Betsy Ross
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It's a mystery. It looks suspicious like the government was involved or something.
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GlasgowJohn
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Or the Russians or God only knows who.....
Uncle Wong
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It was strange. Definitely sounded like it was some country that caused this.
Well there is a lot of blackouts in CABA today. I was wondering why the subway and train lines are not running and they said it was the black outs. My power went out in Palermo today.
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Apagón masivo en el AMBA: reportan cortes de luz en varios barrios de CABA y provincia de Buenos Aires
El corte de energía se registra en varios puntos del AMBA en medio del pico de la demanda de consumo eléctrico. Hay líneas de subte y trenes que no están funcionando. Tampoco andan los semáforos
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VINO
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It was also out in Belgrano today. This is the time of year for black outs. 🙁Well there is a lot of blackouts in CABA today. I was wondering why the subway and train lines are not running and they said it was the black outs. My power went out in Palermo today.
Apagón masivo en el AMBA: reportan cortes de luz en varios barrios de CABA y provincia de Buenos Aires
El corte de energía se registra en varios puntos del AMBA en medio del pico de la demanda de consumo eléctrico. Hay líneas de subte y trenes que no están funcionando. Tampoco andan los semáforos
Saw this. A container with 5,000 EV's are heading to Argentina from China. Where is the electricity going to come from to power all these cars? Can't imagine people would feel comfortable with rolling black outs.
Llega un barco chino con más de 5.000 autos: qué impacto tendrá en el mercado local
El navío tiene una capacidad total para transportar 7.000 vehículos. Su arribo impulsa el plan oficial de importar un cupo total de 50.000 unidades que ingresarán al país sin pagar aranceles
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James Bond
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But we are going to raise electricity prices 350% to 400% in 2 years and going to avoid blackouts. 😛
All kidding aside that was my least favorite thing about the summer in BA.
GlasgowJohn
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Exactly , there is no excuse for blackouts at current pricing levels.
Cardiac Arrest
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Agree. I thought them raising the prices so much was supposed to prevent this from happening. Prices are honestly high compared to before. Get that they were cheap before but 4 times the price from just 2 years earlier and so many blackouts is frustrating.
James Bond
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This is a big part of why I decided to move out of BA. Prices were jumping up and quality of living were going down. Anyone that has kids has seen a jump up in everything. There is so much corruption and people's pockets getting lined with $$$ that probably no matter how much they increase pricing they probably won't invest it in the infrastructure.
Uncle Wong
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There was a black out a few times last year when I went in the summer. How common are these? One day it went out 4 hours and another about 2 hours. Both times it didn't last too long but with the sweltering heat and humidity it felt long.
VINO
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Agree! Prices are on par with typical prices in the United States now. Here is my latest bill. $153 USD for 34 days of usage. About 18 cents per kWh which is the average rate per kWh in the USA.
I could understand if prices were very low but utility prices have gone up 461% on average since Milei started. Ouch.
En la era Milei, los servicios de luz, gas y agua aumentaron en promedio un 461%
En la era Milei, los servicios de luz, gas y agua aumentaron en promedio un 461%. Servicios públicos. Tarifas en Argentina. Privatizaciones.
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Cali Baby
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Didn't I read that the majority of Argentines are making less than $675 dollars a month? This seems like a big expenses for one month of electricity on that kind of salary. I am not even sure you can avoid AC in BA in the summer because of the humidity and heat.
Yes here is the ship with all the electric vehicles.Saw this. A container with 5,000 EV's are heading to Argentina from China. Where is the electricity going to come from to power all these cars? Can't imagine people would feel comfortable with rolling black outs.
Llega un barco chino con más de 5.000 autos: qué impacto tendrá en el mercado local
El navío tiene una capacidad total para transportar 7.000 vehículos. Su arribo impulsa el plan oficial de importar un cupo total de 50.000 unidades que ingresarán al país sin pagar aranceles
Vero
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Blackouts have been a part of life in the summer and sometimes outside of the summer too. Some periods worse than others. In 2013 I remember the blackouts stretched weeks at a time in some areas. Some buildings had no power which meant no elevators and some also didn't have any water. My cousin had no electricity for 5 weeks.
Uncle Wong
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Wow! I had no idea it was that bad. I guess things have improved. I only dealt with hours. I can't imagine weeks! @Vero when the power goes down that long what do people do? How do they live? With no water it would be impossible to live. How would one shower or bathe? No refrigerator. It sounds like people would not be able to function. Is there any restitution at all? Or are people SOL?
The infrastructure has improved but I do not know what will happen if people start using electric cars. The grid can't even support current usage especially in the summer.
Uncle Wong there is nothing that can be done when you have a long black out. Even last year you had some buildings in Retiro without electricity for days. No generators in some old buildings. My aunt got a mandatory settlement from Edesur which is the power company. No direct money but she had no electricity bill for several years.
It is difficult to live. Many have to stay with family or friends. My aunt took a shower at her gym. Not a fun experience.
This is what I can't understand. Nothing works well here as it is. Grid is strained. These EV's use a lot of electricity. I don't know how it will work because there is no real infrastructure in Argentina for charging, repair shops, parts for these cars. Will be interesting to see if Argentines buy them. People would probably steal the copper in the chargers.
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