Solar panels wind turbines small scale hydroelectric projects and other forms of self sufficient energy provide rural communities in the developing world with the electricity they need to power their homes schools hospitals stores and other industries.
Third world people destroying solar panels.
The coco river rio coco snakes along the northern border of nicaragua separating it from honduras.
Most people seem to believe that wind and solar panels produce no waste and have no negative environmental impacts.
Solar installation costs have fallen to less than 4 watt and a few states have reached grid parity meaning that power from those panels costs the same as that provided by the local utility grid.
This is beneficial to the world as a whole.
As far as i can tell colorado where i live isn t one of those states even though we have plenty of sunshine.
Plus the more people who utilize the power of the sun and solar energy the less co2 emissions that are being released into the atmosphere.
Facebooktwittergoogle pintereste mail i just came back from a mission trip in nicaragua where we installed solar lighting on 10 churches in a remote region of that country.
Here is my trip report.
Another bonus to people worldwide is that with solar power made available more jobs will open up.
With solar power currently available to some of those third world countries many lives have been enriched by cleaner air a greater learning environment for the children and a way to make money for their family.
Solar lights made from plastic bottles cost as little as 60p and aim to tackle indoor air pollution deaths and improve home life for people in some of the poorest communities in the world.
Its caption says that the world bank donated these solar panels to an indian village and after a hindu priest told villagers that the panels were fighting with their gods the villagers chose to.
They can help provide cleaner energy that does not destroy the lands surrounding them.
In reality everything that humans do has an environmental impact whether it be mining using a coal fired power plant or even tourism.
We used the same design i blogged about a few months ago diy solar lighting project.
Unfortunately these people are wrong.
There are many benefits to solar power in third world countries.
The solar panel at the top of the s20 simplifies charging and the impact resistant lantern design includes two brightness settings a battery charge level indicator and a glow in the dark power.