Gas cylinders for all. A celebrated cause !!
We have lived in Paalaguttapalle Dalitwada for 20 years. In the village. In a mud house. Cooking on firewood.
Cooking on firewood daily. Once that is the pattern, we all ensure good dry firewood. It just needs some planning. The firewood needs to be cut a stacked a couple of months before use. We all do it. Dry wood does not smoke.
I can vouch for that as its 20 years of use.For me, for my daughter. Daily, twice. As all our neighbours.
And for our village fuel was free. No cost. Rayalseema is a dry area, and firewood is there for the cutting.
Free fuel. No cost. And no exploitation.
The stories behind petroleum dependence begin with wars and end with climate change.
But we the privileged. Instead of reducing our carbon footprint,. Instead of questioning our fossil fuel dependence. Celebrate it.
And teach every self sufficent community that it is aspirational.
And my village. A community of landless labour. Today buys gas at 800/- a cylinder, in preferance to firewood available outside the doors.
And loses scarce cash for this ...
I stay silent. What voice do we the privileged have to preach simplicity to a community, given our own excesses in the face of their simple and sustainable lives.
And yet I grieve.
Andhuvan Dhanesh You are encouraging deforestation and voicing against clean energies. 😅
You should not speak about self sufficiency. You have to be dependent on government looking forward for their subsidies and ,and to the middle eas, and to globalisation of businesses. 😌
Andhuvan Dhanesh You are encouraging deforestation and voicing against clean energies. 😅
You should not speak about self sufficiency. You have to be dependent on government looking forward for their subsidies and ,and to the middle eas, and to globalisation of businesses. 😌
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