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South Africa offers a lesson on how not to shut down a coal plant (www.rawstory.com)

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"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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[–] unemployedclaquer@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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 points 1 month ago

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

https://youtu.be/Iiny1GrfhYM