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I have to confirm this theory after my experiences of yesterday which I spent upon our smaller sister-island where they had 7 power cuts (in British terminology) between 8 and 9 in the morning. Observing the generating plant from 100 feet up a nearby communication tower I could see vast quantities of black smoke emerging from a vertical pipe adjacent to the building.
Naturally I immediately telephoned the plant to advise them that all of their smoke was escaping and that's why there was no electricity around the island.
For some unaccountable reason the person at the other end of the telephone was markedly unappreciative of the information.
I climbed down, caught a plane and came home: can't do my job if others keep losing their smoke!
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