India cannot solve its energy-power needs in the near future (the current five year plan - 2007 to 2012, proposes production of about 78,000 MW in addition to a current installed capacity of about 141,000 MW). A large number of the citizens ... up to 450 million (about 85 million households as per 2001 Census), are forced to live with no access to electricity, they still use Kerosene. Some 3.3 million (0.62 million households), have no means of home lighting at all. The other sources of energy: crude oil, coal, biomass, gas, solar and wind, are also not accessible-affordable to many Indian citizens, most of who live in the total 229,000 villages (population above 1,000 as per 2001 Census), in India. While the rich citizens of the OPEC and OECD countries live in wanton luxury, some of the better off citizens of India, waste energy without thought. Think ... every percentage point of energy saved, is equivalent to a percentage point of energy produced. This, with out the issue of 'green house gases', raw material, equipment, labour, theft, losses. So ... it costs nothing to save energy. Mumbai city currently suffers an electric power shortage of about 1000 MW, Maharashtra State a current shortage of about 4000 MW, while the current all India shortage is about 22,000 MW. The current national production of about 612 billion units of electricity per year, gives about 532 units of electricity per capita per year. This is only about 25% of the global average and works out to about 235 units of electric energy per Indian household per month. This huge shortage, can be reduced by each citizen saving energy in any form, thereby helping reduce 'production pollution' and making the saved amount available to fellow citizens, farms and industry. So ... citizens of India, go on and save. 1. Try not to use cars for single passenger. Reduce trips to the market to once in ten days. Try walking if it requires only 15 minutes. Drive at medium speeds, try not to overtake. Switch off engine if waiting for more than one minute. Use car AC only when absolutely essential. 2. Switch off electric appliances from the wall plug whenever you can. Open windows instead of using fans and ACs. Use the sun for drying clothes, not dryers. Reduce the temperature setting on your water heaters. Replace geysers with storage heaters. Use white / yellow CFLs instead of filament or halogen lamps. Reduce use of dish washers. Walk down the stairs, it saves lift power and gives you exercise. Save lighting energy in your housing complexes. Keep sound amplifiers at low settings. 3. When cooking, keep your gas rings at low or medium. Use pressure cooker where ever possible with a low setting. Use microwave for heating food. Keep moderate setting on your refrigerator. 4. Save water, it needs energy for filtering and pumping. Do not use running water for shaving, brushing and washing anything. 5. Do not burn garden waste, bury it ... it makes good manure and eliminates smoke and CO2. 6. Follow these points even at your place of work. Enable 'sleep mode' in your desktop computers, reduce print-outs, and review setting of your HVAC systems. Switch off machines promptly when not in use. 7. Most important, refuse, reduce, reuse, recycle, renew. If parents and children learn and internalise these simple practices, India will save up to 25% of its energy needs ... that means produce 25% more energy without: 1. spending a rupee, 2. without waiting for four years to build power plants, 3. without generating green house gases and damaging the environment, 4. without giving more money to be misused for ostentatious living by the super rich nations. Remember there are about 85 million households (out of 192 million total), in India without access to electric lighting. Think and understand their plight. (Data taken from censusundia.gov.in web link and various India Power Ministry publications).
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gregory house
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India cannot solve its energy-power needs in the near future.......every percentage point of energy saved, is equivalent to a percentage point of energy produced......it costs nothing to save energy....Maharashtra State a current shortage of about 4000 MW, while the current all India shortage is about 22,000 MW......This huge shortage, can be reduced by each citizen saving energy in any form......
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(Data taken from censusundia.gov.in web link and various India Power Ministry publications).
Moving back to the stone age would be a better idea. Won't need electricity or water or any of those things. Trust government departments to provide stupid advice like conservation. They won't privatise power companies; if they do, they won't provide legal protection to those officials who dare to take action against those responsible for 40% T&D losses (read THEFT). First you provide erratic power. Then you have the gall to levy a 'reliability surcharge'. Companies are spending money that should have gone into capital expenditure for purchasing DG Sets coz god knows when electricity will go kaput.
Switch off fans. Maybe the PM, CMs etc should lead the way. If they bath twice a month instead of daily, they can surely save plenty of water and electricity.
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(Data taken from censusundia.gov.in web link and various India Power Ministry publications).
