Eli5: Why is it so difficult for third-world countries to provide stable electricity to their citizens despite the technology being so abundant?

Question

The technology is readily available, people will pay to have access to it. Yet, a lot of people still don’t have this technology made available to them.

In: Economics

Answer 1

There isn’t enough energy on tap to power everyone to first world conditions. We simply don’t make enough right now, so poorer countries have to deal with what they get.