It consisted of a hood placed
over a kerosene lantern which heated the inside of the hood.
Attempts to relaunch it proved unsuccessful so it was used for local dances until someone knocked
over a kerosene lamp and it was burnt out.
Musk explained that «the energy cost of methane is the lowest, and it has a slight ISP [specific impulse] advantage
over kerosene and doesn't have any of the bad aspects of hydrogen.»
Not exact matches
It tipped
over, spilling the burning
kerosene on the floor.
One solar - powered Little Sun light lasts for two to three years before needing a battery replacement, and can save households up to 90 %
over three years compared to what they would have spent on
kerosene.
Inside the blind, Kelley toasts his feet in front of a
kerosene lantern, sips a cup of tea and peers out
over the high, hinged sides.
The decision came hours after the ministry of finance said it will slash subsidies for electricity, water, diesel and
kerosene over the next five years.
Just take a brush (1»), dip it in diesel (if you can get
kerosene, it's better) and run the brush
over the chain.
Kerosene lamps are also easy to tip
over, resulting in terrible burns and homes burning down.
SkyPower and Plan International plan to distribute two million home solar kits
over a five - year period, with an aim to reduce reliance on
kerosene.
Each solar light eradicates one
kerosene lamp which will,
over the course of three years, avert an entire tonne of CO2.
Deploying this clean energy will generate
over $ 100,000 in village income
over the next three years, increasing poor household income by 36.4 % while eliminating 15,000 liters of
kerosene and 37 tons of CO2.
A major source is the primitive cook stoves used all
over the developing world that burn wood, charcoal or
kerosene.
As with the Soccket ball, this design will no doubt have a vogue the world
over, especially among people who can't be bothered traveling with cellphone chargers, but its target is poorer people and villages without power, while helping with climate change by reducing the need for
kerosene, diesel and other pollutants.
Aisa Mijeno, an engineering professor who worked for years with Greenpeace Philippines, noticed during her work there that many indigenous people in the
over - 7,000 islands that make up the country were using
kerosene lamps exclusively for lighting.
Gas and electric heating, for instance, get preferred rates
over wood stoves and
kerosene heaters.