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Alfredo Moser: Bottle light inventor proud to be poor
BBC News Magazine, BBC World Service, Uberaba, Brazil ^
| 12 August 2013
| By Gibby Zobel
Posted on 09/05/2013 9:11:08 AM PDT by PrayAndVoteConservesInLibsOut
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To: Tenacious 1
Seriously low chance of freezing in Brazil, along the equator. The temperature is quite constant, like in Hawaii, limiting the expansion and contraction issue. And less tramatic than having to bury your kid when your jerry-rigged stolen electricity short-circuits.
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posted on
09/05/2013 9:33:40 AM PDT
by
Pecos
(Kritarchy: government by the judges)
To: Tenacious 1
How well does it illuminte the house at night? That was my question too. Also, how well does this work in the winter when they freeze? How well does it insulate? And I doubt they last very long before leaking starts considering the degradation of plastic from UV and the constant expansion and contraction associated with the warming and cooling. Also, what if you don't have cathedral ceilings for the "water filled skylight"? Who thought this was a good idea again? That has to be the most loser, whiner post that I have seen in a long time.
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posted on
09/05/2013 9:34:01 AM PDT
by
ansel12
( Libertarians, the left's social agenda with conservatism's economics, which is impossible of course)
To: PrayAndVoteConservesInLibsOut
. "If you give the light for nothing, people don't maintain them," Iqbal says. "They don't understand their value." Iqbal for POTUS!!!
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posted on
09/05/2013 9:34:10 AM PDT
by
Osage Orange
(I have strong feelings about gun control. If there's a gun around, I want to be controlling it.)
To: PrayAndVoteConservesInLibsOut
I think it is a great idea, especially good for people in 3rd World countries. As for the environmentalists, I would love to see them drilling holes in THEIR roofs to install the soda bottles while dispensing with all of their regular lighting. But I am not holding my breathe. This is just another thing for the masses, but not for the elites. Along the same lines as Sheryl Crow pronouncing that we should only be allowed one square of toilet tissue at a time to meet our needs while using the toilet.
To: from occupied ga
Then I suggest VERY STRONGLY that you do not use this invention.
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posted on
09/05/2013 9:40:49 AM PDT
by
null and void
(I'm betting on an Obama Trifecta: A Nobel Peace Prize, an Impeachment, AND a War Crimes Trial...)
To: ansel12
That has to be the most loser, whiner post that I have seen in a long time. Fair enough. My perspective was the practicality of me being able to use this technology. With respect to poor Brazilians, this is brilliant.
Does this clarification post get me out of the "loser whiner post" stable? :o)
Thank you for forcing me to reconsider the context of the story.
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posted on
09/05/2013 9:42:53 AM PDT
by
Tenacious 1
(Waiting for next tagline.)
To: Uncle Chip
Actually, If I understand it right, it is refracted light, which takes the light from inside the bottle and then illuminates the surrounding area as would a 40 watt bulb. So at night unless the moon is bright, there probably still is darkness. ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
To: null and void
i was thinking a ship’s deck prism.
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posted on
09/05/2013 9:50:39 AM PDT
by
Secret Agent Man
(Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
To: Tenacious 1; ansel12
Does this clarification post get me out of the "loser whiner post" stable? :o) I can't speak for Ansel12, but it does for me.
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posted on
09/05/2013 9:53:01 AM PDT
by
null and void
(I'm betting on an Obama Trifecta: A Nobel Peace Prize, an Impeachment, AND a War Crimes Trial...)
To: Leaning Right
combo of that and the solartube idea.
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posted on
09/05/2013 9:53:29 AM PDT
by
Secret Agent Man
(Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
To: null and void
it will be when the shtf.
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posted on
09/05/2013 9:54:06 AM PDT
by
Secret Agent Man
(Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
To: from occupied ga
you can't get more light in through the hole than hits the hole to start withThe thing is you have extended the 'light-catching area' above the roof. So you have increased the amount of light coming through the roof at all times of day except noon.
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posted on
09/05/2013 9:54:45 AM PDT
by
agere_contra
(I once saw a movie where only the police and military had guns. It was called 'Schindler's List'.)
To: xjcsa
Anything that stupid he deserves to be poor!!
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posted on
09/05/2013 9:58:32 AM PDT
by
dalereed
To: PrayAndVoteConservesInLibsOut
After a half dozen holes were drilled in my roof and the bottles inserted, I discovered the light doesn't penetrate the attic floor.....
To: Secret Agent Man
My brother bought a condo that has 2 solartubes installed. One is in the kitchen right over the prep area and the other is over the entryway. It is amazing how much light they put out. We haven’t checked how but they also put out light at night, like a very bright nightlight.
They actually are super cool but I checked and they are kind of expensive.
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posted on
09/05/2013 9:59:55 AM PDT
by
sheana
To: dalereed
This is great for 3rd world countries, not like he’d get rich with something like this though.
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posted on
09/05/2013 10:02:13 AM PDT
by
GeronL
To: Hot Tabasco
lol.
tin roof shanties in 3rd world countries don’t generally have attics
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posted on
09/05/2013 10:04:26 AM PDT
by
GeronL
To: PrayAndVoteConservesInLibsOut
Now this is what my old Engineering Professor would call, “elegant”. Very simple, yet very effective.
Obviously not for houses like ours, but a tremendous advance for third world folks who can’t get/afford electricity but need light during the day.
(P.S. I’m often a pretty cynical guy. If I shake MY head at your cynicism, you have a problem, in my opinion. This guy is not a politician, he’s not trying to be famous or rich, and he’s not claiming he’s found the solution to the world’s energy problems. He’s also not trying to sell you on it. HE’S JUST OFFERING HELP TO PEOPLE WHO NEED IT. So all you “so what” guys out there, please just take a deep breath, and realize, not everything deserves to be reviled.)
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posted on
09/05/2013 10:07:09 AM PDT
by
HeadOn
(Be ready at a minute's notice to saddle up.)
To: HeadOn
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posted on
09/05/2013 10:08:15 AM PDT
by
GeronL
To: Tenacious 1
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09/05/2013 10:08:47 AM PDT
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HeadOn
(Be ready at a minute's notice to saddle up.)
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