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Ethiopia has wind power potential next to Hydro and Geothermal Energy.Good job Ethiopia.A lot more has to be done to bring our resources in to use.We shall reverse the deforestation our environment.Good track!!!Some day Ethiopia will be much better place to live.

it is good for ethiopian feutur and for the next generation renewable energy.But we want see more work on reforestation!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
mountaines,villages even cityes must
cover with differnt kind of trees.
then we will see green and heaven ethiopia.

As an engineer, this is what I suggest. Wind power is a very unpredictable source of energy. Wind power alone is challenging to sustain a quality power supply. This is due to the fluctuation of wind speed and also it is impossible to store wind power. The wind turbine changes the mechanical power into electric power. As a result, when the wind speed is decreases, so does the electric power generated by the turbine.

Therefore energy storage system is important to improve the supply comes from the wind plant. Wind power in conjugate with solar power or hydropower is the best way to go as it is possible to store a solar power and hydro power energy for a minimum of 8 hours. Therefore during a low wind speed the stored energy can be step up to compensate for the short in energy supply.

Tigray/Mekelle has a tremendous potential for wind power; however, the only challenge is to find a large flat land for wind farm with no mountains and no building.

Damongeot said the decision to work in Ethiopia was a fairly easy one. Corruption is much less of a problem then elsewhere on the continent, and there is a genuine commitment to renewable energy.

Mr Bishoftu can't agree more with you.

Wind farm is good. Geo-thermal is good.

But, but in the Ethiopian case it is hydro and solar that are the cheapest, best and long term solutions.

Ethiopia has a potential of producing up to 65.000MW from hydro. It is the cheapest and easy way to produce as the Ethiopian highland is getting plenty of rain, has very law evaporation and ideal landscape for building dams.

Solar is the best solution to all Tropical countries including Ethiopia. Each and every house can produce own electric consumption from own roof top. Ethiopia can produce 100s thousands Mega watt only from Dalol which is the lowest and hottest place on earth.

So, it is important using all sources to get enough energy. But Ethiopia must give priorities to Hydro which is very cheap and Solar that Ethiopia has abandoned sunshine for 13 months a year.

Wind is a technology for cold and low land countries such as Europe, North America, Central and north Asia and teh likes. They can't produce energy from the sun or water. Most of the time it is cold and the sun is covered with cloud. During winter the water gets frozen and their landscape is not ideal for dam to produce energy.

Therefore, don't follow what they do for themselves. You have to do what is good for yourself based on own resources you have. One thing is clear that in the future cars and other transport activities will be functioning using Electric power instead of oil. That means having electric energy will play big roles in the future. The time of oil which is expensive and the worst poison against environment will be over soon.

Ethiopia must work very closely with China, Italy and the likes to use her hydro potential. Ethiopia also must work very closely with India, Germany, Japan, China and the likes to use her Solar potential. Thanks to China, Japan and Germany, Solar panel will be easily available and cheaper with in 5-10 years. Cars that use electric will be mass produced soon.

Wind energy? It is good but not the answer in the Ethiopian case. Ethiopia energy resources will/must be hydro that has multiple purposes including producing electric, for irrigation, fishing and transport. Solar is the new technology Ethiopia has to acquire but not wind. Wind is for cold counties not for Ethiopia.

By African standards, due mainly to the prevalence of peace and stability in the last 20-years, Ethiopia is continuing to make impressive economic, social and political transformation. Observers have also acknowledged that currently Ethiopia is making fastest economic strides in terms of construction and building, commerce and trade, agriculture, tourism, water resources use(including building the biggest hydroelectric plant in Africa), health and education sectors. Indeed and very truly indeed and thanks to Sheik Mohammed Al-Maude, foreign direct investment has also hit double-digits. Investors from India, China, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Sudan etc have come with their investment wealth into Ethiopia in huge numbers investing tens of billions of dollars in Ethiopia in developing the manufacturing, mining, agriculture, hotel and Tourism, Transportation and the construction sectors.

