In a Sane South Africa, there would be only 2 political parties worth voting for

SHOOT: You may or may not have noticed that in 2008 energy prices around the world caused a food, energy and final crisis virtually overnight. The most important issues of our time are related to environmental resources. You may think it is jobs, crime or race-based, but in real life you can have none of these if the industry you work in has no future. South Korea is making huge investments in green technologies. We have one chance, one choice and we are then left with what we have chosen.

clipped from www.urbansprout.co.za DA Their manifesto contains sections on both climate change and energy, and they say that SA “cannot afford to wait in responding to the challenges of climate change”. As far as mitigation is concerned, the DA advocates focusing on carbon sequestration and sectoral targets on energy efficiency. Their energy section does include reference to renewable energy, supporting a tariff and the roll-out of one-million solar water heaters. ID The ID has a proposal for a sustainable energy future that is much more explicit than those of other parties. It has “a vision that sees South Africa at the forefront of the global energy revolution, where we can strategically position ourselves as a leader in certain technologies, particularly solar thermal and solar photovoltaic”. Their manifesto states the problem clearly and states that SA is currently the 14th biggest emitter of greenhouse gases in the world, pointing out the impacts on biodiversity, water and salt-water intrusion.