African Lives Being Sacrificed on the 'Altar of Green Energy'

[chuckiechan]

African Lives Being Sacrificed on the 'Altar of Green Energy'

pjmedia.com

Millions of Africans die every year, not because of malnutrition but because there isn’t enough energy to fuel economic growth. Much of Africa is not electrified so most of the continent still uses solid fuel — wood, dried dung, and charcoal — for heat, for cooking, and for light. The problem is that it’s burned inside, causing massive health problems and leading to millions of premature deaths.

The solution is right beneath their feet. Africa has vast coal reserves that could be used to power an economic miracle — if the West ever allowed Africans to use it. As it is now, to develop those coal reserves and build coal-fired power plants to generate the electricity they need, they need loans from the West and from international lending bodies.

Western governments and other lenders will not give loans to nations that want to build anything but renewable energy sources — a ludicrous restriction given Africa’s grinding poverty and stagnant economies.

I guess it’s a lot like dying of thirst in a freshwater lake where the princes in the palaces made it illegal to drink the water.

I think they need to build a nuke so people will pay attention to them.

 

[Lord Tammerlain]

I call bull

The lack of electrical production has been an issue in Africa long before Green energy has been a concern.

The biased me would say the west has worked over the last 60 years to ensure Africa stays poor to ensure they can get cheap raw materials out of Africa, to make a lot of profit