I vow to stop using the euphemism "load shedding"

[skig]

Why is it called "load shedding" when it is in actual fact just a plain old blackout (or, at best, a brownout)? A kind of social engineering to make us feel better about the fact that Eskom is too incompetent to manage their affairs properly?

I vow from now on to stop using the euphemism and call a spade a spade (or, in this case, a blackout a blackout).

[AntiThesis]

One of our UK counterparts blessed us with the term "Load Shafted"

Which I like :p

[EchoZA]

I suggest, "Eskominated"

but agree, shedding is what you do when you have an excess of something :)

shed1 (shĕd)

v., shed, shed·ding, sheds.

v.tr.
To cause to pour forth: shed tears.
To diffuse or radiate; send forth or impart: shed light.
To repel without allowing penetration: A duck's feathers shed water.

To lose by natural process: a snake shedding its skin.
To rid oneself of (something not wanted or needed): I shed 25 pounds as a result of my new diet.
v.intr.
To lose a natural growth or covering by natural process.
To pour forth, fall off, or drop out: All the leaves have shed.
n.
Something that sheds, especially an elevation in the earth's surface from which water flows in two directions; a watershed.
Something that has been shed.

^^^ does "To repel without allowing penetration:" mean a denial too **** :)

[SoftDux-Rudi]

it's almost like quality pre-owned cars that the the big fancy garages are using, almost as if they want to make you feel it's not that bad to buy a second hand car. Call it what it is, honesty goes much further than lies

[Sneeky]

They are power cuts due to inefficiency, plain and simple

[LancelotSA]

I suggest, "Eskominated" but agree, shedding is what you do when you have an excess of something :)

Well yes, exactly... and that is why it is called LOAD shedding! There is too much of a load on the electricity grid so they take some off by turning them off hence shedding some of the load.... your argument would be valid if it was called power shedding as we do not have an excess of power.

[Milano]

Yeah I said 'load-shedding' in a conversation the other day, annoyed myself. Agreed, it really pisses me off the way they manage to brainwash us with their sugar-coated terminology.

[icyrus]

Well yes, exactly... and that is why it is called LOAD shedding! There is too much of a load on the electricity grid so they take some off by turning them off hence shedding some of the load.... your argument would be valid if it was called power shedding as we do not have an excess of power.

Yeah sure if that was the case we could call it load shedding, but thats not what is happening right now is it?

[timgaul]

Well yes, exactly... and that is why it is called LOAD shedding! There is too much of a load on the electricity grid so they take some off by turning them off hence shedding some of the load.... your argument would be valid if it was called power shedding as we do not have an excess of power.

Well, load implies power load. Very much doubt that there is an excess load of peanut butter on the grid.

So yes, an excess load of power on the grid can be shed.

No, no, this is not load shedding, but rather power timeshare, or something along those lines.

[Paulr]

It's bullshed!! :D

[LancelotSA]

Well, load implies power load. Very much doubt that there is an excess load of peanut butter on the grid.

So yes, an excess load of power on the grid can be shed.

No, no, this is not load shedding, but rather power timeshare, or something along those lines.

www.thefreedictionary.com
Noun 1. load-shedding - cutting off the electric current on certain lines when the demand becomes greater than the supply
restriction, limitation - an act of limiting or restricting (as by regulation)

www.businessdictionary.com
Energy utilities' method of reducing demand (load) on the energy generation system by temporarily switching off distribution of energy to different geographical areas.

www.onlinedictionary.datasegment.com
load-shedding \load-shedding\ n.
The act or process of disconnecting the electric current on certain lines when the demand becomes greater than the supply.



My suggestion would be to contact the scholars who draw up these dictionaries and lodge your objection to this term....

[Piepalook]

www.thefreedictionary.com
Noun 1. load-shedding - cutting off the electric current on certain lines when the demand becomes greater than the supply
restriction, limitation - an act of limiting or restricting (as by regulation)

www.businessdictionary.com
Energy utilities' method of reducing demand (load) on the energy generation system by temporarily switching off distribution of energy to different geographical areas.

www.onlinedictionary.datasegment.com
load-shedding \load-shedding\ n.
The act or process of disconnecting the electric current on certain lines when the demand becomes greater than the supply.



My suggestion would be to contact the scholars who draw up these dictionaries and lodge your objection to this term....

