Last night I finished The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind. This guy. Once you get to the part where he actually starts to construct the windmill... I don't even have the words to describe his innovation. I mean, he has no drill, so he uses a nail attached to a corn that he heats up on his mom's stove. He digs up PVC pipe from the latrine, heats it up, then pounds it flat for the blades. All based on descriptions he had read in a book and figured out himself. I was overwhelmed by all the descriptions of circuit breakers and AC/DC, which is pretty much like reading blah, blah, blah, blah, blah to me. But geez louise, look at this guy's windmill. All so he could have a little light in his house and try to save his family from famine. Inspirational.
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