Unethical Logging in Pahang Malaysia

It was report that around 3000 ha of Lesong Permanent Forest Reserved are being cleared and logged. The reason quoted by Pahang Government is... the forest timber is of poor quality and thus has to be replanted. I think these people have to have their brains examined for making an illogical decision. A forest reserve is NOT a commercial undertaking and it is not a commercial timber reserve. Pahang must be desperate for cash, and go to the extend...

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Harvesting On Rain Water

Now that we are facing the water crisis, question is again being raise - Why Dont we take advantage of the Rain water. The answer is simple, It does not make an economic sense. The investment cost is too high, and the pay back period is too long. I had not been paying any water bill for the last 6 months. It was sponsored by the state. It does not make sense for me for spend a few thousands to install a system to harvest the rain water, not until...

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Power from the Sun

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Cave Paradise at Merapoh Pahang under Threat

Merapoh is a small isolated town in Pahang. It used to be accessible by train only, however now the road linking Kuala Lipis and Kelantan, has opened up the area. The proposed cement factory has raised the fear on its effect on limestone hills and habitat. The area is the caves paradise. It contains about 500 caves, and only about 85 caves have been explored, the balance is yet to be explored. These caves are about 300 million years old. One of the cave is the largest in south east asia if not the world. The cement factory may cause the following...

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Urban Agriculture Headed by UPM

The worlds urban demography is undergoing fast changes. It is forecasted that by the year 2020, 75% of the population of Africa and Asia will be urban dwellers. In Malaysia, the change had occurred, and currently, about 72% of the population are in the town or semi-town. Such an imbalance in population distribution will cause a number of problems. One of the critical issues is the food security. UPM, the university focusing on agriculture, is promoting urban dwellers to grow their own food. Research has been made on various methods of urban...

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The Green Crusade

The green crusade has to continue. Malaysia is a blessed country, with so many lush green forest, flowing rivers and seas full of thriving lifes. However, the people are unfortunately forget to appreciate the endowments of God and to look after the gifts of nature. As a results, we had seen the disasters,  such as the collapse of the Highland Tower, landslides, polluted rivers that kill the fish population. The worst environmental disaster, in my view was the case of rare earth mining in Bukit Merah  Perak. The history of green crusade...

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China Green Energy

China, being the most populated nation and stand to be consuming the most energy, targeting to have to non-fossil fuel to be at least at 15% level. The energy sources will be mainly the green resources of solar, wind and hydro-electric and the other "non-green", the nuclear energy.The development of hydro-power is gaining popularity but not without the problem. In developed nations, this can be producing about 80% of the nations' energy, while in China, it is still at the infant stage. China is currently the number 1 solar energy producer in the...

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Solar Energy Challenges

As part of the efforts to reduce the dependence of fossil energy, many of the EU countries provide a generous subsidies to both the manufacturers and the consumers. The argument was solid.. sooner or later, the fossil energy will run out, the effect by be fatal for the nation. It make sense to prepare in advance.The problem is, the solar energy is more expensive. The payback period is more than 10 years. You can make more profit by putting your money in the fix deposit rather than investing in solar energy. To overcome this, the subsidy system...

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malaysian energy

Malaysian can benefit from the sun energy. The country had moved one step closer to support the sustainable green energy by producing feed-in opportunities for the average consumers and small scale entrepreneurs. That mean a household can install solar panels and harvest the sun power and they can sell the electricity to the National Electricity Company, TNB.You may like to get more information on how to build solar panel from Green DIY .This is how it works.1. A new law, the renewable energy act 2011, enables the national energy company TNB to...

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recycling rainwater

There are two basic issues that rainwater recycling can address.1. reduction of flash flood2. reduction of the dependent on water distribution.With more urban development, the natural water retention capability of ponds, soil absorption an natural plantation are greatly reduces. As such the rain water will tend fill up the drains and rivers at as faster rate. With the rain catchment mechanism, some of the water will be retained.The other main reason is the reduction of the strain on the water supply. It may not seem very much, but a reduction of...

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solar panel plant

A new solar panel plant will be set up in Penang to manufacture the solar panel to meet the growing global demands for clean power.The nuclear crisis in Japan as the result of the earth quake and the tsunami reaffirm the inherent risk of the nuclear power station. A survey carried out in Japan and the majority vote against the use of radio active material for the production of energy.Given the negative perception of the nuclear power and the increasing trend of the cost of electricity, the sun power seem to be the alternative proposition. Currently,...

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river of trash

The picture confirmed it, Klang river had been transformed to a river of trash. You could hardly see the water.The indiscriminate dumping of rubbish in the upstream areas are causing the river to be totally polluted. It muse be a dead river, devoid of any living fishes.The situation was covered by the newspaper the star:===================================Saturday February 19, 2011Shah Alam residents fuming over trash in Klang RiverBy ELAN PERUMALelan@thestar.com.myPhoto...

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guarding the mangroves trees

Mangrove trees is the natural forest on the swampy beaches in Malaysia. It was growing in abundance in the west coast of the peninsular, protected from the strong north east monsoon. The trees were being cut to the extinction main to be process and turn into charcoal and used as piling material for building construction.When the new government took over Selangor in 2008, the license to harvest the trees were suspended. Despite this, the thieves continue...

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sun energy a salleable product

Many developed nation had introduced a feature to enable small consumers to sell electricity to the national grid. This will give some incomes as well as help the nation to reduce the burden on pollution.Malaysia is following suit with the implementation of feed-in-tariff (FiT). The new meter will be able to measure the amount of power taken from the grid as well as the value sale to the grid.It is expected that a consumer that produces 4 KW will...

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