Would the words power outage and blackouts also appear in that dictionary?

[Setho]

www.thefreedictionary.com
Noun 1. load-shedding - Eskom cutting off the electric current on certain lines when the demand becomes greater than the supply...


www.businessdictionary.com
Eskom's method of reducing demand (load) on the energy generation system by temporarily switching off distribution of energy to different geographical areas.


www.onlinedictionary.datasegment.com
load-shedding \load-shedding\ n.
Eskom's process of disconnecting the electric current on certain lines when the demand becomes greater than the supply.


There...it's official. Eskom has made it into the dictionaries now.

[Piepalook]

www.thefreedictionary.com
Noun 1. load-shedding - Eskom cutting off the electric current on certain lines when the demand becomes greater than the supply...


www.businessdictionary.com
Eskom's method of reducing demand (load) on the energy generation system by temporarily switching off distribution of energy to different geographical areas.


www.onlinedictionary.datasegment.com
load-shedding \load-shedding\ n.
Eskom's process of disconnecting the electric current on certain lines when the demand becomes greater than the supply.


There...it's official. Eskom has made it into the dictionaries now.

Sad.
They should rather try and make electricity.:p

[LancelotSA]

Piepalook, I'm sure they would and you are welcome to look them up yourself. You will find though that the definition of what is happening here at the moment is pretty much covered by the word "load-shedding". Rolling blackouts could also be used if you so desire.

Setho, I appreciate your attempt at humour but you will find that "load shedding" is not a South African, nor Eskom, invention. It has been experienced in the US too... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolling_blackout

[XSV1]

I suggest that "rolling blackout" is inappropriate for a country that is striving to be politically correct.

"Previously lit areas" would be far more appropriate.

*tongue in cheek*

See also http://instrumentation.co.za/article.aspx?pklArticleId=5120&pklCategoryId=57

[Piepalook]

Piepalook, I'm sure they would and you are welcome to look them up yourself. You will find though that the definition of what is happening here at the moment is pretty much covered by the word "load-shedding". Rolling blackouts could also be used if you so desire.

Setho, I appreciate your attempt at humour but you will find that "load shedding" is not a South African, nor Eskom, invention. It has been experienced in the US too... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolling_blackout

Lancelot,
I did check.
Guess what i found?

Blackout:

Free dictionary:
Lack of illumination caused by an electrical power failure.

Bussiness dictionary:
Complete loss of commercial electrical power,lasting for hours or days over a large geographical area.

Online dictionary:
A period during a massive power failure when the lack of electricity for illumination results in utter darkness except from emergency sources, as candles.

Blackout works for me.
No sugar coating.:D

[LancelotSA]

Lancelot,
I did check.
Guess what i found?

Blackout:

Free dictionary:
Lack of illumination caused by an electrical power failure.

Bussiness dictionary:
Complete loss of commercial electrical power,lasting for hours or days over a large geographical area.

Online dictionary:
A period during a massive power failure when the lack of electricity for illumination results in utter darkness except from emergency sources, as candles.

Blackout works for me.
No sugar coating.:D

This is a silly argument and being fed no doubt more by your views on Eskom management and the government rather that the actual facts.

If you step back and have a look none of those definitions you just quoted describe what we are experiencing. We have not had power failures but a controlled switching off of power.

[Piepalook]

This is a silly argument and being fed no doubt more by your views on Eskom management and the government rather that the actual facts.

If you step back and have a look none of those definitions you just quoted describe what we are experiencing. We have not had power failures.

Do we live in the same country?

I live in the RSA.

You?:confused:

[LancelotSA]

I suggest that "rolling blackout" is inappropriate for a country that is striving to be politically correct.

"Previously lit areas" would be far more appropriate.

*tongue in cheek*

See also http://instrumentation.co.za/article.aspx?pklArticleId=5120&pklCategoryId=57

Anyway enough of Piepalook... XSV1, I do find that article interesting, especially the discussion regarding the relative cheapness of our electricity.

[timgaul]

This is a silly argument and being fed no doubt more by your views on Eskom management and the government rather that the actual facts.

If you step back and have a look none of those definitions you just quoted describe what we are experiencing. We have not had power failures but a controlled switching off of power.

Unless I'm very much mistaken I doubt that I had this so-called "load shedding" for 12 hours last week. No that was a power failure due to lack of maintenance. Indeed that is the cause of this entire problem, hence we are actually receiving power failures. You know, as in a failure to provide power?

