• sir_pronoun@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    So, can some insider give more information on this? The dam that they’re planning to draw the energy from is highly contested, with Egypt, right? They also don’t seem to have a lot of infrastructure for charging those vehicles. And apparently this decision hasn’t been put into action yet?

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      9 months ago

      @sir_pronoun GERD (the dam) is already partly operating but yes contested.

      The plan seems to be primarily aimed at slowing fuel imports. Worth noting their leader Abiy has created a coalition of almost all the political parties so it’s now almost a de-facto one party state (except places he has attacked like Tigray, which is now in famine).

      Here is a better article on it

      Personally I think there’s going to be problems.

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      9 months ago

      I don’t live there anymore but my father owns a few small businesses that rely heavily on road transport. This decision hasn’t come into effect yet but is due to be implemented at the end of march. As a result there has been a huge influx of poor quality used cars on the roads and put into storage waiting to be sold at a markup. Most people here won’t be able to afford electric cars so it seems like a bad decision by a government trying to impress its neighbours on the global stage but it won’t matter because they are very popular with the younger voters. The most interesting part though is this was all made up. I live in Mexico and couldn’t point to Ethiopia on a map