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Re: Why do Beavers Build Dams?

Post by Fiyameta » 13 Aug 2022, 02:08

Water Independence
It took Singapore 22 years to achieve water independence by collecting every drop of rain water into hundreds of newly built dams.



"... After independence, the first thing we needed was to secure our water supply. We must have drinking water. So it was important for us to use every drop of water that came down from the sky (Rain water). We decided to clean all the rivers, and the clean drinking water made a different quality of life possible (it raised life expectancy and greatly reduced infant and maternal mortality rate.) All we had was this tiny island and its location, so we built up the infrastructure to make it a first-world oasis in third world region. We aimed for first-world standard of infrastructure, maintenance and human behavior....." --- (Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew)

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Re: Why do Beavers Build Dams?

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Re: Why do Beavers Build Dams?

Post by Sabur » 13 Aug 2022, 18:19


Asmara:

I tend to agree, to some extent, with the assumption that Eritrea could use "cheaper" Electricity from Ethiopia, but I STRONGLY warn not to be dependent on it. (BTW, the word cheaper is in quotes. Case in point is the monopoly of Ethiopian Airlines on the 55 minutes fly from Asmara to Addis Ababa that is costing Eritreans $1000 Dollars for round trip)

Depending on another country for Electricity is very dangerous for the survival of a country.

Already evidenced by the crisis Germany, an economical power house, is facing. 45% of its Energy demand is dependent on the Russian Gas, which means Germany is basically at the mercy of Russia.
Had Germany had readily available alternative source of energy (like nuclear energy which Germany unwittingly closed), it would have fared much better now.

Eritrea Must build its own Electricity Generating Source as alternative which can be harnessed from geothermal in the Dallol Depression and possibly from hydrogen in the Red Sea, which is at a very infant stage now. Eritrea can then choose whichever is viable - either import if cheaper or use its own.


Asmara wrote:
12 Aug 2022, 16:40
Fed_Up wrote:
12 Aug 2022, 13:05
Imagine if all these dams were tall buildings. One average size of the dam required six 25 stories of building material and financial capacity and multiplied that by 785 dams; some of the dams are large dams. Eritrea would have more than 3000 at least 25 stories of high-rise buildings across the country. However, we chose to build the priorities: national security, food security, and human capital.

The fact is

Hands down, Eritrea is The only African nation under True transformation, And the whole nation’s construction is going on by Eritreans for Eritrea.

Fact

Eritrea will produce more and has cleansed itself. Since 2004 from the jaw of western expired wheat misery exporters, so-called aid and neocons infection, and from now on, Eritrea will never go hungry or beg for food. We defeat the evils!!


As we always say: IQ matters, and Eritrea has it abundantly
Fed

I beg to differ assuming that you are talking about the Ethiopian Renaissance Dam. Regardless of who started it and what the motive behind it was at the time it started, this is an extraordinary achievement for Ethiopia. Once it achieves its full potential it has the capacity to light up every household in the country. Massive projects including agricultural, industrial and other sectors of the economy will have non-stop supply of power year in year out. Moreover, Ethiopia will be able to export electricity to neighbouring countries, generating hard currency in the process. If this is not the priority of all priorities I don't what is.
Eritrea could be one of the beneficiaries of this project. When the cost of energy is skyrocketing in the world it becomes a no-brainer for Eritrea to import cheaper and readily available electricity from Ethiopia? Eritrea could also exchange this with free port services.

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Re: Why do Beavers Build Dams?

Post by Fiyameta » 13 Aug 2022, 23:58

True story.

The year was 1995, where both President Isaias Afewerki and Meles Zenawi were attending an African Union summit held in Cairo, Egypt. The vertically-challenged Meles was wearing a bow tie with a black suit for the occasion which coincidentally matched the uniform worn by the waiters serving drinks at a cocktail party attended by Africa's heads of state.

An Egyptian government official innocently, but hilariously, confusing Meles Zenawi's with the waiters, flagged him down and ordered a shot of whiskey. This rather innocent mistake infuriated Meles, so much so that he immediately starting plotting a revenge as he leaned towards President Isaias and whispered, "I'm going to teach these Egyptians a lesson they won't forget! I'm damming the Nile River! BEKA!"

