Is energy access a human right?
When #energy suppliers refuse to serve someone, are they violating #humanRights?
Note:
* heating during the winter keeps people alive
* refrigeration keeps food safe
* some people rely on life-support systems that require electricity
OTOH, the above needs can be met using PV panels, batteries, a tent inside the house for extra insulation, etc. So it’s a messy question.
For the #poll below:
HR=human right
DoHR= #UN Declaration of Human Rights (#UNDoHR)
[ ] energy is a HR both philosophically & per DoHR
[ ] energy is a HR philosophically but NOT by DoHR
[ ] energy is not a HR philosophically but is per DoHR
[ ] energy is NOT a HR philosophically or by DoHR
Energy naturally follows from that in most housing in the world. Exceptions being very temperate regions or corner cases where someone lives in a passive house (i.e. insulated so heavily that heating & cooling is not needed).
I don’t think it would make sense. Better have access to: clean water, food, (temperature regulated) housing, low cost entertainment, medicine
Legit just let people live, not just surviving, and will be enough
Energy naturally follows from that in most housing in the world. Exceptions being very temperate regions or corner cases where someone lives in a passive house (i.e. insulated so heavily that heating & cooling is not needed).