Sentences with phrase «lack of electricity»

He said lack of electricity and staff to run the plants were the main problems.

They failed to deal with some of the biggest obstacles to sustained growth — like the severe lack of electricity across the continent — and spur industries that would create jobs.

While the performances have much merit and the viewer's interest never flags, a distinct lack of electricity keeps An Education from being more potent.

I will only have to endure lack of electricity and running water for two weeks, but others have become accustomed to it.

Well news to those who couldn't make it, we got all of the games in despite the eerie weather, lack of electricity in the burbs (hope everyone has theirs back by now) and traffic lights that caused dozens to be stuck in traffic.

A folktales project is behind schedule because of lack of electricity, lack of heat in the school — which kept students home for several weeks — and infrequent access to computers at their school.

More than six months after Hurricane Maria, daily life in Castañer, Puerto Rico, is nowhere close to normal as residents try to deal with the effects of trauma, chronic stress and the continued lack of electricity.

«Water shortages from lack of electricity are common in today's conflicts,» says the ICRC.

It also organised a protest in the city of Port Harcourt against the federal government's inability to address the burning perennial fuel scarcity, zero megawatts and total lack of electricity amidst increased tariff and economic hardship unleashed on Nigerians by the Buhari administration.

He mentioned lack of electricity and youth unemployment among other factors as reasons for their defection.

More than six months after Hurricane Maria, daily life in Castañer, Puerto Rico, is nowhere close to normal as residents try to deal with the effects of trauma, chronic stress and the continued lack of electricity.

And much of the world faces more serious threats of morbidity and mortality from lack of electricity than from indoor cook stoves or sea level rise.

The lack of electricity meant that most of the 3.4 million Americans on the island had no running water.

Also, on a personal note, dozens of friends have shared with me countless stories of their elderly loved ones dying as a result of the lack of electricity in their homes, hospitals, and care centers.

U.N. special envoy for Palestinian rights Richard Falk said Tuesday the lack of electricity for 1.7 million residents in Gaza Strip is sparking a catastrophe.

This lack of electricity has crippled much of the region's infrastructure.

The main problem facing Puerto Rico right now — aside from the lack of money — is the lack of electricity.

According to witnesses, because of a lack of electricity, many of the bodies were buried later that day in mass graves.

The lack of electricity and water, the drive - by shootings, the explosions that more than rattled our windows — they shook our souls.

Costly energy, poor transport, and a lack of electricity for the future are also issues in search of solutions that could assist growth.»

This film, which made every attempt to stay as close as possible to the theoretical reality of what life would be like after the bomb — lack of electricity, fallout, and just the general devastation — was a harsh viewing experience.

In the beginning, Sevigny puts on a snarky persona around the blue bloods (she asked a woman if she was an Edison because she was ridiculing Lizzie's lack of electricity).

He said that in the event of a disaster, to give an extreme example, lack of electricity or other would mean an inability to access all those books.

Despite our leaky roof, downed fences, overcrowded kennels and lack of electricity, we found room for just one more.

Suffering from the insanely hot and humid weather and lack of electricity and tourist sights, we are less than thrilled with the city of Mandalay.

That swath of galleries — Derek Eller Gallery, Winkleman, Foxy Production, Jeff Bailey Gallery, and Wallspace — remains shuttered, dealing with a lack of electricity, heat, and phone service.

In a country that has endured long - term political hardship and instability, a lack of electricity remains one of the biggest barriers to the country's economic development and prosperity.

But certainly the worst of the «indoor smoke, bronchial disorders, polluted water» problems are caused by a lack of electricity and fossil fuels (hence burning dung indoors for heat).

Africa has faced drought, famine and disease since before Biblical times, and armed conflict is far more likely where a lack of electricity perpetuates poverty, scarcity and dashed hopes.

More and more, electricity markets are purchasing the lack of electricity use as a commodity, as «demand response» options, in which companies lower their energy use at times of peak demand to reduce burdens on the grid, proliferate.

If there is a clause which says e.g. «Landlord will not be held responsible for problems arising from ice storms», that doesn't help you, but maybe it specifies e.g. rent reduction of $ 2 / day for lack of electricity.

It has also integrated a UPS as well as an ACDC converter in the machine so that it can work on a car battery for six to eight hours, to tackle the lack of electricity in many villages.

You would think that university students would have it well, due to their lack of electricity costs.