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1 posted on 07/31/2012 11:01:55 AM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

Hundreds of miners trapped. Yet they still found the time to break out in a dance for no apparent reason.


2 posted on 07/31/2012 11:06:07 AM PDT by massgopguy (I owe everything to George Bailey)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

I guess this means there are lots of help desks down also. Hope and pray your computer stays good and no trouble with software :)


3 posted on 07/31/2012 11:10:08 AM PDT by hoskinsr3106
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
This is actually a relatively predictable result due to actually 'RUNNING OUT' of coal for existing and new power generation due to colossal self-inflicted fuel supply mismanagement by the Indian government regulators.

To understand this background see India Struggles to Deliver Enough Power at http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/20/business/global/india-struggles-to-deliver-enough-electricity-for-growth.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all

Some quotes from this article:
ELLORE, India — India has long struggled to provide enough electricity to light its homes and power its industry around the clock. In recent years, the government and private sector sought to change that by building scores of new power plants.

India has tried to built new power plants, like the one partly completed in the state of Andhra Pradesh. But there is often no fuel to run the plants. Companies like Sowmya Industries are hampered by power shortages.

But that campaign is now running into difficulties because the country cannot get enough fuel — principally coal — to run the plants. Clumsy policies, poor management and environmental concerns have hampered the country’s efforts to dig up fuel fast enough to keep up with its growing need for power.

A complex system of subsidies and price controls has limited investment, particularly in resources like coal and natural gas. It has also created anomalies, like retail electricity prices that are lower than the cost of producing power, which lead to big losses at state-owned utilities. An unsettled debate about how much of its forests India should turn over to mining has also limited coal production.......

7 posted on 07/31/2012 11:53:36 AM PDT by dickmc
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

As Rush pointed out - this has put about one tenth of mankind without electricity.

And he also pointed out that only recently democrats were holding India up as an example of a nation with a superior infrastructure to our own.


8 posted on 07/31/2012 12:04:33 PM PDT by Iron Munro ("Jiggle the Handle for Barry!")
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

CHINA comes to mind!


10 posted on 07/31/2012 3:22:53 PM PDT by Tigen (I shall raise you one .)
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