Why biogas?
Why biogas in Tanzania?
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> Why biogas in Tanzania?
Why biogas in Tanzania?
Around
100 million households
are living in the rural areas in Africa.
Half of those possess
livestock
that provide the input material for biogasproduction.
Only
7,5 % of the rural population
in sub-Saharan Africa has access to electricity.
Declining
availability of firewood and charcoal.
More time spend
collecting
cooking fuel.
Cost of charcoal increasing
dramatically.
Charcoal burning leads to
desertification
.
Smoke in the kitchen kills
millions of women and children each year.
Emission of greenhouse gasses
CO2 and methane
into the atmosphere leads to
global warming
.
Global warming
, because of emissions of
greenhouse gasses
, means that dry areas are getting drier and wet areas getting wetter.
Tropical forests absorbs
5 billion tonnes CO2 annually
. This is put at risk by charcoal- and meat production.
Tanzania consumes
1 million tonnes
charcoal annually, half of it in the capital Dar es Salaam.
The economy
in the charcoal trade in Tanzania
is 6 times bigger
that the total value of the coffee- and tea production.
Charcoal burning is
destructive
for any sustainable development in Tanzania.
Population growth
accellerates the
problem
with emissions of greenhouse gasses and lack of domestic fuels and energy.
Zanzibar:
1968 300.000,- 2005 1,2 million.
Globally
: 1700, 640 million,- 1800, 950 million,- 1900, 1.65 billion,-
2005, 6.07 billion
,- 2050, 9 billion.
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