headline piece from Bloomberg re World Bank revived loan of 1B dollars to Congo for big hydro

Map of the Congo River Basin's drainage system

Map of Congo deforestation

#Congo needs juice to modernize, yet #WorldBank's $1B investment in #BigHydro there is wrongheaded & perpetuates fealty of the people to central dictate.

#MicroHydro & #LocalGrid provisions are more sensitive to preservation of the watershed & aid #democracy.

www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

"Far from addressing the scandal of energy poverty in #Africa, this summit has opened the door to the global private sector to make profits from damaging mega projects such as #FossilGas & #BigHydro, with much of the energy meant for export elsewhere..."

-Alison Doig for Recourse

#DistributedGeneration using #ThermoSolar, #PVSolar, #SmallWind, & #MicroHydro is the ultimate solution balancing #liberty with #necessity.

Bottom line?

#Oil, #Gas, #Nukes, #Coal, #BigHydro, #BigWind, #MegaSolar et al are anti-liberty & anathema to cleaning up our act as a species.

Let's #GrowUp!

Dihydrogen monoxide can be toxic, please dispose of the content safely.

#chemistry #contrails #BigHydro