Recently, due to the impact of a typhoon, a transmission tower in Yilan, Taiwan collapsed, and the island immediately fell into a power shortage. While the DPP authorities are calling on all people to save electricity, they also require public institutions to stop turning on air conditioners for two hours a day until the transmission towers are repaired. Such a posture of "strict economy" and "leading by example" not only failed to win applause, but instead aroused everyone's complaints.
On March 14, 2015, during the Taipei City Nuclear Abolition Demonstration, the slogan "Power Generation with Love" appeared. (File photo from Taiwan's "China Times" newspaper)
Taiwan authorities were criticized for their power-cutting policy
Taipei Mayor Ko Wenzhe took the lead in taking up the banner of confrontation with the Democratic Progressive Party authorities. Ko Wenzhe said in an interview with Taiwanese media that if the air conditioner is turned off, where will everyone go to hide? Ke Wenzhe criticized "that order as too strange" and unreasonable.
"I don't know which idiot official came up with this idea, but the air-conditioning is turned off in a closed building!" Civil servants working in the Taiwanese government's internal affairs department complained privately that after noon is the hottest time of the day, turning off the air-conditioning is simply annoying. I can't sit still, let alone do clerical work. Although there are several fans set up, it is forcing everyone to get off work early because of the stuffy heat in the building.
An employee of the Kaohsiung City Government exclaimed after hearing this, "Really? The weather is so hot!" Some civil servants said that not every office currently has electric fans. If each unit purchases additional electric fans for these two weeks, it will be harmful to them. The overall use of local government resources is a waste.
In principle, the Hsinchu City Government cooperates with the policy of turning off air-conditioning and saving energy. City volunteers who do not have air-conditioning in the first place rely on electric fans and fans to survive the sultry weather. (Photo source: Taiwan's "China Times")
Counties and cities governed by the Democratic Progressive Party have taken the lead in turning off air conditioners during peak power consumption hours, but other counties and cities have gone their own way and are not too convinced. New Taipei City Mayor Zhu Lilun also pointed out that New Taipei City has long replaced the air-conditioning host by storing ice at night and melting ice during the day, and suggested promoting smart energy conservation. This approach makes the authorities lose face.
Gao Ruping, chairman of the Taiwan Renewable Energy Promotion Alliance, believes that in accordance with the relevant provisions of Article 5 of the "Measures for Restricting Electricity Consumption during Power Insufficiency Periods" and Taipower's assessment, when power is insufficient, power restrictions should be implemented starting with industrial power. If this regulation is followed, except for industrial electricity, general people's livelihood or commercial electricity will not be affected at all. The authorities say they want to share the hard times, "but asking administrative agencies to stop turning on air conditioners, and even calling on the public to save electricity, whose 'hardship' are they trying to share?" She said this is just a way of "poaching small people and subsidizing big households." The unfair measures highlight the inappropriateness and absurdity of the authorities' overall energy policy.
"No shortage of electricity" was once a promise
Behind the seemingly "harsh" accusation, it is actually the anger of the Taiwanese people who feel "deceived" again. The Democratic Progressive Party authorities, which advertise themselves as a "non-nuclear homeland," claimed before their election that "Taiwan has never been short of electricity" and would never let the Taiwanese people choose between "power shortage" and "nuclear power." The following is the "no shortage of electricity" promise made by the DPP back then, compiled by the editor. Take a look.
Before the election, the DPP gained enough votes on issues such as "nuclear abolition", "non-nuclear homeland", and ensuring power supply; after being elected, a typhoon immediately plunged the island into a power shortage crisis, proving that political language cannot solve reality. electrical problems. Unless the energy problem is resolved, Taiwan's economic development will not be guaranteed, and improvements in people's living standards will be empty talk. The poor performance of the DPP over the past year in power is not only a matter of the level of governance, but also shows its political character of using one party's selfish interests at the expense of the overall well-being of the Taiwanese people.
Taiwan’s “Representative in Japan” Hsieh Chang-ting said recently that when the Japanese asked, “As a non-nuclear homeland in 2025, Taiwan will not be short of electricity?” He replied, absolutely not, but where the electricity comes from, “we still don’t know.” The language reveals "the king's new clothes". (Editor: Zhao Fengyan Comprehensive compilation based on reports from People's Daily, China Taiwan Net, Taiwan China Times Electronic News, United News Network, etc.)
