When I lived in Sierra Leone in the early 1990s, my second cousin once removed (a Holy Ghost Father who coincidentally happened to be there at the same time and living only 30 kilometres away from me), was already introducing solar ovens made from dried mud and aluminium foil.
Irish Literary Times
We are *not* solving extreme poverty.
But off-grid solar can be the silver bullet to change that!
Because what do 95% of these people in extreme poverty have in common? They live in rural areas without grid access but with year round sunshine.
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aukehoekstra.substack.com
The new energy system offers an unprecedented chance to lift 660 million people out of energy poverty by giving them cheaper and ubiquitously available energy. Let's make it happen.
