They need to get themselves out of poverty before they can think about the climate. An unfortunate bind they're in. "We're" first world countries wagging our finger at them. "We've already had our economic cake so we can leapfrog forward.
this post was submitted on 31 Jan 2024
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Or...wind and solar are now incredibly cheap, and it makes sense to develop using those, rather than create a bunch of stranded assets which will hold people back.
They are not producing the same those technologies in any substantial numbers though. They could however make some quick cash for a generation or two (or much longer what do I know) exploiting hydrocarbons