The Ease of Forgetting
This blog is a case in point. Not two weeks ago, I started out with great and noble intentions to have a "Oswaldo Alvarez Paz Week" where we’d...
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Rorschach test Chronicles
That was Caracas yesterday. What is your immediate reaction? a) Fear b) Laughter c) Sadness d) The final realization that compromise, negotiation or, perhaps, even coexistence with...
The Second Time as Farce Chronicles
Yes…that really is Venezuela Socialista brand tomato ketchup. No, really.
PPPractically Free
Several of you have written in over the last few days to complain that The View from Your Electric Bill is a somewhat misleading blog feature. Obviously, the...
The View From Your Electric Bill: 17 cents/kWh in São Paulo
The Bills keep on coming. In Brazil, before tax, you pay the equivalent of 17 US cents per kWh.
Using diesel as a cleaning supply
Today, we have a guest post on the electricity crisis from the man they call Setty. Friday in Caracas I ordered a coffee at a cheap little restaurant,...
The Electric Crisis is an Overconsumption Crisis
Here’s an even clearer chart showing Venezuela’s relative electric profligacy, courtesy of Google’s latest fun toy, the Public Data tool. http://www.google.com/publicdata/embed?ds=wb-wdi&ctype=l&met_y=eg_use_elec_kh_pc&scale_y=lin&ind_y=false&rdim=country&idim=country:CHL:COL:VEN:BRA:ARG:MEX:ECU:PER&tstart=31536000000&tunit=Y&tlen=35&hl=en_US&dl=en In this data series (drawn from the...
Artificially Low Prices = Too Much Consumption
It’s really too obvious to need much elaboration, and yet it’s almost never said out loud. The Venezuelan electric crisis is caused not just by too little supply...
The View From Your Electric Bill: 19.2 cents/kWh in Dublin
In Ireland, they pay the kinds of electric rates that’ll drive you to the bottle!
The View From Your Electric Bill: 5.8 cents/kWh in Quito
The electric bills keep coming in! (Read below for details.)
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