"Energy Secretary Chris Wright sold coal as the solution to a widespread lack of energy access in Africa on Friday, dismissing the challenge posed by climate change." These people are insane. No, truly. They are unwell. - ThreadSky

doctorvive.bsky.social • 2 days ago

"Energy Secretary Chris Wright sold coal as the solution to a widespread lack of energy access in Africa on Friday, dismissing the challenge posed by climate change."

These people are insane.

No, truly. They are unwell.

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scowlingmonkey.bsky.social•2 days ago

Noam Chomsky said it best:

lowerthetemp.bsky.social•2 days ago

The same guy said this: https://heated.world/p/trump-energy-chief-says-there-are. Finally, Trump's climate policy makes sense: they're intentionally trying to worsen climate change.

adamwelz.bsky.social•2 days ago

S Africa has massive coal deposits. Other African countries not so much. Funny thing is that in the post-apartheid era the govt-owned utility in SA has struggled to keep its coal fleet going. Rolling blackouts have crippled the economy for years. So much for coal being reliable baseload power.

climateactionmaps.bsky.social•2 days ago

Solar is a better solution for Africa, because it does not depend on a developed electric grid.

littleredyarn.bsky.social•2 days ago

And, guess where most of the coal in Africa comes from. South Africa, of course.

https://energyforgrowth.org/article/coals-future-in-africa-is-still-dim-update-feb-2025/

adamwelz.bsky.social•2 days ago

What do you mean by "of course"? Why "of course"?

littleredyarn.bsky.social•2 days ago

I'm in the US, and it was a very snarky reference to Musk and our new Energy Secretary. No offense intended to you or to your homeland.

adamwelz.bsky.social•2 days ago

It didn’t come across as smart or funny. Rather simple-minded/prejudiced.

adamwelz.bsky.social•2 days ago

Pls don’t apologise to me. I’m not offended. I find it ridiculous/absurd how people who know virtually nothing about SA so confidently make statements abt it or weild ignorant cliches abt it to fail to make a point.

littleredyarn.bsky.social•2 days ago

It wasn't my intent. I'm very sorry.

doctorvive.bsky.social•2 days ago

holy shit

littleredyarn.bsky.social•2 days ago

Right? But you need electricity to burn coal, so there's this. https://energyforgrowth.org/article/what-is-the-true-scale-of-unmet-electricity-demand-in-sub-saharan-africa/

marcellograz.bsky.social•2 days ago

I bet after today Senegal will become a major importer. Of Russian coal.

doctorvive.bsky.social•2 days ago

Screenshot from here:

https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2025/03/07/nonsense-to-tell-africa-that-coal-is-bad-wright-says-00217528

jotatx.bsky.social•2 days ago

I read these reports and paragraphs of your book pops up here and there.

doctorvive.bsky.social•2 days ago

I wish they didn't, of course 🥺

jotatx.bsky.social•2 days ago

I still think a lot about what you wrote about Slow and the studies about farming in the US with global average above 2⁰C.

For the record there's a research about planting coffee in the US in the works all because of climate change.

jotatx.bsky.social•1 day ago

Solow*

(damn autocorrect)

doctorvive.bsky.social•1 day ago

ha! I knew who you meant.