Liberated Mind, Heart and Soul

Has anybody ever thought about nuclear power in Malaysia? It’s like taboo in Malaysia (like the sin of close proximity).
I went around and ask…….

Harnessing nuclear energy would bring about destruction to entire peninsular.

We might even sink this country like what the French Government did to Atoll Murora Islands.
Kita patutlah menggunakan nuclear untuk mempertahankan Negara… Really?
We’re not ready.
Nuclear? I don’t want to die……..

Amazingly, that’s what I got.

Government of Malaysia finally makes sense as they would now study alternative energy to keep Malaysia free from volatile crude oil market. It’s high time now for us to purge as much as possible the liquid sin (petrol la…) from this beloved tanah air. I would like to believe the next generation of Proton cars would be powered with LNG or even hybrid model or best of all, diesel cars. I’ll love it when the time comes…….

However, if you have carefully follows our electricity making track record, there are a lot of IPP (independent power producer) in the market supplying electricity to TNB are thermal based. (This means they burn fuel to generate electricity) I am not very sure the scale of reform, whether it would also involve our IPP. But I am sure that once we shift to clean and reliable nuclear fusion, we’ll be able to live comfortably without having to worry petrol price hike.

Living proof? The Republic of France. They have realized how bad crude oil volatility affected them long ago, during the Middle East oil embargo. Since then, they embarked on long effort of cutting their oil dependency. Vehicles are mostly diesel powered. Numerous inventions of smart cars and energy efficient vehicles have taken place. Charles De Gaulle must be really proud of France today. 80 percent of their energy is being supplied by number of civil nuclear reactor. Clean and efficient. On top of everything petrol conservation tax was imposed to cut government subsidies. No more shocking wave from Middle East….. No more petrol black mail…

On the other hand, what happen to United States?
Some countries just never learn. Apparently, they started similar program with France, but once the oil prices dropped to US 20 per barrel, they became greedy monster. They bought tones and tones of oil end up creating huge reserves that would last 3 years shall there is any embargo in future. They just love gas guzzling vehicles. SUV is huge market in United States. I remembered watching CNN while I was in Stellenbosch Worlds 2002, some Good Samaritan in US launch Project Detroit. According to the spokeswoman, it is unpatriotic for US citizens to use SUVs because every cent paid for petrol would necessarily contribute to the terrorist states in Middle East. That is just one way of looking at it…………Come to think about it, shall Saudi Arabia decides to play with the oil tap, the oil prices would go on roller coaster ride again.

Here is the 1 million dollar question: Would Middle East countries go bust, once whole world cut their oil dependency?

I’m looking forward for cool ice lemon tea for Iftaar…..Ice lemon tea anyone?