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Guest Column - More About Bhima Nitta
September 1, 2020As we know it takes time to grow into Rotary. We join the Club but it takes a while to feel at home and be willing to step up and get involved in various projects or fund raisers. But sooner or later we all find our opportunity to lead.
Bhima Nitta was in the process of finding his place in our group where he might best be of help to the Club and the community. But unfortunately his time here on Earth was short. As a result many of us Rotarians didn't have the opportunity to get to know him all that well. My association with Bhima went back many years before he joined Rotary and even before he became the Power Guru.
My company, from which I am now retired, supplied heat transfer equipment as a commercial enterprise. In order to get the best deal for my customers, our company got certified as a contractor by Efficiency Vermont. This is when I first met Bhima. He worked as an engineer for Efficiency Vermont and together we were able to get rebates and financial incentives for our customers who wanted to update their heating and/or cooling equipment. For me it was easy to see that he was brilliant and had no airs about his vast knowledge.
It was he who first told me, almost a decade ago, that soon houses will be built that will be totally off the grid and powered completely by solar energy. His prediction is at hand. With Tesla battery technology it is now possible to produce all of a household's power with on-site solar panels. It may take the politicians and bankers to catch up the "off the grid" concept, but the technology is ready.
In a large part, Bhima Nitta has contributed to the solar panel arrays popping up around the State. Some may object to the aesthetics of solar energy. But to me these sun energy collectors look like 'amber waves of grain'. They are making and keeping America energy independent while reducing our carbon output. When I drive down the road and see a field of solar panels I fondly think of my association with Bhima and what could have been ahead if he was with us longer.
Author: Jerry Albert
Sally Sugarman (Club Member & Windmill Editor)
Guest Column - More About Bhima Nitta
September 1, 2020As we know it takes time to grow into Rotary. We join the Club but it takes a while to feel at home and be willing to step up and get involved in various projects or fund raisers. But sooner or later we all find our opportunity to lead.
Bhima Nitta was in the process of finding his place in our group where he might best be of help to the Club and the community. But unfortunately his time here on Earth was short. As a result many of us Rotarians didn't have the opportunity to get to know him all that well. My association with Bhima went back many years before he joined Rotary and even before he became the Power Guru.
My company, from which I am now retired, supplied heat transfer equipment as a commercial enterprise. In order to get the best deal for my customers, our company got certified as a contractor by Efficiency Vermont. This is when I first met Bhima. He worked as an engineer for Efficiency Vermont and together we were able to get rebates and financial incentives for our customers who wanted to update their heating and/or cooling equipment. For me it was easy to see that he was brilliant and had no airs about his vast knowledge.
It was he who first told me, almost a decade ago, that soon houses will be built that will be totally off the grid and powered completely by solar energy. His prediction is at hand. With Tesla battery technology it is now possible to produce all of a household's power with on-site solar panels. It may take the politicians and bankers to catch up the "off the grid" concept, but the technology is ready.
In a large part, Bhima Nitta has contributed to the solar panel arrays popping up around the State. Some may object to the aesthetics of solar energy. But to me these sun energy collectors look like 'amber waves of grain'. They are making and keeping America energy independent while reducing our carbon output. When I drive down the road and see a field of solar panels I fondly think of my association with Bhima and what could have been ahead if he was with us longer.
Author: Jerry Albert
Sally Sugarman (Club Member & Windmill Editor)