After I've finished running after the herd, I turn to the elderly woman and ask what are these plants because I don't recall ever seeing them before. As she lives across the street, she must know. At first, she takes a long look and then answers that it is a test project that some people from the agricultural institute were conducting. Apparently, it is a biofuel field where they grow plants for that purpose.
'But,' she says, 'they've left it like that since last year'. A test went wrong, probably. I'm not so down with the whole biofuel idea. It uses energy to produce it, takes the space where food is to be grown and in the end, it hasn't proved to be that much less detrimental to the environment than the regular fuel.
I think that the energy solution lies in renewable sources. Wind, water and solar. They are free and they are clean. This wonderful place where we all live has had its share of damaging for dubious profit. In the long run, oil is more damage than worth except for the guys pumping it.
This field should produce eco food while the non-arable land could have solar panels all over. Wind power plants sometimes hurt the birds but what is perfect, anyway? Some places in Europe are completely self-sufficient with their wind power plants.
Then again, electric motorcycles have no real sound. My friend makes them, so I tried one a year back. However, the sound can be added artificially. On a press of a button, one could choose which sound he prefers for the day. Harley today, Kawasaki tomorrow, peep-squeak for the day after. :-) Don't think I'd mind that. I'll take the compromise. The environment comes first. I've just realized that I never asked what was the name of that plant, so if anyone knows, please share.
The guy on a tractor passes by, delivering firewood. I thought this was to be done way before but I'm no expert. He takes a long look at me and the bike. I wave, he waves back. Does he care for the environment? Does the woman with goat and sheep herd? No idea.
Do you care where your energy comes from?
Enjoy your day! :-)
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Thanks for sharing another exciting trip! I can't wait to see lots of solar farms being built in the Philippines and other developing countries as well.
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me too dude
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This is how i will like to start my New Year on steemit. Reading this post means i am definitely having a great year on steemit. If this was not the first post i read first today, i might not guarantee my success on steemit for this year:)
I have not been around, was really busy with family duties this short break.
Brilliant. From the depth of my heart, brilliant. Atimes i wonder why you are not a full writer. This is just wow. I love this piece. Why because there is so much education going on here. You have a way of talking deep into plain things and things we all think is just "normal", but after you are done exposing and breaking it down, there is more meaning to it and you finally ice the cake by showing the importance to us and this makes us think if we are actually concerned about it. I love your posts so much.
This is a huge point my friend.
I'm not so down with the whole biofuel idea. It uses energy to produce it, takes the space where food is to be grown and in the end,
Thats the point. Burning food for fuel is poor policy. The large area needed is only one of the problems with biofuels. Infact the biofuel industry has become so big that it is already politically incorrect to speak in public against biofuels.
In the end, what do we want to do, exactly, with biofuels? Do we really think that the way to solve our energy problems is to use an inefficient technology to support an already inefficient transportation system? The only explanation I can think of for so much emphasis on biofuels is that, once a bad idea is implemented, it starts to gain momentum and then it becomes nearly impossible to stop.
We shouldn't be taking agricultural land and growing biofuels on it.
Oh God, Another problem is that refining some crops, like corn, into fuel can produce more greenhouse gases than simply using gasoline in cars in the first place.
Biofuels once seemed like a quick fix, but may have just been a detour on the road to a sustainable energy policy that my government has been talking about for sometime now.
Its a shame.
Thank you @velimir for this. We really need to give some thought to this. We can learn a lot from this. Happy New Year.
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This is how i will like to start my New Year on steemit. Reading this post means i am definitely having a great year on steemit. If this was not the first post i read first today, i might not guarantee my success on steemit for this year:)
I have not been around, was really busy with family duties this short break.
Brilliant. From the depth of my heart, brilliant. Atimes i wonder why you are not a full writer. This is just wow. I love this piece. Why because there is so much education going on here. You have a way of talking deep into plain things and things we all think is just "normal", but after you are done exposing and breaking it down, there is more meaning to it and you finally ice the cake by showing the importance to us and this makes us think if we are actually concerned about it. I love your posts so much.
This is a huge point my friend.
