In an interesting exchange with Congressman Juan Carlos Dugarte through Radio Union struck me that by now the ruling party thinks that the citizens in this country are or are mentally retarded or totally uninformed. That day, Tuesday 02/15/1911, El Nacional collected statements by President Chávez and Ramírez Minister in the sense of the need to reduce the domestic supply of oil by 100,000 barrels per day (b / d) because consumption had increased disproportionately. During the program Dugarte used as an argument to justify the need for action to "raise awareness" among consumers and topped the absurdity of the argument by invoking the power crisis, therefore, he said, the excessive consumption of Venezuelans. He added that citizens had an "understanding" the causes of power rationing and suggested that the problem was resolved, although we all know, that with the exception Caracas, unscheduled power outages continue to be the day our daily bread. The electricity crisis is due to the lack of investment in power generation projects that were planned since 1999. Lack of maintenance has significantly reduced the energy available to stand thermal power plants and turbines of Guri. Corruption is not known what happened to the money of the items that were budgeted for these new projects. All this has been documented. The case of hydrocarbons is very similar. In 2005 PDVSA produced a business plan that included the construction of new refineries and expanding existing ones to a net increase in refining capacity more than 600,000 national b / d. Nothing was done. Nor is it necessary to invest in crude oil production and volumes fell 3.3 b / d to 2.3 million b / d. Worse, refiners receive a diet rich in heavy oil which has reduced the production of "targets" such as gasoline and increased residual of less value. Therefore, PDVSA buys third large volumes of crude and products to replace their own shortcomings (1.249 million b / d in 2009). Moreover, there are reasons to be consumed than is strictly necessary both gasoline (heavy traffic, holes in the street, the lack of efficient public transport) and residual fuel oil and (lack de suministro de gas que obliga a usar estos combustibles en plantas eléctricas y otras industrias).
Por último, está el delicado asunto del precio de la gasolina. PDVSA compra este combustible a terceros por $100-$120 el barril y lo vende aquí a $5 el barril. Durante los 12 años de Chávez la gasolina ha mantenido el mismo precio. Con restricción al consumo no se solucionará ese bárbaro subsidio que favorece a los que tienen más de un automóvil y perjudica a los pobres que no reciben otros beneficios sociales por el enorme desaguadero que significa el bajo precio de la gasolina y de otros combustibles. El problema que tiene el régimen es cómo justifica aumentarles el precio a los venezolanos mientras Cuba gives him a 100,000 b / d of oil and sell at a discount to other countries. By the way, how much they owe to PDVSA countries benefited from the generosity of the government?
for its inefficiency, the regime is put in a serious energy problem. If rationing or raise the price of gasoline will face a civil protest. If you do nothing will show weakness. No way out without paying a high political cost. Alberto_quiros@intercon.net.ve
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