is the electricity produced in this plant going to be used in the home market? or will it go back to s. korea?

It will go back to South Korea when they find a cable long enough.......... logical no

So how many years wil it be before we finish paying back the Koreans for there generosity on this project, that they will build, and than also OPERATE!!!!!!...Hmmmm.

This is what we get when the educational system in DR, cannot compete with the other countries educational system & professionals, we have to keep depending on someone else.

wait till you find out how much that cable back to South Korea is going to cost

if the polititions stop steeling from us the dominican people we would not have to have so many countrys in are sopa we can make electricity from our own natural resources we have and do not say we can not compete we have a lot of educated professanals

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If we have the Professionals, than they better start coming back to DR, and start giving back some input to there homeland.

Politicians due not have to apply, thanks.

Basically, that's the problem. Dominican business owner's don't want to invest in their people. They prefer exploiting there fellow Dominican with low wages while benefiting from a huge prrofit margin. Dominicans business owners don't want to invest in these projects and that's part of the reason why we out-source to other. THe other reason is the technical advacement and expertise these countries have which are superior to DR.

If the business mindset in DR change a bit more, then Dominican investors and business ownerw would invest more in these projects.

Just out of curiosity, does this plant replace the two that were to be built in Azua and Manzanillo by the Chinese Company?
The legislators passed a 30 billion US$ guarantee for that company so they could "get the financing required" to build those plants. Was that money eaten up by the"commissions" involved (?) or is it in abeyance indefinately since it now has no place to go.
I might add that the Chinese were going to transplant two of their old, dirty plants into the DR, Does this mean that theKoreans have use of themore advanced technlogy for reducing the polution derived from burning coal? Have "Environmental Impact Studies" been performed? What will be the emission quotient of this plant?

Need a lot of answers to a lot of questions, here.

TB

TB :
I believe you meant US$30 millions not billions. Still this is nothing compared to the Chinese propposal of the 2 (300 ) MW to be built at Azua and Manzanillo. As compared to this 1 (240 MW.
The cost woul had been the same. at US$1,200 millions for 600 MW.

What they should do is stay away from the C02 produced by tis high sulphur plants if they want to help out the enviroment and compete in tourism..How can they build anyting with out open bidds? Efficienssy is a factor and so is the cost as well as the ambient.

Who in the right mind would built a coal fired pp on the 21st century at the cost of losing the EU
consumers with their organic bananas? At US$54.5 millions per year to Germany along.

Only bird brains such as those in the DR congress! As long as they get their cut and hell with the rest.That is what you get when you get ignorant congress person in power just because they belong to certain political party,no to say the others are any better.

This is a backward solution for a country with so much wind, solar, and ocean wave generating potential.

I guess the solar and wind energy guys' pockets are not deep enough for Lie-onel and the PLD to put their hands in.

not really ....it was hippo and the 40 thieves got it all first

Oh no no! Hippo and is gang are so ignorant they were making deals with the kerosene lamp industry.

"How many years wil it be before we finish paying back the Koreans for there generosity on this project?"

0000

More years than you can imagine.

Coal is the largest single source of fuel for the generation of electricity world-wide, as well as the largest world-wide source of carbon dioxide emissions, slightly ahead of petroleum and about double that of natural gas.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coal#Environmental_effects

There are a number of adverse environmental effects of coal mining and burning.

These effects include:

release of carbon dioxide and methane, both of which are greenhouse gases

waste products including uranium, thorium, and other heavy metals

acid rain

interference with groundwater and water table levels

impact of water use on flows of rivers and consequential impact on other land-uses
dust nuisance

subsidence above tunnels, sometimes damaging infrastructure

rendering land unfit for other uses.

josean...actually it was whale oil for hippo and the 40 thieves

Actually its Hippo and 39 thieves now, Johnny Ventura crossed over, not musically, but politically to the PLD!

