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Tuesday, May 22, 2007
GLOBAL WARMING: A MEDIA SPIN?
Well, at least one Malaysian Cabinet Minister thinks so.
At a luncheon today during which he was supposed to deliver a talk, among several not-so-focused topics he touched on, the Minister seemed to question the validity of media reports on global warming, wondering whether they were not just some hoo-ha motivated by commercial considerations.
And he is the Information Minister.
I am appalled, to say the least. I could not believe my ears! No wonder Malaysians in general are ill-informed about global warming, and topics related to it are not widely covered or discussed in this country. I guess the Minister wants to wait until the catastrophic consequences of global warming hit us before he wants to seriously think of mitigation?
Wait, he’d be dead by then. How unbelievable!
Anyway, Bernama has this story generated from the same function.
One Earth to Call Home
Did you know that every person in the world consumes about 20 kg of plastics each year?
So, if you were to multiply that by six billion (that’s approximately the current world population), would you be able to visualise the amount of plastics used globally per year?
And because plastics are hardly degradable, can you also imagine the task of managing their disposal?
Nope, I don’t think you can. Yet, we are so in love with plastics we can’t live without them.
Did you know that a plastic milk jug takes one million years to decompose? That nearly every piece of plastic ever made still exists today? That if you lined up all polystyrene foam cups made in just one day, they would circle the earth?
It is however encouraging to see that a number of manufacturers have come up with degradable premix resins, including homegrown PETRONAS.
The company has started producing and marketing its first environment-friendly and degradable premix resin since last year. It says more grades are coming.
No to Roti Canai Hike
I guess roti canai lovers everywhere can heave a sigh of relief now that the authorities have said no its price hike recently proposed by a restaurant operators association.
I am relieved, too, as roti canai is my twin godsons’ favourite breakfast. They each can eat two pieces of roti canai, dipped into fish curry gravy, at any one go.
Let’s all see how much longer the price will stay as it is.
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Wetbenang
maybe there's no price hike for roti canai.. but of all you know, they would make it a little smaller.. dont be surprised if one day, that roti canai is a big as roti boom.. :)
Xis said...
9:40 AM
Hmm. I wouldn't be surprised at all if roti canai reduces in size ... Depa ni cerdik. Though I wish they'd reduce the amount of sugar or susu when they make teh tarik or your favourite other drinks, without you asking ... This not only keeps prices down, but also your health risks ...
wetbenang said...
9:57 AM