Much has been heard of the upcoming
Energy Deficit, and daily you hear of fossilized CEB engineers, the so called
experts in this field ranting on their pet projects and in typical Govt.
servant leach mentality, threatening to withdraw their cooperation from
technical evaluation, and procurement, UNITL they get their OWN WAY. Now they fear
their survival before their useful lives end!
I am afraid their own way is the
highway, and I would just ask them to put their skates on and get the hell out
of here, as they are actually a hindrance to progress and an intelligent
discussion on how we move forward with new technology and an ecosensitive
energy policy the next 50 years.
In this debate their input or
participation is surplus to requirements, much due to their own arrogance, and
insensitivity to changing dynamics. Firstly the Govt. must set out a new
protocol for energy that excludes the CEB Engineers and most especially their
pompous union of brain dead fossils who scupper anything beyond their limited brain
cells capability to comprehend. They are NOT relevant.
I implore the Government to immediately
import US$100M of solar panels and sell at it at 10% of the cost to anyone who
wishes to purchase them, with the proviso that within 24 months, they are put
to use, either to reduce existing usage or on the basis of net metering to
supply excess to the Grid. Further with the impeding battery storage
technological revolution, these panels should be compatible with being able to
charge the new generation of batteries, that will permit high volumes of energy
to be dissipated after storage.
On this basis, the whole energy
requirement of the next 5 years will be met, and there WILL BE NO NEED for a
power station, that will cost a minimum of US$500M with a big whack into some
Engineers pockets. No transmission lines, no usage of land for power
generation, and security and location scouting, the average Joe will produce
more than 500MW of energy, reducing their dependence on the grid, and so there
will be no commissions, and work for the CEB engineers, and we can drop their
numbers, once their productivity, and need is further evaluated.
It is clear
that CEB Unions are holding the people to ransom, just like the GMOA, and it is
time they are clipped to be lean and relevant.
2 comments:
The pace of change in the world is too much for these entrenched time wasters littering the CEB. They are preventing a visionary energy policy from being adopted.
Power stations are so last century it is not funny. China and India are beginning to realize that too and that from Countries that need a new power station every three months to keep up with demand.
Technological innovation, has done away with the need for power stations, we just have to think differently.
Let us start with removing ALL airconditioners from Govt. buildings, as they do not provide a return on our investment. Why are we building power stations to AC the rooms of the most unrproductive people in Sri Lanka?
Give me an answer to that before you proceed please.
In the link below is another prime example of the warped and tunnel vision thinking of our so called professional Electrical Engineers, who are still living in the last century, and completely incapable of being visionary, and in keeping with the times!
http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=148508
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