Thursday, March 31, 2011

Light Bulb Ban on Colbert Report

Light Bulb Ban

The socket huggers claim that pigtail bulbs last up to 10 years, but they haven't considered how the efficient lights will affect the joke-telling industry. (04:17)



Friday, March 18, 2011

health protections from air pollution since passage of Clean Air Act version 2 in Malaysia?



Why should regulator impose more stricter standard for Malaysia Coal power plant operators before building new increase capacity by burning fossil fuel at


except from:

Prime Minister, Najib Razak tables RM 230 bil 10th Malaysia Plan - TheStar (June 10, 2010).

Under 52 high-impact projects have been identified for implementation which "Second: Two coal electricity generation plants at an estimated cost of RM 10 bil.",








Hazardousness material exhaled by Malaysian (location as table below: based on US EPA data) :
"In response to a court deadline, today the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed the first-ever national standards for mercury, arsenic and other toxic air pollution from power plants. The new power plant mercury and air toxics standards – which eliminate 20 years of uncertainty across industry – would require many power plants to install widely available, proven pollution control technologies to cut harmful emissions of mercury, arsenic, chromium, nickel and acid gases, while preventing as many as 17,000 premature deaths and 11,000 heart attacks a year. The new proposed standards would also provide particular health benefits for children, preventing 120,000 cases of childhood asthma symptoms and about 11,000 fewer cases of acute bronchitis among children each year. The proposed standards would also avert more than 12,000 emergency room visits and hospital admissions and 850,000 fewer days of work missed due to illness." 


Economic Benefit Analysis:
"The proposed standards also ensure that public health and economic benefits far outweigh costs of implementation. EPA estimates that for every dollar spent to reduce pollution from power plants, the American public and American businesses will see up to $13 in health and economic benefits. The total health and economic benefits of this standard are estimated to be as much as $140 billion annually." 
via EPA,  03/16/2011





List of coal-fired plants in Malaysia
Plant↓State↓Coord.↓MW↓Type↓Owner/operator↓
Jimah Power StationNegri Sembilan at Lukut2°35′11″N101°43′21″E1,400Thermal (2 ST)Jimah Energy Ventures Sdn Bhd
Manjung Power StationPerak at Manjung4°9′44″N100°38′48″E2,295Thermal (3 ST)TNB Janamanjung Sdn Bhd
PPLS Power Generation PlantSarawak in Kuching110Thermal (2 units)PPLS Power Generation, a subsidiary of Sarawak Energy Berhad
Sejingkat Power Corporation PlantSarawak at Kuching100ThermalSejingkat Power Corporation Sdn Bhd, a subsidiary ofSarawak Energy Berhad
Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah Power StationSelangor at Kapar3°7′1″N101°19′1″E2,420Thermal (6 ST), open cycle (2 GT), natural gas and coal with oil backupKapar Energy Ventures Sdn Bhd
Tanjung Bin Power StationJohor at Pontian1°20′3″N103°32′55″E2,100Thermal (3 ST)Tanjong Bin Power Sdn Bhd, a subsidiary of Malakoff


Note: ST - Steam Turbine unit(s).
Source: Wikipedia

What do you think?!





Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Japan Sendai Earthquake 8.9 Scala Richter

2011 Sendai earthquake and tsunami (東北地方太平洋沖地震 Tōhoku Chihō Taiheiyō-oki Jishin[7]?, literally "Tōhoku region Pacific Ocean offshore earthquake"[FN 1]) was a 9.0 MW megathrust earthquake off the coast of Japan that occurred at 14:46 JST (05:46 UTC) on Friday 11 March 2011.[2][4][8] The epicenter was reported to be 130 kilometers (81 mi) off the east coast of the Oshika Peninsula, Tōhoku, with the hypocenter at a depth of 32 km (20 mi).
via Wikipidea.





All my #praytojapan & other affected area in the regions.


- syawal.