Jed,
"Poor people are the last to switch to the new technology and they end
up paying a lot of money because they cannot afford the transition. Here
is a heartbreaking example:"
It is even worse than your links suggest. Cooking over indoor fires
apparently kills half to one million inhabitants a year. Depending on
which estimate you believe.
The World Bank refuses to lend money for cheap new coal fired power
stations "because of environmental concerns." Presumably future
children are more valuable than the ones actually being killed now.
I console myself with thought that LENR may provide an answer without
waiting too long.
