Historically, the balance between private and federal control of critical resources, has been polemic. Private investment in that sector-- especially
foreign capital-- is often perceived as against national interests, and I suspect that part of AMLO's resistance is a perception that opening up to
all these foreign companies covetously eyeing Mexico as a ripe plumb for renewal energy investment, his fear of too much outside influence.
Which is not baseless, looking at the country's history.
But why he's not pointing the CFE itself more towards renewables, puzzles me: that could be an additional source of energy, which is
always a good thing for a developing country, and all that oil which is now destined to be burned for electrical power, could be sold to a
petroleum-hungry international market. <shrug> |