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- whitefo0t, on 10/11/2007, -3/+167Puts the potato cannons, trebuchets, hovercraft, and death rays of my youth to shame. Well done.
- Anrkist, on 10/11/2007, -3/+142Finally, a Windmill blog I can get behind.
- evilelf2407, on 10/11/2007, -1/+123yes the windwill, not quiet as popular as other alternative energy sources; it's actually powered by pure will power.
- PowerMax, on 10/11/2007, -3/+91Pimp My House : Africa
9:00 P.M. EST
Only on MTV.
Seriously though, this kid is awesome. Why can't more people attempt such things? - killadingo, on 10/11/2007, -3/+52What a wonderful story! I hope he continues his education and inspires his fellow countrymen and women to reach their full potential as he seems to be doing. Kudos to him!
- mikeyj10, on 10/11/2007, -2/+40Someone tell me why we can't do this in the USA?
- valkyries, on 10/11/2007, -0/+36His Flickr account showing all of his work
http://www.flickr.com/photos/9278648@N04/ - BOFH2, on 10/11/2007, -4/+39great job.
- ispshadow, on 10/11/2007, -1/+28Wow, color me impressed. I have faith in the human race once again.
- guythomas, on 10/11/2007, -1/+28Yes, but you also had electricity and a window.
- evilelf2407, on 10/11/2007, -4/+30the kid has a flickr account? does he and all the other tribesman also have a facebook network?
- inactive, on 10/11/2007, -0/+21If you read a little more, you'll hear him talk about his mentor Dr. Hartford Mchazime, Ph.D. from a local university who has taken him under his wing so to speak. My guess is that he had a lot of help from him or other students taking the photos and updating his blog (he mentions needing a translator for his blog posts).
But nice try to undercut somebody who did something with a whole lot less than most diggers. - marioae, on 10/11/2007, -4/+25What we must get from this story is: If he can do it, why can't we? Why can't we, when we live in the most powerful nation, when we live in a nation where nearly everything - with small amounts of effort when compared to his - can afford anything and everything needed to make this happen?
- coachace, on 10/11/2007, -4/+25Impressive! But, is it to code?
- inactive, on 10/11/2007, -1/+21Touche. I honestly didn't notice until now, thanks for that.
- griz, on 10/11/2007, -1/+21Wow, as a kid we would rebuild bikes using frames we found. Never thought to put together a wind power generator.
- unitethenations, on 10/11/2007, -0/+19who died and made you the decision maker for the poor list?
- ChromaVita, on 10/11/2007, -1/+18That reminds me of a joke i didn't laugh at once...
...No wait it was that one. - b0b0, on 10/11/2007, -0/+17MacGyver would be proud.
- jcardinal, on 10/11/2007, -2/+18***** A!
- paganmonkeyboy, on 10/11/2007, -0/+16wow. i have a new hero. this kid gets mad props !
- mrx23, on 10/11/2007, -0/+16I am pretty shure that in my area many people will bitch about how ugly wind mills are. I live in ASSociation where even small TV antenna masts are not allowed. But in some rural parts of the USA it has been done, by regular DIY folks like this kid. Check out www.otherpower.com It would be awesome if someone could either donate a decent working small 10KW windmill or give these guys plans and hard to find parts to build few of their own. I bet this kid will power up his entire town while still in his teens. He will be wery useful to his country and will do many great things for his people. Hopefully he will become a leader.
- stupidverizon, on 10/11/2007, -1/+16Puts the playing video games all youth and not doing anything at all to even more shame.
- elmro, on 10/11/2007, -0/+15He needs to put up a paypal link on his blog. One of the older posts says he had to drop out of school because his family couldn't afford the tuition. Diggers need to do the right thing and send this kid to school.
- cheekybastard, on 10/11/2007, -0/+14PVC conduit, corrugated roof, concrete floors, manually digging the trenches for the power line etc. and he looks like he missed more than a few meals, yeah he's really living in the lap of luxury.
c0ldfusi0n you have no heart. - theRIAA, on 10/11/2007, -0/+14http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=614937946&size=o
http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=614876784&size=o
...sure, yea, thats code - smackhero, on 10/11/2007, -1/+15he's also wearing a ONE.org shirt, and is probably involved in the campaign's outreach program to impoverished communities. it might be possible that he borrowed the camera from someone and uses the computer at a library or some kind of web access center set up for the community.
