Obsolete technology and the end of poverty

With the coal lobby flogging obsolete coal-fired power technology as a solution to poverty it must be time to dust off the factories that made incandescent light bulbs, black and white televisions, MS-DOS computers and all the other clapped-out technology so lovingly cherished and then discarded by advanced economies.

Clapped-out technology to fight poverty!

Radio Technology Museum, New Jersey

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Unreliable thermal coal power plant shut down after severe water crisis https://t.co/onPmFPdLB9 via @ndtv #energypoverty #Climatechange

— Askgerbil Now (@Askgerbil) November 18, 2015

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India coal-fired plant shut down due to water shortage. Start-up of new coal plant postponed. https://t.co/gcENzNTrBF #drought #unreliable

— Askgerbil Now (@Askgerbil) November 12, 2015

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.@BusinessGreen The coal industry rejected clean coal technology in 2011. Efficiency is bad for sales volumes. http://t.co/zD1A6mHDmw

— Askgerbil Now (@Askgerbil) October 13, 2015

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.@DrHCaldicott @vanbadham @Atticus_Amber This solar hybrid system provides uninterrupted utility-grade power 24/7 https://t.co/2hzYIOrVe4

— Askgerbil Now (@Askgerbil) October 29, 2015

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#Coal use expected to drop by 40% by 2040 says @IEA (listen) https://t.co/rgxPoMZwwt via @amworldtodaypm #climate

— ABC Environment (@ABCenvironment) November 10, 2015

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