About 1.6 billion people around the world live without access to
regular electricity [1]. Many people in Asia and Africa without
electricity currently use kerosene lanterns as a light source.
Kerosene is an inefficient source of lighting and provides very dim
and inefficient light. The light is only 2–4 lumens compared to a
60W bulb with 900 lumens. The light is so poor that children can
only see their books if they are almost directly over the flame. They
inhale even more of the toxic smoke. Besides being unhealthy,
trying to do school work with a kerosene lamp creates a barrier to
education and learning.