Adityaya Namaha

We have saluted the Sun in Indian culture since time immemorial. It's an infinite source(may be infinitely measurable) of energy. We worship it in the form of Surya bhagavan. We salute the sun as part of Surya Namaskar. We assosciate exposure to sun to perform yoga as a divine routine.

Now we need to extend this practice to other spheres of life. The energy is there to be tapped. We are blessed with so much sunshine every year. Let's start utilising this abundant source of energy for our needs.

Some ideas and products that already exist :

- Solar water heaters (domestic and industrial)
- Solar Cookers - We've seen this in action
- Dry your clothes in the sun ( rather than use high energy consuming washing machine dryers)
- Solar recharge batteries ( if they dont exist already, i hope they are developed soon enough)
- Solar buses ( Heard that Reva is already getting down to this)
- Solar street lights ( This concept has been around since my school days - but may be it is still very expensive - but in quite a few remote locations, this is the best source. I remember that in Jungle lodges, this was the mode of camp lighting)
- Photo Voltaic Cells - Imagine the power that can be tapped from the Thar desert
- Water purification - Read the dynamised water concept of Auroville
- Water desalination kits

Imagine, the amount of energy saved by these small steps will relieve the country's energy bills. The Govt. also should promote these by giving good concessions. I've heard that in Germany there are very good incentives for solar energy usage.

The per capita carbon emission of India is around 0.25 metric tonnes. This is still one fourth the world average. This is still 1/22nd of what that terrorist country in the West which Columbus discovered by accident, emits. All this despite the sad statistic that 65% of the rural households in India still burn firewood or animal dung for fuel. Isn't it time to change the face of India? We can show the world how to efficiently re-use and recycle energy.

!! Om Adityaya namaha !!