Comments on: Botswana’s Energy Crisis… http://enigma4795.wordpress.com/2008/01/21/botswanas-energy-crisis/ Me, Myself & Kabo Mon, 07 Sep 2009 01:32:28 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Matthews Bantsijang http://enigma4795.wordpress.com/2008/01/21/botswanas-energy-crisis/#comment-689 Matthews Bantsijang Fri, 12 Jun 2009 10:45:24 +0000 http://enigma4795.wordpress.com/2008/01/21/botswanas-energy-crisis/#comment-689 Thomas is wrong and his comment is recist: "The problem is that South Africa have to care for all the black countries that have chase the whites away and cant make it on their own now, I think its time that South Africa start to care about there own people and forget about the rest of africa. South Africa dont need a hopeless Africa". Thomas is wrong and his comment is recist: “The problem is that South Africa have to care for all the black countries that have chase the whites away and cant make it on their own now, I think its time that South Africa start to care about there own people and forget about the rest of africa. South Africa dont need a hopeless Africa”.

]]> By: enigma4795 http://enigma4795.wordpress.com/2008/01/21/botswanas-energy-crisis/#comment-223 enigma4795 Mon, 04 Feb 2008 10:07:04 +0000 http://enigma4795.wordpress.com/2008/01/21/botswanas-energy-crisis/#comment-223 Thomas im sorry i can not really comment much on your racial issues u might have to find another platform to air your views. But thanks anyways... Alan, remember in Botswana provisison of electricity is regarded as a social obligation and fuel poverty is still quite high so doubling prices may cripple our economy because that small companies wonr be able to operate at reasonable profit anymore. Personally i would suggest domestic supply rationing of electricity supply if possible...allow every household a certain amount per month or per day...if one goes over the limit they are cut off and have to wait for their next ration - prices can increase too but by a small margin - i think that way peope will switch off those unnecesary lights and geysers during the day! Thomas im sorry i can not really comment much on your racial issues u might have to find another platform to air your views. But thanks anyways…

Alan, remember in Botswana provisison of electricity is regarded as a social obligation and fuel poverty is still quite high so doubling prices may cripple our economy because that small companies wonr be able to operate at reasonable profit anymore.

Personally i would suggest domestic supply rationing of electricity supply if possible…allow every household a certain amount per month or per day…if one goes over the limit they are cut off and have to wait for their next ration – prices can increase too but by a small margin – i think that way peope will switch off those unnecesary lights and geysers during the day!

]]> By: Thomas http://enigma4795.wordpress.com/2008/01/21/botswanas-energy-crisis/#comment-217 Thomas Fri, 01 Feb 2008 21:19:51 +0000 http://enigma4795.wordpress.com/2008/01/21/botswanas-energy-crisis/#comment-217 The problem is that South Africa have to care for all the black countries that have chase the whites away and cant make it on their own now, I think its time that South Africa start to care about there own people and forget about the rest of africa. South Africa dont need a hopeless Africa The problem is that South Africa have to care for all the black countries that have chase the whites away and cant make it on their own now, I think its time that South Africa start to care about there own people and forget about the rest of africa. South Africa dont need a hopeless Africa

]]> By: Alan http://enigma4795.wordpress.com/2008/01/21/botswanas-energy-crisis/#comment-207 Alan Wed, 30 Jan 2008 09:08:18 +0000 http://enigma4795.wordpress.com/2008/01/21/botswanas-energy-crisis/#comment-207 I think part of the problem lies with the ESKOM monopoly which sells power for less than it costs to produce. BPC were happy to buy cheap power and sell it on to us at a good profit. Theoretically they then used these profits to develop our infrastructure, but not our generating capacity. So we have a well developed grid to distribute power, but a very small generating capacity. ESKOM did advise their government that they needed to build more capacity several years ago. The government responded by telling ESKOM that new generating capacity would be built by the private sector. The private sector were told that they would have to sell the power that they produced to ESKOM at ridiculously low rates. They declined saying that the price of electricity in South Africa was much too low to offer a reasonable return on investment. So the answer to our current problem is to double the price of electricity. This will generate more income for ESKOM and cause consumers to curtail their consumption. I think part of the problem lies with the ESKOM monopoly which sells power for less than it costs to produce. BPC were happy to buy cheap power and sell it on to us at a good profit. Theoretically they then used these profits to develop our infrastructure, but not our generating capacity. So we have a well developed grid to distribute power, but a very small generating capacity.
ESKOM did advise their government that they needed to build more capacity several years ago. The government responded by telling ESKOM that new generating capacity would be built by the private sector. The private sector were told that they would have to sell the power that they produced to ESKOM at ridiculously low rates. They declined saying that the price of electricity in South Africa was much too low to offer a reasonable return on investment.
So the answer to our current problem is to double the price of electricity. This will generate more income for ESKOM and cause consumers to curtail their consumption.

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