They have a vested interest in the government NOT producing cheap electricity for the masses. The neighborhood generators now have cartel power over the generation of electricity. It is a political issue, but not a question of will. I didn't understand the undertones of what was being told to me. They finally built extra capacity, and now brownouts are a thing of the past. I understood the issue was rainfall swings drove hydro power outages. I drew parallels to being in South America, particularly Ecuador, who had the same issue back in the 90's. Surely there was immense value in economic development in doing this ? The response: 'There is no political will to fix this.' Me : 'Why does the power go out all the time?' The first time I ever went to Beirut over 10 years ago, I asked a partner of a large Civil Engineering firm It seems D/C is getting more affordable thanks to semiconductors. I'm not sure what the pros and cons of both are when it comes to economics. Cutting power in high-power A/C is simpler, since you can do it when voltage crosses 0 V. You have to generate alternative current, or use boost circuits (basically charge a capacitor at constant current to increase voltage). With A/C, you can also use transformers, but not with D/C, which has traditionally been an hindrance to high-voltage DC. Up to a certain point, since if you need to carry more power, you need extra large cables, hollow ones, and/or multiple cables). That way, you can make thinner conductors (just coat regular cables in an expensive conductor). And at longer lengths, you won't see the end move before the movement you impulsed has reached the end at ~the speed of sound in that material.Ī/C can also exploit 'skin effect' where a high frequency A/C signal only travels on the outside of conductors. It also has inertia (mass, which is inductance). There's only resistance if it's on the ground (push it in space to visualize a superconductor). There will be a delay of course, which is the cable impedance (inductance), mostly due to the speed of electricity not being infinite in a conductor.Ī bit like there is no limit for the length of a stick you can push with your arm. Not really, that limit is only due to the wire resistance, which goes down with wire thickness. I think the geopolitical dimension of this is over-baked. To be honest Greeks and Cypriots making life better for themselves doesn't have to be inherently a slight against Turkey either.

I think it's just a matter of Israel looking after their own best interests in terms of energy security. So I doubt the Israelis are primarily doing this to spite the Turks, they're not exactly best buddies and it's useful to have leverage, but it's not in their interests to antagonise Turkey unnecessarily. Historically the Jewish population of the Ottoman Empire were loyal subjects, because Ottoman hegemony provided them with security against their Arab neighbours. Israeli teams have helped in earthquake relief efforts in Turkey. Turkey manufactures and uses the Israeli Popeye missile under license, and I'm sure there are other collaborations I'm not aware of.

On the other hand Israel and Turkey have mutual regional enemies and have collaborated both economically and militarily. The current islamist ruling party in Turkey is anti-Zionist and are keen on showing solidarity with the Palestinians. Israel has a complicated relationship with Turkey.

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