Moving back to the stone age would be a better idea. Won't need electricity or water or any of those things. Trust government departments to provide stupid advice like conservation. They won't privatise power companies; if they do, they won't provide legal protection to those officials who dare to take action against those responsible for 40% T&D losses (read THEFT). First you provide erratic power. Then you have the gall to levy a 'reliability surcharge'. Companies are spending money that should have gone into capital expenditure for purchasing DG Sets coz god knows when electricity will go kaput.
Switch off fans. Maybe the PM, CMs etc should lead the way. If they bath twice a month instead of daily, they can surely save plenty of water and electricity.
i have issues with the amount of power that is wasted during transmission. the government needs to fix itself first before expecting us to do something.here in gurgaon, our electricity bill is flawed almost every time. they have put the meters outside your house so it is easy for anyone to steal power through your meter and you would have little idea on that happening.
I just got electric bill, some 724Rs for 185 units used, whereas in Feb 2007 is was 183 units used and charge was some 489Rs.so just in 11 months, the prices have increased by 40%, plus now-a-days in every bill i see this written:"Additional Energy Charge (AEC) is not included in this bill"I dont know whats that but does that mean that i can expect more bill amt within coming months when AEC will also be included?(also AEC of past months?)We really need Amish world!
I am not sure that I have been understood. 1. This is not about what the individuals in Govt. can do. Their priority is only to somehow stay in power. 2. This is not about who has been negligent and incompetant at their jobs. Our well make plans are implemented piece meal and so do not reach the intended goal. 3. This is not about politicos pandering and appeasing niche groups to garner valuable votes to stay in power. Free power, flat rates, priority connections are some of the means of causing humongous losses. 4. This is not about state administration ignoring the hugh theft of power by slums, some industry, power looms and some commercial establishments. The vigilence and police make good money out of these issues on a continous basis. No friends ... these four issues are understood by the intelligent and the thinkers. I say ... discount all this. After knowing the above flaws in India, what can we do to mitigate and then imporove the situation. My essay is only about this. 
I am thinking about the 85 million households (out of a total of 192 million total) who do not get electricity as per the 2001-census and I am thinking about the 0.62 million households who have NO MEANS of lighting at all. Since each household is average of 5.3 persons, you can calculate the number of citizens who like to call themselves Bhaaratiya or Indian, who are living in the 'stone-age' already. They deserve some solace and attention from those who are better off. So my essay is for them, let us and our neighbours do a small thing that costs us nothing. Let us bring 'light' into their lives by not wasting it in ours. At least the twelve hour power cuts will reduce for some of them. Now ... think carefully about human nature. The 'have nots' hear about TV, radio, fast cars, good clothes, fine restaurants and Malls, where lights burn day and night, from their relatives and friends who visit them twice a year from the towns and cities. They are undergoing a slow burn of anger. They support or join the maoists and the nazals and the fringe fanatic groups. Some of them believe the injustice can only be removed by revolution, not evolution. They will not wait for the 'trickle down effect'. They rush to the cities with a hugh chip on their shoulders and we all face a 'situation' as the police call it. The kind of citizens who are currently causing the rapid urbanization are mostly from this category. They want more and they shall have it, legality be damned. This fact of life should motivate the better of citizens to do what ever is in their power to reduce the 'anger' of the 'have-nots'. My essay is also for them. If you feel their is some value in the above, please think of ways to propagate the 'energy saving' tricks. Best wishes.