But contemporary Ethiopia we know is also negatively been reviewed by soft-landing Diaspora-crying babies wearing the soft-ware opposition mantle. As the mouth piece of painting Ethiopia’s progress completely black the boneless opposition groups like ESAT, BEKA, Ginbot-7, ONLF and OLF stand alert in servitude to Issias Afeworki’s never ending, life-long banditry and piracy projects and political gimmicks against Ethiopia. The BEKA, ESAT and Ginbot-7 Quarters are simply mimicking their Diaspora lifeless politics as a means to solicit financial contributions for their political kiosks in the West on which they make their living for survival. But let bygones be bygones, as winter begins, an EPRDF/TPLF-spring will definitively heat-them-up in their own-grounds of political-kiosks including: BEKA, ESAT, Ginbot-7, ONLF and OLF Quarters. This brave action will also put an end to the well-known Diaspora crying-DJs like Birhanu Nega, Tamagn, Andargachew Tsigie and Almayehu G. Mariam! These hate-mongering-DJs can no more continue their never ending ugly and hatefull cry simply wishing to create havoc and chaos. Theses boot-licking servants of Issaias Afeworki, namely: BEKA, ESAT,Ginbot-7, ONLF and OLF-Quarters and their cronies are just so perplexed not knowing how to handle the situation they are in dreaming about how to ascertain Afeworki’s Piracy and Banditry projects that desire to extend their tentacles inside Ethiopia. To their disappointment and dismay, Ethiopia is moving on the right socioeconomic and political paths strictly following the national constitution and parliamentary regulations and changes since 1991 after overthrowing the most brutal communistic regime of Mengistu Haile Mariam as a result of 17-years of protracted fight by the TPLF/EPRDF.

The one time ragtag supporters of the TPLF/EPRDF like Andargachew Tsigie and Birhanu Nega have now joined hands with the Derg government stooges like Tamagn and Alemayehu G. Mariam who jointly stand in service for their current master Issayas Afeworki simply to portray Diaspora-cooked negative images of the incumbent regime. By their own public admission, BEKA, ESAT, Ginbot-7, ONLF and OLF Quarters soft-ware proxy campaign to create havoc and instability inside Ethiopia has always been spearheaded by Issaias Afeworki, the most notorious bandit and master of piracy in the region. There has always been strong personal link between Afeworki, G7-executives (Birhanu Nega and Andargachew Tsigie) and Tamagn of ESAT. Let bygones be bygones, Ethiopia will proudly continue to transform its socio-economic development irrespective of the hate-mongering campaigners’ empty cries. The toxic Diaspora crying babies and their crying-DJs (Alkash-groups) like Tamagn can continue crying foul while people in Ethiopia determined to get rid of poverty once and for all. The EPRDF and the people of Ethiopia will join hands to foil the Eritrean conspiracy. The Eritrean regime is now trying to transform Ethiopia into chaos but in vain. Baghdad, to achieve its goals the regime is assisting all anti Ethiopian forces. Ethiopia has added G7, OLF and ONLF in its lists of terrorist organization based on their track records. To their dismay, Ethiopians will not buy the dirty Buna Biet tricks of Tamagn that are portrayed and propagated by ESAT political gimmicks and mimicking political games; simply moving from the fire to the frying pan. The toxic Diaspora crying babies should stop homemade and fabricated stories to withstand their servitude to Issayas Afeworki who dreams of hate-mongering chaos in the region.

Wind Farm, Rail road (fake or true) roads and bridges but when will the people of TIGRAI and the rest of Ethiopia get freedom. FREEDOM FIRST

Another serial promises of folkloric sweet cakes from the heavens above. Keep coping and pasting just simple ideas from around the world. Feed starving Ethiopians all of these imaginary cakes in the sky.

Ethiopia is not lacking human, material and natural resources as the currently abundant fertile agricultural virgin farm lands (GREEN GOLD) clearly testifies but completely mismanaged and being donated to foreign Mafia money men and enslaving arrogant con artists.

Ethiopia's fundamental and core tragedy is lack of majority based pluralist, inclusive good government and good governance with justice for all Ethiopians.

As long as the country is being run by a tiny minority of strictly self centered dictatorial BAD government and BAD governance monopolists there can never be any salvation from the "DAM DAM, THE GREAT BOND, THE GREAT WIND POWER, THE GREAT SWINDLE, THE GREAT SCAM..." If the structure and basic foundation of a building is completely through rotten, the rooms, flats and residential apartments can never be reliably useful and functional, regardless of how how may keep wishing fort he better days. The empty miracle growth and miracle project folktales and hypnotizing promises of the last 20 long years of TPLF minority dictatorial rule testifies to the reality.

