..have the four pillars of modern Civilization- Cement, Steel, Plastics and synthetic Fertilizers-all available thanks to FFs.
Africa with 17% of the π population uses 5% of global synthetic fertilizers produced π
Why do I say we need more fertilizer in Africa for my people?
Average synthetic Nitrogenous Fertilizer use per ha in KGS
African 20
US 120
EU 150
India 250
China up to 350!
More fertilizer and farm machinery is how China is feeding its people!
The countries preaching solar and wind to us used and are still using lots of Fossil Fuels to power their civilization. And btw, they preach solar and wind to us while they steal our fossil fuels.
But Solar and Wind are just electricity. Africa uses 4% of the global β‘ generated.
My family of 6 uses 200 kWh per year. That's less than a typical American refrigerator that consumes 500 kWh per year! And less by far when compared to an American who uses 13000 kWh per year!
Because we are poor. We don't have dishwashers, refrigerators, laundry, microwaves, etc. We use our electricity for lighting and charging phones, basically! So Solar and Wind isn't the solution, UN!
When they are not doing that(I mean the Western governments and antihumanist environmental organizations), they are busy bribing our leaders to have our Fossil Fuels! Or paying youth activists to stop Fossil Fuel devt in Africa-like the EACOP- for π°, 5 β hotels and business βοΈ
Machines amplify and expand our capabilities and my mum could use some. In the US, machines reduced the time required for a man to produce a kilo of wheat from 10 minutes to 2 seconds in about 100 years. And farm machines aren't going to be powered by intermittent dilute W&S.
Because electric machines, just like electric vehicles, are a pipe dream!
They help enslave my people in Congo where 40k children are working as artisanal miners-projected to rise to 800k by 2035 as red Cobalt demand goes up by 20Γ to make some rich Westerner feel good in his EV!
They help the antihumanists NGOS and the African hating UN(which did a piece on The benefits of World Hunger a while back) to keep us poor- Depopulation! Too much of us, just enough of them! The orgs get to milk people with good hearts for aid funds & the UN keeps Africans poor
The Neocolonial UN is hiding behind climate change now. And it is pushing the IMF and WB to Africans to ensure zero Fossil Fuel devt (unless it is for Western nations), limited fertilizer use, high fuel prices, among other Neocolonial tactics the UN has perfected
My message is Let's not attend the COP 28. Or if we do, let's preach why we need economic development through access to more energy. Reliable energy from Fossil Fuels that we have in plenty. We don't need aid. We have the solutions.
I have been brought up by parents who depended entirely on Small scale farming for a livelihood. I have worked on our tiny farms throughout my lifetime. This is the norm for 99% of the people in my community and over 70% of Kenyans.
I have a sustainable internship program for the UN, various environmental NGOs' and personnel(if they didn't block me) and people who would like to try the rural village life-you can check it out on my here.
Fossil Fuels for Africa!
An av African consumes less electricity than an American refrigerator i.e. In a month,
my family of 6 consumes ~14 kWh compared to 45 kWh for the fridge or 1200 kWh for the American. Africa has 17% of π pop but consumes 5% of π β‘
𧡠for anti-African BBC'S, Marco Silva.
A week of primary energy use for an American equals 1 year Nigerian energy consumption or 2 years for a Ugandan in 2015.
Out of the 3B people minus access to;
Clean cooking π, 50% are Africans
And without β‘ is at 90% of the total
Energy for my people.
Fossil Fuels for my people.
Access to modern technology to my people.
Machines amplify and expand our capabilities. Why does the US have only 2% of its people in farming or Europe less than 5% while Africa has ~70%?
Machines and Fossil Fuels
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I have met some who thought crawling as a farmer picked a weed out of a bundle of finger millet from 8 am to 5 pm for $1.50 per day, is better than using a selective herbicide. But if you asked them to choose between them leveling their lawns using hoes and a folk lifting machine
Guess what they'd pick!
Or solving some mathematics manually vs using a calculator or computer!
Or Washing clothes manually vs a laundry machine.
Good morning from Kisii Kenya.
What is it like to live here without fossil fuels?
Some refer to it as 'Sustainable', I agree, only if its definition changes to 'break your back if you want to eat even though you'll be poor forever'
I am weeding our maize.
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We had a drought this January, as usual. This one went for a bit longer-over 1 Β½ months, it is the longest we go without π§οΈ.
Our beans died. Most farmers didn't get what they planted as seeds back-zero harvest. Maize died and we had to do gapping when it started raining..
But most farmers did replant afresh. That is costly and most skipped buying fertilizer(DAP) for the second time and planted maize without. We don't top dress our maize over here. No wonder you see 20-30 Kgs of fertilizer per ha compared to 360 China, 250 India, 120 US, 150 EU
It is a beautiful morning indeed.
As we prepare breakfast using this season's maize cobs to cook.
Rains are back after 6 long weeks(have a thread coming on that) and we can now plant.
What's more interesting is
'AFRICA Uganda, Other African Nations Push for FF Projects' ~WSJ
I this morning talked about the pretentious WB.
Of course, we know what we are doing. While @WilliamsRuto is busy with meetings with the EU, Museveni(a dictator that I barely like) is busy serving his people. And of course we know what we are doing.
Cheap energy for Africans from Africa. Why should we import expensive oil in USD (inflates according to how a few people want it to) from the Middle East? Thousand of Kms away?
Doesn't make sense. Africa produces so much oil per day and exports most of it while consuming 5% of it
Many many issues but colonization.
When the UK(Europeans) was burning coal for its industries in 1900s, it was busy colonizing Africa. They didn't build industries in Africa, they came here to exploit us. Enslave us. Take our resources
Google the atrocities committed against us
They shipped us all the way to their countries for cheap labor. They had tractors but needed us to weed, nurture and harvest whatever was produced,
That's after they strangled civilization in Africa. I mean, some scientists think Aliens built Egyptian pyramids!
The white man was forced to leave through guerilla warfares mostly, and when he did leave, he left us to nurse our wounds. Do you think the same white man would support our development in coming years? Only a fool would!
I have been meaning to share this video for sometime. Let's discuss energy poverty in Africa.
Maize/corn is the number 1 grown crop in the US and Africa. And it is certainly amongst the most nutritious cereals. Kenya's staple food.
Karibu
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We have large scale maize farmers and small scale ones, the latter taking over 80% of the crop produced.
a) For small scale farmers, we have ploughing the land using hoes. Planting the seeds manually by counting. Usually 2-3 seeds per hole. And a pinch of the crop food, DAP.
DAP is essential in root development. And the nitrogen in it is very essential for development of the crop.
We usually apply so little. An average of 20-30 Kgs per ha, annually. China goes crazy with it. 360kgs/ha annually. US about 120, EU at 160.
This affects pdt alot
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