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We’re told: preserve your forests, limit your emissions, sell carbon credits.

But how do you industrialize without reliable, affordable power? Without gas, coal, or large-scale infrastructure?

You don’t. And that’s the point.
Carbon credits are not free money. They’re strategic shackles.

You sell preservation—but give up the right to build power plants or factories.

Meanwhile, Western polluters keep flying private jets.
Then there’s green bonds—climate finance with high interest and strict conditions.

They don’t build factories. They build compliance.

Once again, African development is aligned with their priorities, not ours.
Let’s call it what it is: climate conditionality. The 2020s version of structural adjustment.

This time, they use the language of “justice” to justify economic control.
Africa must not be carbon-handcuffed.

We have the right to industrialize—with energy sources we choose. That includes renewables, yes—but also gas, hydro, even coal.

Development must come first.
Climate justice means economic justice. It means sovereignty.

Let’s stop offsetting Western emissions with African poverty.
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This conversation isn’t just about climate—it’s about power, policy, and the future of African development.

#ClimateJustice #Africa #CarbonColonialism #Development #EnergySovereignty
For 70+ years, Africa followed Western advice—privatize, liberalize, adjust. The promise? Growth.

The result? Dependency. Extraction. Deindustrialization.

Now comes a new doctrine: Climate mandates.

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Carbon Colonialism: Africa’s Fight for Economic Sovereignty in the Age of Climate Mandates
By James F. Kollie, Jr.
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The West is building coal plants and expanding nuclear power to fuel their AI boom.
But Africa?
We’re told to use solar — just enough to light homes, not power factories.

This isn’t green leadership.
It’s energy colonialism.
#Africa #AI #EnergyJustice
Solar alone won’t run a steel plant.
It can’t power a manufacturing hub or an industrial economy.

So why push it on Africa as the only path?
Because they know:
🧠 Energy = Power
🏭 Power = Industry
💰 Industry = Independence

They want our sunshine, not our sovereignty.
Africa deserves industrial power, not donor-funded solar panels

We need an energy mix that fuels growth — like they had during their own development.
No more crumbs.
No more carbon hypocrisy.

It’s time to call it what it is:
🌍 Carbon Colonialism 2.0

#ClimateJustice #AfricaFirst #EnergyApartheid
Plant a tree in Congo.
Fly first class in London.

That’s the scam of carbon credits.

It’s not carbon math. It’s carbon fiction.

#CarbonCreditHoax #Greenwashing
The carbon credit market is a trillion-dollar distraction.

It’s time we call it what it is:
A hoax.

#CarbonCreditHoax #NetZeroLie #ClimateJustice
Plant a tree in Congo.
Fly first class in London.

That’s the scam of carbon credits.

It’s not carbon math. It’s carbon fiction.

#CarbonCreditHoax #Greenwashing
How does planting trees in Congo cancel out emissions in Paris?
It's not carbon math. It's carbon fiction.
We unpack the flawed logic behind global offset schemes—and why Africa shouldn’t be the world’s carbon dump.
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#CarbonColonialism
The Carbon Colonial Question: Why Offsetting Emissions in Paris by Planting Trees in Congo Doesn’t Add Up
Consider this: A company in Paris emits carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. To cancel out the harm, it pays to plant trees in Congo.
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🌍 Carbon credits in Africa: helping or hurting? Many projects take land from communities while benefits go elsewhere. Time for real climate justice. 💭

#CarbonCredits #ClimateJustice #Africa
How can you “offset” emissions in Paris by planting trees in Congo?
It’s not carbon math.
It’s carbon fiction.
Europe used coal to build its empires.
Now they say: “Africa must stay green.”
Translation:
We develop. You don’t.
Africa doesn’t need carbon credits.
We need power plants, infrastructure, and industrial freedom.
Let’s stop selling our future to save someone else’s conscience.