World Bloggers Action Day: Climate Change

I just got the information from Chris Guillebeau’s website that today is world bloggers day, and every blogger is meant to write about climate change. Well… I’ll simply post up what I sent to the innovation360 people.

Unless third world governments take an active role towards supporting the production of low energy consuming devices and their distribution and use across their regions, the dream of imbibing the use of green friendly technology cannot be attained. This is not for any fancy reason… other than COST. For low energy bulbs for instance, In Nigeria, they cost as much as 15 to 20 times a normal bulb. This has created a scenario where they are viewed as luxuries for the rich alone. The singular factor that even drove the market for the expensive green bulbs was the adoption of prepaid meters which began to create waste conscious electricity consumption to Nigerians, about 2 years ago.

Don’t get me wrong, I no it is not cheaper to go green. hardly. But the truth is, if there is a cost implication of preserving our planet, most of the third world is not enlightened enough to aspire to bearing the cost, neither can they afford to, in reality. How do you bother a man about a global cataclysm when he is not winning the fight against gnawing hunger in his belly, how do you make a man an advocate for green policies, when he is still fighting to institute good governance in his polity? Its classic Maslow.

Something to think about…. something to ponder. Till next year, at least I put my bid in for climate change. Cheers.

PS

Put off the light when you leave the room, save your bill, and the planet!!!

~ by whichlevel on October 15, 2009.