Re: AFRICA "RICH IN SOLAR, WIND POWE POTENTIAL"

BlackWater <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Economic Democracy) wrote:
> 
> >Africa should use wind, sun
> > 25/11/2003 14:49  - (SA)  
> >
> >Cape Town - The first global conference on wind energy to be held in
> >Africa opened here with delegates saying the power-starved continent
> >was using only a fraction of its potential.
> >
> >German MP Hermann Scheer, who doubles as the chair of the World
> >Council for Renewable Energies, said weather conditions in Africa were
> >far more favourable than in Europe or the United States for tapping
> >renewable energy sources.
> 
>    Planning to live-out your eco-fantasies on a poor
>    and powerless group of people ?

Thank you for putting your foot in your mouth. It was an AFRICAN
newspaper that was being quoted...it was not a case
of a western article giving opinion about what Africa should
do but an African newspaper giving its own opinion...but
your knee-jerk-reactionary response was too quick to notice...

>    The initial costs of setting-up wind and solar power
>    systems is pretty damned high. Where are these poor
>    nations going to get the money ? Oh wait ... I'll
>    bet we're supposed to GIVE it to them ......

Quick test: how many dollars per watt does PV cost? Not
at your fingertips? Why not? Why the quick opinions without even knowing?

Even today they can pay for themselves over their lifetimes..
their lifetiems are 25+_ years, so that is an understatement
since they can pay for themselves in 10, 15, ot 20 years at most..
more like 10-15 years in sunny parts of Africa.

Of course, the idea of giving any money to them is soooo 
disgusting to you, that, even if you had proof
from none other than God that it would benefit the West
in lower emissions, you'd still be against it.

Fine.

But let them take loans if they want, let those who
want to donate, donate, and finally, listen
up long enough to notice this is African newspapers
giving their opinions about what Africa should do,
not  Western ones. Thanks for the perfect
example of knee-jerk-conservatism and have a nice day

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