Stories tagged with "energy shortage"

Energy Shortages, the Monsoon, India and Pakistan

Posted by Heading Out on July 25, 2009 - 9:42am
Topic: Environment/Sustainability
Tags: energy shortage, india, monsoon, pakistan [list all tags]

The international impacts from a lack of sufficient power are often missed when debate swirls about the price of oil and gas, and the need to control emissions as part of an effort to change climate dynamics. There is a site, Energy Shortage, which provides information on the different parts of the world where energy shortages are occurring, both as short-term events, such as the power outage in Belize over the weekend a week ago, (though with more forecast) and the longer term problems that I have discussed before with power shortages between demand and supply. This impacts countries such as India which currently has a gap of between 15,000 and 20,000 MW between what is needed and what is available. Pakistan is currently seeing both problems, a short-term (though now over 48-hours) blackout in Karachi, because of torrential downpours due to the monsoon, and a longer term national shortage of more than 3,000 MW.


Interactive map corresponding to this image can be found on Energy Shortage website.

Part of the problem in this part of the world is that it relies on the rains of the monsoon season to provide hydroelectric power.

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Getting PlaNYC to acknowledge Peak Oil

Posted by Glenn on May 27, 2007 - 10:56am
Topic: Alternative energy
Tags: energy shortage, new york city, peak oil, planyc 2030 [list all tags]

This is a guest post by Dan Miner, organizer of the local NYC Peak Oil Meet-Up group about a new report he recently published.

As Oil Drum readers know, getting our communities to even acknowledge the reality of fuel depletion, let alone prepare for it, is a huge communications challenge. The Sierra Club NYC Group Energy Report offers an indirect approach that can be applied in any municipality, at any level of energy literacy.

While climate change awareness has increased dramatically this year, it is still widely believed that the climate impacts of our oil addiction lie far in the future, preventing a public consensus of urgency. Without that, the bold political action we need today is impossible. The stated primary goal of the report is to deal with potentially imminent national energy security risks at local levels, while also using those conventionally accepted issues to speed up the schedule for climate change response.

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