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They are more than likely just trying to lower the overall power sink that the city pulls as it grows. Obviously the massive buildings and projects are going to

They are more than likely just trying to lower the overall power sink that the city pulls as it grows. Obviously the massive buildings and projects are going to be using a shit-ton of power and I don't know where dubai gets its power from - but it is most likely limited... so this is a good thing for that infrastructure. I have a friend who lives in dubai, Ill ask her about where their power comes from as well.. I wonder how many datacenters are in dubai. We bought a new house this year, and replaced all the lights with LED lights - and our power bill is really low. in 2001 when the Enron fiasco happened, I received a power bill for $900 for one month, and my usage behavior didn't change from previous months. It was during the dot com crash and I wasn't working - and I couldnt pay the bill had my power shut off and had to borrow money from my parents to pay the criminals. So I am very power conscious...

Havoc 6y ago
> I have a friend who lives in dubai, Ill ask her about where their power comes from as well.. Oil as well I believe. Also the water is reverse osmosis derived. Which also requires a fair bit of power
kissickas 6y ago
One underreported angle of the blockade of Qatar was the fact that Qatar continued to supply the UAE with natural gas throughout the several-year affair. > It pumps around 2 Bcm of gas per day to the UAE. http://www.gasprocessingnews.com/news/qatar-has-no-plan-to-shut-dolphin-gas-pipeline-to-uae-despite-rift.aspx http://www.gasprocessingnews.com/news/qatar-has-no-plan-to-s...
- samstave 6y ago
  Can you explain more the logic behind this; So Qatar was being punished for supplying natural gas to UAE? Why and by whom? Also why is Yemen being genocided by the sauds with US MIC weapons? (When I worked at this RFID company - and we were bought by Lockheed - several muslim employees quit and said "we will not work with a company that sells weapons to kill arabs/muslims) Also why are Uyigar children being raped and beaten and murdered in China? WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH THIS WORLD.???
avh02 6y ago
lol i lived there for a few years - these bulbs are the least of their energy waste. outdoor air conditioning at bars was not as wild as you'd think (it wasn't _normal_ but it was common). Also, the flat rate on your power bill is 5% of annual rent (split over 12 months) - it was a hidden tax that was 3/4 of (at least my) power bill. so i don't see how they're shaving 90%, unless they mean the variable part. In which case my water heater (in non-summer months cos tap water was HOOOTTTT), washing machine, fridge, etc, begged to differ. Air con was a separate bill due to district cooling.

Havoc 6y ago

> I have a friend who lives in dubai, Ill ask her about where their power comes from as well.. Oil as well I believe. Also the water is reverse osmosis derived. Which also requires a fair bit of power

kissickas 6y ago

One underreported angle of the blockade of Qatar was the fact that Qatar continued to supply the UAE with natural gas throughout the several-year affair. > It pumps around 2 Bcm of gas per day to the UAE. http://www.gasprocessingnews.com/news/qatar-has-no-plan-to-shut-dolphin-gas-pipeline-to-uae-despite-rift.aspx http://www.gasprocessingnews.com/news/qatar-has-no-plan-to-s...

samstave 6y ago
Can you explain more the logic behind this; So Qatar was being punished for supplying natural gas to UAE? Why and by whom? Also why is Yemen being genocided by the sauds with US MIC weapons? (When I worked at this RFID company - and we were bought by Lockheed - several muslim employees quit and said "we will not work with a company that sells weapons to kill arabs/muslims) Also why are Uyigar children being raped and beaten and murdered in China? WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH THIS WORLD.???

avh02 6y ago

lol i lived there for a few years - these bulbs are the least of their energy waste. outdoor air conditioning at bars was not as wild as you'd think (it wasn't _normal_ but it was common). Also, the flat rate on your power bill is 5% of annual rent (split over 12 months) - it was a hidden tax that was 3/4 of (at least my) power bill. so i don't see how they're shaving 90%, unless they mean the variable part. In which case my water heater (in non-summer months cos tap water was HOOOTTTT), washing machine, fridge, etc, begged to differ. Air con was a separate bill due to district cooling.