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Minister says limit energy or face cuts

Electricity restrictions loom

Published: 17 Feb 2013 at 00.00
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Homes and government agencies will need to conserve power to heed off a potential energy crisis over the next several months, Energy Minister Pongsak Raktapongpaisal said Saturday.

Turn off some lights or overload will turn off most of them for us - that's the warning from Energy Minister Pongsak Raktapongpaisal.

Mr Pongsak, speaking on Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra's weekly talk programme, warned gas imports from Myanmar would be disrupted from April 4 for annual maintenance, leading to a drop in gas supplies of 1.1 billion cubic feet per day.

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onlyme
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Discussion 32 : 17 Feb 2013 at 20.1232
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oldairman - 'He said the Energy Ministry would consider a state of emergency and issue a call for the public and the civil service to step up power conservation measures to ensure that electricity to the industrial sector is unaffected.' Yes I think you can read that as we are going to be reading by candle and sweating all the time but maybe we will get another flood so we cool off in the water.
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Discussion 31 : 17 Feb 2013 at 19.1631
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Rab, 28, I could be talking about many countries, not just Thailand (U.S., Australia, U.K. etc etc list goes on), unfortunately people on this planet aren't heeding the warnings and planning for the future generations. Why solar, wind and water type energy isn't being harnessed world wide is something I just can't fathom. Many years ago I had a saying "It's a world problem, but who gives a _ _ _ _", but still so true.
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Discussion 30 : 17 Feb 2013 at 18.2230
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Don't worry all you city folk as it won't happen to you.
The rural areas of Thailand wil be cutoff so that you can still run you a/c at 22C and have all the lights on.
You won't hear from me either as there will be no electricity on no internet.
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Discussion 29 : 17 Feb 2013 at 15.3129
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Re: Disc 23, Rab.Madar, thank you for correcting my error. I was using my memory from more than 10 years ago, when Thaksin pushed hard for the pipeline to Malaysia, against strong local opposition in Songkhla. But there seems to be no question that at least 50% of this gas goes from Songkhla to Malaysia.
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Discussion 28 : 17 Feb 2013 at 13.3628
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Disc 22, HowIWish. I got a shock. When I started reading your comment I thought you were deviating and moving the subject to America.
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Discussion 27 : 17 Feb 2013 at 13.3127
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Once again there is a simple solution ... education. Teach kids about conserving energy and develop homework that requires kids to plan & implement power savings at home (thus indirectly teaching parents as well). But alas the current trend is tablet toys, using more power, instead of improving teachers and curriculum. And another point in favor of teachers over tablets, teachers can still teach when the power goes out.
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Discussion 26 : 17 Feb 2013 at 13.2926
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Maybe they can use all the rotting rice in the government warehouses to generate electricity. Because they will not be able any buyers due to its high cost.
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Discussion 25 : 17 Feb 2013 at 11.3925
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It seems strange to me that this is all coming out now that the Dam issue raises it's head again. This government is so predictable.
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Discussion 24 : 17 Feb 2013 at 11.2224
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Thai people and conservation do not belong in the same sentence. If you asked a Thai to conserve water because the level is almost empty, the first thing they would be doing is washing their car. The mentality of every single Thai, is none of this applies to ME!
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Rab.Madar
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Discussion 23 : 17 Feb 2013 at 11.1923
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Disc 19, jimmyzee. I think you are mistaken. This pipe line is from the joint venture between Petronas and PTT on the offshore Malaysian - Thai border. The gas was to be shared between the two countries. This continues today.
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