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For climate and livelihoods, Africa bets big on solar mini-grids (arstechnica.com)
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[-] stabby_cicada@slrpnk.net 8 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

This is, counterintuitively, degrowth in action.

Replacing twenty years' worth of kerosene, gasoline, wood, etc, with a single solar microgrid, is an example of providing higher quality of life with fewer resources.

Good to see some good news these days.

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