I'm not so down with the whole biofuel idea. It uses energy to produce it, takes the space where food is to be grown and in the end,
Thats the point. Burning food for fuel is poor policy. The large area needed is only one of the problems with biofuels. Infact the biofuel industry has become so big that it is already politically incorrect to speak in public against biofuels.
In the end, what do we want to do, exactly, with biofuels? Do we really think that the way to solve our energy problems is to use an inefficient technology to support an already inefficient transportation system? The only explanation I can think of for so much emphasis on biofuels is that, once a bad idea is implemented, it starts to gain momentum and then it becomes nearly impossible to stop.
We shouldn't be taking agricultural land and growing biofuels on it.
Oh God, Another problem is that refining some crops, like corn, into fuel can produce more greenhouse gases than simply using gasoline in cars in the first place.
Biofuels once seemed like a quick fix, but may have just been a detour on the road to a sustainable energy policy that my government has been talking about for sometime now.
Its a shame.
Thank you @velimir for this. We really need to give some thought to this. We can learn a lot from this. Happy New Year.
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Wow. I commented twice. Sorry about that. Thanks though for the upvote on the duplicate. :)
Have a great one.
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The third photo is fascinating and macabre, the hay bundles look like the plastic bags used to hold corpses in my dissection room in the university (I am a med student) and it makes a strong impact between the actual sunny and cheerful scene and the memories it rises in me :(
regarding biofuel - I think that science should develop methods to use industry leftovers and home waste in an ecological way to produce fuel, since this waste will be created anyway, we should use it! there is some info in this MIT article:
https://www.technologyreview.com/s/413606/converting-garbage-into-fuel/
But - the methods you prefer are surly the best ones ecologicly because they make almost no harm to our dear planet. what should be considered is whether they can be used big scale and provide masses and masses of people. interesting :)
thank you for an interesting, thought provoking article and lovely photos!
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If we all could eat Eco food, we would be so healthy. Great post as usual and the rustical feel is amazing. I tried to do similar in my post
https://steemit.com/travel/@doctorcro/couple-travel-diary-4-visiting-grandmother-in-herzegovina
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I love that you are talking about this topic, I care a lot and I'm lucky that in Germany we can choose sustainable providers.
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I'm a Chinese! Do you have any questions about China? Let me answer you! Thank you
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hmm, it's very interesting all this, thank you for all this information it was a pleasure to read
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I agree with you that the entire oil industry is doing much more harm than creating good. Undoubtedly for electric transport and renewable sources of energy. We all already know that thanks to the energy of the sun, one can receive more energy daily from all the planet's energy producers. But if I got it right.
As always sunny, it pleases you. It's nice to see the simplicity of suburban life, although it's hard work.
Thank you:)
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Sorry @velimir as i missed yours a few posts because i'm suffering from fever and bad still i am writing for you.
Well, these plants are very common in our land especially the area where i live we call them SAROOT in our native language. Their heads look like cotton and give some soothing feelings. It is great if they are thinking to produce Power through these plants, Impressed by the research team's approach.
Water is rolling down from the eyes and nose still i am writing for you as i love your blogs :)
Stay Blessed, Steem On!
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Health is the most important asset, my friend. take it easy and stay in bed!
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It's great to see that you are learning lots of stuff while travelling @velimir.and Yes many of us do not care where energy comes from?and keep wasting the energy rather than to conserve energy.nice post upvoted and resteem.good work.
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I have been seeing these series for a while and now i decidet to express. It is just a bright way of presenting things, it goes just well from an episodeto another episone and i want to appreciate for taking time to do that. Keep on steeming.
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I was dealing with some private research on this topic, and I like the way you think. These are certainly worthwhile investments, because nature must be protected. P.s Odlican tekst!
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Your all the motor bike post as i have seen that's you make so innovative
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Only looking at the photos, I first imagined a slow-shutter shot of flowing water. It's murky though. Haha! I was completely wrong. Thanks for sharing your nice photos. You inspire me to be more creative and more active on Steemit. In fact, I just started sharing photos almost every day just a couple of weeks ago. Please feel free to comment on my photos as well so I will learn more. Thanks!
