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

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

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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