Green Options » Quqiao village China http://greenoptions.com/tag/quqiao-village-china Posts tagged 'Quqiao village China' Mon, 12 May 2008 19:13:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Green Beer Bottles to Solar Hot Water http://ecoscraps.com/2008/05/12/green-beer-bottles-to-solar-heat/ http://ecoscraps.com/2008/05/12/green-beer-bottles-to-solar-heat/#comments Mon, 12 May 2008 19:13:37 +0000 Max Lindberg http://ecoscraps.com/2008/05/12/green-beer-bottles-to-solar-heat/ They’re probably drinking a lot of beer in Quqiao village, in Shaanxi Province, China.
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Ma Yanjun, a carpenter, said he wanted his mother to be able to enjoy a comfortable shower anytime, and since a solar water heating system was too expensive, he devised a way to make one of his own.

Using only water-filled beer bottles and connecting hoses, Ma’s mother now has hot water on demand, and so do more than 20 other families in the village whom Ma has helped build their own system.

He wants to build a public bathroom for the village using the same process, but he needs enough money to buy the beers. He probably has plenty of volunteers to empty them.

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