Everyone agrees that electricity is essential for lifting people out of poverty. Therefore, the more competitive the cost of electricity, the better the prospects of improving households’ living standards, especially in our rural areas. And like any other input, the natural reaction is to consume it less, as it becomes increasingly expensive.
This then takes us to the whole issue of solar or wind energy. Both solar and wind energy continue to be unviable unless they are heavily subsidised by the taxpayer.
Unlike previous inventions, the trouble with solar and wind which is also known as renewable energy is that it is not driven by science per se. It is in large measure, driven by the politicisation of climate science. To begin to understand the nature politics of climate science, you have to contrast it with seminal inventions which had the effect of improving the living standards of humanity.
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