I know the naysayers will say the solar arrays are not necessarily resource friendly...but my take on solar comes from living on a small island where independence from oil seems very important especially when the electricity bill is over US$150 because in my house we have to pump ALL our water from a tank because the water company is yet to get anywhere close to providing pipe water all day every day...and we have lots of sun.

Glad you enjoyed the article Finola. Practical Action runs its 'Practical Answers' service to give useful information on this and other sorts of small-scale technology with the main aim of helping people to lift themselves out of poverty.
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Posted by: Jim Nichols | 06/10/2011 at 07:40 AM