1. This is not about what the individuals in Govt. can do. Their priority is only to somehow stay in power. 2. This is not about who has been negligent and incompetant at their jobs. Our well make plans are implemented piece meal and so do not reach the intended goal. 3. This is not about politicos pandering and appeasing niche groups to garner valuable votes to stay in power. Free power, flat rates, priority connections are some of the means of causing humongous losses. 4. This is not about state administration ignoring the hugh theft of power by slums, some industry, power looms and some commercial establishments. The vigilence and police make good money out of these issues on a continous basis. No friends ... these four issues are understood by the intelligent and the thinkers. I say ... discount all this. After knowing the above flaws in India, what can we do to mitigate and then imporove the situation. My essay is only about this. I am thinking about the 85 million households (out of a total of 192 million total) who do not get electricity as per the 2001-census and I am thinking about the 0.62 million households who have NO MEANS of lighting at all. Since each household is average of 5.3 persons, you can calculate the number of citizens who like to call themselves Bhaaratiya or Indian, who are living in the 'stone-age' already. They deserve some solace and attention from those who are better off. So my essay is for them, let us and our neighbours do a small thing that costs us nothing. Let us bring 'light' into their lives by not wasting it in ours. At least the twelve hour power cuts will reduce for some of them. Now ... think carefully about human nature. The 'have nots' hear about TV, radio, fast cars, good clothes, fine restaurants and Malls, where lights burn day and night, from their relatives and friends who visit them twice a year from the towns and cities. They are undergoing a slow burn of anger. They support or join the maoists and the nazals and the fringe fanatic groups. Some of them believe the injustice can only be removed by revolution, not evolution. They will not wait for the 'trickle down effect'. They rush to the cities with a hugh chip on their shoulders and we all face a 'situation' as the police call it. The kind of citizens who are currently causing the rapid urbanization are mostly from this category. They want more and they shall have it, legality be damned. This fact of life should motivate the better of citizens to do what ever is in their power to reduce the 'anger' of the 'have-nots'. My essay is also for them. If you feel their is some value in the above, please think of ways to propagate the 'energy saving' tricks. Best wishes.gregory house
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So its you who has written this stuff. The 'data taken' note lead me to believe that it is the handiwork of some useless government department.
Well, no harm per se in following steps 1 to n. But in the long run, conservation won't work for a simple reason - as more and more people move up the economic ladder, every one of them would want a tv, pc, mobike, ac etc. etc. The only alternative is heavy investment in inventing better methods of energy production and consumption. Conservation, even on a personal level, is like shutting the stable gates after the horse has bolted. Won't work like boond boond se sagar banta hai.
Actually, there is a very simple solution to the energy and pollution crisis, which unfortunately will never be followed. Remove all subsidies provided on petrol, diesel, kerosene, lpg, water and electricity. When you have to pay a thousand bucks a month instead of a couple of thousand a year, you will automatically reduce water consumption. Same logic applies to motor fuels. Nothing can beat demand and supply in this regard. The government should simply sit by the ring side and watch the bloodbath.
The have nots are free to go and join maoist goons if they wish. But they are mistaken if they think that the maoists will provide them with a spanking new mall somewhere in dandakaranya. It is more likely that they would be put to work in slave labor camps like Tzarist-Stalinist Russia.
Every problem has a root cause. If you try to tackle the symptom instead of the cause, you will be fighting Hydra perpetually.
Well, no harm per se in following steps 1 to n. But in the long run, conservation won't work for a simple reason - as more and more people move up the economic ladder, every one of them would want a tv, pc, mobike, ac etc. etc. The only alternative is heavy investment in inventing better methods of energy production and consumption. Conservation, even on a personal level, is like shutting the stable gates after the horse has bolted. Won't work like boond boond se sagar banta hai.
Actually, there is a very simple solution to the energy and pollution crisis, which unfortunately will never be followed. Remove all subsidies provided on petrol, diesel, kerosene, lpg, water and electricity. When you have to pay a thousand bucks a month instead of a couple of thousand a year, you will automatically reduce water consumption. Same logic applies to motor fuels. Nothing can beat demand and supply in this regard. The government should simply sit by the ring side and watch the bloodbath.
The have nots are free to go and join maoist goons if they wish. But they are mistaken if they think that the maoists will provide them with a spanking new mall somewhere in dandakaranya. It is more likely that they would be put to work in slave labor camps like Tzarist-Stalinist Russia.
Every problem has a root cause. If you try to tackle the symptom instead of the cause, you will be fighting Hydra perpetually.
Well ... I have been reading the various govt. papers, web reports and blogs from where I have taken the data, and then done my own calculations to project the figures. Your stand is correct for an 'angry person' who being intelligent does not understand why governments do not act in an intelligent manner.
I respect your position, however, I have now tried to respond to your statements ...
