Jean Pain - Compost Based Bio-Energy System - Pt. 1

http://www.permacultureplanet.com - Jean Pain (1930 - 1981) was a French innovator who developed a compost based bioenergy system that produced 100% of his energy needs. He heated water to 60 degrees celsius at a rate of 4 litres a minute which he used for washing and heating. He also distilled enough methane to run an electricity generator, cooking elements, and power his truck. This method of creating usable energy from composting materials has come to be known as Jean Pain Composting, or the Jean Pain Method.

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Science & Technology

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• Permaculture
• Jean
• Pain
• Compost
• Bioenergy
• France
• Methane
• bio
• fuel

[joadhenry]

@tculhane well said, very well said indeed.

[tculhane]

Jean Pain is a hero to me as an Urban Planner. They never taught us about him in graduate school but there is another school I've been attending since doing my expensive Masters and Ph.D. that is sadly neglected but much more valuable -- the school of development in the field when challenged to solve problems yourself without relying on institutions. We are now taking Jean's ideas around the world to make sure the suffering imposed by decades of forcing us into the "rule of experts" is abated.

[Blackliam]

amazing! the answer to some of the world's problems have been solved decades ago and no one seems to have caught on unfortunately

[haripothed]

Great Video, this should be done everywhere