Mon, 02 Oct 2017 12:19:39 +0000 ELECTRICITY BILL SHOOTS UP DRAMATICALLY Dear Editor, Our electricity bill at home has increased dramatically – roughly from K500 per month to K700 or so per week. This is not a complaint but time to face facts as they are. We need to humble ourselves about our false sense of abundance. Our large share of the Zambezi Basin water and forests is threatened by one of the highest deforestation rates in the world! With 90% of households dependent on an unregulated charcoal industry and large scale agriculture prioritized above forest management the threat is real. My personal household energy vision is to be charcoal free by December 2017 and a total switch to gas and solar by December 2018. The water used to generate electricity is very expensive. The trees that bring back the water and the soils that hold it are even more expensive. The ecosystem that guarantees […]
