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DW wrote: > ... > The left in the developing world is a lot less knee-jerk than the Western > left is, understanding that energy is necessary for development, especially > one that is carbon-free/low-carbon in effects. In South Africa, the red-green position is very explicit: against more coal and nukes, and against the utilisation of electricity to smelt aluminum for export. Once you start looking into the egregious waste associated with so much capitalist production, it's clearer that the implicit assumption here, of keeping the base load intact, can fall away. Pointing out the extreme waste and inequity associated with the largest 138 consumers of electricity in South Africa, with their 40% of energy consumption, is central to the huge campaign being waged against the World Bank's $3.75 bn loan to SA's parastatal Eskom. ________________________________________________ Send list submissions to: [email protected] Set your options at: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
