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rpg52

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Heard a Lister(oid) on the radio
« on: June 27, 2006, 02:16:00 PM »
I was listening to Marketplace, an American Public Media program and heard a Listeroid thumping away in the background.  http://marketplace.publicradio.org/shows/2006/06/26/PM200606263.html
The engine was used to represent the low state of technology in India, it was pumping salt water that would then evaporate to leave salt which was gathered by the Indian man interviewed.  He worked the salt on shares, paid ~$8/month, of which he recieved $4.  His village was hoping to use high tech internet connections to determine the actual price of salt, so they wouldn't be exploited on their shares.  Gives one an idea of the reality in which these engines work if nothing else.
Ray
PS Listeroid 6/1, 5 kW ST, Detroit Diesel 3-71, Belsaw sawmill, 12 kW ST head, '71 GMC 3/4 T, '79 GMC 1T, '59 IH T-340