DiegoDiego Posted June 4, 2021 Share Posted June 4, 2021 They've got huge renewable capacity. I'm sure they can guarantee power to profitable enterprises. You've never actually been there, have you? They export nearly all of the volta dam power to neighbouring countries in an attempt to keep the books balanced. The whole of Accra goes without power for days at a time. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detournement Posted June 4, 2021 Share Posted June 4, 2021 7 minutes ago, DiegoDiego said: 1 hour ago, Detournement said: They've got huge renewable capacity. I'm sure they can guarantee power to profitable enterprises. You've never actually been there, have you? They export nearly all of the volta dam power to neighbouring countries in an attempt to keep the books balanced. The whole of Accra goes without power for days at a time. No I've not been there but if they required power for a factory they could directly supply the factory from various renewables. Large areas of the USA regularly have brown outs in residential areas but industry gets on just fine. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiegoDiego Posted June 4, 2021 Share Posted June 4, 2021 No I've not been there but if they required power for a factory they could directly supply the factory from various renewables. Large areas of the USA regularly have brown outs in residential areas but industry gets on just fine. They already have important factories which aren't getting power and demand is increasing.We're not talking a few outages a year, it was literally no power every other day for a month at one point. 24hrs on, 24 off by government decree.I'm not saying it would be impossible to single out a factory and keep the power on to the detriment of others, but it'll never happen. They need to walk before they can run. I wish them the best of luck though as it's a place I'm very fond of. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detournement Posted June 4, 2021 Share Posted June 4, 2021 Just now, DiegoDiego said: They already have important factories which aren't getting power and demand is increasing. We're not talking a few outages a year, it was literally no power every other day for a month at one point. 24hrs on, 24 off by government decree. I'm not saying it would be impossible to single out a factory and keep the power on to the detriment of others, but it'll never happen. They need to walk before they can run. I wish them the best of luck though as it's a place I'm very fond of. Fair enough. The status quo is doing very little for them so they have to do something. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiegoDiego Posted June 4, 2021 Share Posted June 4, 2021 Fair enough. The status quo is doing very little for them so they have to do something. The status quo has seen their GDP increase 6x in 16 years. They'll get there. Hopefully I'll be back next year at some point. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest TheJTS98 Posted June 5, 2021 Share Posted June 5, 2021 'Human error' https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/jun/04/microsoft-bing-tiananmen-tank-man-results 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiegoDiego Posted June 5, 2021 Share Posted June 5, 2021 I'm sure I read somewhere that Accra is one of the most expensive places to live in the whole world, would that chime with what you experienced?Nope. Maybe that's true in one of those surveys for rich immigrants in gated communities though. In Accra I stayed in the same neighbourhood as a furniture shop owned by an uncle of Danny Welbeck, folk there told me they paid $50 a month for their accommodation. Even somewhere like Kumasi people were only paying $30pm. A beer was about a quid. I can't recommend it enough as a destination (not for everyone though, obviously). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genuine Hibs Fan Posted June 9, 2021 Share Posted June 9, 2021 Halo Trust: Afghanistan mine clearance workers shot dead 'in cold blood' - BBC News odd story from Afghanistan, with the Afghan government immediately blaming the Taliban and the head of the Halo Trust, a former Brigadier in the British Army, saying that it was the Taliban who drove the attackers off. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detournement Posted June 14, 2021 Share Posted June 14, 2021 Boris saying that "no wants a new Cold War" on the way into the NATO summit definitely means they are organising the new Cold War. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Archer (Raconteur) Posted June 14, 2021 Share Posted June 14, 2021 Just now, Detournement said: Boris saying that "no wants a new Cold War" on the way into the NATO summit definitely means they are organising the new Cold War. That's all we need, another virus. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest TheJTS98 Posted June 17, 2021 Share Posted June 17, 2021 Another day, more depressing news for those under the Communist Party boot. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jun/17/hong-kong-police-arrest-editor-in-chief-of-apple-daily-newspaper-in-morning-raids 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detournement Posted June 26, 2021 Share Posted June 26, 2021 Getting this in here before our own Sino demographic expert turns this into a 1000 word essay. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueBear Posted June 26, 2021 Share Posted June 26, 2021 Geopolitics in the Western world equals genocide of the weak. Go tell tell it to the millions of innocents butchered in Iraq, Syria, Libya, Yemen and so so. Far less the child slavery in Tesla mines in Africa. We all need an electric car right? The only thing democratic in the west is when the 1% divi up their burgeoning profits. Ah but........! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SANTAN Posted June 27, 2021 Share Posted June 27, 2021 21 hours ago, Detournement said: Getting this in here before our own Sino demographic expert turns this into a 1000 word essay. Is this meant to be a good news story? Loved the Weibo comment along the lines of "No shit you'll stack up old people if the authoritarian government literally restricts you to having 1 child" I wonder how many Detournment style posters there are on Chinese social media. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bendan Posted June 27, 2021 Share Posted June 27, 2021 55 minutes ago, Stormzy said: Is this meant to be a good news story? Is it not just another in the long line of imminent-China-collapse stories that the media has been peddling for about 30 years now? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detournement Posted June 27, 2021 Share Posted June 27, 2021 22 minutes ago, bendan said: Is it not just another in the long line of imminent-China-collapse stories that the media has been peddling for about 30 years now? Aye it's hilarious. What you really want to do is work until you are 67 then die at 70. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SANTAN Posted June 27, 2021 Share Posted June 27, 2021 1 hour ago, bendan said: Is it not just another in the long line of imminent-China-collapse stories that the media has been peddling for about 30 years now? I dunno it's not a trend I've followed, the article says they're looking to raise the retirement age to roughly where we are now, I don't see how that's a critique on ethos or anything especially if they're also going to be working til late 60s and dying when they're 70 like we do already. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherrif John Bunnell Posted June 29, 2021 Share Posted June 29, 2021 https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-06-29/africa-s-last-absolute-monarch-flees-amid-protests-sabc-reports No kings 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coprolite Posted June 29, 2021 Share Posted June 29, 2021 14 minutes ago, Sherrif John Bunnell said: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-06-29/africa-s-last-absolute-monarch-flees-amid-protests-sabc-reports No kings Morocco and Lesotho still have constitutional monarchies, but apart from that the entire continent of Africa has more modern political systems than our medieval throwback. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiegoDiego Posted June 29, 2021 Share Posted June 29, 2021 Morocco and Lesotho still have constitutional monarchies, but apart from that the entire continent of Africa has more modern political systems than our medieval throwback. Eswatini. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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