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The sunlight-powered systems are used to light homes and shops instead of expensive and polluting kerosene lamps.
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After dark, houses not connected to the electricity grid rely mainly on open-flame kerosene lamps for light.
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Instead, they will extend their day by the dim light of kerosene lamps.
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In 1900, 57 percent of all U.S.-refined petroleum was used in kerosene lamps.
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After voting closed on Saturday the counting began at polling stations, with some officials working by candlelight or kerosene lamps.
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About three hours by boat from Iquitos is Muyuna Amazon Lodge, where simple, comfortable cabins are lit by kerosene lamps in lieu of electricity.
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Yet, because they do not lack the desire for light, these billions resort to dangerous and toxic alternatives of illumination such as candles and kerosene lamps.
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There are also divisions about the use of kerosene lamps on carriages as opposed to LED or flashing lights, indoor versus outdoor toilets, and whether children can access social media and other modern technology.
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In The Prize, which won the Pulitzer Prize for nonfiction in 1992, Dan provides a comprehensive history of oil that traces the development of the industry from its beginnings in the 19th century when it began producing kerosene for lamps to the oil crisis of the 1970s, through to the Gulf War.
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In the poorest villages, families use kerosene to power traditional Hurricane lamps.
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Families will huddle around these lamps, inhaling the lung-burning equivalent of two packs of cigarettes each from kerosene fumes.
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