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Bangladesh labour is cheaper than Chinese I believe so makes sense to shift production. Solar panel manufacture therefore benefits China.

The burden he alludes to is the cost of oil and gas going up due to Ukraine and the link to buying the same in dollars against which they are devalued but he is a hypocrite because it is the cost of renewables that has been keeping fossil fuel high through taxes and disinvestment and as a green advocate he is guilty there and our renewable push is actually for Bangladesh's benefit so they don't drown and costing us dear aswell.

Fx losses are mainly to AL and Yunus is hoodwinked.

I think I should have said COP 29 there? Combine hobnobbing with success of the loan raising from international west and Yunus is having a lot of success in setting policy re green issues which I thought was the remit of an elected government to decide on.

I am turning negative as a consequence for the short to medium at least. Disappointing.

The interim government cannot really afford the time for jollies abroad like UN general assembly and COP 28 when it boils down to a begging mission which could be done from home when home is a sinking ship. YKIR I think is right that Yunus is getting his feet under the table too much. Surely his remit does not mean rubbing shoulders with world leaders.

That business leader Yunus quoted will be cursing the government for not giving a quick go-ahead to Phulbari and students in the government who do not want to start a new party will surely exercise those higher education intellects rather than emotion. We all want to live healthier lives and some of us appreciate the means to achieve that.

YKIR re 'project had never been closer...' is I think from the Phulbari website that was put up here and we had a decent link from Searcher from an Indonesian University collaborative paper on cleaning up coal emissions at the power stations. I assume the former is set up by our media/strategy adviser and the latter probably commissioned by them and as my post giving that opinion has I think been taken down I have a suspicion I am right. Digit has a clever brain and am pleased he remembers that if that is his source! because it must have struck a chord.

YKIR; the delegation is probably bringing up to speed the new government wrt the 30% savings on distribution I read was possible with better grid distribution and smart meters ahead of the UN general assembly when Bangladesh can say OBOR hopes to support Bangladesh in advancing its long-term goals for a prosperous and green future.

I don't think he could go with 57 delegates in the middle of an energy crisis without some delegates talking about coal policy. Pragmatism and green policy favours the GL imo.

Leadership is always a requisite of governing and portacabins etc would be a good example of that Henry! Democracy elects but then follows government and if it is no good, elect a different one.

Quite instructive on the depreciation of the Taka. All those AL bigwigs were deserting the sinking ship buying property abroad. Certainly those LPG plant were being set up for the capacity charge only which bigwigs could see Bangladesh could no longer afford and I thought some IPPs it was reported somewhere. didn't even bother with generators- just sheds to garner the capacity charge.

Obviously they have to work with former charlatans for whom Abu Bakar Chowdhury is being an apologist because there are so many gas generators in the system.

Coal not mentioned so maybe not a fully representative panel assembled. It stands to reason that if it is own coal it will be cheaper than LPG for the country and getting the Taka to appreciate is the easiest 'save'.

I wonder whether there is any substance in your 20.21 link yesterday or whether the Interim Government can take heed and pull its finger out. If Yunus could see his way to agreeing to OPM before COP 28 he could do the interim government a lot of good.

A bit of a debunking rant for my perspective:

They need to secure the base load to keep employment and business going and probably stop the rural population chopping down trees for cooking all with a view to fund future renewables.

Yunus could probably pursue a no growth agrarian idyll to limit global warming but that is not what COP 28 is about which is world bank and IMF taking over the planetary banking system aka boosting their importance. Yunus has had his ego tickled at these world forums while Grameen has been hacked by the money men. Phulbari is the greenest option unless you've been brainwashed like him.

Country progress away from the begging bowl will help give Bangladesh the ability to chart their 'Yunus Utopia'.

I think they do exceed their remit though but don't suppose BNP will object and my pov is that an all-party council should have been formed for urgent decisions so they could not be challenged after the election. Sooner the better for GCM though.

Coal is the top asset which should make the GL a foregone conclusion when the sensible decisions start.

Quite Rob so all this talk of deal delay/not being signed off is not a feasible stance. I was being sarcastic.

If they don't sign off I presume Africa is not interested in dealing with the west. We will leave it to China and Russia then.

The pressure is off KEFI and on Ethiopia and Africa, AFC and TDB as their diaries take precedence over Harry's so delay is now on them.

EVs will be able to talk the torque eh? I suppose research to maximise power to the metal efficiently.

Searcher, I think with the democratic open government we can display the same and an rns is in order-the autocratic Hasina one depended on decisions out of anyones control so you waited for the nod.

But it might not include that. I would like you to make sure Tang does say legalities are dealt with already! There are so many conflicts for Yunus so it would be nice to present a clear path to them and Tang is not the best communicator so It would also nice to have an rns confirming presentation has gone in and the Advisers impressed with shovel ready project under contract.

Same old begging bowl before business decisions that make sense. They need to hitch the horse that will pull their businesses up first so loans see some payback. The world is in debasement mentality making us all poor.