Developing an Energy Self-Reliance Model in a Sri Lankan Rural Area

Anthropologists of the world agree on one fact, the role played by Fire in the human civilisation.We chose the second element of the five states of existence; Apo, Thejo, Wayo, Patavi and Okasa as understood by the oriental scholars many millennia ago.Thejo, which in old ages simply meant Fire, has now has a bigger meaning encompassing all aspects of energy.Exact day of making a productive use of Fire by human civilisation is often disputed.Some anthropologists suggest that it happened a million years ago in Africa and certain others indicate that frequent use of Fire happened In Israel.Evidence of extensive and repeated use of Fire between 420,000 and 200,000 years ago were found in Qesem Cave a Middle Pleistocene site close to the capital Tel Aviv of Israel.Indications of recrystallisation of wood ash at this site clearly points out to habitual use of Fire for preparation of meats as a primary source of nutrition.It is proposed that the mankind managed to preserve a Fire caused most probably by lightning strikes by propagating flames to dried animal dung or woody biomass for later use.