edd1974:
Was an article /prorgrmme on radio 4 last week about solar renewable power.
And they were saying farmers In Afghanistan are using thousands of solar panels .
And there using the power generated to grow opium.
And apparanetly Afghanis the world’s leading opium supplier. Producing 2 thirds of the world’s heroin supply
So here’s an idea instead of bombing civilians and oil fields. Why don’t we just drop a bomb on the fields destroy there crops.What the heroin industry can teach us about solar power - BBC News
Because the rich western dealers would give a few quid to someone in another poor area to grow the stuff in a field some where else.
So long as their is demand, someone will turn a profit by supplying