Introduction:
In recent years, Ethiopia has been working towards becoming energy independent. This will affect the culture of the people of Ethiopia because the majority of the culture centered on not having power and using wood for cooking. In order for Ethiopia to become completely energy independent from the Horn of Africa, the main source of power needs to come from hydro-electric plants (Block & Strzepek, 2012). The hydro-electrical plants are the best bet for Ethiopia to gain influence through the region, and to include Sudan and Egypt. However, not everyone is happy about the situation, because it affects the Blue Nile River, which feeds into the Nile River and could affect Egypt’s ability to provide for its people. In the end, I believe the building of the controversial Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (G.E.R.D.) will bring Ethiopia into the 21st century, however, unless it is scaled back, this will increase tensions between Egypt and Ethiopia.
The purpose of this paper is to examine the reasons for building the G.E.R.D. and who it benefits or is harmed by it. The second part will focus on how current culture could be effected the completion of the G.E.R.D. The third part examines possible scenarios that could increase or decrease tensions with the countries affected. The last part will look at the impact to the United States’ international interests within this region of the Horn of Africa and Egypt.
PART 1: Examine the Reasons for Building the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam
There are many reasons why Ethiopia has chosen to build a vast network of dams over the next fifty years (Block & Strzepek, 2012). The main reason is to build the G.E.R.D. is the ability to produce large amounts of renewable energy. The ...
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...her militia groups or by direct attack from Egypt. If it is a direct attack the UN will probably intervene with the United States backing to put this war to an end quickly. However, if they were to use indirect attacks through militia groups against either the Ethiopian government or the project directly it would be a more difficult process to prove which country or countries are funding them.
Conclusion:
The Ethiopian government is working to build the G.E.R.D., which is being contested by the Egyptian government. While I believe the project should continue, it should be scaled backed so that it can create 2000 megawatts of electric instead of 6000 megawatts under the current plan. This will provide the most scientific and economic sense, however, cultural beliefs will make it difficult for either the Egyptians or the Ethiopians to say, ‘I made a mistake.’
Water, flood seasons, Ancient Egypt. The Nile was a very important in shaping Ancient Egypt. There would be nothing without the Nile. There wouldn't be people, civilizations, or really anything if the Nile wasn't there. People used the Nile for everything from season to transportation to drinking water. The Nile shaped Ancient Egypt in population distribution, Economics, and Spiritual life.
The use of turbines from dams to provide power was a brilliant idea until water levels started running lower than normal. The water waste from humanity is directly contributing to portions of it, aside from drought conditions affected by pollution, widespread fires battled, and more adds to the depletion thereof. When humanity is relying on power provided from dams to handle the demand, they are essentially relying on the assumption that water levels will always be there to provide it. The Hoover Dam provides power to the southwestern portion of the USA that has a large number of people.
The annual flood and abundant natural resources made the Nile River a life sustaining force of nature that directly contributed to the creation and survival of the Ancient Egyptian civilization. The Nile River (the “Nile”) played an integral part in shaping the lives and communities of Ancient Egypt. It provided food, transportation, and building materials which contributed to the economy and most importantly the continuity of the Ancient Egyptians.
The United Nations General Assembly 36-103 focused on topics of hostile relations between states and justification for international interventions. Specifically mentioned at the UNGA was the right of a state to perform an intervention on the basis of “solving outstanding international issues” and contributing to the removal of global “conflicts and interference". (Resolution 36/103, e). My paper will examine the merits of these rights, what the GA was arguing for and against, and explore relevant global events that can suggest the importance of this discussion and what it has achieved or materialized.
Niger is eighty-percent desert which doesn't provide natural resources or availability of water, even though the Niger River is a huge resource for Niger. With its beautiful, sparkling water flowing southwest in a sort of crescent shape it is a place of relief. Along this river, they have wonderful areas for farming and grazing and one can find the most populous city and the capitol Niger called Niamey. This Sub-Saharan country not only has the Sahara desert to deal with, but the Tener...
The Nile greatly impacted Ancient Egypt and its civilization. The Nile was surrounded by deserts which helped keep Ancient Egyptians safe from outside invasions. They had flood seasons which provided them with food. Lastly, they had the river, which served as a means of transportation for them. The geography and seasons of the Nile influenced Ancient Egypt, and without these three key factors, or with different ones, Ancient Egypt and its civiliazation would have been very different than it is.
4. United Nations Development Programme, U.N. Human Development Report 2006, Beyond Scarcity: Power, Poverty, and the Global Water Crisis, web. 6 Dec. 2009 http://hdr.undp.org/en/media/hdr2006_english_summary.pdf
Mysterious antiquities, colossal man-made pyramids, a brilliant river and hand carved hieroglyphs left from long ago are just a few of the pictures that come to mind when we think about the country of Egypt.
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IYER, R.I. (19X9) "Large Dams: The Right Perspective.' Economic and Political Weekly, 14, 107- 116.
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Many people have already dammed a small stream using sticks and mud by the time they become adults. Humans have used dams since early civilization, because four-thousand years ago they became aware that floods and droughts affected their well-being and so they began to build dams to protect themselves from these effects.1 The basic principles of dams still apply today as they did before; a dam must prevent water from being passed. Since then, people have been continuing to build and perfect these structures, not knowing the full intensity of their side effects. The hindering effects of dams on humans and their environment heavily outweigh the beneficial ones.
...ailability in the developing states in future. However, few projections have been made as expectations in this sector. Even in the absence of the climate change, the developing states’ recent and rapid pseudo-urban growth will lead to increases in the aggregate commercial demand of energy, further increased emission levels (due to the need to attain industrialization) as well as extensive land use and land cover changes (Zimmerman, 1994).
The Nile is the longest river in the world which is located in Africa. It spans itself from Lake Victoria in east central Africa to Egypt. It flows generally north through Uganda, Sudan, and Egypt to the Mediterranean Sea, for an approximate distance of 5,584 km From its remotest headstream, the Luvironza River in Burundi, the river is 6,695 km long. The river basin has an area of about 3,350,000 sq km. Its average discharge is 3.1 million litres per second. The lower course of the river in Egypt has become centrally important to tourism, linking as it does to all the major sites of Ancient Egypt.