i realise this is a joke n all, but just so u know, in actual fact, we are made up from substances that are already on the earth, so we are not really increasing greenhouse gasses. its a bit like a reversable reaction!
This a good idea, but 1000 computers is no-where near enough to support the population of India (over 1 billion), of which many are computer illiterate. 1000 computers per district means about 3-4 per school. Also, it is likely that upon technical problems, there will be no one there to correct them. 1000 solar powered computers are likely to have negligible effect in a place like India, but that is just my opinion.
I am glad that there is atleast some initiative, but one of the main reasons why government schools in India have poor facilities is because most of the overlooking polititians are always eating into resources for their own benefits.
If America stopped outsourcing from India, India may actually have a chance to develop a sort of technological autarky... at the moment india is just a place with cheap overheads and labour which places such as america (and UK) are exploiting. If left alone to develop, it may actually be able to supply India with technology, rather than the rest of the world.
It is hard to believe, but a call center near my house in delhi (India) has over 10000 workers in it corresponding to calls from the UK only. The also get paid less than the UK minimum wage. Very unfair.
The only real argument I can see against using renewable energy resources (eg solar energy) is cost... This to me seems a little stupid as at the moment the price of these panels is high because they are not in high demand... no one is willing to switch their house over to solar energy, so nobody really wants to research a cheaper production method to supply a cheaper product etc...
as soon as solar panels are in high demand,ie become everday household necceseties, their prices will drop, especially due to cheap production methods in place in the far east and international competition between developing countries.
Basically, there is no real inscentive in making solar panels or any other renewable energy contraption!... as soon as there's a bit of money in the game, I can certainly see technology evolving much faster. To exemplify this - look at the computer. In the 1980s, in India if I was to buy a computer with 256k of hard disk space, it would have cost 1 lakh of rupees (Rs. 100000), but now that the industry has grown, that same computer i can probably rip out of a child's toy, costing no more than a few dollars.
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i realise this is a joke n all, but just so u know, in actual fact, we are made up from substances that are already on the earth, so we are not really increasing greenhouse gasses. its a bit like a reversable reaction!
This a good idea, but 1000 computers is no-where near enough to support the population of India (over 1 billion), of which many are computer illiterate. 1000 computers per district means about 3-4 per school. Also, it is likely that upon technical problems, there will be no one there to correct them. 1000 solar powered computers are likely to have negligible effect in a place like India, but that is just my opinion.
I am glad that there is atleast some initiative, but one of the main reasons why government schools in India have poor facilities is because most of the overlooking polititians are always eating into resources for their own benefits.
If America stopped outsourcing from India, India may actually have a chance to develop a sort of technological autarky... at the moment india is just a place with cheap overheads and labour which places such as america (and UK) are exploiting. If left alone to develop, it may actually be able to supply India with technology, rather than the rest of the world.
It is hard to believe, but a call center near my house in delhi (India) has over 10000 workers in it corresponding to calls from the UK only. The also get paid less than the UK minimum wage. Very unfair.
The only real argument I can see against using renewable energy resources (eg solar energy) is cost... This to me seems a little stupid as at the moment the price of these panels is high because they are not in high demand... no one is willing to switch their house over to solar energy, so nobody really wants to research a cheaper production method to supply a cheaper product etc...
as soon as solar panels are in high demand,ie become everday household necceseties, their prices will drop, especially due to cheap production methods in place in the far east and international competition between developing countries.
Basically, there is no real inscentive in making solar panels or any other renewable energy contraption!... as soon as there's a bit of money in the game, I can certainly see technology evolving much faster. To exemplify this - look at the computer. In the 1980s, in India if I was to buy a computer with 256k of hard disk space, it would have cost 1 lakh of rupees (Rs. 100000), but now that the industry has grown, that same computer i can probably rip out of a child's toy, costing no more than a few dollars.