We're getting so much rain now that the electricity worries are gone for now. Not that anything changed, in the next drought, we'll have black outs again. But out of sight, out of mind is the predominant philosophy here.
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Yeah, it is the blackouts I was thinking of. The grid seems pretty unstable. I think in 22 years in Finland, I have experienced two short-lived blackouts
it's dependent on 85% hydro power... I think they're working on some Geothermal stuff, which makes sense with the thousand volancoes around, and also a solar energy plant - which does make sense, too. Ecuador is the perfect country for almost every renewable energy. Except wind. The getting those structures through the mountains is kind of impossible. They made it work in Loja, though, and the plants they have there helped a lot to power the city during the crisis last year.
geothermal is a good way to do things. More cities should utilise it where they can