Your para-2: As of now, India is not in a position either to make 'heavy investment' in developing 'energy efficient products' or setting up the RnD facilities for the same. These things happen in 'developed societies' where citizens do not suffer from the deficiency syndrome. Those who have such technology want an arm and leg for it ... a short sighted policy I say since it affects global resources which can only reduce with time and affect the greedy too. India needs to work hard to feed the undernourished 50% of the national children and educate them too, in spite of the 'leakages' in the system. India needs to urgently provide irrigation and roads to allow movement of
goods and farm products from factory-farm to table. This new coming FY09 budget is going to set aside over 50% of plan funds for this and other ‘social spending’. Then there is the salary, allowances, arrears, pensions, etc. for the 4 million central employees who are expecting the 25% pay revision as per the 6th pay commission (this 48,500 Crores is more than the projected budgetary support for: health, agriculture and schools taken together). Then there is the defence expenditure which is going to cross 100,000 crores for the first time. There are no funds for research and expensive technology. In fact proposed budgetary allocation is much below the individual ministry expectations. Remember the 'leakages' in our system are caused by Indian's and nobody else ... due to their persistent deficiency syndrome. The 'have-nots' are easily corrupted and propagate corruption too. Once their life, health, family and work is secure, corruption and leakages reduce drastically. Example is the Swedish countries.
Your para-3: The USA has prices fairly close to market rates, they are the best example of market driven economy. Yet, you will not find any 'reduction' in consumption of resources like water, electricity, energy, materials, etc. More Hummers and SUVs are sold and more bathtubs and showers and home appliances are installed in homes. People don't mind running three income jobs, but have difficulty in trying to reduce their spends. They prefer to run 'wholly debt homes' and have no cash in hand. They continue to run a national trade deficit of almost US 1.7 billion per day and just print paper money to cover it. On a smaller scale the same situation in Euroland. So market prices will not work in a growing economy ... it will feed on itself and cause a runaway inflation as in Brazil and Indonesia and even China as per the latest reports.
Your para-4: The ignorant and the abject poor don't care which hell they reach. "Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose"...Jonny Cash in 'Me and Bobby McGee'. While they die and their families learn, the rest of the nation suffers terribly and thus evil spreads. Lack of fulfilment of basic desires, breeds anger, which leads to inappropriate action and thus violence and evil spreads. Excellent examples: Sudan, Kenya, Somalia, Pakistan, NWFP and so on.
Your conclusion on 'root cause' is excellent. This is now being addressed by the federal politicos, since we have parliament election coming up within about twelve months. Even with 50% implementation, some 40,000 MW of new power will be generated (in the current five year plan for 2007-2011), and then 20 million households will have electricity. Global statistics indicate that some 10% of the population, that is some 20 million households, will always remain unreachable for various reasons. All attempts are being made to raise the the implementation from the traditional 50% to 80%, so I hope that another 12 million households may receive electricity. This leaves some 33 million households who will have to suffer the humiliation and therefore anger for another five years. What do you think they will want to do? I expect serious law and order issues.
Indian energy statistical data has been analysed by global consultants and it is determined that up to 25% energy CAN be saved by better management. If we target this then 122 billion electrical units can be saved per year, thereby bringing electricity to another 4 million households. As more electricity is generated, the 25% saving statistic will enable more households to receive electricity and the continuous 'power cuts' may recede. This will create hope among the 'have-nots' and hopefully enable them to be economically fruitful in their home areas and thus prevent them from rushing to the cities to live like slaves and create 'situations' for all citizens.
I can give the calculations and statistics to any who want to email me. I therefore repeat, saving makes sense if only to protect our way of life and simultaneously help others improve theirs. The greatest innovations and solutions have throughout history always come from 'concerned citizens' and private groups ... never by waiting for governments to take corrective actions.
I respect your position, however, I have now tried to respond to your statements ...
Your para-2: As of now, India is not in a position either to make 'heavy investment' in developing 'energy efficient products' or setting up the RnD facilities for the same. These things happen in 'developed societies' where citizens do not suffer from the deficiency syndrome. Those who have such technology want an arm and leg for it ... a short sighted policy I say since it affects global resources which can only reduce with time and affect the greedy too. India needs to work hard to feed the undernourished 50% of the national children and educate them too, in spite of the 'leakages' in the system. India needs to urgently provide irrigation and roads to allow movement of
goods and farm products from factory-farm to table. This new coming FY09 budget is going to set aside over 50% of plan funds for this and other ‘social spending’. Then there is the salary, allowances, arrears, pensions, etc. for the 4 million central employees who are expecting the 25% pay revision as per the 6th pay commission (this 48,500 Crores is more than the projected budgetary support for: health, agriculture and schools taken together). Then there is the defence expenditure which is going to cross 100,000 crores for the first time. There are no funds for research and expensive technology. In fact proposed budgetary allocation is much below the individual ministry expectations. Remember the 'leakages' in our system are caused by Indian's and nobody else ... due to their persistent deficiency syndrome. The 'have-nots' are easily corrupted and propagate corruption too. Once their life, health, family and work is secure, corruption and leakages reduce drastically. Example is the Swedish countries.
