Energy that's Suitable for Everyone

When I ponder the world's energy crisis, I usually picture large industrialized nations with selfish energy demands and power-wasting lifestyles. America, the nation responsible for consuming nearly 25% of the world's energy supply certainly tops that list. In addition to energy consumption, I also think about the same large nations when it comes to energy conservation. With so many renewable energy sources being studied and tested, the future of the dependence on oil seems bleak.

Being an American citizen myself, it's hard to think of the energy crisis as a global issue, and by global I am mostly referring to third-world and nonindustrial countries. Do countries that barely even have power and running water lose any sleep over the rest of the world's energy issues? Probably not.

That's why I was surprised to come across an article from Environmental News Network describing a successful study to determine the success of geothermal heating is some African Countries. The African Rift Geothermal Development Facility has spent the past several years have been developing plans to harvest heat energy located within the African rift, which has the capacity to generate 4,000 megawatts of electricity and bring power to the nearly 600,000,000 people with out it.

Funding for this project over the past few years has come from the Global Environment Facility, The World Bank, and the United Nations Environmental Program, and with a recent promised $18 million, the GEF can initiate geothermal facilities running through countries such as Mozambique, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Uganda, and Djibouti.

Here is a link to the article to read on:

East African Geothermal Tests Successful