Carbon dioxide
is plant food.
Burning fossil fuels
to generate electricity
led to a big increase
of economic growth,
which leads to
improved health and
longer life expectancy.
It also greens the planet
with extra CO2.
Fossil-fuel burning drove
the increase in CO2 levels
since 1900,
from under
three percent
of one percent
of the atmosphere
( about 300 ppm )
to a bit more
than four percent
of one percent
of the atmosphere.
( about 400 ppm )
The extra atmospheric CO2
has increased plant growth
by at least 15%, and possibly
much more.
NASA has published images
of this “greening” of the planet.
https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/144540/china-and-india-lead-the-way-in-greening
https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/144540/china-and-india-lead-the-way-in-greening
Less than one third
of African households
have an electrical connection.
Life expectancy in Africa
is in the low 60’s.
Businesses suffer from black-outs
and brown-outs, and so they rely on
highly-polluting diesel generators
to meet orders.
Only fossil fuels can power
a reliable electric grid in Africa.
The climate alarmists
pressured the World Bank
to stop helping
African countries
build coal and gas-fired
power plants.
There’s a real crisis
African public health now.
The 'Green New Deal'
for the African continent
is for Africans to stay poor,
with intermittent power,
rather than becoming
more prosperous
and living longer,
healthier lives.
That's a racist
environmental
policy !