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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.
(Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday June 06 2021, @06:10AM (3 children)
Let them eat cake. So tired of hearing poor people problems. What about Kim Kardashian's ass?!!!
(Score: 2) by sjames on Sunday June 06 2021, @08:55AM (1 child)
We could liposuction it and make biodiesel?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 07 2021, @05:51AM
Or candles. I'd buy Kardashian ass-smelling candles.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 08 2021, @02:50AM
Kanye? They got divorced earlier this year.