A sixteen year old girl in Gaza has discovered a way to overcome chronic power shortages, by constructing a device that can generate electricity from the heat of candles. The Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA ) said that electricity blackouts were triggered when the Gaza Power Plant (GPP) shut down completely in April, having exhausted its fuel reserves due to a shortage of funds. The OCHA said that the blackouts lasted for 18-30 hours a day. RT reports: Faced with regular blackouts, Shahd Abu Lebda, 16, told New China TV that she “depends on the principle that ‘a person in need will find a way’ – which pushed me towards inventing a device that generates electric charges for smart mobile phones from the energy of heat that comes from candles.” The teen started the project after attending a course on creative thinking, Lebda’s invention has received a mixed reaction from social media users. “Energy needs energy, how many candles do I need for a fully charged battery?” Nasser Ramadan wrote on Facebook. “But that will need lots of candles before you fully charge one battery of cellphone, hope she can create more alternatives rather than just candle…,” [...]
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