Chanda Nxumalo
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If Eskom can’t produce enough power, the people of South Africa will need to adapt. There is still a huge problem and that is expensive battery backups systems. And what if it is cloudy, like for for days on end, what do you do? Use wind turbines? I think coal fired power stations are going nowhere any time soon.
95% of the world’s population lives closer to the equator than the 50th parallel. In other words, 95% of humanity lives below the 50th latitude. Only 5% live beyond it, where heating is essential for winter survival. Meanwhile, for the 95%, the main challenge is cooling.
The most counterproductive approach is to burn coal for cooling and then point fingers at the remaining 5%, blaming them for climate change.