Monday, June 18, 2012

Nepal: Prime Minister referred to the climate change hoax as "‘imperialist propaganda"; also, will adding electric cars be a winner if they're already facing 14 hours of daily electricity cuts in winter?

NEPAL: Hypocrisy at its best, Climate Change an issue of Political Image : NL-Aid

Similar looking back to history in COP 15 2008, when Prime Minister Baburam Bhattrai attended the conference he opined,” Climate change and sustainable development as an ‘anti-development agenda’ and ‘imperialist propaganda. He expressed his staunch belief that Nepal needed to be fully industrialized at all cost and work on its economic growth rather than focus on ‘environment issues’ that hindered economic growth.”
...Opposition parties and Nepali congress activists have announced that they will show black flags and prevent the PM from going to the summit.

MYREPUBLICA.com - News in Nepal: Fast, Full & Factual

Nepal could also tell the world that electric vehicles here will be tax exempt, subsidized by the already existing high taxes on fossil fuel based automobiles. It’s okay even if we have 18 hours of load shedding every day....

What PM Bhattarai, who portrays a modern Marxist persona, could also do is meet President Rafael Correa of Ecuador, who presents himself as a 21st Century Socialist to discuss ‘sustainable development.’

Load Shedding in Nepal increases to 14 hours! - Nepali Blogger

The reason behind increasing the power cut hours is the decreasing level of water in the river with the onset of winter according to NEA.

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