Needless to say,the power situation here in Kenya is pretty poor with nation-wide rationing of electricity. There is no water in the dams,and coupled with the fact that there is very little forest cover,it seems that this situation will continue to persist even if it suddenly began raining torrentially tomorrow.

So,in the spirit of being 'green' and doing my bit for the environment,I am proposing an adopt-an-led business. LEDs (light emitting diodes) are a form of energy saving lights - they consume something like 50%(?) less power than conventional lights and last 5 times longer. Now,while they are too expensive to install in homes,maybe following Ms. Passaris's lead and starting a program to adopt LEDs could work profitably.

I don't think city councils have such an initiative,and adopting LEDs could help reduce power consumption in the long run.... Or do streetlights already use energy saving lightbulbs? Personally I don't think so,but I could be mistaken.

Food for thought? One caveat though - are LEDs more efficient than flourescent bulbs?

There are some street lights in Nairobi CBD using
solar.So the question is ,which is cheaper in the long run,LED lights on KP,normal lights on solar or LED lights on solar?
@BLF,The lights in the link you gave seem more suited for a night club...?

This is a brilliant idea. What about coming up with a mass market proposal and selling it to the county governments as a cheaper alternative to power issues, at least for home lighting...