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Lebanon's central electricity grid shuts down as fuel shortages continue (not expected to work again until "next Monday, or for several days")
NPR ^ | Oct 9, 2021 | Sharon Pruitt-Young

Posted on 10/10/2021 4:52:13 AM PDT by Conservat1

A circuit breaker of an electric generator that supplied homes with power in 2019 is pictured in the Lebanese capital Beirut's southern suburbs. Anwar Amro/AFP via Getty Images

Much of Lebanon is without power following outages in the country's core power plants.

The Zahrani plant lost power on Saturday and the Deir Ammar plant shut down the day before, Reuters reports. Both outages are linked to the ongoing scarcity of fuel in the country. The two plants, among Lebanon's largest, are responsible for supplying 40% of the country's power, according to the BBC.

The nation's power grid is not expected to work again until "next Monday, or for several days," a government official told Reuters.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: destructiveiran; hezbohllahoccupation; hezbollah; lebanon

1 posted on 10/10/2021 4:52:13 AM PDT by Conservat1
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To: Conservat1

Have they blamed it on t3h j0000z yet? :P


2 posted on 10/10/2021 5:10:03 AM PDT by Kriggerel ("All great truths are hard and bitter, but lies... are sweeter than wild honey" (Ragnar Redbeard))
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To: Kriggerel

They will find something, especially with Iran’s Hezbollah thugs roaming Beirut and terrorizing ordinary Lebanese.


3 posted on 10/10/2021 5:15:16 AM PDT by Conservat1
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To: Conservat1

A week long shortage. Could this be coming to America? Why, yes, yes it could. A week long or longer, as incredible as it seems. That’s what socialism gets you if it’s confined to your country, or world if it’s unconfined.


4 posted on 10/10/2021 5:28:25 AM PDT by LibWhacker
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To: LibWhacker

Scary


5 posted on 10/10/2021 5:30:35 AM PDT by Conservat1
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To: All

Coming to a GREEN country near you.


6 posted on 10/10/2021 5:30:43 AM PDT by BipolarBob (Somebody tell Hunters dad that the American public are losing patience with him.)
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To: Conservat1

Coming to a country near you soon.


7 posted on 10/10/2021 5:30:51 AM PDT by Paleo Pete (Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun the frumious Bandersnatch!)
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To: Conservat1

Bkmk


8 posted on 10/10/2021 5:35:59 AM PDT by sauropod
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To: Conservat1

Calif has had blackouts with NO WARNINGS.

Newsom signed a law against ‘small engines’===GENERATORS

Grocery store supplies are showing more & more empty shelves-—along with higher prices

IF you are prepared to protect your food supply-—Newsom won’t let you.

THE SQUEEZE IS ON-————DEMS ARE EVIL


9 posted on 10/10/2021 5:46:44 AM PDT by ridesthemiles ( )
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To: LibWhacker
Could this be coming to America?

It happened to Texas last winter. Wind turbines froze up, solar doesn't work with a blanket of ice and snow on a cloudy day. And the system collapsed. But at least folks didn't have to worry about minimal pollution from clean coal plants that had been shut down.

10 posted on 10/10/2021 6:01:14 AM PDT by PAR35
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To: Conservat1

Lebanon, pioneering the “Green Raw Deal” for the rest of us.


11 posted on 10/10/2021 7:04:15 AM PDT by nuke_road_warrior (Making the world safe for nuclear power for over 20 years)
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To: ridesthemiles
Newsom signed a law against ‘small engines’===GENERATORS

Exactly what the world needs now is a battery powered generator.

12 posted on 10/11/2021 5:01:25 PM PDT by dearolddad
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