Today's #dailysignal looks at how criminals in South Africa are now targeting solar panels - solar panels residents have installed to survive the country's incessant rolling blackouts. And how this is a great example of how "perma" or "polycrises" emerge : when we attempt to fix the symptom without addressing the underlying root cause and create all sorts of unintended consequences (problems) along the way.
What do you think about this?
Where do you see unintended consequences of "solutions" hi-lighting other problems?
(We give the current "polycrisis" phenomenon a deep dive in our State We're In Briefing at FluxTrends.com for those of you who are interested in exploring this topic further.)
((PS : please excuse my damp "load shedding" hair - hairdryers are a step too far for the power back up options available after a now 24 hour and counting electricity outage...))
Read more:
Criminals targeting solar panels : https://www.citizen.co.za/witness/news/criminals-now-targeting-solar-panels/
The "permacrisis" times we're in : https://www.fluxtrends.com/the-state-were-in-2023/
Unintended outcomes (again)