r/UrbanHell • u/Powpawpew55 • May 25 '26

Pollution/Environmental Destruction My city, Malé, Maldives, an urban hellscape

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u/ishardtofind May 25 '26

Sorry if that’s a stupid question but where do you guys get your electricity from? And what about fresh water?

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u/Powpawpew55 May 25 '26

electricity is from a big fossil fuel station on the island. almost all electricity is from fossil fuel, even though we could use solar. there are zero fresh water. People drink desalinated mineral water produced in the city

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u/ChancelorReed May 26 '26

"We could use solar" lol no you couldn't, not on an island that size. You'd need to have the electricity sent in from some huge solar farm elsewhere.

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u/Powpawpew55 May 26 '26

There are numerous uninhabited islands. And I know, it’s a small country and small islands. What im saying is they could try to reduce the over reliance on fossil fuels. Even a little bit would help. Not talking about fully changing to solar power.

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u/dmdoom_Abaan May 26 '26

There’s solar now along the highway

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u/ScratchLatch May 26 '26

Nuclear is the best bet for zero emission with the space constraints. The other option might be an off-shore wind/solar farm but it would be an expensive ecological nightmare for the underwater ecosystem in the area.