Comments on: Incremental ideas: solar-powered GSM towers

By: Anna

Anna — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 07:09:02 +0000

I think solar power is a great idea for Africa. Particularly in light of the fact that there is not electricity available there and in many ways, wind and solar is a lot easier to implement. Furthermore, the rest of the world is already producing so much pollution. Africa should be able to benefit from grid power just as much as the West – but without adding another US-sized or China-sized load of toxins to the already overwhelmed planet.

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