Sentences with phrase «electricity and water subsidies»

Throw in the increasing fiscal burdens from electricity and water subsidies, military funding for a war in Yemen and rampant unemployment.

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Saudi Arabia will be a litmus test — it raised some gasoline prices by 66 % and slashed subsidies on gas, diesel, kerosene, electricity and water.

The decision came hours after the ministry of finance said it will slash subsidies for electricity, water, diesel and kerosene over the next five years.

This is a triple - win: water use drops without affecting yields, fossil fuel use declines, and the government saves up to $ 6 billion per year in diesel and electricity subsidies.

Nonrenewable electricity sources may also impose costs on society from water use or pollution and may justify subsidies for some renewable alternatives.

So the subsidy situation: The have to cut the grid off to move the power around, and it's cheap, the price of electricity is negligible... if they had reasonable subsidies that actually could pay for a decent grid, farmers would use water more efficiently and you wouldn't see the same level of groundwater decline.