Sun energy in Tobago, part 2
The sun is on for everyone, in Tobago. A small village, like Charlotteville, could take advantage of solar energy. Photo Pat Ganase “The only true and sustainable prosperity is shared prosperity.” ― Joseph E. Stiglitz, 2001 Nobel Prize for Economics Climate change is real. The challenge for all the nations of the world is to keep the rise in average global temperatures under 2 degrees Celsius (1.5 degrees is the acceptable limit). The means by which we achieve the global target includes a menu of strategies and measures, including reduction in plastic waste and its removal from the oceans, reducing and removing atmospheric carbon, limiting fossil fuel use and finding sustainable renewable sources of energy. Scientists acknowledge that no one measure is going to be the magic solution to the warming world. We must all do what we can, and do it urgently. This week, Ruben Smith of SM Solar, continues his discussion about how the villages of tiny Tobago could set solar power in...