Iranians Told To Save Energy Or Face Loadshedding
But, but, but?! What about all thoes new Nuke Plants?
TEHRAN, June 21: Iranians on Saturday were told to cut their electricity consumption by 10 per cent or face daily power cuts because of a severe drought and low production by hydroelectric power plants.
Residents of the capital Tehran could face up to four hours of blackouts each day, officials said according to media reports.
“If consumers do not cut down consumption by 10 per cent, we will have blackouts until the end of the summer,” Deputy Energy Minister Mohammad Ahmadian told Fars news agency.
Newspapers published a table issued by the state electricity company dividing the sprawling capital of 12 million into 11 zones, with each area to face two-hour-long power cuts twice a day from Saturday.
Ahmadian told state television that the table was provisional, and that blackouts were most likely to hit the zones where consumers failed to save energy.
Energy Minister Parviz Fattah warned in May that Iran would face severe electricity shortages and power cuts this summer due to “the drought and the lack of water” in dams.
Energy officials have predicted that daily consumption would reach 37,000 megawatts in July while production would stand at only 35,000 megawatts.
In the past weeks Tehran and other cities have already been hit by cuts of up to three hours in certain areas as the authorities seek to make up the shortfall.
Blackouts were common in Iran during the 1980-1988 war with Iraq but in the 1990s Iran made significant investments in power generation to meet ever-increasing consumption.—AFP
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Water shortage? I wonder what would happen to a nuclear power plant in Iran that runs out of water. Can we say Chernobyl? Unless they were planning on cooling the core with the blood of infidels.
June 23rd, 2008 at 9:50 amThe Iraniac govt could care less about the average Iranian. They’re too busy sinking all of the people’s assets into their global jihad and their NBC programs that they hope to use to force the return of their Mahdi.
This is just one more insult to the Iranian people to tolerate. One wonders when they will rise up and throw off the yoke of their slave-masters in Tehran.
Maybe we or the IDF can help them out.
June 23rd, 2008 at 10:22 amTakes a lot of juice to run those centrifuges…
I’ll bet for the ordinary citizen, this time of year is pleasant without air conditioning. Welcome to Mahmoud’s world.
June 23rd, 2008 at 10:31 am…and now would be an EXCELLENT time to break the camel’s back with a good ol’-fashioned gasoline embargo in response to non-compliance with UN demands to stop uranium enrichment.
‘Cause we can count on the UN for strong, determined action to solve the problem. Real Soon Now.
June 23rd, 2008 at 10:55 amOn the religious side, Muslims in Iran are rapidly converting to Christianity…on pain of death.
http://www.mnnonline.org/article/11350
June 23rd, 2008 at 3:04 pm