May 19, 2009

from prayer to power


Here is a novel concept...

Each year millions of tourists visit the temples in Tibet and spin the prayer wheels inside. A student at the Art Institute of Chicago, Taikkun Yang Li, has come up with a proposal to harvest the energy by this simple act to power hundreds of homes reducing the carbon footprint of the tiny mountain side villages.

1 comment:

  1. Brilliant, after thousands of years someone finally figured out a practical use for religion that doest involve surviving at someone else's expense.

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