- geost, on 10/11/2007, -1/+12You, sir, are an idiot.
- inactive, on 10/11/2007, -0/+10Microfinance would help this kid set up a windmill-building business. And that would be cool.
- andyrobo60, on 10/11/2007, -1/+10I was going to build one as well, but then I found out I have electricity in my house already and went back to bed.
- vatd112, on 10/11/2007, -1/+10something tells me that if it works...who the hell cares about codes
- harshalx, on 10/11/2007, -1/+9I hope his kid is not on Madonna's to-be-adopted list.
- cfuse, on 10/11/2007, -2/+10Simple, it's the same reason that you are fat and he is not. Getting everything handed to you will turn you into a lazy blob.
- inactive, on 10/11/2007, -1/+9why wouldn't it be quiet?
- cindylauper, on 10/11/2007, -0/+7Do it yourself and learn how...http://www.otherpower.com/
- movieguyjon, on 04/03/2009, -1/+8I appreciate blonde jokes. They just aren't told as often as they used to be
- ciotog, on 10/11/2007, -1/+7Relatively speaking, places like Blantyre and Lilongwe are densely populated compared to the rest of the country.
- rippin1700, on 10/11/2007, -1/+7Incredible. There just might be intelligent humans on this planet after all. Dedication and ingenuity are in short supply on this rock nowadays.
- sterken, on 10/11/2007, -1/+7There is more to it than that, I think. For one, what is the capacity of this windmill? It's enough to support some of his electric needs, but the average US household uses a lot more. Also, one windmill per house isn't really feasible in all parts of the US. It's all about the almighty dollar, and when the cost/kw goes down enough (below oil/nuke/coal), that's when power companies will really buy into it.
One could argue that the environmental damage carries a price, but most companies are too interested in the short-term, bottom lines, and stock owners, and environmental damage doesn't really cost them anything directly.
That said, I think this is some really great work. Kudos to him, and I wish him success. - miborovsky, on 10/11/2007, -0/+6Impressive guy. He should start his own power company.
- jorgepblank, on 10/11/2007, -0/+6That kid is great, I'm sure he's a great source of inspiration to many of his neighbors and people in his same situation. He seems really intelligent and I hope he gets the education he deserves. It's amazing how he recently just used a computer for the first time and is actually using it for something useful. This is how people in those situations should approach those problems, I'm not saying the rest are stupid for not doing it, of course they have their own reasons for not being able to do such things, but what I mean is this is a great way to solve problems.
- headphonist, on 10/11/2007, -0/+5What he needs to do is once he perfects his own windmill, get a team together and start building more mills for other families and while charging them a fee to finish his studies.
- diggydougie, on 10/11/2007, -0/+5Remember, When building a windmill the most important part is the conduit. The generator itself is incidental.
- Jorge777, on 10/11/2007, -0/+5Great article with good pictures. I even liked the article within the article which starts off with...
"While government might be moving at a retarded pygmy’s pace to search for alternative sources of electricity when signs are evident that Escom will not cope up with increasing demand, a form 1 dropout in Kasungu has proved that it is possible." - macha, on 10/11/2007, -2/+7I am impressed that he had access to a camera for the photos and access to the internet to blog all about his adventure.
- Agret, on 10/11/2007, -0/+5Does nobody on digg RTFA?
"As a result of the publicity, Dr. Mchazime was able to raise enough money to send me back to secondary school. I've been enrolled for a trimester at a boarding school about an hour from my home on the way to Lilongwe." - rome747, on 10/11/2007, -0/+4If all the teenagers in this world would work this hard, think of how much we could achieve? Right now, teenagers like me are on their ass doing nothing productive. Just saying.
- praisethelard, on 06/06/2008, -1/+5Well, the guys name is Will. So you could have just acted as if it were a play on words.
- ousthouse, on 10/11/2007, -0/+4famous last words.
- bwood, on 10/11/2007, -0/+4The teenager is now 19 years old. But he built his first windmill at 15. Very impressive project though!!
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