How colonialism's legacy makes it harder for countries to escape poverty and fossil fuels today
- Written by Patrick Greiner, Assistant Professor of Sociology, Vanderbilt University
Renewable energy has increased access to electricity in poor countries, but it generally hasn't displaced fossil fuels.Ludovic Marin/AFP via Getty ImagesWhile fossil fuels were powering wealthy nations’ economic growth in the 19th and 20th centuries, many countries across the Global South remained largely impoverished.
Today, all that...