Video: Making Solar-Powered Lanterns from Scrap Metal
September 16, 2010 | CNN
Story about a man in Kenya who employees people to take scrap metal and form it into pieces to create solar powered lanterns. The white LEDs, solar panel and rechargeable batteries are imported from China. Not quite sure how the lamps save lives or what price they are sold for. A guess would be they replace candles or oil lamps that could start fires. Another question is how long do the batteries last? Is there a plan to replace the batteries? If they could put more people to work manufacturing batteries that would be impressive.
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