It’s pretty simple. More use of oil, gas and coal means people live longer. And, it means more food. And refrigeration to maintain the healthfulness of food, not to mention the benefits of air conditioning.
As for fire and shelter, well, I guess you’ve never been in a house fire or a building fire. Here’s what happens, things get dangerous pretty quickly, but due to all the benefits of fossil fuels, it’s possible to build much safer structures that don’t go up in flames as fast as your basic log cabin. And it’s possible to contain fires, thereby protecting the neighboring structures. Fossil fuels also enable fire departments to hustle over and put out the fire.
Life expectancy in sub-Sahara Africa is 60 or less, depending on which impoverished nation you’re considering. Meanwhile, between 2 million and 5 million Africans die each year due to diseases in the local waters. Most of the victims are children. The median ages of the sub-Sahara nations ranges from about 15 to 21. In other words, nations of children.
The bad water and early death problems would go away if these nations entered the modern world, where we treat our water and practice modern farming.
Anyway, it appears you favor the misery of life in Africa as it is. Since you seem to be an opponent of fossil fuels, it’s clear you want the misery in Africa to continue forever.
It seems you also harbor the silly belief that OPEC nations will stop pumping oil because people such as yourself want them to stop. As we all know, that won’t happen. They’ll keep pumping.