President Isaias tried to reason with him by saying that, the Ethiopian people have the inherent right to build a dam on their own river, but they should do so for the benefit of their nation's development, not in reaction to the embarrassing moment you had experienced at Cairo.

Meles, suffering from inferiority complex, of course, would have none of it, so he boldly declared that he would immediately hire an Italian company to build the dam, whatever the cost! :P :P


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Re: Why do Beavers Build Dams?

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Re: Why do Beavers Build Dams?

Post by Abdisa » 14 Aug 2022, 15:52

Land of the 785 dams! Impressive!

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Re: Why do Beavers Build Dams?

Post by Fiyameta » 14 Aug 2022, 16:35

Eritrea: 785 big and mid-size dams constructed











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Re: Why do Beavers Build Dams?

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Re: Why do Beavers Build Dams?

Post by Asmara » 15 Aug 2022, 17:26

Sabur wrote:
13 Aug 2022, 18:19

Asmara:

I tend to agree, to some extent, with the assumption that Eritrea could use "cheaper" Electricity from Ethiopia, but I STRONGLY warn not to be dependent on it. (BTW, the word cheaper is in quotes. Case in point is the monopoly of Ethiopian Airlines on the 55 minutes fly from Asmara to Addis Ababa that is costing Eritreans $1000 Dollars for round trip)

Depending on another country for Electricity is very dangerous for the survival of a country.

Already evidenced by the crisis Germany, an economical power house, is facing. 45% of its Energy demand is dependent on the Russian Gas, which means Germany is basically at the mercy of Russia.
Had Germany had readily available alternative source of energy (like nuclear energy which Germany unwittingly closed), it would have fared much better now.

Eritrea Must build its own Electricity Generating Source as alternative which can be harnessed from geothermal in the Dallol Depression and possibly from hydrogen in the Red Sea, which is at a very infant stage now. Eritrea can then choose whichever is viable - either import if cheaper or use its own.


Asmara wrote:
12 Aug 2022, 16:40
Fed_Up wrote:
12 Aug 2022, 13:05
Imagine if all these dams were tall buildings. One average size of the dam required six 25 stories of building material and financial capacity and multiplied that by 785 dams; some of the dams are large dams. Eritrea would have more than 3000 at least 25 stories of high-rise buildings across the country. However, we chose to build the priorities: national security, food security, and human capital.

The fact is

Hands down, Eritrea is The only African nation under True transformation, And the whole nation’s construction is going on by Eritreans for Eritrea.

Fact

Eritrea will produce more and has cleansed itself. Since 2004 from the jaw of western expired wheat misery exporters, so-called aid and neocons infection, and from now on, Eritrea will never go hungry or beg for food. We defeat the evils!!


As we always say: IQ matters, and Eritrea has it abundantly
Fed

I beg to differ assuming that you are talking about the Ethiopian Renaissance Dam. Regardless of who started it and what the motive behind it was at the time it started, this is an extraordinary achievement for Ethiopia. Once it achieves its full potential it has the capacity to light up every household in the country. Massive projects including agricultural, industrial and other sectors of the economy will have non-stop supply of power year in year out. Moreover, Ethiopia will be able to export electricity to neighbouring countries, generating hard currency in the process. If this is not the priority of all priorities I don't what is.
Eritrea could be one of the beneficiaries of this project. When the cost of energy is skyrocketing in the world it becomes a no-brainer for Eritrea to import cheaper and readily available electricity from Ethiopia? Eritrea could also exchange this with free port services.
Sabur,

As usual you are very informative. I learn a lot from you.
I understand if you're too dependent on one supplier for your needs you may be extortionated to an unbearable level. The $1000 round trip Asmara-Addis flight cost you mentioned is a good example. However, with the purchase of electricity you hold a bargaining chip in the form of port services.

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Re: Why do Beavers Build Dams?

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Re: Why do Beavers Build Dams?

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