Homi Bhabha, the architect of India’s nuclear industry, reportedly once declared that no form of energy was more expensive than having no energy. Consumers in the developing world without (or at the margins of) access to electricity can empathize with that sentiment. Renewable power technologies are becoming cheaper but several developing world consumers are “ignoring” economics in their quest for energy. More in this piece by the New York Times, as part of an interesting series called “Beyond Fossil Fuels.”
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