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Thursday, July 26, 2012

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...

Sunday, March 18, 2012

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...

Saturday, February 25, 2012

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...