Comments on: Electranets, Hippos at WEF and Cheetahs. http://afromusing.com/2007/06/15/electranets-hippos-at-wef-and-cheetahs/ Africa and Beyond! Wed, 21 Mar 2012 09:03:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: story of kwanza http://afromusing.com/2007/06/15/electranets-hippos-at-wef-and-cheetahs/comment-page-1/#comment-71461 story of kwanza Sat, 12 Jan 2008 13:10:25 +0000 http://www.afromusing.com/blog/2007/06/15/electranets-hippos-at-wef-and-cheetahs/#comment-71461 <strong>story of kwanza...</strong> It is difficult striving to calculate the hours we have used up tracking down charlie brown kwanzaa ebaums world pages.... story of kwanza…

It is difficult striving to calculate the hours we have used up tracking down charlie brown kwanzaa ebaums world pages….

]]> By: AfroMusing http://afromusing.com/2007/06/15/electranets-hippos-at-wef-and-cheetahs/comment-page-1/#comment-18138 AfroMusing Tue, 19 Jun 2007 17:06:44 +0000 http://www.afromusing.com/blog/2007/06/15/electranets-hippos-at-wef-and-cheetahs/#comment-18138 that is a very interesting historical note Kwasi, any pictures of the concrete shell? :) that is a very interesting historical note Kwasi, any pictures of the concrete shell? :)

]]> By: kwasi http://afromusing.com/2007/06/15/electranets-hippos-at-wef-and-cheetahs/comment-page-1/#comment-18016 kwasi Mon, 18 Jun 2007 15:17:57 +0000 http://www.afromusing.com/blog/2007/06/15/electranets-hippos-at-wef-and-cheetahs/#comment-18016 Interesting you should mention Nuclear energy. I liase with the Atomic Energy Institute in Ghana as part of my job and there you will find a lot of really smart people who feel that the country should be looking hard at nuclear energy. I have the same misgivings you do about the idea though. While nuclear energy produces no carbon we will have to deal with the waste. I doubt if we are prepared to do it properly. Plus it makes no sense to me to go in that direction when we are easily capable of using renewable energy in both large scale and microgrid projects. Historical note: At the time Nkrumah was overthrown Ghana was weeks away from having a small functional nuclear reactor for power generation. We were just waiting for the fuel rods to arrive from the Soviets. After his overthrow the reactor was disassembled and shipped off. All that remains now is a concrete shell in the middle of the Atomic Energy Institute Interesting you should mention Nuclear energy. I liase with the Atomic Energy Institute in Ghana as part of my job and there you will find a lot of really smart people who feel that the country should be looking hard at nuclear energy. I have the same misgivings you do about the idea though. While nuclear energy produces no carbon we will have to deal with the waste. I doubt if we are prepared to do it properly.
Plus it makes no sense to me to go in that direction when we are easily capable of using renewable energy in both large scale and microgrid projects.

Historical note: At the time Nkrumah was overthrown Ghana was weeks away from having a small functional nuclear reactor for power generation. We were just waiting for the fuel rods to arrive from the Soviets. After his overthrow the reactor was disassembled and shipped off. All that remains now is a concrete shell in the middle of the Atomic Energy Institute

]]> By: AfroMusing http://afromusing.com/2007/06/15/electranets-hippos-at-wef-and-cheetahs/comment-page-1/#comment-18007 AfroMusing Mon, 18 Jun 2007 12:50:03 +0000 http://www.afromusing.com/blog/2007/06/15/electranets-hippos-at-wef-and-cheetahs/#comment-18007 Hello Kwasi, thanks for your comment! – I just had a conversation with someone who believes that Africa needs to go nuclear…which pragmatically speaking would indeed light up the continent, but what to do with the spent fuel rods? Stick them in a mountain like US does? Which community will live near the dumping site?

“A lot of us really canâ??t imagine a world where we arenâ??t at the bottom of the food chain begging others for help. Until that changes weâ??ll stay where we are.”

Yep. Rebranding, rethinking, reawakening…there is hope perhaps.

]]> By: kwasi http://afromusing.com/2007/06/15/electranets-hippos-at-wef-and-cheetahs/comment-page-1/#comment-17987 kwasi Mon, 18 Jun 2007 08:32:56 +0000 http://www.afromusing.com/blog/2007/06/15/electranets-hippos-at-wef-and-cheetahs/#comment-17987 I've actually had discussions with people who are fairly close to the halls of power about the fact that we could be building the next stage of our energy infrastructure in the form of renewable energy. The problem again is that you are dealing mostly with hippos who are used to seeing the world in a very specific form. All these new-fangled ideas about energy generation seem like risking huge amounts of money on untested technology when we know coal or gas will do the job. As for your question about where we see ourselves in the future, that is the core problem. A lot of us really can't imagine a world where we aren't at the bottom of the food chain begging others for help. Until that changes we'll stay where we are. I’ve actually had discussions with people who are fairly close to the halls of power about the fact that we could be building the next stage of our energy infrastructure in the form of renewable energy.
The problem again is that you are dealing mostly with hippos who are used to seeing the world in a very specific form. All these new-fangled ideas about energy generation seem like risking huge amounts of money on untested technology when we know coal or gas will do the job.

As for your question about where we see ourselves in the future, that is the core problem. A lot of us really can’t imagine a world where we aren’t at the bottom of the food chain begging others for help. Until that changes we’ll stay where we are.

]]> By: Your Group of Web AddiCT(s); http://afromusing.com/2007/06/15/electranets-hippos-at-wef-and-cheetahs/comment-page-1/#comment-17785 Your Group of Web AddiCT(s); Sat, 16 Jun 2007 15:37:00 +0000 http://www.afromusing.com/blog/2007/06/15/electranets-hippos-at-wef-and-cheetahs/#comment-17785 <strong>Youth Day brings MP3 downloads to MXit. A sign of things to come?...</strong> While logging into MXit on this sunny day in Cape Town, June 16 2007, South Africa celebrates Youth Day. Theres a new channel within tradepost aptly named Youth day and a mention of a URL that leads us to MXit Voice. The MXit_Team are celebrating Youth... Youth Day brings MP3 downloads to MXit. A sign of things to come?…

While logging into MXit on this sunny day in Cape Town, June 16 2007, South Africa celebrates Youth Day. Theres a new channel within tradepost aptly named Youth day and a mention of a URL that leads us to MXit Voice.
The MXit_Team are celebrating Youth…

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