In her small mud hut小土屋 in a village a few hours from Mumbai, Bali Bhalla is cooking rice on an open stove爐灶. As flames火焰 dance from the fire, acrid刺鼻 smoke circles around the room. More than two-thirds of Indians live in rural鄉村 areas and cook like this. But there are environmental concerns about the stoves - one study estimated they're responsible for four per cent of the country's greenhouse gas溫室氣體 emissions排放.
And that's something Neha Juneja wants to change. She's started a company which produces eco-friendly cooking stoves - she says they emit發射 80% less smoke and use less wood. For her, green technology isn't just about saving the planet, but also about making money.
Neha Juneja: "I and my co-founder創始人, we quit good paying jobs to start this, but we did not start this with a purely純粹 social or charitable慈善 mission任務. We saw it as a business and we still see it as a very good opportunity for us to fulfil履行 our dream of bringing a good product to the market and also being financially comfortable."
In a factory on the outskirts郊區 of Mumbai, Nitin Bhodale shows me his innovation革新 - a machine which can turn plastic into petrol汽油. At one end of a five metre high cylinder汽缸 workers drop bags of rubbish; an hour later, crude oil原油 starts to drip out at the other end.
And there is big money to be made - more than $10 billion of funds was pumped into green energy last year, making India the country with the fastest rate of growth. With a rising population, the need for more power in the country is increasing. The belief is that green tech won't just help improve the environment but also the business climate too.
And that's something Neha Juneja wants to change. She's started a company which produces eco-friendly cooking stoves - she says they emit發射 80% less smoke and use less wood. For her, green technology isn't just about saving the planet, but also about making money.
Neha Juneja: "I and my co-founder創始人, we quit good paying jobs to start this, but we did not start this with a purely純粹 social or charitable慈善 mission任務. We saw it as a business and we still see it as a very good opportunity for us to fulfil履行 our dream of bringing a good product to the market and also being financially comfortable."
In a factory on the outskirts郊區 of Mumbai, Nitin Bhodale shows me his innovation革新 - a machine which can turn plastic into petrol汽油. At one end of a five metre high cylinder汽缸 workers drop bags of rubbish; an hour later, crude oil原油 starts to drip out at the other end.
And there is big money to be made - more than $10 billion of funds was pumped into green energy last year, making India the country with the fastest rate of growth. With a rising population, the need for more power in the country is increasing. The belief is that green tech won't just help improve the environment but also the business climate too.
this text comes from bbc learning english
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/language/wordsinthenews/2012/06/120612_witn_eco_india.shtml
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