Tent life...

[fajrdrako]

I thought this picture (of a nomadic herder's tent in Mongolia) was great.

Comments

[dargie.livejournal.com]

Wow, solar power, no property taxes and a dish. That's the life.

[sparklebutch.livejournal.com]

Ah, tradition.

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

I wonder what shows they get? Whether they get the British and American stuff we don't? Or is it all Mongolian and Chinese?

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

A new tradition is being born every day!

[dargie.livejournal.com]

With a dish, they should be able to pick up virtually anything if it's pointed in the right direction.

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

Okay. I am officially envious.

[dargie.livejournal.com]

I should modify that. I believe any premium stations need descrambling, which would require either a subscription or a black box.

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

That still offers a wider range than I get!

But there's a limit to how much I would want to watch stations in languages I don't speak.

[wijsgeer.livejournal.com]

I would definitely want more green around me. I am not a dessert person.
As for solar power, an article in the latest New Scientist tells about an invention of a physisit Klimov at the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico,to make solar power at least twice as efficient. Hope it is indeed as promising as the artile sounded. (it is not the full article, but still: http://www.newscientist.com/channel/fundamentals/mg19025531.600)

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

I suspect the Mongolian nomads would like more greenery around them too. Not to mention their sheep.

What an interesting article - very promising! So far solar power hasn't been very effective in Canada because of the lack of direct sunlight in winter - I suspect northern Europe has the same problem. If it could be made more effective, I think it could benefit everyone.

Other desert herders

[idiotgrrl.livejournal.com]

They're working with solar power on the Navajo Reservation too. The lack of utilities out there has been a major problem since it's so widely scattered over a lot of barren, nearly roadless country. (Rent "Skinwalkers" for a view of the same.) However, you don't often see a satellite dish by a hogan, but rather a trailer or BIA housing or something of the sort.

[sollersuk.livejournal.com]

That is SO cool! Talk about having the best of all possible worlds!

(I don't suppose anybody knows what their email address is?)

[sollersuk.livejournal.com]

Um, you did mean that you're not a desert person, didn't you? Not being very fond of swee things I'm not a dessert person, but I don't have enough experience of deserts to know how I function there.

[sollersuk.livejournal.com]

In Manchester, of all places, the Co-Operative Society has put its money where its mouth is and covered the side of its huge building with solar panels. We are waiting to see whether they will generate any electricity or simply wash off in the rain.

[wijsgeer.livejournal.com]

yes I meant to say I am not a woestijn person, I am in fact a toetjes person. Both to eat as to make.
I like a bit of warmth but not too much, I feel very exposed by direct sunrays, they feel violent to me. And me so hurt.
(But I am very good of feeling hurt by my surroundings)

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

Manchester! Well, I can't claim they aren't optimistic. I hope it's a real success.

Re: Other desert herders

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

What is BIA housing?

I can imagine Navajo country is a good place for solar power. What about wind - would windmills be effective, too?

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

I'm not great with direct sunlight either. I have sensitive skin that burns and marks easily - and in the last few years I've started getting odd blotches on my skin from sunlight. Ugh.

I'll take shade any day, especially since it isn't as hot. But sunlight is pretty.

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

Well, I certainly don't - ! I suppose privacy is a good thing wherever you are.

Re: Other desert herders

[idiotgrrl.livejournal.com]

Bureau of Indian Affairs. Think "little boxes made out of ticky-tacky".

There's a delightful story about an old Zuni lady who used her BIA house for storage and continued to live in her old adobe because it was cooler in the summer and warmer in the winter and all around nicer than the houses the white man's government gave her.

However, as opposed to a trailer ...

Re: Other desert herders

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

I don't know, but I suspect, that our equivalent Department has something similar, probably with equivalent aesthetic effect.