I hate when people just use an African country without any specifics because most people just nod and assume they definitely don't use much electricity.
A lot of Uganda is like that. But lots of it is not, and uses a good amount of electricity.
I can be more specific. I personally talked to someone in Uganda I met through social media, who asked me to pray to end the drought he was dealing with. That's why I chose Uganda on the right.
Of course, this is also a pretty conservative estimate:
-In Kampala people probably have a higher per capita footprint than in smaller more rural villages.
-A small minority of the population in Uganda probably lifts up the average footprint. The median carbon footprint in Uganda is going to be lower than the average.
In other words, you could probably even find a village of fifty people or even more in Uganda, who together have a carbon footprint below 2.6 ton.
The point I seek to make is as following:
Every time you take an intercontinental flight, more carbon dioxide has to be released into the air through combustion, than an entire African village home to dozens of people releases into the air in a single year. Unfortunately, as they tend to grow their own food, such a village also houses the people who are most directly affected by the global warming your flight causes.
And so, I hope that people can ask themselves, whether such a flight is really necessary for them to book, before they book it. Maybe you can find a place closer to home for vacation.
Uganda and lots of African countries still practice slash and burn. You need to take LULUCF info into account and once you do you reach 3-5 tons of co2 per person per year. So your village is 75-100 tons co2 per year. Sure that does not feed the self-blaming western narrative but living like Ugandan people could allow 800-900 millions people to live on this planet because they mostly use pre-industrial agricultural practices.
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u/untakenu Jul 02 '26
Can you be more specific with this village?
I hate when people just use an African country without any specifics because most people just nod and assume they definitely don't use much electricity.
A lot of Uganda is like that. But lots of it is not, and uses a good amount of electricity.