Do you want solar power wired in your next home?

Our opinions were not sought when cable TV points were installed in our HDB homes, you get them regardless of whether you want them.

Now there is a survey out there asking if you want solar power wired into your next home.  Not done by the officials, but by a group of people who are concerned about future availability of cheap power.  Want to have your say?

Who knows, maybe your next home will come with solar power devices installed (that will help you save utilities costs) instead of infrastructure that silently encourages you to migrate over to monopolistic entertainment services.

How Cuba Survived Peak Oil

When Soviet Union fall in 1990, Cuba lost over half of its oil imports. Cuba underwent transformation and survived. Cuba became a living example of how a country can successfully traverse what we all will have to deal with sooner or later, the reduction and loss of finite fossil fuel resources.

I borrowed this DVD from Shooperman, who has a solid library of DVDs and books on Peak Oil listed on his BillMonk public library.  If you are interested in borrowing them, you can approach him, I am sure he will be most willing to lend you a copy.

Vegetable and herb gardening for Beginners!

I was listening to 938live and came across this segment where Wilson Wong from Green Culture Singapore (http://www.greenculturesg.com) was sharing his experiences in grow vegatables in Singapore. Here’s the excerpt from the 938live web site:

Is that small green patch in your home being utilised properly? Or have you just filled it with plants you have picked up over the years? Well if you are looking to make the most of your garden plot, be it on a balcony or and outdoor patch, vegetable and herb gardening can be a rewarding and wonderful experience, especially when you harvest your own crops! You can also control what goes into the cultivation of these edibles and enjoy their unique freshness and sweetness. In this hour, founder of Green Culture Singapore, Wilson Wong, will share his experience in vegetable and herb gardening. He will demonstrate how you can start a vegetable plot from scratch, land preparation techniques, and pest and disease management. Wilson will also introduce some exotic vegetables and herbs that are bound to raise your eyebrows.

Maybe when farmers earn more than the regular IT guy (see the case of Cuba), we will all be learning from him.

Remembering the Great Singapore Blackout

Simon Tay wrote an interesting account of his experiences during the 29 June 2004 blackout in Singapore. Interesting how life has gone back to normal since then, and memories of this worrisome event reduced to something that seems so remote.

This event that affected almost every one in Singapore happened barely two years ago, but most have forgotten about it. Amongst those who still remembers, the incident was casted aside as an “anamoly in the system” (Matrix?). Only a handful amongst those who remember knows that it was more of a prelude, or sign of a bigger crisis to come.

Do you remember? If you do, you can always blog on your own experiences and tag it with sgblackout2004

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