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Michael Bengwayan fixes a stove used to burn the petroleum nut oil while his assistant, Dobbels Wallang, examines a lantern made especially for the flammable oil. A bottle of the fuel sits nearby in a reused soda pop container.
We discuss pure energy — the power that doesn’t come from oil. Read the full description.
More and more, people around the world are inspired to tune in and turn on to alternative energy sources. They're reaching for the sun, for unexpected bounties on earth and, more often than not, for each other to power the planet. We’ll hear from the Middle East, the Phillipines, Burma, and South Africa.
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