As bad as supply of power is I would wait for NERSA outcome DA we have sunshine more than enough, wind, water, if Politicians/ESKOM can skin the cat they will!
Fixing problems chasing rainbow dreams this is as crazy as most things get. Only way I see forward is to build from scratch totally off-grid, but where?
I did enjoy reading articles.
Coindesk, it makes sense for business, not so sure about home dwellings, _again back to NERSA....
MyBroadBand refers to Zimbabwe where nothing much works except trickle feed into cities, Karoo farmers would only stand to gain, Karoo has sun 99% of the year, also not to sure how much electricity is sent down into this region.
A friend who inherited a farm in the Karoo recently sold after making sure the wind pump for water still worked efficiently, installed solar power to run some lights, fridge and TV at night. Satellite installation for communications, added in a gas stove to back up the old wooden stove which could still be used for heating in cold months.
Let us hope we do move forward without delay, using Bitcoin to back developments a good way to put into investing in our future.
If we have the right to tap into our own water with tanks and bore holes and the right to our private internet connection with satellite-like you mentioned, I don't see why electricity generation should be any different, if im off grid los my uit. I'm doing you a favour by not putting additional demand on your crappy service that you pay millions to run ads to tell us to use less off, its madness
I don't have the answer for where honestly, I do think that if let's say the northern cape taps into orange river hydro and their massive uranium deposits and cost line because they small in the population become energy independent it gives them too much autonomy from the power centers. More of the country's money would flow there because they give us cheap energy and start to distribute political power too.
Whenever I see things that don't make sense to me its usually a money or power angle. it really is a shame though as all that energy would give us so much value and increase everyone's standard of living.
I don't think individual energy independence is workable, maybe in certain towns, but hey we gotta do what we can, no ones coming to save us thats for sure
Well said, exceptionally lucky if you hit borehole water that is the jackpot, everything else you would be able to source, it is finding a place outside of towns/cities where you would be able to "feel safe"!?
If government stood back for a minute without greedy palms being greased, people may take the initiative to build something amazing in this land.