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A country of 5 million people with mostly a tourism based economy.
by devoply 7y ago
A country of 5 million people with mostly a tourism based economy.
- F_r_k 7y agoLet not that be an excuse for our laziness in developing renewable energy.
- benj111 7y agoDoes population size matter? Per capita investment will be the same whether the population is 5 million or 50 million.
- DanTheManPR 7y agoIt would be just as accurate to say "a mostly semi-conductor manufacturing based economy", given that both are around 5% of GDP.
- mpiedrav 7y agoHowever, Intel closed the fab business here years ago, when they decided to reduce expenses even further by moving production to Malaysia. They are still around with some software-related projects. Our Costa Rican economy is, more than ever before, based on providing services: customer support, technical support, financial services, web and games development, digital arts, ecotourism, etc.
- TomK32 7y agoOne of the benefits when you're the only country celebrating a Military Abolition Day.
- jm4 7y agoThey spend hundreds of millions on the UEI special forces that are somehow not considered military even though they are structured like a military. This is basically their defense from Nicaragua and narcos which is really all they have to worry about. They have the Fuerza Publica which handles broader security and law enforcement. They are also under UN protection and both the US and China have interests there. It's not like they don't spend any money on defense.
- TomK32 7y ago> Fuerza Publica which handles broader security and law enforcement See that's a force that has a daily purpose unlike a standing Army that waits for battle. The 70-something strong UEI is something most countries have since the 70s to fight terrorism, like Germany's GSG9. Again, not a standing army to fight another army. A standing army on the other hand is a very large and very powerful tool, either to fight outside armies or to impose internal repression. The whole point about abolishing the military was to take this force out of the larger equation. The UEI will never be a threat to Costa Rica itself, a standing army would be. In my native Germany you can consider a chunk of the Bundeswehr to have a right-wing/extremist mindset (E.g. Franco A.) and I wouldn't trust it much in a situation like say a Green-party leader becoming Bundeskanzler.
- alkonaut 7y agoWhich other countries or US states with 5M ppl or less goes a year on renewable?