Further cuts in the society Bernie Sanders promises to deliver. Love the description of oil fueled electricity as inefficient. No electricity is even more inefficient. Central planning, plus greenie insistence on no fossil fuels. Welcome to a future as perceived by the Democrats.
"Recession-hit Venezuela will turn off the electricity supply in its 10 most populous states for four hours a day for 40 days to deal with a severe power shortage, the government said Thursday.
It is the latest drastic measure to alleviate a severe electricity crisis which President Nicolas Maduro and his government blame on a drought caused by the El Nino weather phenomenon.
Critics say it is the result of years of economic mismanagement.
"Each user will have a temporary suspension of four hours a day. The plan will last approximately 40 days" to ease pressure on the country's largest hydroelectric dam, said Electricity Minister Luis Motta.
Maduro is under growing pressure from the center-right opposition, which vowed to oust him when it took control of the legislature in January after winning a landslide election victory, blaming him for the crippling economic crisis.
Venezuela's economy has plunged along with the price of the oil which it relies on for foreign revenues. Shortages of medicines and goods such as toilet paper and cooking oil are widespread.
Maduro blames the collapse on an "economic war" by capitalists.
Last week, his government said it was shifting its time zone forward by 30 minutes to save power.
Other measures include giving government workers an extra day off each week for the next two months, and Maduro has urged Venezuelan women to stop using their hairdryers.
Motta had warned Wednesday that mandatory power cuts were imminent as he toured the Guri hydroelectric plant, where officials say the water level is approaching the critical limit.
The dam supplies 70 percent of the country's electricity. Seventeen other hydroelectric dams are also near critical levels, and citizens regularly suffer blackouts and water rationing.
Venezuela has the world's largest proven oil reserves, but the government has resisted using crude to generate electricity, calling it inefficient."
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