I was shocked to hear that because of dangers to the enviroment people in Africa will only be able to use solar panels or wind turbines to generate electricity.....This basically means some of the poorest people in the world will be forced to use the most expensive and ineffective means of producing electricity. (It really means Africa won't have electricity)
How can we justify this when we already use methods involving fossil fuels in the west? (And if I'm not mistaken there is oil and coal in Africa).
2007-04-10 03:41:27 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
This is a video on Global Warming. The African part is not til near the end: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4340135300469846467
2007-04-10 03:59:53 · update #1
Thank you so much for giving me the opportunity to see this film. I had heard something about it, but would not otherwise have been able to see it for myself. We read about how mediaeval minds were controlled, but it is particularly shocking that in an era where people are largely considered to be educated such theories as this are not only put about but are to be believed and accepted by society, despite evidence to he contrary. If solar power can be used to provide energy in remote areas where otherwise it simply could not be made available, then costly or not, it would evidently be a good thing. If, however, it is intended to replace what is a regular, albeit not very reliable existing source of power (I have memories of those long power cuts from when I lived in Africa), then the expense factor would suggest that this is not something to be promoted and encouraged. There seemed, however, to be a suggestion that all Africans had an inalienable right to an electricity supply. The fact is, they have had to build their lives around the impossibility of this happening in remote areas and have coped well. One would like to see it happening in due course, but it cannot be in the foreseeable future. Meanwhile, the move seems to be towards getting us into a position where these aparatchiks will have total control of our power supply and will dictate to us exactly what we may or may not do. What happened to freedom?
2007-04-10 10:36:00 · answer #1 · answered by Doethineb 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Many countries in Africa can produce more hydro electric power then they consume within their country. Ethiopia for instance is exporting electricity to neighboring countries.
Norwegian companies are taking a lead in production of solar panels. This will cut the cost of solar panel produced electricity, and this will again lead to less pollution that is a great problem in Africa
2007-04-10 03:51:27 · answer #2 · answered by Svein K 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Where did you hear this? I'd be interested to see the link.
During my Peace Corps service in Latin America we had a coal power plant in the town over and only had electricity every other day (if we were lucky...did I mention 125+ degrees temp too). We had some wind power initiatives and hooked up to the more efficient non-coal using power plant in the main city of our province and were good after that.
2007-04-10 03:46:17 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
when it comes to energy the world is a little screwed up. the west thinks it will be good for Africa but the west has shown over the past god knows how many years that it hasn't got a clue what is good for Africa! then the west says that we should all move away from burning fossil fuels to create power but won't allow Iran to go nuclear. the west has quite simply lost its' marbles!
2007-04-10 04:28:04 · answer #4 · answered by James L 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not for a long while in sum places
South africa maybe a large proportion are well off and you wouldnt know it was a third world country
2007-04-10 04:42:13 · answer #5 · answered by Alex C 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's called carbon trading sweetie. The boys with braces have latched on to this other form of exploitation.
2007-04-10 03:45:11 · answer #6 · answered by Del Piero 10 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
South Africa has electrical energy AND the web :O no longer certain what your chum replaced into questioning with that... really there are some impoverished parts contained in the country that would no longer have many luxuries, yet South Africa does certainly have those 2 issues
2016-11-28 02:22:55 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hmmm.
How about water-driven turbines, like they use in dams?
Like they's use on the Nile, the longest river in the world?
I think they'll be OK.
2007-04-10 03:46:40 · answer #8 · answered by tmlamora1 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
There is no justification for it. Just environmentalism with the emphasis on the "mental" part.
2007-04-10 03:45:10 · answer #9 · answered by Jacob W 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Maybe someday everyone will see the light.
2007-04-10 03:45:23 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