Friesen, Brad,

Electricity Is Half of Life!. Brad Friesen. - Appropriate Technology, 2003. - SIRS Enduring Issues 2004. Article 67, Environment, 1522-3205; .

Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2004. Originally Published: Electricity Is Half of Life!, March 2003; pp. 57-59.

"In many villages where micro-hydropower units (MHU) have been constructed in South Asia, the primary reason to have electricity is simply to have light. According to one village elder in Afghanistan who had recently been able to turn on two tube lights as the result of a small traditional mill turbine (TMT) project constructed by the International Assistance Mission, 'Electricity is half of life!'." (APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGY) This article presents the benefits of electricity.

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Electric power production
Electricity
Microhydropower units
Power resources--Developing countries
Power resources--Pakistan
Rural development
Rural electrification
Water-power

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