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gerrymandering_jack t1_j5o75fw wrote

Reply to comment by hdashtal in South Africa boosting ties with Russia: Minister ‘pleased with progress’ after hosting Russia’s Sergei Lavrov by skipthedamned

South Africa is having an energy/electricity crisis and has a plan to import cheap LNG from Russia.

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[deleted] t1_j5oggc1 wrote

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Fokke_Hassel_Art t1_j5oiieb wrote

Germany did it in 7 months. So I guess a terminal is set up quick

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Mirathecat22 t1_j5ok8pp wrote

Germany is a 1st world country that set out to do it and made sure it got done.

South Africa is a 3rd world shithole with an incredible amount of corruption

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XavierRenegadeAngel_ t1_j5ozfu5 wrote

While I wouldn't call it a shithole, I do agree with the incredible amount of corruption.

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Nucl3arDude t1_j5sw1t6 wrote

I lived there. It's a shithole.

Don't let the nice resorts and game farms fool you. There's the Corpo class who gets completely privatised services and then there's everyone else, who are lucky if they get electricity when they'd actually be home.

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gerrymandering_jack t1_j5omvkv wrote

Government is planning to launch a procurement process for 3000MW of gas-fired energy generation, with the most likely options being the deployment of power ships or a floating LNG terminal.

The new gas generation facilities will be located in Richards Bay and/or Mossel Bay.

https://www.news24.com/fin24/economy/the-power-ship-has-sailed-govt-launches-another-procurement-process-for-gas-fired-generation-20230120

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MF_lover t1_j5olggq wrote

Forgot one : water

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mycall t1_j5psvqd wrote

Cheap water from Russia to South Africa?

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MF_lover t1_j5qserw wrote

No no, I meant one of the crisis. Water is one, could be solved by a number of things, none of which are cheap unfortunately.

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Potential-Brain7735 t1_j5q8vjx wrote

How is SA going to get “cheap” LNG from Russia, when the only way to get LNG from Russia to SA is by boat….and Russia doesn’t control a single shipping lane in the world, so they have to ask permission from a wide variety of nations just to be able to transport anything anywhere.

Wouldn’t it be cheaper to get LNG from other oil producing nations?

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