Thread by @JusperMachogu

Dear COP28,

A MESSAGE from a Small Scale Farmer in rural Kisii Kenya to the UN COP 28 in UAE.

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Why does Africa need Fossil Fuels?
The energy industry powers every other industry. Because we want to flourish, we want to replace~90% of SS Africa's energy that comes from burning firewood, 🐄 💩 & crop residue. But esp because we want to feed ourselves, beat hunger, and..

..have the four pillars of modern Civilization- Cement, Steel, Plastics and synthetic Fertilizers-all available thanks to FFs.
Africa with 17% of the 🌎 population uses 5% of global synthetic fertilizers produced 🌎

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 ⚡ 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 💰, 5 ⭐ hotels and business ✈️

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 20× 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!

https://twitter.com/JusperMachogu/status/1642391693075836928?t=sHdNcFRt_8sCxeRhnWw0Kw&s=19

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Sustainable Internship


An interview I did with @AlexEpstein
during the African Energy Week last month.
cowboystatedaily.com/2023/07/08/ken…

@AlexEpstein **UAE not Saudi.