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Proposals for a vast hydro-electric scheme on one of Africa's largest rivers that could produce enough power, not only to service Africa's industrialisation, but to sell to Europe as well were unveiled this week at the UN Environment Programme's headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya. The plans to harness the mighty Congo River have been drawn up by one of Africa’s biggest energy companies.
“We calculate that hydroelectricity from the Congo could generate more than 40,000 megawatts, enough to power Africa’s industrialization with the possibility of selling the surplus to southern Europe.”
Some 526 million people in Africa do not have access to any electricity. Powercuts are common even in the most developed African countries, and in the more remote parts of the continent the sole power source is the diesel-fuelled generator.
so who will really "gain" anything from this project?
Originally posted by Souljah
i will tell you a true story about africa:
there was a tribe in africa that didnt have any water in their village. they had to carry it from a deep well very far from the village they lived in. it was a very big deal if you were the chozen one for this mission, and only the bravest and strongest of the tribe were called upon when they needed water. their entire tribal religion and customes were based around this: the quest for water. they had all storts of ways of getting fresh water without any fountain. and they were better everytime. they survived despite the fact, that they didnt have any fresh water source. they survived for thousands of years.
but then the white man came.
he has seen this "tragedy" that the tribe doesnt have their own supply of fresh water, and they have build them a pipeline to their village.
the entire tribe, that existed for god knows how many years, died in a few years time...
the real quesiton that emerges, is who really OWNS the continent of Africa?
does the black man own it?
africa is a very rich continent, rich in natural resources,
and i dont think many of these are in black man's hands.
just like gold and diamond rich south africa.
so who will really "gain" anything from this project?
there are 526 million people without electrical power in africa.
do they need electrical power?
is the demand so high that they need to build the biggest dam in the world?
oh,
and whatever happened to that chinece "3 gorges dam"?
finished yet?