Washing machines, hair driers, refrigerators and similar are probably not practical for solar. Shared resources such as solar-powered water pumps would probabl

Washing machines, hair driers, refrigerators and similar are probably not practical for solar. Shared resources such as solar-powered water pumps would probably be very beneficial, but obviously power requirements would vary widely. Here's one vendor for a "complete" setup, probably not a turnkey nor setup for fool-proof & low maintenance: http://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/off-grid-solar-system_315721325.html http://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/off-grid-solar-system_... On the article overall, the biggest concerns about for-profits coming in is whether they intend to monopolize community resources as has happened with water.