Re: where's the cheapest electricity?

On Sep 18, 1:33 am, Spehro Pefhany <speffS...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
On Mon, 17 Sep 2007 17:17:44 GMT, Rich Grise <r...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Sun, 16 Sep 2007 20:43:32 -0700, slebet...@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
On Sep 17, 9:56 am, mrdarr...@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
I heard Google moved to Washington State for the cheap hydropower
there.

That raises a question - where is the cheapest electricity available,
worldwide? Is anything close to or less than 5 cents / kw-hr
available?

Converted to US$ (of course it depends on exchange rate but as of
today):

Malaysia nationwide:
0.0626 cents /kWh up to 200 kWh
0.0830 cents /kWh for the next 800kWh
0.0896 cents /kWh for the remainder

looks like you guys have it better than me.

Maybe electricity-wise, but isn't Malaysia one of those tropical
paradises where the women run around naked? >:->


Not much of that but food and land is cheap. Very cheap. Compared to
the UK expect your lifestyle to cost about half as much (then again
expect your salary to be 3/4 as much).

On the other hand, cars are very expensive given a roughly 300% tax on
all imported cars. All in the name of "protecting" local industries.


It's a Muslim-majority country so the Malay ladies in penninsular
Malaysia tend to dress fairly conservatively, but colorfully. The
Chinese minority dress similar to the Chinese minority elsewhere in SE
Asia (typically long hair, not covered). In island Malaysia you might
run into that sort of thing among the Iban or other erstwhile
"headhunter" tribes deep in the jungle,

You mean East Malaysia, on Borneo. Yes some Iban tribes still dress in
the old fashion but it's rare now due to simple sensibilities that a t-
shirt protects better against insect bites. Though on the other hand
showing more skin makes it easier to spot and remove leeches. So it's
a trade-off, if you literally live in a jungle like some tribes do it
makes more sense to be naked. But most villages while still located in
the jungle are made up of clusters of cleared land so it makes more
sense to wear clothing.

but I've been well into that
country without seeing much thatlooked as you describe, even in
longhouses at the Tuak (rice wine) festival time.

I live on the mainland and there are some indigenous "orang asli"
tribes that used to run around topless. But the last time I saw orang
asli women walking around topless was way back in 1995. But seriously,
a lifetime of not wearing any "support" makes for some serious
"sagging".

I've heard some
westerners in search of a simpler life have happily disappeared into
the kampongs.

We're a relatively popular retirement destination, kind of like
Florida. Especially among the Brits and especially those who used to
work here.


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