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Gobar Gas Plants: How Appropriate Are They?, Hemalata C. Dandekar

City and Regional Planning

The technology of producing methane gas from cow-dung and other wastes and using it as fuel for various, purposes has received considerable attention in India during the last decade. In the light of the growing energy shortage that the country faces gobar gas is being cited as having great potential for answering the energy needs of rural areas. In this climate it is relevant to explore the desirability of gobar gas technology from the village perspective since, after all, it is the farmer in' the countryside who, ultimately decides whether or not to invest in a gobar gas plant.

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