Mantashe's claim that Eskom's EAF can magically improve is misleading the public

The way I read old Gwene...he is looking at all those out service generation units...fix them and we are all good again. Someone needs to explain to him, it is not like you send your generator in for fixing ....
 
Benedict A55h0le said:
Neither is your suggestion. There is a better chance that a tax revolt will fix this than your suggestion.
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My solution is what is Eskom is able to do within the bounds of the law.

Corporate SA will never break the law unless the corporate entity itself will benefit. They gain very little by not deducting income tax, and risk a massive amount of legal liability. They just won't do it.
 
the karpowership offices exist in jhb -- wonder whats going on in there
 
Instead of having journalists ask Baas Uncle Gwede directly on what his opinion is based, right there and then when he said it, we now have a contradictory view from another "expert".

Which contributes fsckall in the debate.
 
konfab said:
1. That is incorrect


2. Not that difficult to build.



3. Because container ports are renowned marine sanctuaries. Besides which, the noise pollution they make is temporary. It sucks that the animals have to suffer, but right now there are hospitals and water pump stations without electricity. If you want to tell me you value the life of sea cucumbers more than people, then by all means say so.


No. They come in at about 480MW each. Which means you would need 12 to completely reverse stage 6.
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1. Where are they right now?
2. With Gwede in charge, it's impossible.
3. 10 years is not temporary.
4. Okay, which port has space for 12 ships for 10 years?

They are not the answer. They are for shithole countries that only one ship powers the whole country.
 
The fact that the EAF is indeed a continuum makes it a bit more complicated than what the Energy ministry is capable of understanding. Wish that SA can reach the post ANC stage where such sub par intellect can stop being a hindrance towards technological, economical and social advancements. The ANC is incapable of leaving race issues out of the equation of a democracy. They want also to please the communists at the same time of inviting investment into the country which is not something that those foreign investors would like to hear.
 
IF "Mantashe’s claim that South Africa’s electricity crisis can be solved within six to twelve months" is true, then it has been on HIS WATCH that this was not done.What actually happened in the last 12 months to improve things, and what has been in the plan? "We Hope" cannot be in the plan.
 
konfab said:
My solution is what is Eskom is able to do within the bounds of the law.

Corporate SA will never break the law unless the corporate entity itself will benefit. They gain very little by not deducting income tax, and risk a massive amount of legal liability. They just won't do it.
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You want the thing that put us in this situation to be put in charge of saving itself? That is cadre like thinking. Eskom will also not do it.
 
konfab said:
My solution is what is Eskom is able to do within the bounds of the law.

Corporate SA will never break the law unless the corporate entity itself will benefit. They gain very little by not deducting income tax, and risk a massive amount of legal liability. They just won't do it.
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The only way this could really work is if everyone became an independent contractor to the company they work for, and then registered themselves as provisional tax payers.

While it is almost impossible for this to work for everyone at a large scale, you could probably make a sizeable dent in tax revenue if only "high earners" in a company did this. Think C level execs and key positions like senior developers/engineers etc.
 
Why don't we just give all the unemployable people bicycles and connect them to the grid. We can solve the unemployment and energy crises in one foul swoop. Will also be 100% green so win win.
 
Hotfuzz said:
Why don't we just give all the unemployable people bicycles and connect them to the grid. We can solve the unemployment and energy crises in one foul swoop. Will also be 100% green so win win.
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And plug them all into a fart-farm so as not to lose the secondary energy
 
SilverCode said:
The only way this could really work is if everyone became an independent contractor to the company they work for, and then registered themselves as provisional tax payers.

While it is almost impossible for this to work for everyone at a large scale, you could probably make a sizeable dent in tax revenue if only "high earners" in a company did this. Think C level execs and key positions like senior developers/engineers etc.
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This will happen a week after the blackout.
 
wingnut771 said:
1. Where are they right now?
2. With Gwede in charge, it's impossible.
3. 10 years is not temporary.
4. Okay, which port has space for 12 ships for 10 years?

They are not the answer. They are for shithole countries that only one ship powers the whole country.
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Going to answer the last part first. South Africa is a shithole country.

1) They have 36 ships, probably sitting in port or on contract to other places. But South Africa unlike other shithole country actually has the money to pay for them.
2) The entire ANC is the issue, but that isn't what I was talking about. The issue is whether Eskom needs "magic" to improve its EAF in 12-18 months. I can demonstrate it is entirely possible
3) It is temporary.
4) Any large port can take them, SA has about 7. So yeah, easily possible.
 
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