Venezuela to Shut Down for a Week to Cope With Electricity Crisis
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Re: Venezuela to Shut Down for a Week to Cope With Electricity Crisis
#2Thats a really sad situation, but is common in some LATAM countries. In example, in Argentina there's an active "energetic crisis" plan [1], where government defined an scheduled program to cut electricity in cities to try to mitigate demand.
[1] http://www.buenosairesherald.com/article/149949/power-cuts-i...
Re: Venezuela to Shut Down for a Week to Cope With Electricity Crisis
#3Thats a really sad situation, but is common in some LATAM countries. In example, in Argentina there's an active "energetic crisis" plan [1], where government defined an scheduled program to cut electricity in cities to try to mitigate demand. [1] http://www.buenosairesherald.com/article/149949/power-cuts-i...
We have it in South Africa too. The official, political term for it is "load shedding".
Re: Venezuela to Shut Down for a Week to Cope With Electricity Crisis
#4Thats a really sad situation, but is common in some LATAM countries. In example, in Argentina there's an active "energetic crisis" plan [1], where government defined an scheduled program to cut electricity in cities to try to mitigate demand. [1] http://www.buenosairesherald.com/article/149949/power-cuts-i...
At least with Argentina there's reason to be optimistic. From what I've read, the newly-elected Macri administration seems to be taking concrete steps toward reversing Fernandez's economic mismanagement.
Re: Venezuela to Shut Down for a Week to Cope With Electricity Crisis
#5Thats a really sad situation, but is common in some LATAM countries. In example, in Argentina there's an active "energetic crisis" plan [1], where government defined an scheduled program to cut electricity in cities to try to mitigate demand. [1] http://www.buenosairesherald.com/article/149949/power-cuts-i...
Could this be helped by first world countries donating solar and wind generation equipment, and peace corps training programs to train and supervise the installation in country?
EDIT: thanks for the replies everyone. sadness.
Re: Venezuela to Shut Down for a Week to Cope With Electricity Crisis
#6oh, the joys of full-swing populism, the beauty of the United Socialist Party
Re: Venezuela to Shut Down for a Week to Cope With Electricity Crisis
#7Thats a really sad situation, but is common in some LATAM countries. In example, in Argentina there's an active "energetic crisis" plan [1], where government defined an scheduled program to cut electricity in cities to try to mitigate demand. [1] http://www.buenosairesherald.com/article/149949/power-cuts-i...
Could this be helped by first world countries donating solar and wind generation equipment, and peace corps training programs to train and supervise the installation in country? EDIT: thanks for the replies everyone. sadness.
It is not a natural disaster, this is self-inflicted
Re: Venezuela to Shut Down for a Week to Cope With Electricity Crisis
#8Related anecdote: a friend of mine is an engineer that builds and operates glass factories all around the world, mostly producing bottles for beer, wine, and liquor. One of his company's factories was in Venezuela, and while he was there working, Chavez et co decided to nationalize that industry because they were "forcing unfair labor conditions."
The company rushed to get every American out of the country before the military showed up and seized control of the factory.
But as it turns out, making glass is hard and requires constant tuning and adjustment. None of the new Venezuelan managers had the expertise needed to continue glass production at anywhere close to the same levels of efficiency and quality. Thus the factory started to lose its ability to produce glass bottles at all.
I can imagine a similar lead-up to this in Venezuela's power industry. Nationalization -> loss of expertise -> loss of efficiency -> national crisis.
Re: Venezuela to Shut Down for a Week to Cope With Electricity Crisis
#9Thats a really sad situation, but is common in some LATAM countries. In example, in Argentina there's an active "energetic crisis" plan [1], where government defined an scheduled program to cut electricity in cities to try to mitigate demand. [1] http://www.buenosairesherald.com/article/149949/power-cuts-i...
Could this be helped by first world countries donating solar and wind generation equipment, and peace corps training programs to train and supervise the installation in country? EDIT: thanks for the replies everyone. sadness.
Probably not, unfortunately. This type of problem isn't really due to a lack of resources and so more resources are unlikely to help much.
Re: Venezuela to Shut Down for a Week to Cope With Electricity Crisis
#10Thats a really sad situation, but is common in some LATAM countries. In example, in Argentina there's an active "energetic crisis" plan [1], where government defined an scheduled program to cut electricity in cities to try to mitigate demand. [1] http://www.buenosairesherald.com/article/149949/power-cuts-i...
Could this be helped by first world countries donating solar and wind generation equipment, and peace corps training programs to train and supervise the installation in country? EDIT: thanks for the replies everyone. sadness.
Disclaimer: I am Brazilian, I know how Latin America & 3rd world "works".
No, it wouldn't help. This crisis is not caused by lack of resources. It is caused by corruption, cronyism, patronage and, above anything else, gigantic incompetence.
If "first world countries" give some help it will probably only benefit the corrupt officials.