[timgaul]

Piepalook, I'm sure they would and you are welcome to look them up yourself. You will find though that the definition of what is happening here at the moment is pretty much covered by the word "load-shedding". Rolling blackouts could also be used if you so desire.

Setho, I appreciate your attempt at humour but you will find that "load shedding" is not a South African, nor Eskom, invention. It has been experienced in the US too... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolling_blackout

Hehehe, love how SA is mentioned first.


In many African countries – e.g. South Africa, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Nigeria and Zimbabwe – a combination of aging electricity generation infrastructure, and the inadequacy of the supply of electricity to the ever expanding demand, has made rolling blackouts a staple of daily life.

[Piepalook]

Anyway enough of Piepalook... XSV1, I do find that article interesting, especially the discussion regarding the relative cheapness of our electricity.

Our electricity is not cheap.

If you continue to tell a lie to yourself, eventually you will believe it.

I pay R 0.58 cents per kilowatt hour.

It is more expensive than many countries overseas.:confused:

[LancelotSA]

Unless I'm very much mistaken I doubt that I had this so-called "load shedding" for 12 hours last week. No that was a power failure due to lack of maintenance. Indeed that is the cause of this entire problem, hence we are actually receiving power failures. You know, as in a failure to provide power?

Well then piepalook is right I do not live in South Africa.... or perhaps due to my positive attitude I am blessed with good karma, as I have had only two two-hour load sheds since this whole thing started... oh yes and once at work! (touch wood)

[LancelotSA]

Our electricity is not cheap.

If you continue to tell a lie to yourself, eventually you will believe it.

I pay R 0.58 cents per kilowatt hour.

It is more expensive than many countries overseas.:confused:

Now you are talking crap! Please show me your proof!


As we identified in our previous Electricity
Update (Q3.07), there is a pressing need for higher electricity
prices, both domestically and internationally. While SA’s recently
agreed electricity tariff increase brings the price from 19c/kWh to
22c/kWh (plus an additional 2c/kWh levy), the next lowest cost
producer of electricity is Canada, at around 35c/kWh.

[LancelotSA]

Something else for Piepalook to have a look at .... and yes you may claim it is old but i'm sure if you manage to dig up something newer than 2006 you will find the same thing!

http://www.nusconsulting.it/downloads/2006%20Electricity%20Survey_3.pdf


You may find some of the changes from 2005 to 2006 even more interesting! Yes this is for industrial users but once again you will find the residential trend would be similar.

[Piepalook]

Now you are talking crap! Please show me your proof!

Not crap.
The honest truth.

On my mothers grave!

This is what i paid this morning.

How in the name of anything holy can i get this invoice to you?

This is what i am complaining about.
Where do you live? Seriously now.

With this new proposed increase i would pay R0.89 cents per kilowatt hour.

[LancelotSA]

Not crap.
The honest truth.

This is what i paid this morning.

How in the name of anything holy can i get this invoice to you?


So how does looking at your invoice prove this "It is more expensive than many countries overseas"?

Please see my link above...

[Piepalook]

So how does looking at your invoice prove this "It is more expensive than many countries overseas"?

Please see my link above...

You will have to use the Mc Donalds hamburger comparism.

We do not pay 16 cents a kilowatt hour.

[Ozymandias]

Quote:

As we identified in our previous Electricity
Update (Q3.07), there is a pressing need for higher electricity
prices, both domestically and internationally. While SA’s recently
agreed electricity tariff increase brings the price from 19c/kWh to
22c/kWh (plus an additional 2c/kWh levy), the next lowest cost
producer of electricity is Canada, at around 35c/kWh.


The 22c/kWh (plus an additional 2c/kWh levy) quoted is the price that Eskom sells to the municipalities. The municipalities resells it to the redidential end user. Though I didn't realise that they were making that much of a markup (142%).

[Piepalook]

The 22c/kWh (plus an additional 2c/kWh levy) quoted is the price that Eskom sells to the municipalities. The municipalities resells it to the redidential end user. Though I didn't realise that they were making that much of a markup (142%).

They are using electricity as a cash cow.

Boost the coffers a bit.

I heard that the municipal account at the local KFC is R 35 000 a month.

They love take away KFC.