South Africa could replace coal and power-station jobs by investing in citrus and marijuana plantations to produce hemp in its coal belt as the nation, which is the world’s 15th-biggest producer of greenhouse gases, tries to wean itself off dependency on the dirtiest fossil fuel, a study showed.
The eastern Mpumalanga province, which accounts for 87% of the South Africa’s production of coal and the bulk of its power generation could also focus on producing aviation fuel from sugarcane and boosting income from tourism, the Presidential Climate Commission said in the study released Wednesday.
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