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Govt braced to weather power woes

SENATOR CLAIMS ENERGY CRISIS IS 'FAKE'

Published: 24 Feb 2013 at 00.00
Newspaper section: News

Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra says the government is ready to deal with the looming threat of power shortages in April.

The government is under pressure to address a potential energy crisis when Myanmar reduces its supply of natural gas to Thailand from April 5-14 as maintenance work commences on the Yadana gas field.

April's scheduled disruption has prompted the government to come up with a short term energy-saving campaign and a long-term plan to find new sources of electricity.

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jgriff
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Discussion 4 : 25 Feb 2013 at 02.264
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Nothing unusual about this. Thailand never thinks ahead. They only react instead of preventable. Please someine show me where they have planned ahead of a forseeable problem.
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Discussion 3 : 24 Feb 2013 at 10.583
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Strange story. In my homeland they shut down for several months 2 nuclear power plants. Absolutely no problem, they just import more electricity from neighboring countries. Why this is not possible in Thailand ? Can somebody tell me ?
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Discussion 2 : 24 Feb 2013 at 10.492
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This government and the PT party is to blame. They are 2 years in power and are unable to serve the people with enough electricity. That means, this government and EGAT have been ignoring this problem. These politicians and EGAT directors are therefore unprofessional and do not serve the people. They should quit. Everybody should blame this government and EGAT management. But we all know that Thailand has enough gas and even petrol which is being exported for higher prices. The senators are right.
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Discussion 1 : 24 Feb 2013 at 08.301
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The things this woman says always makes me think of Rosanne Rosanadana from SNL, played by Gilda Ratner
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