BigBenoski:
Source?

jackbauersballs: From Coal?

In this day and age where most countries are looking to reduce their carbon footprints, Naija wants to fire up the Coal Factories...

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Dibiachukwu: Others are switching off from coal. Nigeria decides it is time to use coal. Coal is very dirty. Nuclear for industries and solar/reusable energies for domestic.Why isn't solar popular in Nigeria yet. That way you can easily have 24hrs electricity.

collynzo2: Bros coal is still the number one source of electricity in the world, all the big countries have coal as their number one source of electricity. Check all the countries I posted before. The US produces 44% of its electricity from coal, that's very huge when you consider the fact that they still have numerous other sources like wind, hydro, nuclear, solar etc. There is a reason why all those countries still have coal as their number one source, if those other renewable sources were better, they would have been number one in those countries by now. One of the few developed countries who doesn't have coal as its number one source of power is France, but their number one source is Nuclear energy. Nuclear is hardly renewable and is more dangerous than coal.

addictiv:
[size=14pt]for your own information countries using coal are moving towards renewable's .if you know anything about global energy, you should know that countries are fined heavily for each metric ton of carbon produced, and thus they are trying as much as possible to step their figures down.
what happened to our gas, much of it is still flared or liquefied and exported as LNG. then even with the little that goes to the gas turbines, the infrastructure to utilize them are either not available or not functioning optimally. counties are upping their hydroelectric systems, investing in fuel cells and bio fuels which we can conveniently develop with the massive presence of fossil fuels.And someone is talking about coal.if we start using coal when people are leaving it, how does that reflect on us in the international community? with the environmental effects, what legacy are we leaving for the future generation. always remember that a problem deferred is never a problem solved. being very hungry is not a good reason to eat foods that will kill you, we must change that mentality if we want to progress as a nation.[/size]

obailala:
Haha!
For your own information again, the so called developed countries you talk of are only just 'thinking' and 'planning' to move away from coal. Yes we all know coal is 'dirty' in every sense but these advanced countries will not completely depart from coal even in the next 50 years. The development of sustainable and clean energy is still in the infant stage and isn't ready to replace fossil fuels in the world energy stage; not even in the next 100 yrs.

Yes we know Nigeria has a lot of natural gas being flared off and even exported, we also know we have potentials to improve on our hydro-power but the keyword here is 'diversify.' Even if Nigeria produces 50,000MW of energy from gas or hydro, it is still imperative that we diversify our sources.

addictiv:
[size=13pt]so because you want to diversify, you build a new estate with thatched hoses made of mud when other people are converting their mud buildings to concrete... we have two major sources which are hydropower from kanji dam and gas, how well have we used them? diversification is cool but you ll agree with me that the cost of building and developing a coal based industry is much more compared to upgrading the gas power industry which we already have....the key words are sustainability and conservation. its just like buying a new car because the one you have isnt functioning properly when it just needs proper care and servicing. how sure are you that the new one isnt gonna meet the same fate?. God bless Nigeria!!![/size]

addictiv:
[size=13pt]so because you want to diversify, you build a new estate with thatched houses made of mud when other people are converting their mud buildings to concrete... we have two major sources which are hydropower from kanji dam and gas, how well have we used them? diversification is cool but you ll agree with me that the cost of building and developing a coal based industry is much more compared to upgrading the gas power industry which we already have....the key words are sustainability and conservation. its just like buying a new car because the one you have isnt functioning properly when it just needs proper care and servicing. how sure are you that the new one isnt gonna meet the same fate?. God bless Nigeria!!![/size]

collynzo2: ^^^ proves my point. All the countries which generate sufficient electricity have one thing in common, COAL. That might just explain Nigeria's problems.

obailala:
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In your analogy, you say "you build a new estate with thatched houses made of mud when other people are converting their mud buildings to concrete" but my question is, "how many of these people have made any significant progress in converting their thatched houses to concrete?"... "how many will even complete this conversion in the next 50-100 years?" If building new estates with thatched mud houses would shelter us from the rain, do you advice that we keep living under trees while we wait for the day the world would perfect the technology for building concrete houses?

obailala:
Nigeria is planning on using only renewable clean energy because we care so much about the environment.

