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The 100th object in the History of the World in 100 Objects is..

Henry Irving
Henry Irving Posts: 85,283
edited October 2010 in Not Sports Related
Solar Panel and Lamp

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  • stilladdicted
    stilladdicted Posts: 4,307
    edited October 2010
    One of the best in the series for being thought provoking. Especially liked the thought that for once, seriously poor people in Africa and Asia can afford a cheap solar powered lamp, which is changing their lives, whilst for the rich and their enormous energy needs, solar power is too expensive. 2 million lives lost to kerosene poisoning? Never knew that.
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,283
    [cite]Posted By: stilladdicted[/cite]One of the best for being thought provoking I thought. Especially liked the thought that for once, seriously poor people in Africa and Asia can afford a cheap solar powered lamp, which is changing their lives, whilst for the rich and their enormous energy needs, solar power is too expensive. 2 million lives lost to kerosene poisoning? Never knew that.

    And kids in Africa who make the lamps adapted the design so you can use them to charge up a mobile phone. Good choice for last object.
  • GNelson
    GNelson Posts: 565
    Interesting read, hadn't even heard about the product before
  • Chizz
    Chizz Posts: 28,350
    I'd love to hear Pete and Dud discussing this.

    "A solar powered lamp, how does that work"?
    "It's a lamp that gets its power from sunshine"
    "So it works when it's sunny?"
    "Yes"
    "And when it goes dark..?"
    "I suppose it goes dark"

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