Power outages and sweltering heat in Vietnam, people struggling to cope

Re:Power outages and sweltering heat in Vietnam, people stru... by ip26 on Sunday June 04, 2023 @07:15PM (#36190465)

When the rivers are running during the wet season, there is plenty of power, but as soon as the dry season rolls around, entire rivers run dry … It is literally in the culture to use plastic, for everything and to just dump/burn it everywhere

Opportunity for community incinerator/generators that produce power burning discarded plastic…?

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Re:Power outages and sweltering heat in Vietnam, people stru... by giraffe_lady on Sunday June 04, 2023 @08:37PM (#36190946)

I'm glad you've never been around a trash fire.

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Re:Power outages and sweltering heat in Vietnam, people stru... by ip26 on Sunday June 04, 2023 @09:24PM (#36191208)

An incinerator is a significant improvement over an open pit burn, and trash incinerators are widely used in Europe.

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Re:Power outages and sweltering heat in Vietnam, people stru... by latchkey on Sunday June 04, 2023 @09:45PM (#36191332)

Incinerators require energy. This whole article is about how they don't have power.

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