PANEL DISCUSSION: WHERE SHOULD WE GO FROM HERE?.

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PANEL DISCUSSION WHERE SHOULD WE GO FROM HERE?.
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR DEVELOPMENT OF RENEWABLE
ENERGY IN MEXICO
SHYAM S. Nandwani Prof. Lab. De Energia
Solar Depto del Fisica, UNIVERSIDAD
NACIONAL HEREDIA, COSTA RICA.
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ANSWER SHOULD BE SIMILAR FOR ALMOST ALL THE
COUNTRIES- DEPENDING MAINLY ON THE CLIMATE ,
COST OF ELECTRICITY TO THE CONSUMER AND THE
LABOR COST TO MANUFACTURE ANY SOLAR OR OTHER
RENEWABLE DEVICE- SAY WATER HEATER, COOKER OR PV
SYSTEM OR WIND TURBINE ETC.
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• 1. WHY THEY SHOULD USE THE RENEWABLE DEVICE OR
• BETTER TO SAY WHY THEY SHOULD SWITCH
• PROMOTER/SELLER WILL GIVES VARIOUS ADVANTAGES
  LIKE
• SOLAR ENERGY IS FREE, (MANY EVEN THINK SOLAR
  SYSTEM IS FREE)
• SOLAR ENERGY IS CLEAN,
• SOLAR ENERGY IS ABUNDANT (DO NOT WORRY FOR
  ANOTHER 5,000 MILLION YEARS)
• SOLAR ENERGY CANNOT BE HIJACKED
• IT HAS NO WASTE LIKE NUCLEAR

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• OIL WILL LAST FOR ANOTHER 40-50 YEARS (SOME
  BODY IN THE AUDIENCE WILL SAY , PROFESOR YOU SAID
  THE SAME 30 YEARS AGO) IT WILL REDUCE
  DEFORESTATION WILL REDUCE THE DEATH OF PERSONS
  COOKING WITH FIREWOOD ETC.IT WILL REDUCE THE
  EMISSION OF CARBON DIOXIDE IT WILL REDUCE THE
  GLOBAL WARMING ETC. ETC.
• INSPITE OF THIS NOT MANY PEOPLE USE THESE
  DEVICES. WHY

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• THAT MEAN YOU DIVIDE THE ADVANTAGES IN
  CATEGORIES FOR THE USER ECONOMIC/ SAVING OF
  FUEL, CONVENIENCE IN USE, HEALTH
• FOR THE COUNTRY- REDUCE THE IMPORT OF OIL AND
  OUR THUS OUR DEPENDENCE ON FOREIGN NATION ETC.
  AND
• FOR THE PLANET- ONLY PLANET FOR THE TIME BEING,
  FOR OUR COMING GENERATION ETC.
• EVEN THEN MANY PEOPLE DO NOT USE.

