Just saw this segment on Vice News.
Here is the trailer
It reports on the oil theft in Nigeria and how the oil is then refined out in the open and sold at local markets. The cops then come and destroy the product by dumping it into the waterways. What a disaster to the personal health of the people handling the products, the people nearby, and the environment. And there are many makeshift refineries like this all over the jungle. And the problem doesn't have a simple fix because of the political and socioeconomic issues that force poor people to do this to survive.
At the same time, solar power is helping to transform Africa by bringing simple, basic power to supply night lights in homes and power simple appliances.
Here is the trailer
It reports on the oil theft in Nigeria and how the oil is then refined out in the open and sold at local markets. The cops then come and destroy the product by dumping it into the waterways. What a disaster to the personal health of the people handling the products, the people nearby, and the environment. And there are many makeshift refineries like this all over the jungle. And the problem doesn't have a simple fix because of the political and socioeconomic issues that force poor people to do this to survive.
At the same time, solar power is helping to transform Africa by bringing simple, basic power to supply night lights in homes and power simple appliances.
