The past few months have been terrible for the country of Thailand as their country was swamped with was is reported to be the worst flooding the country has experienced in 50 years. South East Asia was expecting large amounts of rain in 2011 after 2010’s El Nino since La Nina historically always follows afterwards, what we didn’t expect was this huge amount of rainfall lasting a long enough time to engulf an entire country underwater.
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Pointing out that the Philippines has time and time again been said to have one of the highest electricity rates in the world, Aurora Representative Juan Edgardo Angara said that the government should take steps to curb its electricity bill which is expected to cost P10 Billion next year. This is according to the budget allocation for utilities in the 2012 budget.
According to the article, the government pays about P1.25 million/hour on electricity and water costs which is enough to build a classroom (of which the Philippines also has a shortage of) every 30 minutes. He said that by lowering the utilities consumption by just 5% would result in a savings of P500 Million alone.
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I found this little piece of information about the all electric Nissan Leaf from Autoblog green quite fascinating.
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Great video found at youtube by ElectricFormula explaining how the basic electric system of an electric car works. Of course commercial electric cars made by manufacturers will be more complex and advanced in order to make the driving safer and more efficient, showing that would probably make the average consumer balk at the sheer complexity. This however does the job quite well.
Newgen Electric Technologies Inc was able to acquire a letter of endorsement from the Dept of Energy Secretary, Jose Rene Almendras, requesting for tax free importation from the Department of Finance of an Electric Bus that will serve as a proof of concept for those who want to invest in the said vehicle.
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Hands down Carlos Ghosn of Nissan/Renault is the Steve Jobs of the Car industry. Because he has the vision and the drive to change the world like the late Steve Jobs did. And that he is doing by introducing the Nissan Leaf. Electric Cars have long been in existence but it never really took off because of the ease of use and adoption of the oil powered engine.
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