Renewables provide several benefits for people in poverty. For one, new jobs would be created inside the countries installing and maintaining the systems. By bringing the energy sector within countries, governments will no longer be reliant on imports and will be able to redirect funds into social programs that will better benefit the poor. Renewables such as solar panels could be easily implemented in rural areas without the need to invest in expansive transmission lines. Essentially, renewables could easily bring electricity to impoverished people in a very short amount of time. Businesses could thrive by being able to stay open longer, and children could spend more time studying rather than collecting fuel to cook with.
<span>First US visit by a sitting president to China since it becoming a Communist country.
This represented a thawing in Cold War thinking that created two separate spheres in the world. Nixon began US efforts to improve relations between the US and China. He also believed it was time for the US to begin policies reducing nuclear weapons development and create trade agreements with countries cut off by the Cold War. </span>
Cubans wanted independence from Spain
The transcontinental railroad was completed in 1869