Of course it brought miracles to the dictators but starvation, death, refugee ism and insecurities and hopelessness to the 85 million Ethiopians.

When is the time that Ethiopia start and own a modest agricultural irrigation on stream at Tekeze River so that we can produce enough cereals for internal consumption and thereby stop begging for supplementary food aid from aliens?

We do have the expertise capacity, the infrastructure, the dedicated farmers and of course the financial resources.

It is absolutely a great thing happening in Ethiopia when it comes to renewable energy sources like Hydro power energy, wind energy, and solar energy. Off-course, one day we will have enough energy sources to provide electricity for all Ethiopian. These are including manufacturing industries, small business, and households. I personally, I will go back to Ethiopia to help my country with my career; also if we should do the same; I can tell you that we will have enough electricity for all Ethiopian within a short period of time. Please I am trying to remind to all Ethiopian to be together with love, compassion, and support. Please God turn your face onto Ethiopia!

Thank you

Amsale [Visitor]

Interesting opinion!!!

What do you think is should be done to bring majority rule that will relieve the misery of the Ethiopian poor as it was in the past or in the future ?

ትግራይ አስክትለማ ሌላው ይድማ
I don't have problem with such development is Tigray, but why weyane want to do all development priorities for Tigray. I know the regine well, it is windy, but there are other areas more windy all year. Why they don't give priorityes for other locations to produce electricity? Why they didn't give priority to make research in other areas before they head to Tigray? Rail way construction, telecominication system, university, hospital, agricultural and environmental developments, natural resource, and etc.. given priority to Tigray, Why?
ሞት ለዘረኞች. Prosperity for Tigray and the rest of Ethiopia,

It frustrates me more as any positive thing moving forward with this corrupt regime. Always the end is a big corruption scandal or propaganda work.

Abdul Mejid Mustaffa your comment is so true and positive unlike some of Idiots(Al Mariam and his followers).

As far as Amsale comment, I should not surprise. This individual is Negative and ignorance. Majority rule? is Amhara a majority? not even close. If we are talking about majority, well Oromos need to rule right? there are any groups or organization currently can rule Ethiopia unless AL Mariam is willing to lead Ethiopia to the ground. People, let us understand the development that is going on in Ethiopia. such development never seen before. As long as we are divided by ethnicity, Ethiopian future will remain as one of worlds poorest country and we will always fight for power. we will never appreciate our achievement or our success. we will always criticize each other in a negative way. Like Al and other bigots will try to create hate between different ethnic group. Al and his poppets will always preach hate as always. One Ethiopia ,One people....

Embdu Jinjin ,who are you supposing fooling by your stupid "BERE WOLEDE" "TERET TERET " .Your saudi masters are here to exploit the peoples wealth by opressing them .Of couse your leba master, with his evel wife,indirectly has put in his pockets millions of dollars for leasing farm lands for only some pennys .Where the hell have you seen in a country where 95% are suffering of lack of medical services and shortage of medecines that Hospitals and clinics services florishing .For your Information the True Derg Stooges are into your own rank from your DC TPLF paid cadre Tsehaye Debalkaw ,your Aderby Kersam Ambassadors Girma ,Tekeda and co .your then ESAPA member and actual Minister of Mine Izedin etc ...and also your then ESEPA and Derg Cadres most of them of Tigre Origins and also the then seteta abalats rendering the same services for your leba master .Forget the Eri guys like Bereket Simon and Co . granted key posts in the TPLF administration .ESAT TV is a FREE MEDAI PRESENTING THE NAKED FACTS OF THE COUNTRY !!!WHICH DOES NOT PLEASED YOUR LEBA MASTER AND HIS AGAZIS !!!! What about your own "Tigre Mafiosis" moutpiece "Aiga" ,TPLF Crimes Apoligers "ETV ,ENA ,WALTA" ,and kersam Aderby Diasporas as "Ethiopiafirst.com" but in reality "Azebmesfinfirst.com" . KEEP ON BARKING IGNORANT THOUTHLESS HYENA BANDA !!!!

