{"id":290326,"date":"2023-12-07T11:37:45","date_gmt":"2023-12-07T10:37:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=290326"},"modified":"2023-12-07T11:37:47","modified_gmt":"2023-12-07T10:37:47","slug":"a-message-to-the-cop-28-fossil-fuels-for-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=290326","title":{"rendered":"A Message To The COP 28: Fossil Fuels For Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"380\" data-attachment-id=\"290328\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=290328\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/00Screenshot-2023-12-07-112528.png?fit=1889%2C993&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1889,993\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"00Screenshot-2023-12-07-112528\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/00Screenshot-2023-12-07-112528.png?fit=723%2C380&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/00Screenshot-2023-12-07-112528.png?resize=723%2C380&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-290328\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/00Screenshot-2023-12-07-112528.png?resize=1024%2C538&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/00Screenshot-2023-12-07-112528.png?resize=300%2C158&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/00Screenshot-2023-12-07-112528.png?resize=768%2C404&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/00Screenshot-2023-12-07-112528.png?resize=1536%2C807&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/00Screenshot-2023-12-07-112528.png?resize=1200%2C631&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/00Screenshot-2023-12-07-112528.png?w=1889&amp;ssl=1 1889w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/00Screenshot-2023-12-07-112528.png?w=1446&amp;ssl=1 1446w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Why does Africa need Fossil Fuels?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Africa&#8217;s energy that comes from burning firewood and crop residue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Dear COP28,<br><br>A MESSAGE from a Small Scale Farmer in rural Kisii Kenya to the UN COP 28 in UAE. <br><br>\ud83e\uddf5 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/saGAnaykAK\">pic.twitter.com\/saGAnaykAK<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Jusper Machogu (@JusperMachogu) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JusperMachogu\/status\/1729866152183300115?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 29, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">..have the four pillars of modern Civilization- Cement, Steel, Plastics and synthetic Fertilizers-all available thanks to FFs.<br>Africa with 17% of the \ud83c\udf0e population uses 5% of global synthetic fertilizers produced \ud83c\udf0e <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9wyoxH0MaV\">pic.twitter.com\/9wyoxH0MaV<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Jusper Machogu (@JusperMachogu) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JusperMachogu\/status\/1729866191702048977?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 29, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"510\" data-attachment-id=\"290330\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=290330\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/0GAG4JcvaUAA-DOH.jpeg?fit=2048%2C1446&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2048,1446\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"0GAG4JcvaUAA-DOH\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/0GAG4JcvaUAA-DOH.jpeg?fit=723%2C510&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/0GAG4JcvaUAA-DOH.jpeg?resize=723%2C510&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-290330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/0GAG4JcvaUAA-DOH.jpeg?resize=1024%2C723&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/0GAG4JcvaUAA-DOH.jpeg?resize=300%2C212&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/0GAG4JcvaUAA-DOH.jpeg?resize=768%2C542&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/0GAG4JcvaUAA-DOH.jpeg?resize=1536%2C1085&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/0GAG4JcvaUAA-DOH.jpeg?resize=1200%2C847&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/0GAG4JcvaUAA-DOH.jpeg?w=2048&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/0GAG4JcvaUAA-DOH.jpeg?w=1446&amp;ssl=1 1446w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">More fertilizer and farm machinery is how China is feeding its people!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">When they are not doing that(I mean the Western governments and antihumanist environmental organizations), they are busy bribing our leaders to have our Fossil Fuels! Or paying youth activists to stop Fossil Fuel devt in Africa-like the EACOP- for \ud83d\udcb0, 5 \u2b50 hotels and business \u2708\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GTiMnKqWI9\">pic.twitter.com\/GTiMnKqWI9<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Jusper Machogu (@JusperMachogu) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JusperMachogu\/status\/1729866272542986343?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 29, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Because electric machines, just like electric vehicles, are a pipe dream!<br>They help enslave my people in Congo where 40k children are working as artisanal miners-projected to rise to 800k by 2035 as red Cobalt demand goes up by 20\u00d7 to make some rich Westerner feel good in his EV! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sZdRAw3X7t\">pic.twitter.com\/sZdRAw3X7t<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Jusper Machogu (@JusperMachogu) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JusperMachogu\/status\/1729866301609595228?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 29, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Neocolonial UN is hiding behind climate change now. And it is pushing the IMF and WB to Africans to ensure zero Fossil Fuel devt (unless it is for Western nations), limited fertilizer use, high fuel prices, among other Neocolonial tactics the UN has perfected <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/U8QQnpSBj0\">pic.twitter.com\/U8QQnpSBj0<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Jusper Machogu (@JusperMachogu) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JusperMachogu\/status\/1729866342617022480?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 29, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I have been brought up by parents who depended entirely on Small scale farming for a livelihood. I have worked on our tiny farms throughout my lifetime. This is the norm for 99% of the people in my community and over 70% of Kenyans. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EHleBCggSu\">pic.twitter.com\/EHleBCggSu<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Jusper Machogu (@JusperMachogu) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JusperMachogu\/status\/1729866370228330782?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 29, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I have a sustainable internship program for the UN, various environmental NGOs&#39; and personnel(if they didn&#39;t block me) and people who would like to try the rural village life-you can check it out on my here. <br>Fossil Fuels for Africa!<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/37DaFe6KZ1\">https:\/\/t.co\/37DaFe6KZ1<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Jusper Machogu (@JusperMachogu) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JusperMachogu\/status\/1729866378294026500?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 29, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why does Africa need Fossil Fuels? 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