A simple technology
Photo: Amirul Rajiv
I guess at least 30% gas is being wasted, especially in our houses and restaurants. People keep the burners on even when it is not necessary. I have seen in many houses that even educated housewives keep the burners turned on for hours to save one matchstick. A similar thing happens in restaurants. Several years back in a science fair a college student showed us a gas burner which turned on when there was something (such as a pot containing water with rice) on it and the burner turned off automatically when the pot was removed. This is a very simple technology. Our policymakers were present at the fair but they did not pay any attention to that invention. If they would make it compulsory to use such kind of burner, a huge amount of gas would be saved. I would request our policymakers to look into the matter.
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