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Obi 1 Kanobi wrote:murchr wrote:Obi 1 Kanobi wrote:@Poundfoolish perfectly captured my thinking. The question is not whether Ethiopia needs the 6,000MW but rather if they will be able to use it efficiently immeadiately.
Infact to make the point clearer, I am made to understand that KPLC/Ketraco is not able to evacuate the excess power capacity at the coast resulting from the mere 130MW Kipevu plant. I am sure there are many people at the coast who do not have electricity but cannot use the excess capacity there because of inability to buy, poor infrastructure etc. So think about what you will do with 6,000 MW immeadiately.
Pls do a bit of research coz your both sounding very ignorant now.
Kipevu is still not enough to solve the power issues at the coast. And again, stop thinking about lighting a bulb. Find out from bamburi eg..the countries largest power consumer, if they hv enough power.
@Muchr, for the kind of numbers you are talking about, it is about lighting a bulb, and using electricity to cook etc.
Bamburi are currently producing at full capacity and for them to justify the set up of larger production capacity, then they need Kenyans to consume more cement, the point we are putting accross is that most kenyans can't afford cement as they live in mud huts, or houses made of card boards.
The growth in production capacity has to move in tandem with the development and deepening of the consumer domestic markets. You can forget about producing for export, India and China have that covered for all the basic manufactured goods.
Surely, Kipevu added 10% of power in the national grid, now tell us how that is just enough to light a bulb and cook??? Who cooks using elec in Kenya?
Go dig into the archives of NTV and listen to bamburis MD complain of how they have had to shelve plans because the power they receive is just not enough. Why do we import cement, from china? Why do we export Iron ore yet we can run a steel plant? Even those who live in mad houses would want to own a brick house.
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