Solar Power Based Charging Station ?

In my following blog , I had written as follows :

https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2018/02/holy-grail-for-electric-vehicles.html

No Battery Charging  Stations  ! [  The  Holy Grail  ]

Dear Shri Gadkariji,

Current investment in the existing 60,000 Petrol-Diesel pumps is Rs 6.5 lakh*crores

If 30 times more Battery Charging Stations are needed, then that could cost Rs 195 lakh*crore  !

I am at a loss to understand why Indian Auto Industry is reluctant to approach ISRO for its Solar Roof Top powered electric cars ( with a 5 Kwh Lithium-ion Battery ) which would eliminate need for roadside charging stations altogether !

But , if we must have Battery Charging Stations , the least we can do is to have these depend upon Solar Power and not dirty , coal-based electricity

All we need to do is to COPY , the following example :

Electric cars can now charge on sunlight day and night with Tesla Powerpacks at new ‘Smart Solar Charging’ station 

https://electrek.co/2018/06/05/electric-cars-charge-on-sunlight-tesla-powerpacks-smart-solar-charging-station/

Remember , we in India get nearly TWICE the number of hours of sunshine as compared to Netherland

Ref :

https://www.currentresults.com/Weather/India/annual-sunshine.php

https://www.currentresults.com/Weather/Netherlands/sunshine-annual-average.php

If Indian Oil / Hindustan Petroleum etc do not step in fast ( to obsolete themselves ) , then it is quite possible that innovators like Chetan Maini / Pawan Goenka etc would obsolete them !

07  June  2018

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Liu Zhenya : The Visionary

 

Liu Zhenya is the Chairman of 

Global Energy Interconnection Development and Cooperation Organization (GEIDCO) 

[ geidco-info@geidco.org  ]

He is planning a globally interconnected International Grid of electric power

For details of his vision , read :

“ Does the path to a low-carbon future run through a global grid  ? “

https://medium.com/harvard-china-project/does-the-path-to-a-low-carbon-future-run-through-a-global-grid-43ea7ed06d21

Extract :

By any measure, this super-grid would be an immense undertaking.

The GEIDCO plan involves building nine latitudinal and nine longitudinal lines, linking every continent on Earth except Antarctica.

“Like a river with many tributaries, it will connect over 100 countries and 80 per cent of the global population, with a total length of 180,000 kilometers,” Liu said in April 2018 .

The benefits could be immense, as well.

The GEI would improve reliability and, he predicted, even ultimately reduce the average cost of electricity. 

Most importantly, interconnecting grids and power sources over larger distances can facilitate greater penetration of renewable power — smoothing out the inevitable geographic and temporal variability in solar and wind power production by balancing supply with distant loads.

The GEI could thus turn the 12-hour time difference between New York and Beijing into an advantage, sending power in one direction or the other as those cities’ demand peaks at different times.

“It is a radical solution for overcoming the world’s energy dilemmas,” Liu said.

“ JUST 7.7 PER  CENT OF THE SAHARA’S SOLAR ENERGY WOULD MEET GLOBAL ELECTRICITY DEMAND. ”

To know the congruence of my own dream with Liu’s dream , read my following blog :

Unlimited Power : and round the clock ?  [  29  July  2016  ]

https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2016/07/unlimited-power-and-round-clock.html

05  June  2018

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Will MahaGathBandhan steal a march ?

In recent election results of Karnataka State Assembly, Congress had won many more seats than JD ( S ) but still agreed to make Kumaraswamy as the Chief Minister

Who knows , Congress may even give to JD(S), number of Ministerial births which are more than proportionate !

May be Congress has realized the logic of “ Cooperation “ instead of “ Confrontation “, when it comes to “ sharing of power “ for the next 5 years

But then there is a fear that the Supreme Court may rule that any “ Post Poll “ alliance is invalid  !

So , how can MahaGathBandhan overtake NDA in 2019 general election ?

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Here is how :

*   All 19 opposition political parties to form a “ Pre Poll “ alliance right now

*  Apart from promising usual freebies  , “  MahaGathBandhan Manifesto 2019 “ to explicitly promise

   the voters that after assuming office , its first task would be to propose amending the Constitution

   to convert our Central Government System into a “ Constitutional Coalition Government “ , as

  conceptualized in my following blogs ( each sent as email to Central Cabinet Ministers / MPs / MLAs

   / NITI Aayog etc )

*  A firm commitment to subject ALL political parties to Right of Information Act

*  A firm commitment to a transparent Election Funding System as envisaged in :

  Transparency in Political Funding ?  [  06  July  2017  ]

https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2017/07/transparency-in-political-funding.html

 

A Constitutional Coalition Government ?  [  02 Oct 2016  ]

https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2016/10/a-constitutional-coalition-government.html

Constitutional Coalition Aftershocks !  [  02 Oct  2016  ]

https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2016/10/constitutional-coalition-aftershocks.html

 

Presidential or Coalition Government ?  [  25  March  2017  ]

https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2017/03/presidential-or-coalition-government.html

 

Revolution Through Coalition Government ?  [  27  Sept  2017  ]

https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2017/09/revolution-through-coalition-government.html

 

Why can’t we institutionalize Coalition ?  [  29  Sept  2017  ]

https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2017/09/why-cant-we-institutionalize-coalition.html

 

Federalism  ?  [  29  Oct  2017  ]

https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2017/10/federalism.html

 

How to form a Government  ?   [  19  May  2018  ]

https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2018/05/how-to-form-government.html

 

 

1320 million Indian citizens have been fed up of the daily tamaashaa of :

 

*  Elections after elections

*  Horse trading in order to form a government

*  “ Purchasable “ Paatli-Badlu  MPs and MLAs

*  Complaints / counter-complaints to Election Commission for breach of Code of

   Conduct

*  Running to the Supreme Court for every little thing

*  Total wash-out of Lok Sabha sessions due to slogan shouting

*  Use of foul / abusive language for running down opponents

 

 

Can BJP / NDA prevent MahaGathBandhan from stealing a march by winning voters’ trust in its own manifesto ?

