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Venezuela's free power.

Steve

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Venezuela has the best of both worlds.. abundant oil,.. and abundant green (free) power from hydro,.. all they have to do is maintain the systems and give away the power...

if that isn't easy enough.. they have made a ton of money on oil...

CARACAS, Venezuela — With parts of Venezuela still dark after a mysterious blackout that left the capital and 17 states without electricity, President Nicolas Maduro laid the blame on opposition sabotage as his government scrambled to respond to the power failure.

The power shutdown began midday Tuesday after an apparent failure in high voltage transmission lines in Aragua and Guarico states, which led to total outage in several of the country's most populous areas.

Power was restored by early Wednesday to most of metropolitan Caracas, the capital, and a dozen states, according to the government. But by midday, officials in five other states said they were still without power.
Jose Aguilar, a Chicago-based international power systems consultant, said Wednesday that he suspects that the failure resulted from human error combined with the fact that the country's largest power plant, Planta Centro, was operating at only 82% capacity in the hours before the crash.

"The knowledge that the national grid had been unstable for 48 hours leading up to the collapse invites the suspicion that there was some imprudent action taken by the government operators," Aguilar said. He called on the government to conduct a thorough investigation to correct the problems and refrain from "frivolous" political accusations.

Venezuela's power system is plagued by problems caused by a lack of investment and maintenance, critics have charged. But Maduro has countered that the outages are a result of a "low intensity campaign" that is leading up to a "final assault on the revolutionary base."

Maduro said the failure was due to an "electricity coup" engineered by the "extreme right." Claiming he had authorized several new power projects to address shortages

Bus driver turned commie leader.. "hey,.. we can't fix it,. we really don't know how to fix anything".. ,.. but we can blame it on someone,... :shock: :roll:

sure hope Whitewing has a generator and sat phone.. otherwise his cell is gonna get dark and lonely.. :shock: :lol:
 

Steve

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A power transmission line failure left nearly 70 percent of Venezuela in the dark yesterday, bringing its capital, Caracas, to a halt as commuters scrambled to get home.

The blackout affected 18 states, crippling public services and shutting down Caracas's subway system. Local reports this morning said parts of Caracas and many interior regions of the country are still without power.

While Venezuela has been plagued by chronic power outages for years, President Nicolás Maduro said sabotage was at the root of yesterday's blackout. In a national address he insisted the "extreme right wing" was seeking a "destabilization that leads to madness."

Opposition leader Henrique Capriles countered on Twitter, "Today's blackout shows once again the terrible failure of the Government! Already they come up with another story to try to cover up [their] failure."

Yet, despite the finger pointing, experts say Tuesday's power outage further illuminates the growing electricity crisis across the country. "It's extremely serious," says Iñaki Rousse, an energy consultant and former vice-president of Electricidad Caracas.
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Americas/2013/0904/Lights-out-in-Venezuela-as-nearly-70-percent-lose-power-video

it was a video ,.. oh sorry that was Obama's excuse
 

Steve

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hypocritexposer said:
WW is used to being in the dark. :D

I expect that as soon as he gets power back he will be on here praising state electric for their work in restoring not only power but democracy worldwide..

:lol:

or was that the guy from Montana that did that?
 

Whitewing

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Steve said:
hypocritexposer said:
WW is used to being in the dark. :D

I expect that as soon as he gets power back he will be on here praising state electric for their work in restoring not only power but democracy worldwide..

:lol:

or was that the guy from Montana that did that?

Fortunately, Whitewing's pueblo is now hooked in directly to the line that feeds PDVSA bases throughout the country.....PDVSA is almost never without power. :D

As for President Maduro, at least he had experience driving a bus. The King? :roll:
 
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