Patience Training Aute II, Monday 20th of July 2009 This morning Manuel dropped us off at the harbour where we had to sit and wait for the “Taporo” (freight ship) office to open. There are only three or four ships going to Raiatea and they are all occupied up until the 18th of August… after…
Miti, Mahana, Tahora pope, Matai, Opaa – or nature and local energy sources Aute II, Pape’ete Friday 17th of July 2009 This morning I dressed up a bit – I hate having to make a good first impression. First Raphael laughed at me but then decided to start an experiment and put on jeans and…
Die dicken Bretter der Dummheit Ein Tahitianer, der zur Lösung des Energieproblems für den Bau eines Atomkraftwerkes auf Tahiti plädiert, ein Verleger in Papeete, der die Idee des „Tahiti-Projekts“ nicht versteht – mir scheint, liebe Kimberley, als seien wir nun auch in der Südsee in der Wirklichkeit angekommen. Wie reflektiert Cording in dem Roman doch…
Mustard for breakfast, Pestbeule Pape’ete Aute II, Pape’ete Wednesday 15th of July 2009 This morning we left with Manuel at about 6:20 (I’m usually awake by sunrise, so I really like starting early). He had to organize some things/meet some people since the “Dawn Princess” – a big cruise ship was supposed to anchor in…
Passive Sunday, productive Monday! Aute II, Pape’ete Sunday 12th of July 2009 On Sunday we went to the market in Pape’ete (again! – but there’s nothing like Pape’ete on a Sunday morning – well I guess it is vaguely similar to the “Fischmarkt” in Hamburg (my hometown)… mountebanks, colourful stalls with fruit, veggies, clothes, flowers,…
I think I’ve never actually introduced the reader to our project properly – so here are just a few words about renewables in general (skip this paragraph if you know a bit about renewable energy): A network of different renewable energy sources is more reliable/less vulnerable to fluctuations (wind and solar radiation fluctuate (simply depend…
