In a twist out of the usual doomsday scenario of global climate change (the politically correct version of global warming), freight will now be able to be shipped across the Artic because of melting ice. Shorter shipping routes, cheaper transport costs…everyone happy?
Now, this is thinking out of the box.
PARIS – MELTING ice in the Canadian Arctic has opened up a shorter and cheaper shipping route between Europe and Asia.
Link.
It was actually good, considering the things I’ve been going through to have a trip to Japan. It is a very beautiful country. And the mixture of solitude and awe is a good way to calm the
Although I spent most of my time learning mathematics, the little opportunities that gave me free time saw me in natural environments.
Appreciating the wonderful countryside
If God offers us such gem’s like this,
What a waste just to let it tear it away? That photo and the following are flowers growing (cultivated) on Mt. Moiwa
And what a view it is from the top, 531 meters above sea level!
Sayonara Japan. Arigato Gozaimas!
by Maciek Duczynski
Canon EOS 5D
A higher resolution of this photo can be found here.
Simply beautiful.
It has been common nowadays for us to eschew synthetic products/medicine for the so called ‘natural’ occurring ones. Much of these natural cure-alls is marketed in the media as being ’scientifically’ proven formulas while synthetic products are vilified as being dangerous to our health.
A high school student in Idaho, USA won first prize in a science fair. He asked the following question, “Should dihydrogen monoxide be made illegal?”
43 out of 50 people said they would support a move to ban this dangerous substance.
I say he totally deserved the prize.
The Live Earth series of concerts, a 24 hour run of performances around the globe in 7 cities is meant to raise awareness of global warming. Exactly how it works, I’m not to sure.
Being pretty sure that it was (and is) well attended, I can’t but wonder at the irony of it all when concert goers return home and turn on the air conditioning full blast to chill out after that tiring day.
I can’t but wonder at the irony of the excessive energy usage during the concert. Whether or not such consumption is counted as ‘waste’ or ‘proper use’, it doesn’t change the fact that a lot of coal was used to generate that amount of electricity.
I also can’t but wonder how if global climate change is as global as it is, why are they targeting party goers and under 30 under-somethings who actually do not own the big corporations and factories or run countries that produce green house emissions.
I can’t but wonder how having a concert about climate change, a celebration of awareness as the organizers would have it, a feel good session of ‘I’ve done my part’, will motivate people to make sacrifices after the concert to cut down energy wastage after an orgy of energy wastage in the concert itself.
I believe in global warming, and that the way to approach it is through hard education and questioning and not emotional posturing like in a concert of all things. Greenhouse gases don’t just disappear because you attended some concert, or wore a green shirt on 7/7/07.
All of us long for that perfect picture of sunset. But capturing this image is still reserved for the select few.
This view of Earth’s horizon as the sunsets over the Pacific Ocean was taken by an Expedition 7 crewmember onboard the International Space Station (ISS). Anvil tops of thunderclouds are also visible. Link.
What a wonderful world we live in. 
I was pleasantly surprised to see ducks swimming in a little lake at west coast park.
I’ve just come back from Mars. Nah kidding…the leaves on the photo give it away. That is actually a pavement. And I was walking to West Coast Park. But after treading through the hot sun and getting thirsty, I managed only to come up with this.
Graffiti on the fencing. Well, it was colourful. But the adventure doesn’t stop there. It’s what was behind this fence that really mattered.
Thorn among the roses?
A little harbour. Is that a fishing-boat or is it another of those yatchs? It seemed that this was also a hidden fishing spot. But I wonder whether any fish could actually be caught. (Hint: look at the top center…)
Walking on, I just couldn’t resist snapping this.
The tree might just be smiling at you…And you’ll never guess what sort of flowers it owns.
Soon it was time to makan. Due to lack of imagination, that’s all I could manage to think of.
Well, I’m sort of inspired to improve my photography. I seriously need to get out more often. I did snap some pictures of birds and insects, but the lack of skill and patience hampered me. Not to mention hardware deficiencies. But anyway, as a consolation.
Actually, Singapore has a rather rich collection of birds. Birds that I wouldn’t normally see in my own backyard (that is Sri Petaling in KL, Malaysia.)
Take for instance the hummingbird which I saw on my way to school that day. Obviously it wasn’t the one pictured on the left, though I did wish I had a camera then and had snapped it.
But I have seen cattle egrets, cuckatoos, kingfishers (with a bright bursting blue coat of feathers) and some fish eating bird that was hunting in the monsoon drain.
But back to the story of the hummingbird, it was actually the first time I’ve seen one outside captivity. Not to mention in the midst of a HDB estate. It was fluttering about a flower and as I approached it, it scuttled away.
As I expected it to do.
Born and bred in KL, Malaysia. Now studying for his Phd in Singapore. Learning to walk one fall at a time.
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