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Pedal Power

26 May, 2009 | Ramani Sankaranarayanan and Geeta Vaidyanathan

We are often asked if our pedal-driven biodiesel reactor could be mechanized. “Automation is possible,” we answer, “but when it takes only about three hours of pedalling to produce a month’s supply of biodiesel for the village of Kinchlingi’s 75 inhabitants, it is not necessary.” ...

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Tags: sustainability, renewable energy

Published in: Size Matters 35.1

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