Kenya’s Clean Cooking Collapse Reveals the Dangers of Overreliance on Carbon Markets
The abrupt shutdown of Kenya’s Koko Networks bioethanol fuel supply highlights how reliance on global carbon markets and bureaucratic red tape devastates clean energy access, leaving vulnerable households to revert to harmful fuels—a cautionary tale for America’s energy independence efforts.
In Nairobi’s Kibera slum and across Kenya, more than 3,000 Koko Networks fuel supply points—once a beacon of clean and affordable cooking—now sit silent. A decade-old system designed to help over 1.5 million homes transition from toxic charcoal smoke to bioethanol fuel has crumbled under government paralysis and flawed international carbon credit schemes. How did a program celebrated as Africa’s green revolution stall so decisively? The answer lies in Washington-style bureaucratic interference and misplaced global priorities — a harsh reminder for the United States about the risks of tying domestic energy solutions to unreliable international climate markets. When Bureaucracy Strangles...
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