Candles, Carbon Tax and Surya Bala Sangramaya
There shall be power cuts in 2017. So says our self-proclaimed energy experts, both inside and outside the CEB. While the blame for this calamity has been assigned by them as the cancellation of the Sampur Coal power plant, conveniently ignoring the fact that, the Sampur Power Plant would not have been commissioned even in 2021. However mother nature has not been kind to us in Sri Lanka in year 2016, and may continue to be less accommodating even in 2017. The onset of periodic draughts triggered by the El Nino, and La Nina phenomena is nothing new to us in Sri Lanka, and only we can be blamed for not planning properly to face the consequences.
Candles Carbon Tax and Surya Bala Sangramaya for Island