Commuters trying to find transportation after the subway service was halted during a blackout in Caracas, Venezuela
Posted on 04/07/2016 7:27:54 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
CARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuelan workers will get Fridays off for the next two months as part of an emergency plan to save electricity, the president said.
Venezuela has the world's largest proven oil reserves, but its economy is a mess, with rampant inflation, shortages of goods as basic as soap and toilet paper, and constant blackouts.
Now, because of a severe drought that has left levels at hydroelectric dams at extremely low levels, to save on electricity the government is effectively shutting the labor force down for a three-day weekend, starting Friday and lasting until June 6.
The decision was announced by President Nicolas Maduro in a speech on state TV.
He said the country was in dire straits because of the low water level in Venezuela's 18 hydroelectric dams.
As an example, he cited Guri Dam in southeast Bolivia state. It supplies 70% of the country's electricity. Maduro said its water level was just 3 centimeters (roughly an inch) above what is considered the critical level.
Maduro also ordered state-run industries to cut their electricity consumption by 20%, just as he has ordered the government to do.
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Thank God Levi’s isn’t “state run” or they wouldn’t even have pants.
In anywhere but a socialist country, they’d know how to convert the largest proven oil reserves in the world into all the electricity which they need.
The future of the USA once Bernie and maybe Hildabeast are president.
At least the cattle cars will run on time!
That plan just sounds wrong just on the face of it.
Seems being overweight is not just a problem in America
Bernie sees Venezuela as a model socialist country.
Socialism Bernie!!! and all you college freaks!!
I remember friends from Venezuela 35 years ago bragging about how great they had it with gas @ 15 cents a gallon....
RE: Socialism Bernie!!! and all you college freaks!!
Bernie’s response: “A 4 day work week? What’s not to like?”
Save electricity?
You can't save electricity.
You can "not use" electricity, but you can't save it.
Isn't the "shelf life" of electricity about two seconds or so?
Venezuela feels the Bern!
Socialism (Communism) has never, ever worked. The people are delivered up to misery and the succeeding generations get used to it.
Cuber is a good example. Venezuela and Greece are other examples.
The bad news is that Mondays will now follow Fridays.................
“When in trouble
When in doubt
Run around
Scream and shout.”
Starchy foods, a hallmark of poor countries.................
Bernie’s roll model country. Want’s to import it here.
I wonder how long before Maduro figures out he can blame it all on Global Warming and the USA.
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