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    what a load of twak...now if you dont save 10 % electricity you are the bad person...wait till winter the demand is going to go up and up never mind saving 10 % you are going to be using 20 % more because of all the heated blankets...heaters...hot baths...etc...etc we are in for a long cold winter...unless you have invested in lots of wood for the fire place...a gas heater and dont forget to stock up on gas...the bottom line is between goverment and eskom they f****up and now they are trying to turn it around and make the man on the street the bad person because he doesnt save 10 %...i just think this whole thing is a joke.

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    A question to ask at the moment is how much is the Richards Bay aluminium smelter worth to the South African economy? And compare that to what load shedding is costing our economy.

    I didn't know this, but apparently the aluminium oxide ore is being imported from Australia, smelted into aluminium ingots here, then exported again. Other than paying the bills incurred locally, there's no money flow through SA.

    Now if the smelter is shut down - no load shedding is required.

    I also heard that the current round of load-shedding is, once again, mainly due to coal supply problems.

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    better still why dont they build a power station specifically for alusaf and send them the bill and charge them 50 % higher rates then we can all carry on as things were before...and in the next 5 years worry about the lack of power again because the chimps still wont spend the money were it is needed...this way it doesnt come out of their budget for expensive cars and parties.

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