These new leaders must be schooled in engineering, technical and financial skills
There are two important numbers when considering SA’s transition to a carbon-neutral economy. The first is 4.8-billion and the second is zero.
So, forget the ANC’s three bogeymen of poverty, unemployment and inequality — SA’s socioeconomic sustainability will hinge on our ability to balance the competing priorities of energy security today and a sustainable or greener tomorrow. Shifting SA from a carbon-fuelled economy to a more carbon-neutral one is horrendously complex. It touches every sector, business and person. It is also fraught with danger, as it has potential to deepen race, class and socioeconomic divisions.
At the same time we need to solve the immediate problem of load-shedding. It is not wrong but reckless to suggest, as some have, that the easiest way to solve the energy crisis is to allow for the accelerated build-up of between 10,000MW and 20,000MW and essentially allow Eskom’s coal-fired power stations to die. It is not a zero sum game.
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