Friday Shoot out: mytownshootout.:Power

Human power is still better in places when machines can't operate. Here, boardwalks in high stilts meants cars can't go. Man pedals special vehicles in the olden days were used to ferry goods.

Where the water is too shallow for the engine, human power steps in. The guides use long poles to shift the boats to deeper waters.



In Sarawak, we have 144 inches of rain a year, there are many rivers. At th eupper tributaries, the Outboard engine is the king.


The water engineer went to Western Australia and saw lots of these wind farms.



A Geo thermal station, NZ is lucky to have lots of these.


Trees are a renewable resource. My cousin Henry is a forester. They reforest the forest with pine trees.



More power stations. This one is at Wairekei. The water engineer likes to take us to visit them. He combines work with pleasure. I used to complain, but not anymore. You can't beat them, join them.


A station at Huntly.
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These wind farms are in Western Australia.
http://annkschin.blogspot.com/2009/01/west-australia-2.html
New Zealand is very lucky to have lots of lakes, rivers, trees and geothermal activities. These are our main source of power. Wind farms are experimented here.

In Borneo, where I went to the Mulu Caves. The Royal Mulu Resort used human pedal power to move the guest luggage as the chalets are spread over a big area, and board walk on high stilts to connect them, so cars are unsuitable.

In the river, they use outboard engines. When the motor fails because the water is too shallow, again human power comes to the rescue. They use long poles to move the boats.When machines fail, man comes in. Here the guides use poles to move theboats when the water is too shallow doe the outboard