Solar IS Civil Defense, Illustrated
Solar IS Civil Defense
Like this solar LED light and AA battery charger
or this solar/dynamo am/fm/sw radio, similar to the ones US and NATO forces have distributed in Afghanistan.
Solar IS Civil Defense
and, after all,
we are at war.
Solar IS Civil Defense
a flashlight, radio or cell phone, an extra set of batteries
solar powered
with hand or foot operated dynamo back-up,
emergency lighting and communication
day or night
from sunlight or
muscle power.
One solar component
is an LED flashlight
which also charges AA batteries.
This design allows for
battery switching,
charging a second set of batteries
to use in other devices.
The Bogolight is a charger and light
with an international development
addition:
each light bought
buys another solar LED light and battery charger
for someone who has no access to electricity
in this world.
Solar IS Civil Defense in another way.
US and NATO forces have distributed
solar/dynamo am/fm/sw radios
in Afghanistan.
Those solar/dynamos could easily charge
AA batteries
and establish a low power DC grid
through battery switching.
This level of survival electricity
would raise the standard of living
for most Afghanis,
helping to rebuild their lives
as well as their country and economy.
This circuit diagram is one way
to add this capability to the present
solar/dynamo radios now in Afghanistan.
The image I have is of a
solar swadeshi, hand-made electricity.
Instead of turning the handle
of the charkha spinning wheel
making thread
for khadi cloth
an hour a day as Gandhi did,
turning the crank of a dynamo a half hour a day,
the direct production of survival power
for yourself, your family, and your community,
swadeshi, local production.
How did Gandhi's Pashtun colleague,
Badshah Khan practice it?
And could his example
help bring peace back
today?
Labels: cell phones, civil defense, development, dynamo, Gandhi, non-violence, peace, radio, satyagraha, solar, solar LED, solar/dynamo, swadeshi
posted by gmoke @ 8:33 PM
5 Comments:
Where are radios like these available?...
I agree with your idea of simplifying and making power achievable within our home a goal. This can be achieved by more windows plus solar heating/electrical generation.
Combined with fewer lights and smaller power consumption we could achieve energy independence.
The savings from electrical transmission loss could be significant enough to make this affordable.
This is how shall I say.... A product that I would most definitely love to have around the house, I mean it is beneficial.. Am I right or Am I Right?! Whether some may agree or not, it doesn't bug me to enjoy the company of one of these :)
If everybody has them, I think I should have the opportunity in luxuriating myself with the presence of making this my present! Gotta say, its mainly because how well you've explained everything
It's a great gift except for sometimes, but hey it surely does re-coupe and make up for boring and lost times..
Were can I get a larger resolution image of the circuit diagram as displayed on this page.
This could be modified to other such radios and some low power transceivers as well.
I've seen this picture of torpedoed tanker long time ago - which tanker is there?
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