One of the reasons for the SEE-SAW project is the lack of access to electricity for too many people around the world. Obviously, the lack of electricity is devastating on how one can do scientific investigations, let alone have access to this blog since you would not have computers with Internet access.
While this is one of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), that is, to have all countries and people with access to electricity by the year 2030, what is the progress towards the goal? This site uses data from the World Bank from 1998 through 2019, and it is estimated that the number of people without electricity dipped below 1 billion in 2015. Keep in mind that the first power plant for any city was built in 1882. Let's hope this trend continues and does, in fact, we can light up the entire world!
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