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Plastic buckets, broken printers shine light on Hanoi's poor
2016-07-04 19:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Vietnamese families living in slums along the Red River in Hanoi are using red plastic buckets and old printers to help light homes, cook meals and slash electricity costs by as much as a third. The recycled goods form the blades and motors of electrical generators that power old motorcycle batteries to illuminate lamps with a brightness equivalent to a 45-Watt light bulb. Though the output generated is small, it makes a significant difference for families previously denied power because they...
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Category:Electronics and Electrical