How can renewable energy benefit 3rd world countries?

Question

How can renewable energy benefit 3rd world countries?

Answer 1

It probably won't.  Renewable energy is expensive energy as long as we have coal and oil.  

The global warming fanatics want to keep third world countries from building coal-fired electric plants.  This will pinch their already delicate economies and doom them to poverty.

Answer 2

They won't have to rely on other people to obtain the needed fuel for their energy such as those who depend on fossil fuel (i.e. needing to rely on the energy company who depend on the oil company who need to obtain that from an arab nation), they won't have to worry about prices going up and down, and it will keep their air, land, and water a little bit cleaner. In many cases it could be cheaper such as if they use wind power (it's actually quite easy to construct your own wind generator) and when you consider that oil is now at $100 a barrel. Coal is not only detrimental to our air, but also to our land and water as it needs to be mined or taken from mountaintops (look up mountain top removal and see how badly it is affecting the local communities around the Appalachians...).

It's not just the energy which will benefit them, being more earth friendly in general will benefit them greatly as it costs less money and is more resourceful. A few examples would be using a solar oven for cooking, using local resources such as straw and clay to make their homes with which is also better insulated and would therefore require less energy for heating and cooling, composting to make the land more fertile and to grow their own fruits and vegetables, and bio-filtration for their water supply as most 3rd world countries have limited and/or unhealthy water sources.

Answer 3

For every kilowatt we save in conservation we really save 2 kilowatts to produce that energy.  Energy production contributes to global warming and green house gas emissions. The benefit is reducing the long term consequences of global warming..

Answer 4

For poor third world countries, electrical infrastructure is very expensive in rural areas.  Small solar panels can be installed on school houses and homes to provide electricity where it is needed.