Ansale,

In principle, yes but majority rule in itself is not a guarante asuch for a democratic society to flourish. The reason for not to invest the nation's trust wholly in majority rule is the fact that in a multi-cultural country like ours the majority taken as a single group or entity doesn't have the incentive to establish a fully fledged democratic society but an amalgamation of the minorities with a clear vision and sober minds does well in that regard.

Am against the dictatorship of the majority!

Besides, wielding "true political power" and drawing its legitimacy solely on sheer numbers and its attendant complementary resorces, the majority can grow too arrogant to allow the social and up-ward mobility of a genius and talented individual to make it to the top/highest echelons of political office from certain minority cultural groups.

Having said that, however, I care less if the majority Oromo rule over United-One-Ethiopia with clear vision and wisdom, savvy international diplomacy, protect and advance the Ethiopian farmers long term national interests!

@ Extraterrestrial,

Poverty and backwardness can be defeated if and only if Fredom and Liberty are truly instituted because they facilitate the release of the individual's huge energy thereby unleash the individual's mighty talent and creativity to be realised to its full potential.

Therefore, the key factors to development and advancement are Liberty and Freedom of the citizenry. This is exactly what is cunningly being withheld by sheer arrogant force even in Tigray region after so much sacrifices and after equality-in-diversity federal structure in Ethiopia has been established!

A couple of days ago, you thanked me for sharing a certain scholarly resaerach document vis-a-vis the true history of the Dehumanisation of the Tigres of KebesaTigray - You are most welcome, my Ethiopian fellow :-)

I trust Woyane the thief who looted most of the foreign aid money and deposited in foreign banks.This initiative to cheat its own people with windfarm propaganda.
From fly we do not expect honey and from Woyane good things can not come out except cheating and looting because they do not want to see Amharas and Oromos(they call them ADGI means ass)therefore woyne stands to kill,torture,loot,rape and harass Oromos amd amharas in their stepdoors.
Let us unite hands to foil the Woyane expans out of Tigray before killing and finishing intellectuals in order to stay long in power.
Down with Tigreyns Woyens!Stand to fight and kill them in the Ethiopian uprising.
Death to Woyane.

You would have been much more credible had you not "forgotten" to mention that Issayas Afeworki was the mentor/god father/creator of TPLF/EPRDF ...
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Comment from: Abdul Mejid Mustaffa [Visitor]
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By African standards, due mainly to the prevalence of peace and stability in the last 20-years, Ethiopia is continuing to make impressive economic, social and political transformation. Observers have also acknowledged that currently Ethiopia is making fastest economic strides in terms of construction and building, commerce and trade, agriculture, tourism, water resources use(including building the biggest hydroelectric plant in Africa), health and education sectors. Indeed and very truly indeed and thanks to Sheik Mohammed Al-Maude, foreign direct investment has also hit double-digits. Investors from India, China, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Sudan etc have come with their investment wealth into Ethiopia in huge numbers investing tens of billions of dollars in Ethiopia in developing the manufacturing, mining, agriculture, hotel and Tourism, Transportation and the construction sectors.

But contemporary Ethiopia we know is also negatively been reviewed by soft-landing Diaspora-crying babies wearing the soft-ware opposition mantle. As the mouth piece of painting Ethiopia’s progress completely black the boneless opposition groups like ESAT, BEKA, Ginbot-7, ONLF and OLF stand alert in servitude to Issias Afeworki’s never ending, life-long banditry and piracy projects and political gimmicks against Ethiopia. The BEKA, ESAT and Ginbot-7 Quarters are simply mimicking their Diaspora lifeless politics as a means to solicit financial contributions for their political kiosks in the West on which they make their living for survival. But let bygones be bygones, as winter begins, an EPRDF/TPLF-spring will definitively heat-them-up in their own-grounds of political-kiosks including: BEKA, ESAT, Ginbot-7, ONLF and OLF Quarters. This brave action will also put an end to the well-known Diaspora crying-DJs like Birhanu Nega, Tamagn, Andargachew Tsigie and Almayehu G. Mariam! These hate-mongering-DJs can no more continue their never ending ugly and hatefull cry simply wishing to create havoc and chaos. Theses boot-licking servants of Issaias Afeworki, namely: BEKA, ESAT,Ginbot-7, ONLF and OLF-Quarters and their cronies are just so perplexed not knowing how to handle the situation they are in dreaming about how to ascertain Afeworki’s Piracy and Banditry projects that desire to extend their tentacles inside Ethiopia. To their disappointment and dismay, Ethiopia is moving on the right socioeconomic and political paths strictly following the national constitution and parliamentary regulations and changes since 1991 after overthrowing the most brutal communistic regime of Mengistu Haile Mariam as a result of 17-years of protracted fight by the TPLF/EPRDF.

