Activist Post - Obama has pledged a minimum of $7 billion dollars to boost access to electricity across parts of Africa. "Power Africa" will add better capacity to 20 million homes and commercial entities in Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria and Tanzania over the next 5 years. Naturally this is being couched in presumed economic benefits for America...
Meanwhile at home, as noted by Daisy Luther, one "large western US power company recently announced that they did not foresee the ability to keep up with electrical demand this summer, and may institute rolling blackouts to cope with it." The general weakness of the U.S. electric grid costs the U.S. economy an estimated 80 billion dollars a year.
Beyond this, the state of American infrastructure in general is dismal and is heading toward third world status. States are on the verge of bankruptcy, cities are going dark, asphalt roads are returning to the stone age, and nationwide budget cuts are leaving students without teachers, supplies, or a full-time education....
Meanwhile at home, as noted by Daisy Luther, one "large western US power company recently announced that they did not foresee the ability to keep up with electrical demand this summer, and may institute rolling blackouts to cope with it." The general weakness of the U.S. electric grid costs the U.S. economy an estimated 80 billion dollars a year.
Beyond this, the state of American infrastructure in general is dismal and is heading toward third world status. States are on the verge of bankruptcy, cities are going dark, asphalt roads are returning to the stone age, and nationwide budget cuts are leaving students without teachers, supplies, or a full-time education....
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