[cripplecreek]

Now balanced precariously atop their tin roof, a lone solar panel provides enough electricity to charge the phone and run four bright overhead lights with switches.

Which is a pretty decent use of the solar energy. Unfirtunately most of us have a much greater use of electricity with far less reliable sunlight available.

Here in Michigan I get some passive solar heating by way of south facing windows and charge a few emergency lights with solar. Unfortunately my use is at its peak for here.

[muawiyah]

Years ago it was determined that due to the thickness of the atmosphere at the Equator, there was a lot more dust and haze in the way so as reliable as the Sun might be, the quality of the light wasn't as good.

Made cooking with light difficult and "unproductive".

BTW, your typical AGW fanatic fails to accommodate that particular characteristic in his climate models with the consequence that he doesn't get it right and doesn't know he didn't get it right.

Turns out the greater part of the CO2 in the atmosphere is located in the thickest, darkest, nastiest, dustiest part so it probably doesn't count.

But there's still plenty of light to fire up the juice to make those ALL IMPORTANT CELL PHONES WORK.

You can give that lady a call and say "Praise God".