The one time ragtag supporters of the TPLF/EPRDF like Andargachew Tsigie and Birhanu Nega have now joined hands with the Derg government stooges like Tamagn and Alemayehu G. Mariam who jointly stand in service for their current master Issayas Afeworki simply to portray Diaspora-cooked negative images of the incumbent regime. By their own public admission, BEKA, ESAT, Ginbot-7, ONLF and OLF Quarters soft-ware proxy campaign to create havoc and instability inside Ethiopia has always been spearheaded by Issaias Afeworki, the most notorious bandit and master of piracy in the region. There has always been strong personal link between Afeworki, G7-executives (Birhanu Nega and Andargachew Tsigie) and Tamagn of ESAT. Let bygones be bygones, Ethiopia will proudly continue to transform its socio-economic development irrespective of the hate-mongering campaigners’ empty cries. The toxic Diaspora crying babies and their crying-DJs (Alkash-groups) like Tamagn can continue crying foul while people in Ethiopia determined to get rid of poverty once and for all. The EPRDF and the people of Ethiopia will join hands to foil the Eritrean conspiracy. The Eritrean regime is now trying to transform Ethiopia into chaos but in vain. Baghdad, to achieve its goals the regime is assisting all anti Ethiopian forces. Ethiopia has added G7, OLF and ONLF in its lists of terrorist organization based on their track records. To their dismay, Ethiopians will not buy the dirty Buna Biet tricks of Tamagn that are portrayed and propagated by ESAT political gimmicks and mimicking political games; simply moving from the fire to the frying pan. The toxic Diaspora crying babies should stop homemade and fabricated stories to withstand their servitude to Issayas Afeworki who dreams of hate-mongering chaos in the region.

Extraterrestrial,

"Amsale [Visitor]

Interesting opinion!!!

What do you think is should be done to bring majority rule that will relieve the misery of the Ethiopian poor as it was in the past or in the future ?" You asked

Yes Ethiopia needs the full participation of all Ethiopians in matters that concerns the entire country.

No body should be discriminated directly or indirectly and left out of the countries political process.

This simply means that all political parties and political movements working overground and underground should be asked and invited to participate in an organized all inclusive national political election after being allowed to campaign freely, transparently, equitably and fairly.

That way we can measure as to how much genuine support from the people each groups may command and based on such results move ahead and occupy the parliament proportionately.

No cheating, no beatings, no stealing no greasing. The party, the movement, or the coalitions(s) that gained the majority votes naturally occupies the majority seats in the parliament through which it can democratically influence policy initiations and decision making processes but of course better yet with the consent and interests of the minorities being always taken in to consideration.

Majority rule is not majority dictatorship but having the privilege to initiate policies and decision making with an informed consent of the minority. The ruler rules for the entire country and nation but not only for the majority alone.

Even if the majority inclines to rule only in favour of the majority alone, the minority will have the chance to democratically expose such unwanted political behaviors forming broader coalition and taking the issue to the electorate in order to reduce the majority's status.

This means that we let the people to decide rather than predicting self serving doomsday prophesies simply to keep tyrannical savage brutal minorities and keep starving and bleeding the majority and the country on an endless basis.

Complete separation of power or rather the Independence of Judiciary the executive and the legislative branches are part and parcel of pluralistic representative democracy.

And the again, there needs to be fair and honest representations along religious, ethnic, region, gender, etc. diversities too.

By the way, incidentally I was visiting a country where presidential election campaign was heating up with the candidates touring the country crisscross.

There are six presidential candidates representing six political parties and regularly debating policies together and alone. I was so amused amused to the point nearing hypnotization on observing as to how amicably and relaxingly they seat near to each other and peacefully argue about their own visions and missions with out any traces of offending or directly irritating the other competing candidate.