Belial:
Good info thanks . Question: if a short tonne of coal is only 30% efficient and cost US$130 to give the same btu as petro, why not stay with petro that is only US$116 a barrel and more bi-products are produced from petro?
That was some technical data you were able to obtain from the encyclopedia . Keep up the good work for people like me and appreciate it . thanks again Thelmo

If foreign investors come to the DR to invest, then that's considered bad by our amazing commie friends. If our business people either don't have the resources or the vision to make such investment, then they're just exploiting their own people....niiice. Great logic you have there. Also, it would be sooo profitable for a korean company to come to the other side of the world to the DR, invest $500 million in a coal plant and then send that energy back to korea, either by cable or yola, your choice. Man, leftists never stop to amaze me.

by yola in batteries......and dont forget the cable

En todas las regiones del planeta Tierra, existen recursos de Energía Renovable suficientes para satisfacer los requisitos de energía a nivel local, a fin de procesar tareas diversas.

Sin embargo, claro está que, si para romper la cáscara de una nuez utilizamos una máquina aplanadora en lugar de un cascanueces, entonces la energía no sería nunca suficiente.

Es necesario distinguir entre el uso masivo, y no masivo de la energía.

En poblaciones, a nivel local, generalmente no se aprovechan los recursos de Energía Renovable, debido a la oferta masiva de Combustibles Fósiles que genera enormes ganancias económicas a los dueños de unas cuantas empresas petroleras transnacionales y gobiernos fundamentalmente. De tal forma, a mayor oferta de combustibles fósiles, los precios disminuyen y aumenta el consumo, así como las ganancias de empresas petroleras y gobiernos.

En ese sentido, es necesario también distinguir entre tipos de usuarios de energía, considerando el sector industri

Trujillo

I have often wondered if the "communist-leaning" segment of the world population hasever considered what their "income" would DROP to if their economic plan were to be put into operation.
I don't think they have the intelligence, nor themath capability to figure that out.
They would certainly be surprised at the resulting figures, I'm sure.
They are so jealous of those that have a good savings account and a good income (gained by the "sweat of their brow") that they have lost sight of any consideration given to ambition, work ethics and independence of action.
They all propose taking by force that which doesn't belong to them by right of acquisition by individual effort and hard work.
They are all "takers" and not "givers".

TB

well, there is at least some good news. they have chosen the area around haina as the location for the plant. since haina is the third most polluted location on planet earth, they will not be doing too much environmental damage, since the damage has already been done...

Haina is where when God gives the planet earth an enema He will put the hose

It never ceases to amaze me how experts you guys are in all areas... each of you should be running your own country. Everybody else could learn from you.

tejada do you live in Haina ? do you glow in the dark? do you have an extra head?

actually tejada, it is not that complicated. we read!

You obviously read,i'll give you that...but learn nothing out of it, that's the sad news.

CowboyUp....are you tring to make some sort of a point ? if the answer is in the affirmative, what might this particular point be? the main reason i have elected to reduce my attention to this forum is because it has become degraded by people who make remarks such as you did, without substantiating them with instances and examples. people disagree with others, as well they should at times, but elect to resolve their philosophical differences by using insults and one line repartee. there seems to be some innate disdain for data, statistics, projection and trend analysis...it is all about opinions which have no foundation in substance. i would really appreciate it if you would illuminate my ignorance, rather than simply accusing me of it. that will prove that you understand what i am talking about ,and i do not.

like a breath of hot air dred

Let me try to get this...you are the guy who innitially made the comment about "reading", meaning you're some kind of superior human being and 'making fun' of other members because you're able to read, but then gets 'offended' basically because you haven't shown any bright thoughts other than "oh man, the plant is going to be built in Haina"(Something we already read). C'mon, what kind of sad joke is that?.

I believe that your attention to this or any other forum is something that concerns uniquely to yourself, and whether your reducing it or not, it's your own personal information and should be kept that way, in other words, i don't mind.

I agree with the fact that there are statistics, analysis and data about thousands of interesting topics incluiding this one, so why come up with a meaningless "we read" or better yet "do you have an extra head?", that's a pretty disturbing answer for someone who "reads" as much as you do. Isn't it?

like I said he is like a breath of hot air and pompous to boot

Did you make up that sentence with you extra head?

it was meant in fun about a bad situation and was not like the pompous read statement

So? You're a comedian, i bet you make a lot of money with those jokes....

