Cabinet Session Postponed as Ministers Fail Again to Agree on Electricity Project

And the circus goes on and on

weeeeee weeeeeeeee what a ride ......im enjoying watching this Clown of a Government with there so called majority not passing to steal 1.2 billion something must be wrong either berri wants it all and not share or Aoun wants it all....maybe they should just make it 2.4 billion and split the bill .Thank you

evidently after 20yrs of Hariri style government practice the majority of people have become accoustumed to having laws, related to spendings in the billions of dollars, passed unanimously. now that the ministers are actually disagreeing on a proposed law, a characteristics common to all western democracies that you hold so dear, you have decided to characterize them as clowns.

if you choose to criticize this government (and that is your right), then please do it in a constructive manner, bearing in mind the way you handled the government when you were in power!!!!

I wonder...really...when did we know about such expenditures under the Hariri governments. Billions were spent without nobody questioning. I find it funny that people are now criticizing Bassil when at least we are aware of 1.2 billion being spent and we can track it

Part 3- Green research in Lebanon can be achieved at low cost with great benefits. Only $2 million a year will establish research teams at all major universities. Government funds are typically matched by foundations and NGOs. Potential for solar is great especially at mountain tops, higher than most clouds. Our valleys also create microclimates with good wind potential. Turbine can be installed under sea activated by water flow. Buildings can have intelligent skins for more energy efficiency. Funding university research will develop Lebanese green expertise to survey all Lebanese land and sea for best renewable potential. Gebran Sons have contacted all major universities and they have not got a cent from government. Bassil has run energy for years and he wants to bring European experts at $300 an hour instead of developing our own expertise. Further, Lebanon can be a leader in creating PV as structural items eliminating installation cost. They are experts in smart grid technology.

Part 1- Bassil's electric plan should be supported if it made sense. But it doesn't. First it does not seek outside financing or credit from carbon reduction that insures proper accounting. Second, it is an expensive long term commitment that requires public hearings, technical committees, and green associations involved in the decision process. Third, Bassil is corrupt to the bones, master of influence peddling and doesn't have any credibility of honesty. Fourth, Lebanon is well suited to invest in renewable energy, distributive power generation and smart grid system (see Part 2 & Part 3). Fifth, he is part of a government formed by a criminal regime and a criminal organization, a cabinet full of pirates that should not be allowed to commit Lebanon to any long-term financial commitments. Sixth, conservation and air quality should include a monorail from Tripoli to Tyr that can be funded by private-public partnership is Lebanon was not hostage to Hizbollah and Syrian's hegemony.

Part 2- Lebanon is well suited to develop an aggressive plan to generate energy from renewable sources and develop start-up industries in Green Tech. There is advanced research being conducted to improve photovoltaic (PV) efficiency making monocrystalline as efficient as polycrystalline panels at half the cost, increasing the efficiency of PV panels, improving manufacturing processes, thin-films and nano-technology, building smart skin, concentrators, and helium-floating platforms to double output. Experts expect parity (same production cost from fossil or renewable sources) within few years. Parity will be reached quicker in developing nations due to higher cost of traditional source and greater potential for carbon trading financing. AUB used to have a great Energy research center that's no longer funded. Kaslik has an ambitious plan for a green campus. Lebanon needs research funding to survey solar, wind, geothermic, and sea potential in generating clean energy.

Gebran sons. Yes renewable energy is the future and should be aggressively pursued by Lebanon, but this technology is very expensive. In the future it may be on par for costs, but this is not now or in the next 10 years. For example, a 1000mw solar plant is being built in California for $6.2 billion. This first stage of the plan is to produce the bare minimum of the electricity currently needed. As the economy grows the next stages in the plan is to increase effieciancy and renewable energy. Read the plan. We need electricity now and we are in no position to experiment until we have the bare minimum in production at the most cost effective system, which at the moment is gas fired plants. (it's also the cleanest of the fossil fuels)

ado the best plan is all of m8 pay for their electricity.. full stop

Bassil's own allies don't trust him with the funds. They know he will again distribute them on his wife and her sisters for useless "studies" like how to produce energy from yams (the orange sweet potato).
Cheers

Ado, you can't compare labor cost in the US and Lebanon. Drive north and see the 75 meter diameter wind turbines Turkey has installed on mountain top. They have also bought 100 meter technology from GE and are manufacturing them in Turkey at a fraction of the cost. Likewise, with a small subsidy, Lebanon's private sector can integrate PV into buildings as structural items (tiles, roofs) eliminating installation costs. Our labor and engineering cost is a fraction of Western costs and we can become leaders in selected aspects of green technology. Some of the world top experts in renewable and smart grid are Lebanese and we need to benefit from their expertise, especially that a great deal of solar and renewable energy research is published and public domain. Why should Saudi Arabia provide Stanford $16 million for solar research and not fund a Lebanese research institution if equally qualified?

bazeleur they have characterized themselves as clowns. They did the impossible to take over the government because they claimed that M14 was inefficient and not doing anything etc, then when they did, they can't even agree on the simplest things, criminals are running around with the interior minister following them on his tricycle when we truly had the greatest interior minister to ever take office, people bombing each other for financial disputes (after all, wouldnt you go to antelias with your friends to throw a grendae at your friend who hasnt paid you back the 20$ he owes you) and much more.

now, they are threatening each other with quitting the government, which they completely hold. Clowns is too good a word for them. At lest clowns are trained professionals who engage in humor. This is just sad

Wind Mills and Solar Power throughout the country. Regulate licensing of private sector projects and also regulate pricing...... We have to think Green

Three posts in a row by mowaten,

Dude be doing some serious damage control.

This gov = FAIL