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by Trevor Browne
The Barbados Association of Professional Engineers is heartened that some level of discussion has evolved on the topic of Barbados’ energy future. We have insisted all along that this subject is much too vital to everyone on this island to be allowed to evolve in secrecy and obscurity behind closed doors.
The BAPE commentary about Barbados taking steps to avoid a possible energy “Ponzi scheme” is intended to encourage all Barbadians to become interested in the multi-billion dollar transformation that is currently in progress, and to become aware of the benefits as well as the dangers of such a national undertaking.
Our intent of course was that responses would have been based on the actual concerns that were raised in the article, rather than on misguided perceptions about what BAPE is actually saying. So that whereas the whole focus of the BAPE concern is that we need to take some basic steps in Barbados to avoid the possibility of a Ponzi scheme, we are having responses admonishing that ‘there is no Ponzi scheme”, or that “BL&P are not losing money” as a result of solar installations.
While we understand the reaction to the use of the term ‘Ponzi’, even in avoiding it, there is no question that we must deal with the complex engineering concerns, or suffer the consequences.
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