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Energy starved Nepal has been bearing 12 hours of load shedding daily and rising fossil fume consumption causing catastrophic future health implications... What can be done to solve and prevent this catastrophe???
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CHALLENGES AND SOLUTIONS TO THE POWER CRISIS IN NEPALDr Neil PandeConsumer
Scenario of February 2014
Load-shedding: 12 hours/day
Deficit: 434.5MWProduction: 659MW
Yearly GrowthProduction: 40MW
Demand: 80MW
Minimum Requirement to be Load Shedding Free:
2015: 1173.5MW2016: 1253.5MW2017: 1333.5MW2018: 1413.5MW2019: 1493.5MW
HOW IS THE DEMAND BEING MET BY MOST BUSINESSES?
Diesel Generators
Almost USD 1 million dollar worth Diesel being consumed daily by Generators alone
NOC lost Rs171 Crore in Magh 2070 alone
7,50,00,000 Litre Diesel consumed in total in Magh 2070 alone (Loss of Rs 70 loss per litre)
HAZARDS OF DIESEL FUMES
According to American Cancer Society,
Lung cancer is the major cancer thought to be linked to diesel exhaust, including cancers of the larynx (voice box), esophagus, stomach, bladder, blood system cancers such as lymphomas and leukemias (including childhood leukemia).
Lung Cancer is the Number 1 Cancer in Nepal…
BUYING POISON AT A LOSS
SOLUTIONS
Immediate: Heavy subsidies in Home Production of renewable energy, Low-Interest Loans, Grant permissions for Commercial Productions
Long Term: Work towards a MIX in Renewable Energy with NET MeteringCost may be more in the beginning, but the catastrophic health cost of the future
need to be added…Subsidy in Poison MUST STOP…
–Neil deGrasse Tyson
“If aliens did visit us, I'd be embarrassed to tell them we still dig
fossil fuels from the
ground as a source
of energy.”