NationwideShortageofPowerSupply
Accordingtoexperts,Chinaisfacingamoreseverepowershortageatpresentthanitdidinthesecondhalfoftheyear2006.Infact,agoodnumberofprovincialareashavealreadyimposedpowerbrownoutsinthepastfewmonths.
Thereisnodoubtthatacceleratingdevelopmentofpower-intensiveindustrialsectors,thegrowingpaceofurbanizationandlowenergyefficiencyshouldbeblamedfortheextensiveshortageofpowersupply.Besides,thesituationisworsenedbyslowpowerconstructionandinadequateoverallpowergeneration.
Inordertoeasethecurrentpowershortage,apackageofmeasuresshouldbeintroducedassoonaspossible.Firstly,anationwidecampaignshouldbelaunchedtoeducatethepublicaboutmethodstoimproveefficiencyofenergyconsumption.Secondly,greateffortsshouldbemadetocurbwastefulduplicationsandcutirrationaldemandinsomeindustries.Thirdly,constructionofenergyandtransportprojectsshouldbeacceleratedtoexpandpowersupply.Lastly,itisnecessarytooptimizeenergystructureandestablishadiversifiedenergyconsumptionpattern.OnlyinthiswaycanChina’spowershortageeaseandfinallydisappearinthenearfuture.
根据专家说法，中国现在面临的能源短缺问题比2006年下半年还要严峻。实际上，多数省市在过去的几个月里已经开始推行部分地区限制用电了。
毫无疑问，高能耗工业部门的快速发展、城市化的进程和低能效是能源极度短缺的罪魁祸首。缓慢的能源建设和总能源发电量的不足也恶化了这种情况。
为了缓解现状，我们应该尽快采取一系列措施。首先，应该展开一场全国性的教育公众如何提高能源使用效率的活动;其次，应该加大力度阻止的无意义的重复，并且削减部分工业部门的无理的要求;再次，应该加快能源和运输工程的建设以扩大能源供应;最后，优化能源结构、建设多样性的能耗模式是有必要的。只有这样，中国的能源短缺问题才能得到缓解并在不久的将来彻底消失。