If it were in Ethiopia they should have already at the beginning jumped up shouting," Zarraf, zarraf, akaki zarraf, yazugn likekugn, zarraf alku ikko. Inwutta wede wucci, hubbaa bubbaa,boo..." in the the process and heat of the battle the strongest of them firing a shot or shots and declaring himself prime minister for life. I might be wrong. In that case the burden of proof rests on you guys and gals.

But we have still the chance to prove ourselves democrats and egalitarians with good intention and justice for all. After all democracy in its simplest form was a creation of East Africa before it became a gift to the planet earth.

We can always do even better what our ancestors have done at the beginning of historical times.

Yeshi

well , Tigreans deserve more than that. becuase they given up their blood and sweat and tears , while most of you eating row meat in Addis Abeba . I hope you got my points .

Yeshi
You raised a legitimate question which deserves an answer from those who thought it was a good idea to try out wind power and plant those monstrous erections, ( Sorry , I couldn’t find a better word), in Tigray. I don’ know if there were other places in the rest of Ethiopia that have been considered for wind farms. Judging from people’s reactions in places where wind farms are in operation in the West, I don’t think the farmers in Tigray, whose farm lands have been taken up by wind mills will welcome them in open embrace. Whether they are going to add to the electricity demands of the region or whether they are going to be scrapped if the result shows no improvement, only time will tell. What I can say is that Ethiopia, along with other countries in the world, including the advanced countries, is under pressure from the Kyoto Agreement to rely on renewable sources of Energy. In the West, particularly the US and the UK, they are using , a method known as fracking, dangerous means of extracting oil and natural gas from rocks using high explosives. I guess wind farms are safer options for Ethiopia. However, As a layman in these technological areas, I will go along with the previous engineer’s, My computer couldn't his name, and Abay Mado's contributions and whish the government had better rely on solar and water sources which are likely to get better results in the long run and minimise the use of farm lands for these purposes.
As to your other issues regarding railways, road, university, construction,etc I think these things are happening in all parts of the country without exception. If you travel from AA to Bahir Dar, to Awassa, to Nazret and Harar, similar activities are taking place. Of course you may argue not enough is being done in other areas, which you are entitled to, but the seeds of change can undeniably be seen across the country. From having just one big city with a university and other social amenities now we have many. and still more are emerging. I think it is a good thing. But you are right. Lets keep demanding more.

Amsale,

Making sweet statements while doing otherwise contrary to the earlier good intentions is not what it counts.

You and your likes insist on the idea of majority rule, rule of law, independent judiciary and free press etc.....

Well, the Ethiopians in Tigray are for it too! Do you folks think Tigrayans are afraid of majority rule??? Despite our relativ small size in absolute number vis-a-vis the Oromo region, "Amhara speaking" Amhara region, we are quite content to a transparent and legitimte majority rule led by a wise, intelligent and competent leaders, a rule which up-holds the rule of law and ensures the up-ward social and political mobility of an individual from any corner of Ethiopia.

Let the Oromo rule over the whole of my dear Ethiopia, let the "Amhara speaking" rule over the whole of my dear Ethiopia -- The logical question however is: Will they promote or undermine the progress and advancement of other Ethiopians outside of their respective regions using their "majority rule"? Will they wisely and intelligently use the constitution as an instrument of progress or as instrument of oppression to dictate negative policies against the long term interests of the Etzhiopian farmers?

What I would like to remind you and your likes is also:
In advocating a majority rule which we are obviously in favour of, Would you accept or are you prepared to accept the formal institutionalisation of the Oromo language as Ethiopia's sole or double official language since the Oromo are by far the single largest cultural group in East Africa???

In fact, since Menellik II's rule and thereafter during the Emperor's and the Dergue's regime, majority rule was there, namely: The Ethiopian State was being run by a coalition of the majority Oromo and Amhara mixed elite who justified their legitimacy solely on descent from the heridatory "Axumite" princes while their sheer absolute number & the huge resources were relegated to be insignificant footnotes to political power.

