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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: 3, Insightful) by Valkor on Sunday June 06 2021, @09:13AM (2 children)
drive around any hood and, simply
take note of how bad the oil spots are where folks park their cars
"being poor is expensive"
pretty sure Terry Pratchett has something to say about this.
(Score: 2) by VLM on Sunday June 06 2021, @04:18PM (1 child)
How much fiberglass insulation is in the walls of African houses in Africa vs Alabama?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday June 06 2021, @08:19PM
I would hope the Africans in Africa would be sensible enough to pass up the garbage and keep using what actually works - lots of dirt. If you don't want to run the AC, build your house so it doesn't get hot, like a thinking person, rather than a dummy fighting the world for the sake of neurotic monkey pride.