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Thank you for the critical analysis. Yes agree that the population should increase in a nonlinear way. I can fix this. WB figure of 450 kWh per capita for Pakistan is a bit low in my opinion hence I assumed 800 kWh per capita as our peak need and increase this by 5% for next 40 years. I can...

Thank you. Maybe I didn't link users properly? Totally agree. Dams normally take 5-10 years to build on the other hand we could setup Gas power plants within two years and they have a very short payback time as well. These can be set-up by the private sector with a set wholesale rate per kWh...

Yes agree but wanted to highlight the point as some people start complaining without understanding the real situation and think that the problem will just go away in a few months..

There are a number of discussions on the current shortfall of power generation. I think everyone know about the reasons behind this but I will list a few of them: Subsidy from the Government Line losses Theft Bill Collection shortfall Rather than pointing fingers at people to blame someone for...

Maybe this will give an idea: http://www.eia.gov/forecasts/capitalcost/pdf/updated_capcost.pdf

Does anyone know a good site where I can find construction cost for gas, coal, hydro etc power plants?

Well absorption/adsorption chiller run on hot water. So wanted to calculate how much heat output in terms of kWh I will get by using 281,025,958 Mcf of gas from CC power plant. This will enable me to calculate cooling capacity.

Use a CC gas power plant (55% electricity efficiency) and adsorption for cooling from hot water. So system efficiency is 80%. 800kWh per capita for 188.7 million people. This make 150,994,414,445.60 kWh total. 30% of this is 45,298,324,333.68 kWh. I will need 281,025,958 Mcf to produce it (based...

Hi Daneshmand, Need your help with some calculations on the power production side.

I have posted this before but here is the list (not exactly 10): 1) Education: Lack of education/knowledge be it religious or non religious leads to problems such as extremism, intolerance, unemployment,..... etc. Introduce education for all and free schooling till metric? All Mosques and...

Yes the project is progressing slowly as I have been a bit busy for the last few weeks. I have done a bit of cost analysis which I posted a chart in the other thread. I will be further looking at it and refining the model plus looking at the cost of setting up the infrastructure.

There is no denying that producing electricity from solar is most expensive. The government should not directly invest in this sector. Just reduce any duties and tax. I did some analysis and below are the estimated cost of energy till 2055. The analysis is based on Per Capita energy of 800 kWh...

Next step should be to modernize Police and Judiciary. Take out the corrupt, fat, unprofessional people from these two institutions and implement the law. Provide security and justice to everyone. Feudalism would still be there and it is not going anywhere any time soon. To get rid of them land...

Yes this is very welcome. I was sick of going to these patwaris with no respect for anyone but themselves. Corrupt to the core and no professionalism. It is now much easier to get records and much cheaper too plus the government will keep biometric data for all the customers.

Do you what is the total expenditure by GoP on education, health service, security and other core institutions? Compare this with the tax receipts? Well maybe reforming the system will fix the problem. You may have mentioned simplifying the tax rates would help as well. So if a 10% (example)...

Well above £10.6k tax is 20% (above Rs 1,650,000) Plus national insurance is paid. The links below will explain. Income Tax rates and Personal Allowances - GOV.UK National Insurance rates and categories - GOV.UK National insurance calculations are rather complicated but hopefully you will get...

I am not sure why people start complaining about tax. It is only 0.3% (correct me if I am wrong). Federal Board of Revenue (FBR), Government of Pakistan In UK direct taxes are 20%, 40%, 45% tax on salaries (£10.6k exempt). On top of this there is the national insurance charge paid by us all (To...

Yes that would be best strategy. For example take one shower a day and maybe no more than 10 mins. Don't keep the water running while brushing teeth! Washing cars can be a monthly exercise rather than a weekly. This alone would save a lot of water. Did a bit of number crunching and if everyone...

Yes totally agree with small check dams and ponds/lakes which will certainly help recharge the aquifers as well as improving the ecology of the area. I have seen small ponds in southern Punjab which are used to store water for animals as well as for humans. The problem with these small dams is...

Thank you for liking the post. A bit busy today but will reply to your post. I need to do a bit of analysis as well!