LiquidHYDROGEN wrote:But you still need the expertise to properly run, maintain and repair/upgrade it. To use another analogy, it's like buying brand-new russian fighter jets and nobody knowing how to pilot, maintain and upgrade parts.
What is you opinion on relying on the ethiopians for electricity? I have mixed feelings. I don't want to rely on a neighbour for something as crucial as power-supply, much less the xabashis. But at the same time if they can provide cheap and reliable electricity it would be just what we need for factories and plants.
Its the same argument with power stations!!! are you saying we should not build power station gas fired or deisel because we do not know how to maintain them? does Ethiopia have the knowhow to repair and maintain power stations? no they dont.
Wind turbines are the same but simpler, you replace parts when they are worn out, the replacement of parts can be done by trained somali technicians its not quantum physics or nuerosurgery .
There are farmers who have their own turbines that do this, are you saying we cannot ?
I am against the ethiopian power imports in the shorterm but ia m for them in the future.
Our immediate power needs for our un-industrialized economy can be easily covered by windpower and supported by the current system of diesel power farms. Once we are building factories and urbanizing more we will need more power and this is where the ethiopians come in,