Democrats Said They Want to Fund Our Military. Itâs Time to Do It. During the Schumer Shutdown, Senate Democrats spoke repeatedly about how we must fund our military. Was that all just cheap talk? Read
An estimated 79 percent of the people in the Third World-- the 50 poorest nations -- have no access to electricity, despite decades of international development work. The total number of individuals without electric power is put at about 1.5 billion, or a quarter of the world's population, concentrated mostly in Africa and southern Asia. The 1.5 billion figure represents an improvement over previous years, but not because of any concerted effort to expand power connections.
Although the majority of people living in larger towns and cities had electricity by 1930, only 10 percent of Americans who lived on farms and in rural areas had electric power.At this time, electric companies were all privately owned and run to make money.ithin a year or so I'd say most everyone had electricity in that area through electric cooperatives. All the above refers to public utililities. A lot of farms had windmills to generate enough power to run a radio or a lightbulb when the wind was blowing strongly enough. Jack P Â· 6 years ago.