Kenya’s part in reducing Global Warming (Part 2)
Solar energy in this country has grossly been underutilized! Equatorial Kenya has been blessed with an uninterrupted solar supply 365 days in an year and the government has seemed oblivious to this fact. Rural Kenya has been a beneficiary of the rural electrification project that…
Pink month, pink terraces and pink geology
October is “pink month” and is the designated breast cancer month by the UN. being Pink month i decided got to looking for a lighter side of pink and i came across the Pink Terraces of New Zealand!!!wikipedia describes the rocks as…. The Pink Terraces,…
Kenya’s part in reducing Global Warming (Part 1)
WIND Many of you .ke citizens have been to the north of the country. The dry north with its numerous whirl winds, sand storms, strong winds and the hell’s kitchen temperatures. Since independence the only available power source we had was hydrothermal power plants which provided…
So do you go around collecting rocks?
YES! I have had a lot of my friends who have asked me this question countless times. And the answer is always the same! Question I always ask them is if a cook goes to the grocery to buy his/her ingredients aren’t we doing the…
Another Strike in Kenya, But A Useful One This Time
Reblogged from Nation Kenya has struck its first substantive natural gas deposits near Malindi, further raising its profile as a potential oil and gas exporter. An Australian oil prospecting company Pancontinental involved in drilling off the Kenyan coast said Monday morning it has encountered approximately…
Turkana, Mrima and The Simpsons
15 years ago ask any typical Kenyan what minerals Kenya had and the only three minerals that popped up were soda ash, diatomite and fluorspar. Blame it on KIE syllabus and our geography teachers. Fast forward to 2012 and Turkana oil will be the first…
This fire has been burning for over 50 years
There is a fire that has been burning for 50 years straight! According to Thinking Blog in May 1962, Centralia Town, Pennsylvania, United States, the town council sends some volunteer firemen to an abandoned mine pit to clear the towns landfill. The firemen did what…