Even in Afghanistan, renewable energy is being installed

[Doug.Goodall]

http://www.boston.com/news/world/middleeast/articles/2008/09/04/turbine_delivered_to_afghan_project/

Boston Globe
September 4, 2008

Turbine Delivered To Afghan Project

KABUL, Afghanistan -- It was a weeklong journey through Afghanistan's most dangerous Taliban territory, dodging persistent attacks by insurgents and bumping over rough desert terrain riddled with mines.

But a snaking convoy of 4,000 coalition forces, guarded by dozens of attack helicopters and fighter jets, arrived successfully with its cargo: a turbine for a US-funded dam project that could provide more than 6 percent of the country's electricity.

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Kajaki is an American-built hydroelectric dam project with the potential to provide Afghanistan with 6 percent of its power. It is the largest American aid project in Afghanistan. The dam was originally built in the 1950s to help Afghan farmers irrigate their fields.


You know installing this turbine generator cost a large amount of money. My question is why our govenment will not exercise the same scale of invesment in this country for renewable energy.

[Muttocracy]

1. developing nations are leapfrogging us on this! nt