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posted by mrpg on Sunday June 06 2021, @03:31AM   Printer-friendly
from the good dept.

Reducing poverty can actually lower energy demand, finds research:

[...] We found that households that do have access to clean fuels, safe water, basic education and adequate food—that is, those not in extreme poverty—can use as little as half the energy of the national average in their country.

This is important, as it goes directly against the argument that more resources and energy will be needed for people in the global south to escape extreme poverty. The biggest factor is the switch from traditional cooking fuels, like firewood or charcoal, to more efficient (and less polluting) electricity and gas.

In Zambia, Nepal and Vietnam, modern energy resources are extremely unfairly distributed—more so than income, general spending, or even spending on leisure. As a consequence, poorer households use more dirty energy than richer households, with ensuing health and gender impacts. Cooking with inefficient fuels consumes a lot of energy, and even more when water needs to be boiled before drinking.


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  • (Score: 1, Flamebait) by js290 on Sunday June 06 2021, @03:58AM (1 child)

    by js290 (14148) on Sunday June 06 2021, @03:58AM (#1142240)

    That's some good begging the neoliberal question... climate alarmists love their HVAC...
    Nicole Foss on renewables [bit.ly]
    Observation (energy consumption) vs Concept (clean energy, poverty)... off base concepts... make mgmt decisions in wrong direction [bit.ly]

    "Of all the preposterous assumptions of humanity over humanity, nothing exceeds most of the criticisms made on the habits of the poor by the well-housed, well-warmed, and well-fed." --Herman Melville

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday June 06 2021, @06:11AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday June 06 2021, @06:11AM (#1142281)

    More white savior 21 year old with no skills required to pet elephants in Thailand. Saving the planet.