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Energy, CO2s and water on the African Continent
Journal of Economic and Social Thought
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Energy, CO2s and water on the African Continent
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LANE, Jan-Erik; Univ of Freiburg Germany Jan-Erik Lane, fellow with Public Policy Institute, BELGRADE Address: 10 Charles Humbert, 1205 Geneva; 559 A, 3rd Floor, Thuya Street, 9 th Quarter, Yangon. Myanmar.
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African energy and CO2 emissions; Fresh and clean water; Lakes and rivers; New and old renewables; Coal or oil and gas dependency; Super Fund.
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Abstract. African nations share a common situation in that they pollute little in terms of CO2s globally speaking, but at the same time global warming will likely have terrible consequences for the continent, set to face a sharp population increase. They have now access to few energy resources, which is conducive to their poverty. New renewables belong to the future (solar, wind, geo-thermal), whereas old renewables -wood, coal-– are a thing of the past. The coal or oil and gas dependent giants must start energy transformation, as must the many countries relying upon traditional biomass, or charcoal. The use of wood coal is simply too large for the survival of the African forests. Africa need lots of energy to handle the coming crisis ofpotable water, as lakes and rivers are shrinking and degraded by pollution, dams and overfishing. Keywords. African energy and CO2 emissions, Fresh and clean water, Lakes and rivers, New and old renewables, Coal or oil and gas dependency, Super Fund.JEL. N70, O13, Q40.
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Journal of Economic and Social Thought
Journal of Economic and Social Thought |
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2018-03-18
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info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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application/pdf
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http://www.kspjournals.org/index.php/JEST/article/view/1612
10.1453/jest.v5i1.1612 |
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Journal of Economic and Social Thought; Vol 5, No 1 (2018): March; 56-71
Journal of Economic and Social Thought; Vol 5, No 1 (2018): March; 56-71 2149-0422 |
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eng
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http://www.kspjournals.org/index.php/JEST/article/view/1612/1580
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Copyright (c) 2018 Journal of Economic and Social Thought
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 |
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