Three cheers for socialism! (another Chavez thread)

[citizen k]

Because not enough electricity is being produced?

Not enough electricity is being produced for what?....Oh, yeah...to meet consumption. But people here said, consumption wasn't the problem.

Consumption isn't a problem if production is properly managed.

[citizen k]

Because not enough electricity is being produced?

Depends how you look at it. Lesser consumption would require lesser usage.

[citizen k]

I'm just saying Chavez isn't lying when he says that the rich peeps over using electricity is the problem. He's not saying that there are other problems as well, I agree. But his statement is not a lie.

It's a lie because usage/consumption is not the problem.

[citizen k]

This time, I'm not defending socialism.

[Admiral Yi]

This is not the wrongest Hugo has ever been.  A drought is mother nature, it's not mismanagement.  The rich are consuming more to start with so it's easier for them to cut back than it is for the poor.

[citizen k]

I've been chastised by the OverYi. 

I take everything back Josie. 

[Josephus]

I'm just saying Chavez isn't lying when he says that the rich peeps over using electricity is the problem. He's not saying that there are other problems as well, I agree. But his statement is not a lie.

It's a lie because usage/consumption is not the problem.

It is. If the infrastructure is weak, then over usage is a problem. We can run around this one in circles. Which came first chicken or the egg? Chavez is saying they got more than enough power as long as them rich dudes don't run their A/Cs all the time.

[Ed Anger]

Rich dudes should run their A/C all the time. Otherwise, what is the point of being rich?

[Valmy]

I have a hard time believing a rich Venezuelan would not have already used his money to move away.

[Neil]

I have a hard time believing a rich Venezuelan would not have already used his money to move away.

Some of them are enriched by Chavez's culture of corruption, and so the regime works to their advantage.  Also, remember that the Venezuelan idea of 'rich' is roughly the same as the First World's lower-middle class.

The languages of Iberia have sowed ruin and poverty wherever they go.

[Iormlund]

And, I'm in the 'Shwa, just outside Toronto. But it's Ontario Hydro that has all these programs to encourage off-peak consumption. I imagine they're nation wide though.

I've never heard of them.  Either they don't exist or they aren't being marketed very well in Alberta.

Then again, with our atomic reactors coming on line in the years to come, we'll soon have infinite electricity anyways.

Atomic reactors won't help covering peaks. They can't be turned on fast enough.

Baseload plants are cheaper than peak plants per kWh. Less peak consumption also needs less infrastructure. So ideally the consumption rate should be flat to minimize costs, whether in Alberta or Venezuela. That's why as a consumer you are encouraged to do certain tasks at night.

[Ed Anger]

I'll be damned if I have to do laundry at 2am.

[Grey Fox]

*hugs his Hydro powerplants*

[The Brain]

You just build enough nuke plants to meet peak needs. Problem solved. Surplus energy can be used for good.

[Caliga]

You just build enough nuke plants to meet peak needs. Problem solved. Surplus energy can be used for good.

Less posting on Languish, more inventing Mr. Fusion for me.  KTHX BAI