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2. THEN WHY THEY DO NOT USE MANY HAVE NOT
HEARD OF THESE RENEWABLE SOURCES MANY HAVE
HEARD BUT NOT SEEN MANY HAVE SEEN ON TV OR
NEWSPAPER BUT NOT ITS WORKING. MANY HAVE USED
AND FOUND DIFFERENT TYPES OF PROBLEMS LIKE
LEAKAGE OR WERE NOT TO THE EXPECTATION AS
INFORMED BY SELLER THERE WAS NO POST
SERVICE, INITIAL COST OF THE SYSTEM IS HIGHER
AS COMPARED TO CONVENTIONAL FUEL DEVICES, ETC.
ETC. .
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NOW THE QUESTION ARISE HOW MANY PERSONS
(INCLUDING POLITICIANS) ARE WORRIED FOR THE
COUNTRY AND THE PLANET. LETS BE HONEST. MOST OF
US THINK ONLY FOR US- ANY BENEFIT WHICH CAN
JUSTIFY MY INVESTMENT. HOWEVER I HAVE MET
THESE ENERGY AND PLANET CONCIOUS PEOPLE,
SPECIALLY WITH SOLAR COOKING. OTHER PEOPLE SAY
THEM AS MAD OR CRAZY (INCLUDING MYSELF).
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IN SUMMARY ONE SHOULD SEE BALANCE OF
ADVANTAGES/ DISADVANTAGES OF RENEWABLE SOURCES
AND OF CONVENTIONAL FUEL  RENEWABLE IS CLEAN,
FREE AND ABUNDANT FUEL BUT NOT STABLE AND
CANNOT BE TRANSPORTED, STORED AND HIGH INITIAL
COST OF THE SYSTEM. IN COMPARISION
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CONVENTIONAL FUEL ON OTHER HAND ALTHOUGH IS
UNCLEAN, AFFECT ENVIRONMENT AND NOT ABUNDANT,
HOWEVER IS AVAILABLE, CAN BE BOUGHT, STORED IN
BAGS, BARRIL AND TRANSPORTED AND THUS CAN BE USED
ANYWHERE AND AT ANYTIME., WITH LOWER COST OF THE
CONVENTIONAL SYSTEM (GAS, ELECTRIC, WATER
HEATER,GAS ELECTRIC AND FIREWOOD COOKER),  
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AS MOST OF THE PEOPLE DO NOT GO FOR THE
ENVIRONMENT, IN GENERAL THEY PREFER STABLE
CONVENIENT AND STILL AVAILABLE FUEL.   IN
ADDITION PEOPLE GO FOR SOME THING UNIQUE OR YOUR
LIKING.
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ONE OF THE REASON WE GIVE TO THE PRESS FOR NOT
USING THE RENEWABLE SYSTEMS ON MASS SCALES, IS
HIGH INITIAL COST AND NO SUBSIDIES FROM THE
GOVERNMENT. ONE CAN TALK SO MUCH , BUST JUST
ONE EXAMPLE- SEE THERE IS NO INCENTIVE ON CELL
PHONE, STILL THERE ARE 3500 MILLIONS OF THESE
PHONES ON WORLDWIDE (EXPENSIVE IN THE BEGINNING,
CHEAPER NOW). ONE RECENT SURVEY INDICATE 70
OF THE POPULATION OF PARAGUAY HAVE CELL PHONE,
MAY NOT HAVE SUFFICIENT FOOD. MANY HOUSE MAIDS
EVEN IN MANY DEVELOPING COUNTRIES GOT THESE.
QUESTION IS WHY AND HOW,
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BECAUSE IT GIVES YOU SOME UNIQUE ADVANTAGE
(MOBILITY / SECURITY ETC.) WHICH YOUR LANDLINE
PHONE CANNOT PROVIDE. SAME WITH LAPTOP , IPAD
OVER DESKTOP COMPUTERS.   NOW TAKE FIREWOOD
COOKER (RURAL AREA) AND ELECTRIC GAS COOKER
(URBAN AREA) AND TELL THEM TO CHANGE WITH SOLAR
COOKER AND SOLAR WATER HEATER ETC., THEY WILL
NOT GO JUST BECAUSE OF DEFORESTATION AND GLOBAL
WARMING, BUT WANT TO SEE ANY ADDITIONAL BENEFIT,
LIKE INITIAL COST OR ANY OTHER BENEFIT OR
CONVENIENCE OR LOOK ETC.
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3. WHAT CAN BE DONE TO INCREASE THE USE   IT
DOES NOT MEAN THAT WE SHOULD NOT DO ANYTHING
HERE COMES THE ROLE OF   SCIENTISTS DESIGN,
WORKING AND EFFICIENT MODEL , ENGINEERS
CONSTRUCTION OPTIMISE AND BETTER
LOOK PROMOTERS TO PROMTE PROPERLY, INFORM THE
ADVANTAGES AND LIMITATION TOO IN ADVANCE. END
USERS BE ENERGY CONCIOUS TO SOME EXTENT.
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GOVERNMENT AS HEAD OF THE FAMILY/ COUNTRY
THEY SHOULD NOT THINK ONLY FOR SHORT PERIOD
BUT ALSO FOR LONGER PERIOD, GIVE SOME INCENTIVE
IN DIFFERENT WAY, AS ITS A CLEAN FUEL (GOOD
FOR HEALTH, GOOD FOR COUNTRY AND GOOD FOR
ENVIRONMENT). CONVENTIONAL FUEL , ALTHOUGH
CONVENIENT FOR THE USERS, IT IS UNCLEAN FUEL AND
AFFECTS EVERYBODY IN MANY INDIRECT WAYS AND ALSO
IT IS SUBSIDIZED. ALSO YOU HAVE LISTEN MORE
RECOMMENDATIONS FROM OTHER SPEAKERS LIKE ASHA,
GABRIELA AND Mr. RICHARD AND DENNIS etc.
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HOWEVER THE GOVERNMENTS OR POLITICIANS
THINK/TALK OF GLOBALWARMING AT THE BIG FORUM
AND THEN THEY LOOK FOR THE HUGE AMOUNT (50,000-
100,000 MILLIONS US FOR NEXT 10 YEARS ETC.
)   IN SUMMARY GOVERNMENTS LIKE AN INDIVIDUAL
PREFER TO SPEND MONEY ON TREATMENT BUT NOT ON
PREVENTION.  
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ALTHOUGH THERE IS NO MAGIC SOLUTION   HOWEVER
DESIGNING PROPERLY, CONSTRUCT PROPERLY, TEACH
PROPERLY TO USE, INFORM THE INCONVENIENCES IN
ADVANCE AND SOME INITIAL SUBDIES WILL DEFINITELY
INCREASE ITS ACCEPTATION NOT ONLY IN MEXICO BUT
IN WHOLE WORLD.  
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