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| Electricity cuts, lack of fuel make life tough for Iranians |
| 2008-07-26 |
| Iranians are grappling with daily power blackouts, lonq queues at petrol stations and warnings of water cuts, while the situation could worsen if the international community imposes new sanctions on Iran over its nuclear drive. "I have spent at least two hours at the bank because the computer system was not functioning because of the power cut," said Massoud, a 65-year-old retired man who went to cash his pension cheque. Power blackouts have become daily fare for Iranians in the capital Tehran and other cities since the start of the summer, with electricity cut between two to four hours each day. "Every day between one in the afternoon and until three, we have no electricity," says Farhad Mahmoudzadeh, a dentist who is forced to stop work during these hours. "I will buy a power generator as in time of war," he said referring to the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq conflict when Iran faced crippling electricity cuts. |
| Posted by:3dc |
| #4 bet there's electricity and AC, 24/7, a soft boy in the bed, and a full tank of diesel in the Benz for the Mullahs |
| Posted by: Frank G 2008-07-26 07:22 |
| #3 Grow a pair and throw the bastards out |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2008-07-26 02:02 |
| #2 Or, perhaps they are diverting a good amount of their fuel supply to storage in anticipation of a disruption of supply in the case of a confrontation over the nuclear issue. Iran is also building refineries in Venezuela to refine their crude and ship the refined products to Iran. It looks like Chavez is building the infrastructure needed to stop selling oil to the US completely. Rather than forcing other countries to build special refineries capable of handling the heavy Venezuelan crude, is inviting countries to build or share capacity there and take delivery of the finished products rather than crude oil. |
| Posted by: crosspatch 2008-07-26 01:08 |
| #1 Generators are usually diesel powered. Iran is equally inept at both gasoline and diesel production. They have to import almost half from UAE. |
| Posted by: McZoid 2008-07-26 00:48 |