This is a really good article about cheap solar power in Africa and how important it is that it is available to people
Okay, let’s zoom out. What happens when 100M+ people get electrified through this model?
- Kids study at night → higher test scores → better jobs
- Adults work after dark → higher income
- Farmers irrigate year-round → 3-5x yields → food security
- Phone charging → mobile money access → financial inclusion
- Refrigeration → vaccine storage → disease prevention
- Refrigeration → Keep milk/meat eatable → reduced food waste No kerosene smoke → respiratory disease drops
- Clean cookstoves → 600,000 fewer deaths/year from indoor pollution
- Diesel displacement = cleaner air quality
I topped up my premium bonds as it is pay day tomorrow, I still have money left after paying for the bathroom and Radiohead tickets (two things that I had to use the credit card for, obvs paid off now), so I couldn't resist. I will pay my usual direct debit in tomorrow and may top up more as I have on-call and overtime income this month.
Light rain and a gentle breeze, 12 - 16℃.
⬅️ Health stats 6/11/25 :: We have a birthday in the house ➡️
Paulʼs weblog - I live in A sleepy town, Kent. Wed + father to two, I am a full stack web engineer, + I do js / node, some ruby, other languages etc. I like pubbing, running, restaurants, home-automation 🤖 + other diy jiggery-pokery, history, tree stuff, TV, squirrels, pirates ☠️, lego, + time travel.
🏷 work 🏷 solar power 🏷 premium bonds 🏷 radiohead 🏷 pay day 🏷 study 🏷 vaccine
Yep, deliberately unstyled.