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Bacchus4.0

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Tue Apr 12, 2016, 08:31 AM
Apr 2016
https://panampost.com/sabrina-martin/2016/04/11/maduro-venezuelans-turn-off-hairdryers/

“During this 60-days period the hairdryer should have minimum use. Do you think you can do it, women? The clothes dryer and the hairdryer are high energy-consumers. The iron too. We must raise awareness about this,” he said.
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This implies that industries, businesses, and shopping centers shall acquire their own power sources. They will be put to work for nine hours instead of the four hours previously agreed upon.
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The Electric Power Minister, Luis Motta Dominguez, made a report on the Guri dam’s current situation, claiming that the water level has dropped about 30 meters. Some experts say the South American country is on the brink of a national blackout.

The Guri artificial lake is the fourth largest in the world and part of the Simon Bolivar Hydroelectric system. The Venezuelan government blames the weather phenomenon El Niño, but engineers say that the crisis is due to three factors: mismanagement of water resources, the unavailability of electric generation in the thermal park, and drought.

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