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Solar transformation: Sun on the reservation

Journal Article · · Mother Earth News
OSTI ID:182633

To most Americans, the simple act of flicking on the light is as taken for granted as breathing air-without so much as a thought about its possible environmental consequences. But to Sylvia Brownskill and hundreds on the New Mexico Navajo Indian reservation, accessing electricity without harming the environment is of the utmost importance-and until recently, virtually impossible. Four years ago, however, practical technology for producing {open_quotes}clean{close_quotes} energy became available, and now even in the most remote locations of the reservation can flick on a light switch, knowing that the electricity generated is produced in its entirety by the power of the sun.

OSTI ID:
182633
Journal Information:
Mother Earth News, Journal Name: Mother Earth News Journal Issue: 141; ISSN 0027-1535; ISSN MEANDY
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English