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I think the primary concern here is to first provide electricity to the quarter of the population who are not connected to the grid. The population who are not
by l1feh4ck 9y ago
I think the primary concern here is to first provide electricity to the quarter of the population who are not connected to the grid.
The population who are not having electricity in India is either because they live in a remote place where there is no connection or they are too poor to afford electricity. So what they need now is electricity, so their children can study in a better lit room.
Air conditioners and toasters are still considered a luxury by a majority of the population.
If executed properly, I think this initiative will really make a change.
- stevenwoo 9y agoThis article from last week argues that a swamp cooler might be adequate and actually necessary in large parts of India as average temperatures rise, humidity allowing. https://www.theverge.com/2017/9/14/16290934/india-air-conditioner-cooler-design-climate-change-cept-symphony https://www.theverge.com/2017/9/14/16290934/india-air-condit...
- l1feh4ck 9y agoThe climate change is real and every room in the city is having at least one cooler. The village, on the other hand, has a more natural way of doing things. http://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2015/02/17/386876116/whats-it-like-to-live-without-electricity-ask-an-indian-villager http://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2015/02/17/38687611...
- ThrustVectoring 9y agoSolar's best use case is remote places with no connection. Like, back when solar was much more expensive than it is now, it was still getting commercially used as the cheapest option to power offshore oil drilling platforms. I'd at least want to price out providing some villages with free solar power rather than a grid connection.
- snowwindwaves 9y agoWe are saying the same thing, led lighting off grid is an appropriate use of solar and battery