Friday, June 29, 2007

Kuwait Electrical Woes

So the electrical power shortage in Kuwait is getting worse. Now the Kuwait ministry responsible for electricity is sending out its power nazis looking for people who are using too much electricy. We are still having 45 rolling brown outs between the hours of noon and 5PM. Heard on the radio the other day that some portable electrical generators have been purchashed and have arrived but won't be operational until sometime in July. Mean while new building construction continues at a mad pace, construction cranes everywhere. Where is the power for these new buildings going to come from? Seems to me that it the Kuwait ministry responsible for electricty needs to plan more power generation facilities and slow down growth until they can produce enough electricity for the people currently living here. 3rd world country.
An editorial in one of the local newspapers went on about how the expats are living 3 and 4 to an apartment so they use more electricty. What about all the locals who have 10,000 sq foot houses mostly empty, bet their ac is running.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

lmfao!

thats absolutely hilarious!

3-4 expats in a 3 bedroom central ac flat cannot in anyway compare to 10 people in a massive villa which is completely air conditioned including the basement, plus servants, who are instructed to leave the ac on during the say so its nice and cool when they come home,.... oh and not to mention the garden lights in every villa!

i dont even turn the lights on my balconey on if i'm not on it.

but no of course its all our fault lol.

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