Lebanon (MNN) — Lebanon’s energy minister proposes a workaround amid state paralysis. The proposal supplies a rolling line of credit so the government can offload imported fuel.
Currently, “the fuel tankers are by our coasts, sitting there full of fuel oil, ready to help us have electricity,” Camille Melki of Heart for Lebanon says.
“Two tankers cost us each $32,000 just for docking outside and not unloading.”
Most Lebanese rely on generators anyway. But without fuel, those can’t run either. “Imagine a country with power cuts every day,” Melki says.
“If we can’t find a quick solution, the whole nation will go total blackout.”
Ask the Lord to have mercy on Lebanon, and pray things don’t get worse. “Right now, many water companies have stopped providing fresh water because they need electricity to pump it,” Melki says.
“Hospitals are screaming loud because they cannot run on generators 24 hours, seven days a week.”
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“A generous donor put a solar [energy] system for our Hope Ministry Center, so we get a minimum of eight to a maximum of 10 hours of solar energy that way, and then a few more hours of [power from] the generator,” Melki says.
“That’s not the case for refugees staying in tents [or] for most underprivileged, impoverished Lebanese families.”
Header and story images courtesy of Heart for Lebanon.
