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Where zebras roam free, earth's heat is harnessed: Strapped for energy, Kenya hopes geothermal sources can provide 25 percent of the nation's power by 2017.(World)
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The Christian Science Monitor
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March 21, 2001
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When the lights flicker or go out in Kenya, people hardly notice. Only 9 percent of the population is connected to the nation's energy grid, and even for those who are hooked up, power outages are the norm.
Villagers cut down more and more trees for firewood. Women cook over coal; children eat dinner in the dark; early morning risers grope blindly through their shacks. Teens scamper up electrical polls to steal lines from their more fortunate neighbors so they can hook up the TV.
One solution to the energy crunch, saysEnvironment Minister Francis Nyenze, could lie in harnessing more of the earth's own heat.
A popular renewable resource, geothermal energy is ...