The Fascinating Way Tibetans Heat Their Homes
I learned something new yesterday. We were watching a documentary on the many highlights of visiting Tibet. There is a town carved into the side of a mountain that is most known as a town of Buddhist spiritual pilgrimage. There is no electricity supplied to the town. Because of this it is largely without distraction which allows more focus on spiritual dedication.
Having no electricity and being a completely barren mountainous region (meaning no trees for fuel), I was curious how residents heated their homes in the winter knowing how frigid it gets in high altitudes such as this.
I discovered they use Yak poop. They dry and compress the waste turning it into hardened pucks that can then be used as fuel to cook with and to heat a space. Some claim the dried yak poop can even burn longer than a conifer log.
The waste of many different animals can be used this way including horse manure.
Cool, huh?
