can u really see JA wid nuclear energy????

[Tuff Gong]

Re: can u really see JA wid nuclear energy????

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Wahalla</div><div class="ubbcode-body">... This is exaserbated by the poor design of houses... There can be no lowering of the electriity consumption unless the desighn of houses are addressed... </div></div>

Jamaica is not trying to <span style="font-weight: bold">lower</span> consumption. Jamaica is trying various fix in the hopes of <span style="font-weight: bold">affording</span> consumption.
This will all come to naught. Not LNG. Coal or Nuclear.......None of the foregoing will solve the problems of affordable energy, other than conservation and renewables.

Coal. LNG and or Nuclear will have to be paid for, just like the current sources. While this is going on conventional wisdom says Jamaicans will continue to increase, social use of electricity exponentially, thereby eroding any monetary savings.

[RichD]

Re: can u really see JA wid nuclear energy????

at eater i was hearing of a elderly lady on fixed income who had stopped using her fridge in order to try afford the light bill

[Tuff Gong]

Re: can u really see JA wid nuclear energy????

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: RichD</div><div class="ubbcode-body">at eater i was hearing of a elderly lady on fixed income who had stopped using her fridge in order to try afford the light bill </div></div>

My dad would regularly, wholesale just plug out stuff.
You would be watching TV then click!
It got so bad that we did not turn anything on till he did..and if he feel asleep or got up ...we turned the offending appliance off!
The 70s austerity was a serious issue for families.

[Tuff Gong]

Re: can u really see JA wid nuclear energy????

<span style="font-weight: bold">Let there be LEDs</span>

<span style="font-style: italic">BY NEKIESHA REID
Business reporter
Wednesday, May 23, 2012</span>

THE country could save about half of what it spends to import LED lights if it made its own, according to Caribbean Maritime Institute (CMI) registrar Mark Broomfield.

Jamaica is fully capable of producing much of its own technology and should be encouraged to do so, Broomfield said at the University of Technology's Sustainable Energy Conference and Exposition last Thursday


Inner-city youths were taught to make wind turbines using 50-gallon drums

&quot;Almost a year after the launch of its Green Energy Project — a partnership with the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) — the institute is working with local company Solar and Fire Protection Services Limited (SFPS) to train its inner-city students to make the lights.

<span style="font-weight: bold">The Green Energy Project trained 16 youths from Tivoli Gardens and Spanish Town to make wind turbines using 50-gallon drums as well as how to build solar stills to produce drinkable water.</span>

Apart from saving money, manufacturing LED lights is a good way to create jobs, said SFPS's CEO, Frederick Whyte.

But Jamaica tends to depend on imports instead of producing its own goods, said CMI's head of engineering, Peter McCarthy.

Part of this comes from the attitude of consumers, said Whyte.

&quot;We tend to think locally made products are inferior but that is not the case,&quot; he said.

&quot;People abroad don't know more than us,&quot; he said, &quot;yet they are the ones getting the big contracts.&quot;

&quot;We want to see how we can change that for the future,&quot; McCarthy said. &quot;The only way to grow a country is by making things&quot;.

The school will focus on manufacturing streetlights and household lights initially. But Broomfield said it would begin to look into making LED lights for cars and other purposes in future.

The manufacturing of LED lights is part of the CMI's mandate to expand application of the &quot;green sector&quot;.

Last year, the tertiary institution helped the fisher folk of Pedro Cays by building a solar-powered ice freezer to produce 100 pounds of ice per day to keep their catch fresh.

But while recognising the need for energy-saving technology, McCarthy said the average Jamaican cannot afford it.

&quot;We've been looking at how to create low-cost technology that the average person can afford,&quot; he said.

Broomfield said the school is negotiating funding for its LED light project.

In the meantime, SFPS will provide the materials needed to train the students at the CMI facility.

[Dr.Dudd]

Re: can u really see JA wid nuclear energy????

Those wind turbines must be fir show!
One good gust of real jamaican wind and the whole thing won't just need complete remanufacturing, but complete design overall.

[Wahalla]

Re: can u really see JA wid nuclear energy????

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Dr.Dudd</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Those wind turbines must be fir show!
One good gust of real jamaican wind and the whole thing won't just need complete remanufacturing, but complete design overall. </div></div> i thought pappyshow when i saw that image.

[Tuff Gong]

Re: can u really see JA wid nuclear energy????

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Dr.Dudd</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Those wind turbines must be fir show!
One good gust of real jamaican wind and the whole thing won't just need complete remanufacturing, but complete design overall. </div></div>
All wind turbines and most energy installations are subjected to the vagaries of the weather......
The young men are being thought practical application of a principle......Pretty sure if they take to the lesson they will apply it as best suited.