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how the sound can be added artificially to electric motorcycles? and I loved your pictures, beautiful sound of words
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a chip and loudspeakers ;)
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great camera work I never thought that field flowers can look so lovely
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A lot of people do not have the luxury to even think about the environment. They have more than enough with just getting by.
I do agree with you about the biofuel though. I don't think it is very smart to take up the space that could be used for growing food. In Norway we are blessed with a lot of steep rivers, and as such have almost all of the energy from the water.
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Enjoyed this post with your pics, @velimir! It's amazing what people do to the environment to get ahead. There are soo many alternatives to energy. Many of them use fossil fuels to create the apparatus that harnesses the renewable energy. But once enough is built, you can then phase out the use of fossil fuel energy. A big win in my book!
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thnx for sharing your trip
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thnx for sharing your trip
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Awesome camera you used.. Keep it up..And also great topic..!
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Excellent click friend!!!
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I like all your photography..
Kindly upvote
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@velimir
Good job bro the words speaks byself that the work is original @muhammadismail92
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Free vote for you :) yayyy
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Wow.. Good post so beautiful photos.. I like
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Wow, Part 197, @velimir, You are rocking it.
This would an amazing trip. the photo of this mini tractor is so lovely.
Thanks for sharing this experience of this amazing trip with us.
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Follow me
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that's a beautiful photography.
i like your all photos.
thanks for sharing
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Nice story
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this is my 1st post i have read on steem..wow this is awesome..hope steem would be the best place for me to read and experience such things..well written
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incredible info in it please keep sharing
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Nice pictures
Good story with it
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amazing photography dear @velimir
i like your post.. thank for sharing
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Very good post bro
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nice info sir keep it up
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maybe this mean something :D?
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awesome click I like it
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Great post and the photography is lit 👍🏻
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Good one
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I like it, thanks for sharing..
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Tank You
Follow me @harunbadilli
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Awesome picture good post I follow you due to your work dear keep it up Thanks for sharing
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Just discovering Steemit since New Year
Your journey is inspirational. Vaya con Dios
We await more
#Steem Steemit puts real legitimate EARNING power back into the hands of creative talent - not social media data miners Facebook Youtube or long-tail distribution monoliths like Amazon making a $1M a year from 1M book sales of 1M writers selling ONE book a year. Jeff knows best and let him keep at it.
I'm pedal to the metal for Steem
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You have visited great places in your country. I am also planning to go for traveling in my Country India
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nice work dear it an informative post
Nice post dear and it is rewarded so enjoy the reward
i followed you so pls vote back on
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Hello from a little minnow from the island of Malta
thank you for @steemvoter and @minnowbooster. they are very helpfull to get us minnows heard :)
cheers!
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Gdje se nalazi sve ovo?
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Photography is unique
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Nice photos ;)
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Lovely post and i love your original works, they look fantastic...
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Well done dear, it's great contest.
Namaste
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Hello I new user please help me how to uses steemit and follow back
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i love your post
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nice to see someone educating and exploring the world via traveling
keep it up @velimir
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very good post thx
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i Wish i could be There but U Described it too Much fallen in love
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I want to ask you, what makes many people vote
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this post is very good and you are the best shot of natural.. thanks for sharing @velimir
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good post ..thank you for shahring
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thanks for sharing the experience you @velimir by the way i like what your doing here on steem, you keep it real, i can appreciate that for sure :)
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What lovely photos. What a great eye you have!
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nice
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not only you learn things from this we also learn things from your experiences..thanks alot for that :)
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Great post dude!
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Thanks for sharing your journey experience @velimir would love to share mine soon!
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The snaps are just simply amazing .. Nice post dear
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I get your point about wood being wasted for warming our homes and factories but I think that is not so concerning as wood is consider.
While I was at college, studying mechanical engineering, we had tons of thermodynamics lectures from different professors.
They taught us that wood being cut off for warming purposes is like fish eaten by shark aka normal food structure pyramid. The problem is not energy purpose wood cutting as that assholes building huge shopping malls outside cities clearing land for cultivation.
Nevertheless, great article as always!
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