Power and Light in developing countires.

In Worldchanging, on pages 167-168, there is an excerpt titled Power and Light in the Developing World. Personally I thought this was a pretty interesting read because it talks about bringing a form of electricity under developed countries. Basically 1/3 of the world still has no form of electricity to light up there homes at night. What is being done by the Light up the World Foundation is installing LEDs into these homes which can be powered by foot cranked generator, wind turbine, or solar panel. The good thing is the of energy amount it would take to power one normal incandescent light bulb can instead power 100 homes with LEDs in each. It has been tested in roughly 26 different countries and maybe it can be implemented into more. Its kind of hard to imagine anyone not really having electricity in this day and age. Most people especially in this country tend to waste electricity without even thinking twice about it. Hopefully this becomes something that is implemented in more countries and help people a little more in their daily lives.