Dear rekans ysh.,
Berikut sekedar counter-information untuk check-and-recheck. (Si)apa yang benar, Allahu ta'ala a'lam. Jangan lupa bahwa, "News by the media is not only im-media-te but rather, it is media-ted," (Sardar 2000). Saya kira, yang lebih esensial adalah apabila kita semua anak bangsa sigap berkarya dan bijaksana memanfaatkan segenap potensi hati, akal, dan fisik sebagai problem solvers, bukan problem creators. :) Btw, semoga forward-an saya ini tidak serta-merta dianggap problem :), jadi marilah kita fokus kepada what-to-solve, rather than who-to-(be)-solve(d). :) Selamat berakhir pekan. Salam, Andri SI 93 "Bias-Bias Cak Andri" http://mandrib.kuyasipil.net/ http://mandrib.multiply.com/ Source: http://blogs.reuters.com/environment/ ---forwarded article begins--- Bali’s magic fuel December 5th, 2007, filed by Alister Doyle By Adhityani Arga Indonesian [photo] President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono inspects a low-emissions car during Bali U.N. meeting Gasoline made from plain water? An Indonesian company says it’s possible. In a lavish ceremony held on the sidelines of this week’s U.N.’s climate talks in Bali, the company launched a range of gasoline and diesel products under the name “blue energy” witnessed by Indonesian president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono himself. Just days before the launch, Indonesia’s environment Minister Rachmat Witoelar said that the country would have “its own fuel made out of plain water”. Five cars, pumped with “blue energy” that have made a 5-day trip from Jakarta to Bali went through a pollution test. The result: 50 percent lower emissions on average. Yudhoyono dubbed this “a winner for Indonesia”, cheered by the crowd in white-blue uniforms, while songs, written and composed by the president himself, played in the background. The company’s chairman said this could be Indonesia’s way out of the oil economy. In short, it’s a magic fuel. But the magic faded. The fuel is essentially a refined form of the liquid waste you get from oil drilling that would have otherwise have been pumped back underground. It has some element of hydrogen but it’s clearly not plain water. The science behind the new fuel is a bit of a blur. Chairman Heru Lelono admitted that this wasn’t new technology, in fact, many have done this before. The fact that the scientific explanations spread across the advertising panels were drowned by the patriotic jargons (”The Fuel of a United Indonesia” for instance) didn’t help either. Critics said the fuel was over-hyped while others cautiously applaud the effort, saying there needs to be more testing done and that the science behind the magic needs to be put under public scrutiny. Lelono took the criticism lightly. With strong political backing (the president co-founded a charity that later became the core of the company) he has set his aims high: to replace fossil fuel with water and reduce Indonesia’s emission. All he needs is a few billion dollars. ---forwarded article ends--- Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/immam/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/immam/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