Your para-3: The USA has prices fairly close to market rates, they are the best example of market driven economy. Yet, you will not find any 'reduction' in consumption of resources like water, electricity, energy, materials, etc. More Hummers and SUVs are sold and more bathtubs and showers and home appliances are installed in homes. People don't mind running three income jobs, but have difficulty in trying to reduce their spends. They prefer to run 'wholly debt homes' and have no cash in hand. They continue to run a national trade deficit of almost US 1.7 billion per day and just print paper money to cover it. On a smaller scale the same situation in Euroland. So market prices will not work in a growing economy ... it will feed on itself and cause a runaway inflation as in Brazil and Indonesia and even China as per the latest reports.
Your para-4: The ignorant and the abject poor don't care which hell they reach. "Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose"...Jonny Cash in 'Me and Bobby McGee'. While they die and their families learn, the rest of the nation suffers terribly and thus evil spreads. Lack of fulfilment of basic desires, breeds anger, which leads to inappropriate action and thus violence and evil spreads. Excellent examples: Sudan, Kenya, Somalia, Pakistan, NWFP and so on.
Your conclusion on 'root cause' is excellent. This is now being addressed by the federal politicos, since we have parliament election coming up within about twelve months. Even with 50% implementation, some 40,000 MW of new power will be generated (in the current five year plan for 2007-2011), and then 20 million households will have electricity. Global statistics indicate that some 10% of the population, that is some 20 million households, will always remain unreachable for various reasons. All attempts are being made to raise the the implementation from the traditional 50% to 80%, so I hope that another 12 million households may receive electricity. This leaves some 33 million households who will have to suffer the humiliation and therefore anger for another five years. What do you think they will want to do? I expect serious law and order issues.
Indian energy statistical data has been analysed by global consultants and it is determined that up to 25% energy CAN be saved by better management. If we target this then 122 billion electrical units can be saved per year, thereby bringing electricity to another 4 million households. As more electricity is generated, the 25% saving statistic will enable more households to receive electricity and the continuous 'power cuts' may recede. This will create hope among the 'have-nots' and hopefully enable them to be economically fruitful in their home areas and thus prevent them from rushing to the cities to live like slaves and create 'situations' for all citizens.
I can give the calculations and statistics to any who want to email me. I therefore repeat, saving makes sense if only to protect our way of life and simultaneously help others improve theirs. The greatest innovations and solutions have throughout history always come from 'concerned citizens' and private groups ... never by waiting for governments to take corrective actions.
gregory house
philosopher-in-chief
The greatest innovations and solutions have throughout history always come from 'concerned citizens' and private groups ... never by waiting for governments to take corrective actions.
Very true.
I am in agreement with most things you say. The only thing is - if my ideas are utopian, so are yours. I expect governments and people to behave rationally. And you expect that people would try to save water, energy etc for which they pay a pittance or get free (if they are stealing the same), or don't get at all.
Even if we save power as you say, and 40,000 MW of power is generated within the next five years, I don't see things improving. Take Maharashtra. How will the 5-6k mw peak shortfall be met without new power plants being constructed (not talking about intent)? Pune will still face 2-3 hours power cuts in the summer coz demand will soon exceed supply (even considering the 100 mw or so being provided by industry). And power bills are surely not going to reduce.
Preventing waste is a good idea if it saves money, and as long as it is not enforced by government which decides which uses are 'essential' and which are not.
Very true.
I am in agreement with most things you say. The only thing is - if my ideas are utopian, so are yours. I expect governments and people to behave rationally. And you expect that people would try to save water, energy etc for which they pay a pittance or get free (if they are stealing the same), or don't get at all.
Even if we save power as you say, and 40,000 MW of power is generated within the next five years, I don't see things improving. Take Maharashtra. How will the 5-6k mw peak shortfall be met without new power plants being constructed (not talking about intent)? Pune will still face 2-3 hours power cuts in the summer coz demand will soon exceed supply (even considering the 100 mw or so being provided by industry). And power bills are surely not going to reduce.
Preventing waste is a good idea if it saves money, and as long as it is not enforced by government which decides which uses are 'essential' and which are not.
