Sentences with phrase «even have access to electricity»

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Even though people without electricity access often pay a lot for their energy sources, such as kerosene and candles — sometimes more than they would pay for the same service if they had electricity access — the upfront costs for off - grid systems may still be higher than most consumers are willing or able to pay.

As for myself, I have a mini-split, so have access to A / C (and I even have excess electricity I'm producing beyond net - zero), but I still bend over backwards to avoid mechanical cooling, though on warm nights we do use a ceiling fan.

«Today's Commission action enables the community solar market to finally begin moving forward in New York, bringing local clean energy and electricity bill savings to thousands of customers, even if they don't have a sunny roof,» said Jeff Cramer, Executive Director of the Coalition for Community Solar Access.

But for others, who live in parts of the world with little to no access to power, whether it's because of lacking infrastructure or from the impacts from disaster or war (or just a lack of money to acquire it), having a solar charger and a battery to store the electricity in can make a huge — even a lifesaving — difference.

They dismiss this outright, insisting that expanding electricity access to this segment, even with fossil - fuel - based sources, would have only a minuscule impact on global warming.

It has become the largest contributor to the global increase in greenhouse gas emissions even though more than half a billion people in the region, mostly south Asia, don't have access to electricity.

The high cost of hardware and lowering cryptocurrency values already makes earning a profit elusive to student miners, even with having access to free electricity.