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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) by khallow on Tuesday June 08 2021, @02:51AM (2 children)
Strangely enough, I've been a lower class person before in our society and it wasn't torture. Maybe the narrative needs some work?
I checked that box and picked up said lesson in humanity. But this would-be teacher is still pushing the same, old lesson plan. It's time to move on.
(Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Thursday June 10 2021, @11:38PM (1 child)
You very clearly did not learn it, else you wouldn't be saying well over 90% of the shit you do about politics and the economy. You never learned, and the fact that you admitted you were in a position to learn but didn't says all anyone needs to know about you. Ignorance I can (usually) forgive; willful stupidity is another matter entirely.
I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...
(Score: 1) by khallow on Saturday June 12 2021, @12:53AM
Last I checked, we agreed (when you actually would say something concrete rather than spin fantasies) on a lot more than 10% of my shit.