Solar salvation for Haiti?
Donors are gearing up to send cell phones, streetlights, water purification systems and even audio Bibles to earthquake-hit Haiti. The bad news is that the country’s power infrastructure is on the ropes, but the good news is that these particular gadgets are solar-powered. Haiti happens to be one of the countries in the world best-suited for solar power. [For example,] "there are many water purification systems there, but they operate on diesel," Ingles told me. "Right now, diesel is in extremely short supply."
Alan Boyle reports on his blog.