After 100 years with ExxonMobil... 20 African countries no better off today

monckton wrote:
On this basis, one can surely understand the notion that oil alone does not guarantee the "good life"."[/i]
https://www.kaieteurnewsonline.com/2018/02/25/after-100-years-with-exxonmobil-20-african-countries-no-better-off-today-2/

Jeffvw wrote:

monckton wrote:
On this basis, one can surely understand the notion that oil alone does not guarantee the "good life"."[/i]
https://www.kaieteurnewsonline.com/2018/02/25/after-100-years-with-exxonmobil-20-african-countries-no-better-off-today-2/

What correlates to the good life is the use of coal and oil, not its production. Most of the countries listed have very low CO2 emissions per capita, even though they produce lots of oil. Prospering nations all have high CO2 emissions per capita.

On a personal note, I've spent time in Mozambique and have seen the poverty. They do have some power, but not much. That puts them at a severe disadvantage when it comes to productivity. An example is that most use hand tools to make furniture; those with access to power tools can make much more furniture for much less and it is those that are doing better economically.

The US and UN have been offering to install solar and wind power (but refuse to support coal power), but Africans find it useless since it is intermittent. They want the same kind of power that the US has that is always available and cheap. They find the US' insistence only supporting solar projects demeaning. China is making major inroads into Africa and are helping finance and install coal power plants which are finally bringing reliable power to some areas. You can see the increase in prosperity in those areas.

James___ wrote:

Jeffvw wrote:

monckton wrote:
On this basis, one can surely understand the notion that oil alone does not guarantee the "good life"."[/i]
https://www.kaieteurnewsonline.com/2018/02/25/after-100-years-with-exxonmobil-20-african-countries-no-better-off-today-2/

What correlates to the good life is the use of coal and oil, not its production. Most of the countries listed have very low CO2 emissions per capita, even though they produce lots of oil. Prospering nations all have high CO2 emissions per capita.

On a personal note, I've spent time in Mozambique and have seen the poverty. They do have some power, but not much. That puts them at a severe disadvantage when it comes to productivity. An example is that most use hand tools to make furniture; those with access to power tools can make much more furniture for much less and it is those that are doing better economically.

The US and UN have been offering to install solar and wind power (but refuse to support coal power), but Africans find it useless since it is intermittent. They want the same kind of power that the US has that is always available and cheap. They find the US' insistence only supporting solar projects demeaning. China is making major inroads into Africa and are helping finance and install coal power plants which are finally bringing reliable power to some areas. You can see the increase in prosperity in those areas.

James___ wrote:
The part that might help them best is if the "Greenhouse" effect is the result of the earth's magnetic field.

James___ wrote:
..If so then if countries in Africa were to use coal while they become developed then their environmental impact would be negligible

James___ wrote:
until you mention the hole in the ozone layer.

James___ wrote:
IMO they'd be helping it to recover or to at least protect it some against chlorine and bromide.

James___ wrote:
..itn,
..you really from Denmark ? my last name is common there but no where else :-D
.unlike you I can't say I'm better because I have one nationality. In fact I may be visiting the Netherlands later this year or early next year because of a historical project that I'm working on.
..What are you doing ?

monckton wrote:
"The splendour Mother Nature has bestowed upon the continent of Africa cannot be ignored. But neither can the fact that after 100 years of hosting ExxonMobil's operations, the people of 20 African nations are no better off today.

The African countries which have been flagged in the HDI report as places of low human development include: Angola, Chad, Cameroon, Madagascar, Nigeria, Tanzania, Papua New Guinea, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Ethiopia, Senegal, Ivory Coast, and the Republic of Congo.
Those African nations with managed to scrape medium development for its people after finding oil include Equatorial Guinea, Egypt, South Africa, Zambia, Kenya, Ghana, Sâo Tomé and Morocco. On this basis, one can surely understand the notion that oil alone does not guarantee the "good life"."
https://www.kaieteurnewsonline.com/2018/02/25/after-100-years-with-exxonmobil-20-african-countries-no-better-off-today-2/



Yeah I'm still not convinced God actually said that but anyway.
I was going to mention Shell and the hangings but something else popped up, well well well ...

"It is unfortunate, but the number of politicians dreaming of abolishing the U.S. Constitution for a new set of "god-bestowed" laws includes the entirety of the Republican Party; the Koch brothers have been greatly increasing their already very substantial funding for the campaign to "rebirth the Constitution." This movement has been in the works for a long time, and of course the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) has been instrumental in the crusade to transform the current Constitution into a document amenable to the demands of the libertarian Kochs and Christian Dominionists. The movement became mainstream in GOP circles when the RNC included an entire section devoted to creating a new evangelical and Koch-friendly constitution in its official 2016 platform."

Koch Republicans Inch Closer Towards Replacing the Constitution
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/2/16/1742019/-Koch-Republicans-Inch-Closer-Towards-Replacing-the-Constitution

Kochs Bankroll Move to Rewrite the Constitution
https://www.prwatch.org/news/2017/03/13229/koch-brothers-bankroll-constitutional-convention

I wonder if they're planning on bringing back the glory suit.

Into the Night wrote:
I'll leave Africa to you.