After Pakistan's extensive hydroelectric power resources dried up in 2008, Australian coal was marketed to satisfy the growing power consumption of a burgeoning population. Think it's a stretch to attribute Pakistan's constant power troubles to climate change? Last year thousands died from record flooding, after roasting in record high temperatures - 53.5°C (128.3°F).)
Three years on from finding power reservoirs dead-empty, Pakistan's daily "load shedding" problem has worsened because of...well there's plenty of blame to go around.
International water rights squabbling will make hydro-power recovery even more difficult. Evidence: China built a dam on the head water's of the Indus River, not even bothering to tell Pakistan first.
Industrial productivity falling.
As coverage in the Asia Times indicates, Pakistani factories are closing from the lack of reliable electric power: "Almost 800 units of a total of around 2,000 factories in Punjab province have closed down and many more are likely to be shut," Sheikh Abdul Qayyum, former head of the Faisalabad chamber of commerce, said this week, Agence France-Presse reported. "Around 500,000 workers lost their jobs in the province - about 100,000 in Faisalabad alone due to the closure of the factories."
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