Tinkering With Tin Cans Can Save The Planet
I‘m back from vacation. As usual, I stayed in splendid isolation outdoors as far a possible away from civilization. Not that I don’t like civilization or human interaction, but I think I appreciate both extremes more if I get some variation.
I don’t like all products of our industrial civilization, but some can improve life in many ways. Even a simple thing as an old tin can and a bit of ingenuity can improve life for millions of people.
What am I talking about?
Downdraft wood gasifiers built from tin cans. These little beasts burn wood very efficiently, without smoke, and are able to utilize wood for cooking vastly better than traditional means of cooking over an open fire. The difference is simply staggering.
I came across a very good version of tin can wood burners based on downdraft gasification made by the Youtube user toys4guns.
I don’t know exactly why, but I really like these instructional videos; besides the elegant and very clean and simple design, there is something soothing about it all. Could be the Pink Floyd music in the background or the calm narrative, or the fact that a guy tinkering with tin cans actually can make big difference in the lives of other people on the other side of the globe. Comments from places like Indonesia, indicate as much.
Besides improving everyday life by minimizing the chores of wood gathering and eliminating the risks of smoke inhalation, YouTube user toys4guns is helping to preserve forests and wildlife and perhaps ultimately lessening the effects of global warming using a few tin cans and a lot of ingenuity.
Good work, toys4guns!
Here are the videos:
If the manufacturers of canned food would stop using bisphenol-A 1 in the lining of the cans, I would be an even happier camper.
- 1 Industry Programmed Our Kids For Obesity, Bruce Maynard, Newswyrdy. ¶
