05-12-2024, 02:46 PM
(05-12-2024, 01:46 PM)zqwerty Wrote: I come from Central Africa, Ndola in Zambia, 1952 to 1973, and this was our pride and joy, Lake Kariba, I remember Operation Noah from when I was a child and the huge power supplies that were going to power Zambia and Zimbabwe into the future but Global Warming has taken that away.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Noah_(Kariba)
‘Levels are dropping’: drought saps Zambia and Zimbabwe of hydropower
https://www.theguardian.com/global-devel...hydropower
I've been driven across the dam wall so many times as a child, which is how you cross from Zambia to Zimbabwe or vice versa, it's really impressive but now the rains have reduced so much that the water levels are really low. Tiger fish are a famous fighting fish to catch in the lake.
https://www.google.com/search?client=fir...=877&dpr=1
Its not looking good here; perhaps solar power might help the electricity problem but they'd still suffer the lack of water.
in order to be old & wise, you must first be young & stupid. (I'm still working on that.)