Comments on: Eskom pollution kills 330 people a year, company says

By: burnmeister

burnmeister — Fri, 03 Nov 2023 10:26:37 +0000

Awesome. Now do a calculation how many deaths are caused by a lack of electricity, including indirectly due to collapsing economy and subsequent brain drain.
I’ll take the benefits of stable electricity supply to millions of people over the 300 pollution deaths a year any day.

By: XPM

XPM — Fri, 03 Nov 2023 05:09:18 +0000

People move into a polluted area, they must suffer the pollution.
If you move into an area that is known for sinkholes, do you accept them when they happen or blame the Dept of Land Affairs?

By: Null hypothesis

Null hypothesis — Thu, 02 Nov 2023 06:45:02 +0000

Eskom says load shedding will be over next year. But they said same thing since 2008.

Eskom once said the cost of load shedding is 84/kWh (Meaning it cost SA R1bn per stage per day, more than R259bn-R520bn/year).

Then Eskom it says the cost of load shedding is only 1/3 of that. So treasury confidently told us load shedding cost SA only about R90bn a year.

Meanwhile SARS tell us cost of load shedding is R900bn a year. Our electricity minister say it costs R1400bn a year.

Andre de Ruyter told us himself Eskom emissions cost SA 17 000 deaths a year.
Enough of the bull. Can we get adults in, to do the sums please?