It would seem to have, by far, the worlds best solar resources.

Who "seconds" the argument that this is why we haven't seen more development of this technology?

 :-? :-? :P

BatteriesNotIncluded wrote on Jun 2^nd, 2008 at 8:19pm:

It would seem to have, by far, the worlds best solar resources. Who "seconds" the argument that this is why we haven't seen more development of this technology?  :-? :-? :P

I've spent enough of my life in Africa. There are very few countries in Africa where I would ever consider investing my time again. Ghana is one, and Gabon is another. Almost the entire continent (Sub Saharan Africa) is rife with corruption.

That's its current state, regardless of how it got that way (and that's a whole different story). If you go to Kenya or Guinea or almost any other country in Africa nowadays and compare it with how it was 30 years ago, they have almost all regressed.

Yet if you go back even a couple of centuries, Africa had hope and was relatively disease free.

As far as Solar Power is concerned, we only have to look at the incompetance of the Rudd government in their handling of solar power subsidies to see how badly things can go wrong. Contrast this with Germany where they have a Solar generation scheme that actually works.

The only way you'll get Solar power to work in Africa is to nuke a large section and surround it with security first. The problem is that there is no demand for power in most of Africa, with electricity usage in an entire country being less than a small town in Australia.  

muso wrote on Jun 3^rd, 2008 at 11:08am:

BatteriesNotIncluded wrote on Jun 2nd, 2008 at 8:19pm: It would seem to have, by far, the worlds best solar resources. Who "seconds" the argument that this is why we haven't seen more development of this technology?  :-? :-? :P I've spent enough of my life in Africa. There are very few countries in Africa where I would ever consider investing my time again. Ghana is one, and Gabon is another. Almost the entire continent (Sub Saharan Africa) is rife with corruption. That's its current state, regardless of how it got that way (and that's a whole different story). If you go to Kenya or Guinea or almost any other country in Africa nowadays and compare it with how it was 30 years ago, they have almost all regressed. Yet if you go back even a couple of centuries, Africa had hope and was relatively disease free. As far as Solar Power is concerned, we only have to look at the incompetance of the Rudd government in their handling of solar power subsidies to see how badly things can go wrong. Contrast this with Germany where they have a Solar generation scheme that actually works. The only way you'll get Solar power to work in Africa is to nuke a large section and surround it with security first. The problem is that there is no demand for power in most of Africa, with electricity usage in an entire country being less than a small town in Australia.

‘What are you reading?’ he asked, in perfect English.

I showed him: A Good Man in Africa by William Boyd.

‘A good man in Africa?’ he said. ‘I’d like to meet him.’

I know back in the Rudd days.

Africa and India were the leading manufacturers and users of Solar Panels.
Maybe Black skinned people know how to absorb the Suns rays better than whities?

Mostly India than Africa, were covering their irrigation and water transfer canals with Solar Panels. Great idea that Australia should adopt as it puts the Solar Panels in places that doesn't compromise land that could be put to other uses and it also minimalizes the 'evaporation' output as well as force, at night, any moisture-dew from the canals outwards onto the nearby land, rather than straight up.

As for Africa itself?
Well when the world is fixated in making North America & Asia a priority. Africa & Sahul (Aust, Melanesia, East Indonesia) just have to wait until it's their turn and stage.

Breaking the Seals of the Time Tombs:

North America v Asia
Sahul v Africa
South America v Europe
Oceania v Middle-East

Racial Alliances:
Northern Hemisphere
Yellow Asia & Blue Europe
Brown Mid-East & Red North America
Southern Hemisphere
Black Africa & Grey Oceania
White Sahul & Green South America.

https://youtu.be/qqsTq3WsFZ4