them loads more than electricity from eskom, one could rather put in solar panels, using this new south african developed technology. start up may be expensive but its much of a muchness by comparison to a generator and thereafter maintenance is much less than a generator. also, if we look one step further, eskom could set up a system where they buy electricity from people who produce it. Now these people could in fact be ordinary businesses and households- who have the money to install solar power.

now add that to the light systems.

got it?

good.

so these people are not only helping the environment but they could end up saving and possibly even making money.

do you see what im getting at?

i call this idea CAPITALIST HIPPIE.

let me know what you think