Solar Power Makes Tiny Village Beam (India)

[jpak]

http://allafrica.com/stories/200708020108.html

In Gudda, a village with very little, residents are literally beaming. Just two years ago, villagers had never seen light after dark, unless it came from the moon. Then, solar light arrived and changed everything.

"When the lanterns first arrived, the villagers asked, 'What is this?' " says Hanuman Ram, the local solar engineer. "I explained to them how it worked. Then slowly, as people saw it, they said, 'Wow, what a thing this is!' "

There are no real roads that lead to the tiny village in the state of Rajasthan in northwestern India, home to about 100 families. There are only thin strips of tar dotted with massive potholes that force vehicles into thick brush. Other times, cars have to maneuver over just dirt.

There is no electricity -- power lines don't extend out here. Water is scarce, too. At the village well, women balance jugs of water on their heads, deftly evading the livestock that saunters along.

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[disndat]

1. We need Al Gore

and his leadership to push this pressing issue of alternative energy and global warming to the forefront concern of the world.

[One_Life_To_Give]

4. The OP is not about climate change?

The story is about bringing modern conveniences to people/places who have never had any. That is one good adaptation of Solar in this case and several other technologies. But electrifying remote areas of the globe will not do anything to prevent climate catastrophe.

[Nihil]

2. K & R ... one more needed please ...

Choosing the right tool for the job is so much of the answer really.

[madokie]

3. here tis

that one more vote that is.