 

Surely !

 

Don’t wait till Dec 2018 to announce its manifesto

 

Announce it NOW ( - containing provisions listed above ) to usher a TRUE FEDERALISM !

 

If not , brace for some very unpleasant surprises

 

04  June  2018

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#AirIndia

[  Hot  ]  Air  India  ?

By 5 pm yesterday, not a single party had submitted its EoI  ( Expression of Interest ) , to buy out Air India

NEWS PAPER HEADLINES :

Times of India    /     “ No takers for Air India as deadline expires

Economic Times    /     Govt fails to get any bids for majority stake buy in Air India

DNA     /     It’s back to Rs 10 cr daily loss at AI

PAST COMMENTS  :

*   Ashok Gaja pathy Raju ( Civil Aviation Minister )   /   28 Jan 2018

“When our exercise of calculating Air India’s debt began, we found that the sum was hovering around the Rs 50,000 crore mark. But I won’t be surprised if the total debt reaches Rs 70,000 crore. Since people are looking at the books carefully, they may find more,”

“ According to me, Air India is a debt trap. I said as much in Parliament as well “

In June 2017 , Shri Raju said :

“ There are hardly any bakras around, so to get one is difficult and businessmen are businessmen “

*  Civil aviation secretary R.N. Choubey

To Mint in Jan 2018 , ……..A foreign firm has sent “unsolicited” letter of interest for Air India.

On May 10, …

…….“  There is a great deal of interest for Air India “

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CURRENT  COMMENTS  :

* Shri R N Choubey  ( yesterday )

“ It ( no response ) did not meet expectations of participation that we had . Inputs will be taken on what went wrong , and the plan is to reach the alternate mechanism ( AI GoM ) for solutions within a couple of weeks “

*  Aviation Ministry tweet

“ Further course of action will be decided appropriately “

*  Shri Suresh Prabhu / Shri Jayant Sinha

  No comments

MY  SUGGESTION :

Remains , more or less , the same as per my following email to the Cabinet Ministers :

Finding a Bakra ? Possible ?  [  04  June  2017  ]

https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2017/06/finding-bakra-possible.html

Air India : A Pride ?  [  09  Jan  2018 ]

https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2018/01/air-india-pride.html

 

 

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And as far as getting rid of those 20,000 + employees is concerned , I suggest that the Govt announce a VRS scheme , which is normally , “ One month’s salary for each completed year of service “

I believe , Air India’s annual salary-wages bill is approx. Rs 2,840 crore

So , may be , at a burden of Rs 5,680 crore , govt could ( on an average ) , pay a VRS sum of 24 months’ salary to each member of staff

Of course , I don’t expect anyone in NDA to seriously consider my suggestion since it would be “ politically incorrect “ , what with recent debacle in State Assembly polls and the looming 2019 elections

It would be much easier to convince the 840 million voters to keep forking out Rs 10 crore per day of tax payer money till 2019 elections

Will ED – CBI – IT – SFIO etc, ever get around to unearth “ which politician made how many thousand crore “ by purchasing / selling / leasing back , hundreds of Air crafts which Air India , just did not NEED  ?

If they do , expect that life-threatening “ MahaGathBandhan “ to lose a lot of steam !

01    June  2018

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#Google #GoogleJobSearch #Neighbourly

Is there a job in Neighbourhood  ?

It seems, Google just launched in Mumbai , a mobile app called “ Neighbourly “

For details , read :

https://inc42.com/buzz/google-launches-new-app-neighbourly-in-india/?

utm_source=Inc42+Main&utm_campaign=morning_newsletter_1_jun&utm_medium=email

The new app lets users ask questions like if there is a garage nearby, good haircut places and the mom and pop store (kirana) where you get a particular herb in the locality

Now this opens up a great opportunity for those “ mom and pop “ stores

Not only to sell their products / services but also to announce the vacancies ( jobs ) that they might want filled , only with “ local jobseekers “ , who can work 10 hours per day ( since , they don’t need to spend 2 hours on local trains , to / from  home - work place )

Having already launched “ Google Job Search “ , this extension to “ Neighbourly “ will pose no problem for Google

In a city like Mumbai , even those who are already employed , would be happy to accept a 10 % cut in their monthly salary , if they can get an “ equivalent “ job in the neighbourhood , and save 2 hours of daily commute !

I am glad that after waiting for 13 years , Google is finally appreciating what I offered to its then Country Manager , Shri Ashish Kashyap , in my letter dated Dec  31 , 2005

{ Read :

https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2018/04/googlejobs-jobsearch-googleindia.html  }

I have no idea if Shri Kashyap ever got to read my letter , but I am hoping Shri Sundar Pichai [ CEO – Google ] , found time to read my following e mail :

Challenges Worthy of Google ?  [  05  Jan  2017  ]

https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2017/01/challenges-worthy-of-google.html

01       June  2018

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