Talk of a baby running before learning how to walk

addictiv: [size=13pt]...i have been to the afam gas megapower station owned by phcn in obigbo in rivers state.out of the all the gas turbines in the plant only two are functioning GT's 17 and 18,with GT 18 being shut down partially due to technical faults. NGC metering station is located opposite. its designed to supply gas exclusively to phcn, but phcn is always calling and asking that gas supply be shutdown because of faults from the gas turbines....this is a station responsible for what i believe is 60% of power in the state yet they have just two functioning gas turbines and their supply is fairly good. then imagine what would happen if they had six or seven optimally functioning turbines. exploring coal should be at the event gas supply isnt enough but since thats not the case. we should concentrate on ugrading our power stations...i really think thats where the problem originates from.[/size]

nitlad:

nitlad:

jackbauersballs: From Coal?

In this day and age where most countries are looking to reduce their carbon footprints, Naija wants to fire up the Coal Factories...

Lol una for even use firewood join...Olodo FG

eddyland: alwys talking gibberish, d hydro nd thermal on ground, hw far hav u developd it optimaly? Dats hw d alwys talk of new refineris witout mekin d ones on ground work optimaly. If i say no hope 4 dis entity cald 9jeria nw, ppl wil complain, bt do we evn tink dat hop is smtin evalastin witout achivment? Hop is smtin dat has tim frame, smtin dt can b achievd within a possibl short tim frame dat u nd i can attest 2. At d age of 90, ppl wil stil hear dis same stories, infact ppl wil die nd go sef, notin wil stil hapen, nd ppl wil kip on sayin dier is hop in dis country, i knw is only if Jesus comes nw dat ppl we undastand dt 9ja is a hoples country. We as individuals, we hav hope, bt 9ja as an entity no hop. 20yrs ago, i knw wr china ws, bt as country wit hop, luk at wr dey ar nw. In 9ja, 50yrs 2 com sef, dey wil stil be retrogresin. Hop comes wit signs, nd until we begin 2 see doz signs, 4 nw dier is no hope. Let me butres d point, yes it is true dat 9jeria is nt generatin enof powa 4 nw, bt if dier is hop 4 d nation, dey way dey wil evn me rationin d litl we hav, wil giv one a sense of belongin 2 a country dat has hope, evn if it is only 6hrs a day dat lite wil com, we we al knw nd make best use of d litl, judiciously. Hav u eva imagine d rationale behind jst oning d lite, in d nxt two minute d lite is gone again, den whts d need, wht can a normal human being achiev wit jst two munite of power, y raise ppls hope wit oning lite 4 jst two minutes nd offing it again, does dat mek any sense. Y nt wen d lit is on, at least evn if it is evn 3hrs constant evryday, one can use it wisely nd knw dat once d lite has com, it has com. By so doin, we can nw say dt dier is hop dat ppl in charge reasn lik human beigns. Am sory 2 say dis, 4 nw, no hope 4 9ja. Is it d ASUU strike day in day out, or d fuel scarcity, day in day out, or d power outage day in day out, or d bad roads day in day out, or d health workers strik day in day out, or d coruption at al angles day in day out, or d pdp,apc,ac,apga,anpp saga day in day out, or d election rigins day in day out,or d exam malpractice encouragment day in day out, or d man knw man emloyment patan day in day out, i can kip mentionin endlesly. Ar al doz tins abov dat hav engulf d country, ar dey wht we see as hop 4 d nation. Who evn cares in takling dem. Bt dis ar al tins dat wit lit effort nd diplomacy, can al be curtaild 2 d bearest minimum, bt nobody is evn ready, nd we wake up nd say dier is hope in 9ja. If u dnt knw it, knw it nw, 9ja is a hoples nation as an entity, bt we as individual, we hav lots of hopes, dat is y u can see a poor man 2day, 2mrw he is drivin big cars because of d hop in him, bt 9ja as an entity, no way 4 nw, no hop 4 nw. I rest my case

Lordave: and now you are five can you compare the condition of this present power sector with that of when you were 6months old?