Linda, Yes I am aware of private companies generating...
Rubens F. Titus says...
Linda, Yes I am aware of private companies generating electricity and selling it back to the state of Haiti but they are illegal.
There is no law that legalized their existence on Haitian soil that I am aware of. (sorry I had to put that out there).
In fact, if privatization is already in full swing let us make it official.
When it comes to 85% of the Haitian people not being able to afford electricity after privatization that's a myth. They said the same thing about wireless phones - soon they will be over 1.5 millions wireless users back home. And they find the money to pay somehow.
I am not worried about the elite and people who can provide their own electricity- Actually it is a very sad situation that people have acid batteries in their houses and inverters too. That's a sign of survival, that's all. It should become a accepted way of life. And off course leaking batteries everywhere is killing the environment.
Besides, the scientific evidence shows that individuals producing their own electricity by conventional means spend 2.5 more resources than purchasing electricity from an electric power company.
These hotels with their generators running all day spewing plume of black smoke is killing the Haitian people.
To be exact, I know personnaly Villa Creole would rather purchase electricity from a power company that running their own diesel generators.
So every one producing their own electricity is not a good thing for my country, it may be survival but it is not good.
thanks
The topic is: Qualified Teachers or Electricity for the mass
This is a reply to Msg 5859
Posted by Rubens F. Titus on January 29 2008 at 11:25 PM
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Linda, Yes I am aware of private companies generating electricity and selling it back to the state of Haiti but they are illegal. There is no law that legalized their existence on Haitian soil that I am aware of.(sorry I had to put that out there). I
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Rubens F. Titus, 29-Jan-08 11:25 pm
Hi Robert; it's always a pleasure to read you. I don't doubt that this can be done, I just wonder if it will indeed benefit all or at least most Haitians like the oil in Dubai or Qatar benefited their citizens. In Qatar, since the discovery of oil,
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Linda, 29-Jan-08 11:36 pm
Mr. Toussaint, Je ne questionne pas la credibilite d'un chercheur et scientifique haitien comme Mr. Mathurin. Je suis plutot souciex de la naivete de plus d'un que notre Haiti est finalement sauvee a cause de la decouverte des gisements rentables de
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Rubens F. Titus, 29-Jan-08 11:41 pm
Rubens, I never said that what was going with the electricity was a good thing. I was just stating some facts. As for the phone system, you are wrong. Only Haitians who have wealth have phones that actually work.And I use the term "work" with caution
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Linda, 29-Jan-08 11:50 pm
Linda et Toussaint, je ne pense que vous ne connaissez l'Haiti que je connais." Vous suggerez qu'il faut satisfaire les besoins primaires du peuple avant de l'instruire.." Je pense exactement le contraire: instruire le peuple et il satisfera son prop
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Rubens F. Titus, 30-Jan-08 12:01 am
Rubens, it is a cop-out to start attacking people just because they don't agree with you. Stating that Robert and I don't know Haiti as well as you do just because we have a different opinion than you on what she needs is a sign of weakness; it is a
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Linda, 30-Jan-08 12:11 am
I tend to agree with Rubens. Nigeria is a perfect example of a country rich in oil and the majority of the population still live in porverty, the government is profiting while their health is deteriorating. Shell has a partnership with the government
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Lionne, 30-Jan-08 2:31 pm
Hi Lionne (hope I got it right this time). I actually posted a message that was similar to Ruben's point on wealth and oil. So I agreed with him on somethings. Robert and I disagreed with him on his statement that education should take priority over
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Linda, 30-Jan-08 2:54 pm
Hola Linda: I understand your point, but I can't talk, because I am a hell cat sometimes, and I have a tendency to tell people off, just to have the last word. But I am learning from everybody. My sister did not help things last year either. I would
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Lionne, 30-Jan-08 3:06 pm
Hello old blogger friend...........................................................
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Linda, 30-Jan-08 4:17 pm