Wade's words: the association "will be like OPEC"
We would like to present the president of Senegal's own words about the new African biofuels association that he announced yesterday in Dakar. Just for the record. The Agence de presse Senegalaise (APS) quotes Mr Abdoulaye Wade as saying:
Now that the world's oil reserves are running dry and will be depleted within four to five decades, biofuels can save Africa and the world by preventing it to fall into the trap of a generalisation of the reliance on nuclear energy. Africa offers a reservoir of clean energy.
"Le biocarburant peut sauver l'Afrique et le monde en lui évitant, après l'épuisement du pétrole attendu dans les quatre ou cinq prochaines décennies, de tomber dans le piège d'une généralisation du recours à l'énergie atomique. L'Afrique est un réservoir d'énergie propre".
He also said:
Paradoxically, because of high oil prices, Africa could become the next big producer of clean biofuel energy, for the world.
"Paradoxalement, grâce à la hausse du prix du pétrole, l'Afrique pourrait être le prochain grand fournisseur d'énergie propre au monde"; "L'Afrique pourrait devenir le prochain grand fournisseur de biocarburant dans le monde."
And:
The association of non oil producing African countries will be a structure for common action and dialogue, aimed at defending our collective interests. The new structure will resemble the Organisation of Oil Producing and Exporting Countries, a framework for exchanges.
"La future association des pays africains non producteurs de pétrole devra être un cadre de concertation et de dialogue destiné à défendre nos intérêts communs. La nouvelle structure sera à l'image de l'Organisation des pays producteurs de pétrole, un cadre d'échanges".
Tomorrow we present a rough overview of how much liquid biofuels and bioenergy sub-Saharan Africa can produce and export, sustainably. [Entry ends here].
ethanol :: biodiesel :: biobutanol :: biomass :: bioenergy :: biofuels :: energy :: sustainability :: Africa ::
Now that the world's oil reserves are running dry and will be depleted within four to five decades, biofuels can save Africa and the world by preventing it to fall into the trap of a generalisation of the reliance on nuclear energy. Africa offers a reservoir of clean energy.
"Le biocarburant peut sauver l'Afrique et le monde en lui évitant, après l'épuisement du pétrole attendu dans les quatre ou cinq prochaines décennies, de tomber dans le piège d'une généralisation du recours à l'énergie atomique. L'Afrique est un réservoir d'énergie propre".
He also said:
Paradoxically, because of high oil prices, Africa could become the next big producer of clean biofuel energy, for the world.
"Paradoxalement, grâce à la hausse du prix du pétrole, l'Afrique pourrait être le prochain grand fournisseur d'énergie propre au monde"; "L'Afrique pourrait devenir le prochain grand fournisseur de biocarburant dans le monde."
And:
The association of non oil producing African countries will be a structure for common action and dialogue, aimed at defending our collective interests. The new structure will resemble the Organisation of Oil Producing and Exporting Countries, a framework for exchanges.
"La future association des pays africains non producteurs de pétrole devra être un cadre de concertation et de dialogue destiné à défendre nos intérêts communs. La nouvelle structure sera à l'image de l'Organisation des pays producteurs de pétrole, un cadre d'échanges".
Tomorrow we present a rough overview of how much liquid biofuels and bioenergy sub-Saharan Africa can produce and export, sustainably. [Entry ends here].
ethanol :: biodiesel :: biobutanol :: biomass :: bioenergy :: biofuels :: energy :: sustainability :: Africa ::
3 Comments:
Which 13 nations signed the pact?
Good question. According to the Senegalese press agency, "Une vingtaine de pays africains parmi les 42 non producteurs de pétrole ont pris part à cette rencontre".
http://fr.allafrica.com/stories/200607311380.html
According to Reuters, of those 20, 13 signed the agreement.
So we will have to work via exclusion. Oil producing countries did not participate; they are: Algeria, Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Chad, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Libya, Nigeria and Sudan.
That leaves Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cape Verde, Comoros, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritus, Mauritania, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Reunion, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, the Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe!
Not very useful!
We will do some further research to find out which countries exactly signed the agreement, though. Please check back for updates.
Hi, we have found the names of the countries who signed the pact. They are:
Bénin, Burkina Faso, Gambie, Ghana, Guinée, Guinée-Bissau, Madagascar, Mali, Maroc, Niger, Congo, Sénégal, Sierra Léone, Togo et Zambie.
http://fr.allafrica.com/stories/200607311950.html
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