Ethiopians are mixed people through and through but this Shewa-based ruling tiny mixed elite anchored around "Amharic speaking" arch-conservative aristocrats did its best to condemn Ethiopia into abject poverty by conspiring cunningly together with European missionaries-diplomats and Banda-Ascaris from the tiny northern bit of Tigray aka. the elite Tigres of KebesaTigray (settled by Tigrinya speaking Bandas in rocky barren 3 Awrajas of r'Terra). What was the ultimate purpose of their alliance? Not to develop Ethiopia and open new opportunities for progress for all Ethiopian - No, their sole objective was to undermine the Tigrinya speaking farming Ethiopian citizens in Tigray-proper so that the hereditary "Axumite" princes do not get the chance to mobilise the peasantry to re-claim the useless & illegitimate throne.

While the Shewa anchored aristocrats and their well educated children pretended working with another tiny but greedy elite from KebesaTigray in the service of Ethiopia, the later was deligently working clandestinely underground to carve out and separate dirt-poor r'Terra altogether from Ethiopia -- And, to my dismay and disappointment, the children of the alleged "civilised & educated Ethiopians from r'Terra" succeeded through a combination of subtle political machinations & cold blood crimes by exploiting the ugly reality in Tigray-proper. The end result was obvious & predictable: The much revered "Axumite" throne was gone for good, and tiny and insecure r'Terra is gone too. Both were working together against the long term interests of Ethiopia and its citizens - Alas, the tiny Shewa elite was extraordinarily active in inadvertently facilitating the eventual break-up of Ethiopia falsely & wrongly believing it is in absolute control of Ethiopia & it owns State power in Ethiopia as its own sole private property.

Therefpre, my point is to emphaise the need for "Big Pan-Ehiopia Ideas" under liberty & freedom of the individual - Only this can unite us!

Otherwise, if you guys think that majority rule will effectively relegate the minorities of Ethiopia to second class citizens, then regardless of the consequences, Tigrayans will definitely secede along with other like-minded minorities (the Affars, Somalis, Sidamas, Gambellas etc.) from Ethiopia rather than get oppressed and condemned to poverty & backwardness once again.

My fellow Ethiopians: to secede and live free from majority dictatorship, one doesn't need a specific article enshrined in the constitution -- Don't think abolshing Article 39 will save Ethiopia from disintegration if ethnic discrimination is not completely abolished from your brains. Change your negative attitudes towards not only the minorities but also towards the flourishing majority Oromo.

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"Axumites" - It does NOT exclusively refer to the residents of the town of Axsum. It has a much bigger and far reaching defintion and weight, both in substance, history and geographical expanse.

To Yeshi
BTW, I found this while looking for information on Wind power. The first place in Ethiopia where wind turbines are planted is Adama not Tigray. Read for yourself
The Goldwind commissions first turbines in Ethiopia
Jan Dodd, Windpower Monthly, 02 December 2011, 9:59am
“ETHIOPIA: The first Chinese-made turbines in Africa are due to start turning next month when Goldwind commissions the first 15MW of what will eventually be a 51MW plant at Nazret in Ethiopia.
The deal is likely to include a technology transfer, with HCIE helping to produce blades and towers locally. HCIE said this will "shorten the construction cycle and reduce the cost of long-distance transportation". Adama is around 1,000km from the nearest port at Djibouti.

Before the end of 2011, Vergnet is scheduled to commission the first 30MW of its 120MW project at Ashegoda. “www.windpowermonthly.com/.

Wind, solar, hydro etc power is all fantastic news as long as it lights ETHIOPIA. Just think of 88% of Ethiopians with no electricity, living in total darkness then listen to these spasticated cadres clapping when Zenawi & Co say Ethiopia to export power & what NOT. Try & make sense folks.

I am eagerly waiting for news that says Ethiopia to build the biggest irrigation dam to feed her OWN citizens! Or Ethiopia to build biggest hydro power to light up 90% - 100% of Ethiopia by 2020/2025/20 .... etc

As for wind farm in Tigray, I doubt its feasibility due to the nature of the landscape.

@sammywedisewra

You don't deserve jack s*** from anybody, we don't owe you nothing. You died to bring your evil regime, land lock Ethiopia, divide the nation, create as many Liberation fronts as possible, sell/give away Ethiopia's land, loot billions, sell women, children, turn farmers & pretty much most Ethiopians into beggars. You never fought for Ethiopia/Ethiopian's interests. TPLF/EPLF distracted the nation, deterred development for over 30 years, killed Ethiopian citizens, robbed & damaged national property/infrastructure. For this, the only thing you deserve is cluster bomb up your a$$. Shameless Punk.