Enjoy the clip & take 2 minutes to think what is your reaction when this happens to you? :)
Bad gas...
Have you ever noticed some burning smell when tailing big truck/lorry or buses even though your car window is fully closed?
Well, I have & it seems you MUST upgrade your browser if you want to look for more infor in JPJ website else you will get anything out from this website.
I thought there should be freedom to choose NOT to upgrade..…LOUSY webmaster!
Anyway, this post is actually about the tailpipe position. If you noticed most of the petrol sedan or familiy cars, they are rear positioned and the pipe output is facing straight to your car back from behind. Due to petrol comburstion nature, gas discharged is not visible/smelly & not so toxic that they are allowed to be at lower height.
But for trucks, buses & lorries which are using diesel, the carbon monoxide gas that is released should be channelled using the pipe pointing towards the air.
I can still see those with chimne-type pipe on the road but most of the heavy vehicles are positioning their exhaust pipe same height and position as normal as petrol consumption car.
That’s really annoying when you are tailing on this kind of vehicle & with my antic car’s air conditioning performance, no way you can escap in breathing in those toxic, smelly gas. Not forgetting to those fully exposed motorist.
To my surprise when googling, there are few complaints posted in the thestar’s reader section on this issue yet, the issue is still common & you can bet the authority is aiming on other “good & easy thing” to do.
Anyway, I do hope that this issue can be solved & saving the earth is not only by doing recycling but green house effect is also another concern to pay attention to.
*Pictures are courtesy from Wikipedia-> Exhaust System
Penangite...Remember to bring your own Bags when shopping
Penang CM just announced today that more frequent No-Plastic Bags day will be campaigned if getting good response from the public.
Personally, this culture should be cultivated to the younger generation starting now & this is a good start.
In addition, please also start to urge your Building committee if you stay in apartment or condominium to prepare more recycle bins as I have just done my part in proposing this idea to the committee.
I am thinking, state government should also prepare the infrastructure in this whole Recycle Campaign including recycle bins preparations, logistics planning & also collection centers designation.
Well, it might be a lucrative business if you still remembered one of Jackie Chan’s movie…
Till then..Happy Recycling :)
RoboSnake
I got this email forwarded by my friend...till now you would able to figure out most of my post here are your contributions :)
The narration language if I am not mistaken is Hebrew but regardless of the country that invented it but to me it is quite an invention.
The short clip is about how animal behavior aspiring the technology advancement into benefiting man kind in search and rescue mission or other dangerous operation that required human intervention. Have fun…
Old But Reliable...
Recently I visited my colleague's new home which is still under renovation somewhere near the Batu Maung area. As you know in Penang, to own a landed property you really need to be really "loaded" & yet i still doubt about the property price within the island that i think i will blog about some other day :)
Back to my original intention of this post is about the thing that I observed when one of the electrician installing the modern yet sophisticated fan in one of the rooms. That actually triggered the thought the old fan back in my parent house.
I had a chance to snap photo of that old "chunk" of speed control/regulator. According to my mum, this antic was bought from Thailand about 50years ago & it is still kickin' hard...with helps from rubber band & solid woods :)
I like the sound that it produced when we switch it On..it's like the sound of beating heart that still proving "it" is still "Alive" & sustained thru the test of time...
In my line of work, to make a product to work for 50years seems to be an insane goal but come to think again...who would like to use the same old product for 50years?
Maybe for my parents..Yes but absolutely Not for the current generation & based on statistic that I read from the other article even the handphone lifeline is about 2years top. But I do promised my wife that the Nokia 5800 XM that she bought for me will last for 3-5 years...Let's cross my fingers on this :)
I guessed I am just mumbling away in this post and at the same time try to share with you all this piece of antic in my parent's home :) that I think it is worth mentioned about "aliving" for so long :)