An Unprecedented Power Crisis is Staring at Us.
By Xavier Bage
@franxav (13603)
India
October 12, 2021 8:56pm CST
What I had foreseen years ago is staring at us menacingly. An unprecedented power crisis may hit us sooner than expected.
Most of the electricity generating centers burn coal as fuel. Now, coal is not an endless gift of nature. With the speed and quantity we were burning it sooner or later it was going to dry up.
It is in the media and every worthy man is talking about the looming power crisis.
My electricity comes from a thermal power station about 20 km from here. It runs on coal. too.
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13 responses
@Vree0937 (3879)
• Indonesia
13 Oct 21
@JimBo452020 yes, I want to change my water heater to solar, but can not to afford to buy ones. So still stick to electric water heater :-(
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@Nakitakona (56302)
• Philippines
13 Oct 21
It is hard in our country. We always experience power outage.
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@Nakitakona (56302)
• Philippines
14 Oct 21
@merrybelle2021 ours lasted for 10 to 12 hours
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@merrybelle2021 (1389)
• Philippines
13 Oct 21
I feel bad for those outside NCR because here it seldom happens. Sometimes, just a few seconds.
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@ptrikha_2 (45472)
• India
13 Oct 21
Reportedly, India now produces a lot more power from Solar and Wind energy.
However Hydro power is very less and we are still dependent on Coal so much.
Looks like India has to move towards Solar much more faster.
I am not talking about Nuclear as it has its own troubles with regards to the Nuclear waste generation.
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@RasmaSandra (73444)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
13 Oct 21
Well I wish you the very best of luck and hope it won't be so bad
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@JimBo452020 (42629)
• United Kingdom
13 Oct 21
It could be much worse than bad for us all methinks
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@jefferson126 (3051)
• Shenzhen, China
13 Oct 21
maybe it will become a worldwide circumstance,we just went through a power crisis,electricity supply was limited in whole nation,most factory's electric power cut off for several hours one day.Until the end of last month,electric supply just return to normality.I think this situation was caused by power crisis.
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@jefferson126 (3051)
• Shenzhen, China
14 Oct 21
@franxav yes,it was a trouble in the past months.Now the circumstance is going well.
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@allknowing (130066)
• India
14 Oct 21
I have been reading about but the government is in denial
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@RebeccasFarm (86754)
• United States
13 Oct 21
Yes everything is happening at once to all of us.
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@JimBo452020 (42629)
• United Kingdom
13 Oct 21
There are going to be power shortages in most countries I reckon.
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@JimBo452020 (42629)
• United Kingdom
14 Oct 21
@franxav
The price of energy to us the consumer is going to go sky high very quickly.
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@CuriousGab (3251)
• India
14 Oct 21
Government should immediately implement some other alternatives.
There is solar and wind energy which is endless,it won't end.
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