c/world · by StannisDMannis@lemmy.today · 1y

South Africa offers a lesson on how not to shut down a coal plant

https://www.rawstory.com/south-africa-offers-a-lesson-on-how-not-to-shut-down-a-coal-plant/

"They effectively just shut down the coal plant and left the people to deal with the outcomes," said deputy energy and electricity minister Samantha Graham.

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some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org · 8 pts · 1y

Coal provides 80 percent of South Africa's power and the country is among the world's top 12 largest greenhouse gas emitters. Coal is also a bedrock of its economy, employing around 90,000 people.

As though the USA isn’t in the top three.

unemployedclaquer@sopuli.xyz · 1 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Coal provides 80 percent of South Africa's power and the country is among the world's top 12 largest greenhouse gas emitters. Coal is also a bedrock of its economy, employing around 90,000 people.

If any of that is true then S.A. is fucked along with the rest of us

nova_ad_vitum@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 1y

SA is fucked for a variety of reasons, but shitty power management is definitely one of the main ones.

https://youtu.be/Iiny1GrfhYM

TheRealCharlesEames@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 1y

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