I like the technology, but the people who do not have clean water normally is the poor, @ $2000 for 5 litters of water (without maintenance), it will be very expensive.
Why will this technology reduce the number of plastic bottles?
Nice and interesting post.
each panel produces roughly 5L per day so it isn't 2000= 5L.. over time you would end up getting much more than 5L :) it would reduce the # of plastic bottles for people who opted to use this drinking water instead of buying the water bottles
I worked with a company who provides solar panels to communities in Nepal at a very cheap rate. The income from the cheap energy from the solar panels eventually pays back the initial investors and every benefits. It can be a great system, especially for the poor. It just needs to be implemented correctly.
http://ghampower.com/