Fuelling India’s future with bioenergy
Although India can produce reliable, cost-effective and environmentally sustainable bioenergy to meet its energy demand, progress has been slow. Implementing a few key action plans centred around the market
Biomass
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She walks in oblivion
Society itself doesn’t care to know about headloading
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New biomass model may help monitor crop damage, health
india suffers considerable losses due to crop damage every year. assocham has pegged this loss at Rs 140,000 crore for 2006-07. Unfortunately, there is no way to ascertain whether this or similar
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Dramatic shift
Strangely, rural people are using higher quality biofuels such as logs
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Mission impossible?
The sheer scope of the biodiversity action plan may militate against its successful implementation
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Biomass to briquettes
A new technique to produce efficient and cheap fuel from agricultural waste
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Living energy
Bioresources, the energy and raw materials derived from plants and animals, could help end poverty.
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Unexpected relief
Nobody expected farm forestry and exotics to become a major source of firewood
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Rural power
Fluidised bed technology could help meet all power needs of a village
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Rational responses
Are some Indians becoming more interested in trees?
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Mistaken perception
Kerala is a land full of trees