Solar-Hydrogen Eco-House

Cymage writes "An architect in Malaysia has built a Solar-Hydrogen Eco-house, the first in the world that is fully self-sustainable and runs entirely on hydrogen. The house has an electrolyser to generate hydrogen that runs off of solar panels, then that hydrogen is used for heat and electricity for the house. Pretty cool stuff. I wonder how long before a kit is ready to convert regular houses?"

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Wonderful but I hope the architect isn't stupid

[InternationalCow]

I'd love to have something like this. Imagine being off the grid in an urban setting! But I do hope this architect know's what he's doing. From his quote "People tend to equate hydrogen with hydrogen bombs, but in fact, it is really quite safe because it is so light that it disappears into the atmosphere as soon as it is released." I don't have too much faith in his physics knowledge and his engineering ability to make sure that the hydrogen (in the little tank and the gas pipe) is actually safe to use. It IS rather flammable you know :) I was relieved to see that the plan does include a fuel cell. So if the main tank blows, you still have electricity so you can charge your mobile to dial 911.

Orang Asilie tribe in Malaysia

[c4ll7]

Orang Asilie tribe in Malaysia is the culture in malaysia i would most enjoy emulating. "The Orang Asilie. This is interesting. It?s not their name, it?s the name the surrounding cultures call them and it means ?primitive people?. People usually ask what were you doing there teaching them Giraffe language when they have their own Giraffe language? It?s sad; they were doing quite well. They live in the forest where trees have great economic value in the outside world, so now logging companies are intruding on their space. They don?t know how to speak Giraffe with Jackal speaking people. They have one senator who represents 60,000 people. In Malaysia, they heard about my work and asked me if I could do something. He says ?You know there are consultants who will show us how to use guns, there?s no shortage of these, to get our land back.? The senator hoped there is another way. So back to anger. I hope you?re beginning to see that anger is not the issue. The issue for me is the thinking. Walter Wink points out very poignantly, domination systems require that violence be made enjoyable." quote taken from... http://www.cnvc.org/anger.htm

Re:Orang Asilie tribe in Malaysia

[c4ll7]

ortunately anthropologist Ruth Benedict has done a lot of research in this area. A good place to start is an article in ?Psychology Today,? June 1970, entitled ?Synergy?Patterns of the Good Culture?. She has written many books on the subject since the 1920s. She?s found them all over the world. When she started out she wasn?t sure she would find any. The tribe I have had some contact with is Orang Asilie tribe in Malaysia. I?ll never forget what my translator was saying before we got started. He was going over how he was going to translate. He pointed out his language has no verb to be, like [you are] good, bad, wrong, right. You can?t classified people if you take away the verb to be. How are you going to insult people? You take away ninety percent of my vocabulary! So I say what are you going to say if I say ?You?re selfish?? He responded, ?It?s going to be hard. I?d translate it like this: Marshall says he sees you are taking care of your needs but not the needs of others.? He says, ?In my language, you tell people what they are doing and what you like them to do differently, it would not occur to us to tell people what they are.? He then paused and he looked at me in all sincerity and said, ?Why would you ever call a person a name?? I said you have to know who to punish. Punishment is a totally foreign concept in these tribes and cultures. He looked at me and said, ?If you have a plant and it isn?t growing the way you would like, do you punish it?? The whole idea of punishment is so ingrained in us that it is hard for us to imagine other options. It is totally foreign to people who haven?t been educated in domination systems culture. In many of these cultures they look at people who hurt others this way: they are not bad, they?ve just forgotten their nature. They put them in a circle and they remind them of their true nature, what it?s like to be real human beings. They?ve gotten alienated and they bring them back to life.