Penniless, pauper that I am....... as you can tell not a laugh in sight

actually, CowboyUp, there are people on this forum who have opinions, which , even if incorrect, are said or written with good intent. i find it unsettling when people take a dismissive approach to what other people have to say. if you look at the chronology of my posts, you will notice that i always ask people for the source of their information, because we can all learn from each other. i have requested from other osters more book and article titles than anyone else, because every day we learn something new. so i get disturbed when someone offers an opinion and the response from another poster is ,to paraphrase, ¨if you know so much, why don´t you run the country?¨.i do not find that to be a civil and apropriate response to someone who is simply proffering an opinion. the preponderant majority of posters are well intentioned folks looking for a `civil and pleasant discouse with others. as to Goulet, with the passage of time you will realise that not only is he not entertaining

but he has nothing to offer. his idea of humor is to make up nicknames for other posters...really adult behavior. he is stuck in adolescence, and only intensive therapy can relieve his malaise.

dred ...the breath of hot air...pompous hot air

so says Goulet, the punk- ass from the gutters of newfoundland. the skunk that crashed the party, and who, sadly, refuses to leave,despite the entreaties of the chagrined!

actually CowboyUP, i take no issue with you if you feel compelled to excoriate me for what you consider to be an ill conceived response.i do not always get them right. however, i will have to take issue when you attribute responses to me which i did not make. the asinine question about extra heads can be laid at the doorstep of the local funny man in residence; Gouletcolonial. there is a guy who has nothing of substance to offer, and who amuses himself by being a nuisance. his humor is about as subtle as a fart in an elevator, and he is just as pleasant!

you are a mediocrity with an intellect to match yes your intellect is aggressively mediocre and your puffed up pretensions to being other than that are a dead give away to your vast insecurity which is why you always cast aspersions on the people who wont toady up and suck up to those who will ....you are a bully by nature and an ignorant one to boot...you are the tin man..."if you only had a brain "

Goulet, did you not use the term ¨aggressively mediocre¨in another post today? and TIN MAN? if you are trying to amuse the readers, which i must assume you are, since you are incapable of intelligent commentary, then at least try to be original. the jury is already in; you are not capable of saying anything risible, so you should consider refraining from trying to be a humorist. i suggets you consider sticking to your forte; being a pestilent, noisome, loathsome rodent, who does not have the courage to speak his mind. i have no issues with klansmen who say their piece; they may be misguided , but at least they have the balls to say what they think. you, on the other hand, are a punk, and you couch your anti-black sentiments in coded language and inferences. you are the kind of scum who does not have the guts to fight fairly; the kind who hides behind opaque objects and throws missiles, rather than standing up like a man. i despise you unequivocally, because you are a coward without

equal, and a vermin to boot. i have no idea what causes your type of dementia, but you should be donated to science as a research project, investigating the limits of loathsomeness.

yes I did both times to refer to you dred and how about ethnic narcissist because thats what you are and the subject you probably teach you are the" black narcissus" not be confused with movie ....you should be arrested for teaching poison as an educator ....you do not even reach the level of mediocrity

I am not the only one who sees through your phony pompous facade and stop sucking up to people it is to obvious ......why dont you commit sepuku again but this time stay in gringolandia forever

Did you drive to school in you mercedes 220 wow I am absolutely impressed...well park it in a small garage with the engine running and take a nap in it you need it

You could hardly afford a parking space in Manhattan it must be Yonkers...yes Yonkers for the wanker

giving others credit for intelligent commentary is not sucking up. you are against me doing so, because, as an unintelligent, uninformed, mindless termite, you will never be on the receiving end of credit. you have the attention span of a cockroach, and an equivalent personality. you need four or five seperate posts to try to make one point, because your addled mind overheats after five seconds. go put the lampshade back on your head and try to amuse your crowd of admirers, if you have any.

you were sucking up as usual

We have now seen the direction that most of these "discussions" take.
Why don't you all put your "poison pens" in the garbage bin where they rightfully belong, stick to the subject of theOP andget on with some INTELLIGENT discussion?

Your well thought out contributions would be greatly appreciated instead of emotional outbursts that we are subjected to.

If you can't keep it "clean" and on subject, then KEEP IT SILENT.

TB

Texas Bill, i take part of the blame, but, as you well know, Gouletcolonial refuses to refrain from childish schoolyard taunts, and i am not going to sit idly by and have him pester me. there are numerous other posters, and i have no issue with any of them, even though we might disagree in substance. i attempted in the past to arrive at some sort of truce, but he is incapable of according respect to anyone. i regretfully will respond to his taunts until he ceases and desists and takes an adult approach to posting.