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4 responses to “On electricity cutoff in Beirut”

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   September 29, 2008

   Sako

   first of all, all Lebanese are equal (check the law). What makes a Beiruti better than me (a person living 15 minutes away from Beirut)?

   second, please remove the mocking “15 minute” line. It’s better for you since we used to have 10 to 12 hours cut and now it is 4 to 6 hours cut only.

   third, let me talk about what we pay for electricity. The total amount that we pay is $850 for the shop ($300 for EDL and $550 for Generator). A similar shop in Beirut will be paying half the amount that we pay. Not to mention here the other expenses which are caused because of power cut during work (like changing the head of the machine which costs $30,000 without the beautiful VAT).

   now, I would like to know what do you think about paying more on KILOWATT in regions that get more hours of electricity?

   Note: It’s not a revenge since Beirut doesn’t belong to Future Movement.

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2. 

   October 8, 2008

   Rami

   Sako, thanks for stopping by and commenting.
   First of all I am not a pro future movement and I totally agree that it doesn’t belong to them.
   Concerning what you pay for generators and stuff, excuse me but that has to do with corruption and I am not concerned with it here. I was just pointing out the fact that the increase in power cut for Beirut is kind of a political revenge from the future movement (although Beirut doesn’t belong to them), but that’s how I personally explained it.
   Moreover, Beirut is the capital, and in my opinion is should have priority over any other city in the country.
   Cheers!

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3. 

   October 17, 2008

   nic

   Generators are prohibited in Beirut? Really? Then why do I hear the incessant noise of ehm… yes… generators whenever the government-electricity is cut off?

   Yes, I live in Beirut. And yes, I will gladly take one our less electricity if that means more electricity for all those outside the city. And no, our house is not connected to a generator, so yes, I DO notice the difference.

   But the most important question is: why are the people in the capital more important than people in the rest of the country? Other than ‘it’s my opinion’, because laws are not based on your opinion. Please explain. Thanks.

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4. 

   October 18, 2008

   Rami

   nic, obviously I’m not talking about small generators here, but rather about big ones that supply specific regions with some capacity for a certain subscription fee. And they exist in every region of Lebanon except in Beirut.

   Once again, the people in the capital are not more important that others in the rest of the country, it’s actually the capital itself that is more important than any other city in Lebanon.
   It’s enough that Beirut has all the governmental organizations to make it more important that other Lebanese cities. Let these cities share Beirut’s extra load of “work” and then it will be ok to share electricity equally.
   I don’t understand why some people are considering this as a discriminative act…

   One final note, blogs are meant for people to express their PERSONAL thoughts, not to make laws.

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