| In the modern industrialized
countries 100 slaves are available to every citizen daily on the average
in form of vigour. In the poorest countries of the world this energy is
replaced by human physical strength, which does not suffice by far to increase
the standard of living of these people. This missing energy is replaced
in the poor countries by manpower of the children, what leads to a continuous
growth of the population and impairs the situation of the people.
The population growth in these countries lies between 2,5 % and 3 %. That means, that the number of inhabitants duplicates every 25 years in these countries and therefore also misery and poverty. The demand for energy increases. |
.... | The other source of energy is wood.
Did
you know that every month deserts increase around half a million hectares?Even
today we find with unfavorable wind circumstances the dust of Sahara on
our garden furniture, cars and houses.
Countries as for example Mali, Mauritania, Chad or Burkina Faso lost in the last 15 years 60 % of their tree population. Soon there will no more trees be left! Wood is there in the meantime more expensive than the prepared food, as far as it is still available anyway. |
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Our chairman Willi Heinzen with Tuareg:
no firewood in Sahara
STOPPING DESERT
WITH THE SUN?
| Every minute 30 hectares
rainforest on the earth were destroyed, every month deserts extend around
half a million hectares. Every year the Wild Sahara spreads about 1 - 2
km. That applies also the entire Sudan belt which has a boundary of about
12.000 km. All countries which border on Sahara are affected in the end.
What are the causes? Every human being has to cook and eat. Also in Burkina. In order to prepare for example the national food To (millet mash), they mainly use wood in the Sahel. About 95 % of the used energy for cooking and preparing hot water is made by firewood, which decimates the stock of trees every year. The advance of Sahara is sped up by that. |
... | Pessimistic calculations of the UN
predict, that Burkina Faso with 10 Mio. inhabitants will be a desert landscape
in the next 25 years, where no more tree will be found
But there is also another problem: "Pas d'argent" is called the most needed sentence in Burkina Faso "I do not have any money". No wonder with some average income of less than 500 U$ in the year. And such a stove costs 400 DM after all, even in case of local manufacturing. As firewood is very expensive, the stove would be paid by saving firewood within 18 months at the latest. After that one can cook for the nought rate. |