by TristranandIsolde » Wed Oct 04, 2017 7:53 am
I read the Lower Sesan II Dam came online recently. (SEP 2017).
Can anyone tell us the status of the other dams and current electricity generating capacity?
I hate to say it, as I love nature, but cheaper electricity may be a nationwide priority for real growth.
I think less electricity would definitely be a step backwards for this fledgling economy emerging from the late 1800s (no rail, no economy beyond fish and fruit and trafficked humans) just 9 years ago. I estimate Cambodia's boom from 2008.
More electricity would drive more employment and factories. There are FAR TOO MANY rural areas here, compared to the benefits received from well-managed industrialization. I know, I wrote "well-managed" on a Cambodian forum, perhaps a dream now, but one can hope.
Bottom line, myself, businesses feeding and employing, and large scale factories that could start the middle class here (sorry, fish don't do that) are all held back by MASSIVE, RECURRING electrical bills.
So I feel, while genuinely well intentioned, efforts to block or delay hydroelectric dams are blocking and delaying good economic growth in Cambodia, and even prevents the quick emergence of a decent working class (from higher tech factories, etc.).
Kindly offer your opinions, and kindly cite your sources for ease of credibility, thank you.
Please remember economic benefits (and normal costs) of the Hoover Dam, the dam in China (Yellow or Yangtze River --> millions relocated but China now a world economic power now), and the greater good before replying, please.
I read the Lower Sesan II Dam came online recently. (SEP 2017).
Can anyone tell us the status of the other dams and current electricity generating capacity?
I hate to say it, as I love nature, but cheaper electricity may be a nationwide priority for real growth.
I think less electricity would definitely be a step backwards for this fledgling economy emerging from the late 1800s (no rail, no economy beyond fish and fruit and trafficked humans) just 9 years ago. I estimate Cambodia's boom from 2008.
More electricity would drive more employment and factories. There are FAR TOO MANY rural areas here, compared to the benefits received from well-managed industrialization. I know, I wrote "well-managed" on a Cambodian forum, perhaps a dream now, but one can hope.
Bottom line, myself, businesses feeding and employing, and large scale factories that could start the middle class here (sorry, fish don't do that) are all held back by MASSIVE, RECURRING electrical bills.
So I feel, while genuinely well intentioned, efforts to block or delay hydroelectric dams are blocking and delaying good economic growth in Cambodia, and even prevents the quick emergence of a decent working class (from higher tech factories, etc.).
Kindly offer your opinions, and kindly cite your sources for ease of credibility, thank you.
Please remember economic benefits (and normal costs) of the Hoover Dam, the dam in China (Yellow or Yangtze River --> millions relocated but China now a world economic power now), and the greater good before replying, please.