Soothing colors and proportions here. Whilst this kind of green energy could not satisfy our current hunger for electricity, it is good to remember the way basic needs have been catered for in a sustainable way.
Markus, good point about not satisfying current energy expectations. Units like this would have predated "rural electrification" and it probably served (maybe still does) to draw water from a well for cattle pastured in the area.
Carl, I think that in spite of being so old, this unit still is a good hint that part of the pioneer spirit was "to be independent". No Caribic/Arab/Alaska crude needed back then...
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Soothing colors and proportions here. Whilst this kind of green energy could not satisfy our current hunger for electricity, it is good to remember the way basic needs have been catered for in a sustainable way.
Markus, good point about not satisfying current energy expectations. Units like this would have predated "rural electrification" and it probably served (maybe still does) to draw water from a well for cattle pastured in the area.
Carl, I think that in spite of being so old, this unit still is a good hint that part of the pioneer spirit was "to be independent". No Caribic/Arab/Alaska crude needed back then...
I suspect if was more a case of that's all they had rather than a devotion to mother earth.
Once the rural electric cooperatives came along they we're more than happy to have fossil fueled electricity.
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