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#1 Simple way to light your home during the day.

Posted: Wed Aug 31, 2011 9:18 am
by Soontir948
Video report in the link. Basically, Filipinos have started to install bottles filled with clear water on their roofs to provide bright light during the day in their shanty homes that do not have electricity. A hell of a lot better than to cut some windows out of those steel sheets.
Al Jazeera English wrote:Millions of the poorest people in the Philippines live without electricity.

Many are informal settlers who illegally connect themselves to power sources, often leading to fires breaking out in their homes.

Now, a new and cheap solar-light idea is providing an answer for a growing number of Filipinos.

Al Jazeera's Marga Ortigas reports from Manila, the Philippines.

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Posted: Wed Aug 31, 2011 4:23 pm
by KlavoHunter
You know those worthless AOL CDs that may be cluttering your house? They make perfect reflectors to put in your windows to bounce sunlight in to illuminate your home during the day.