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The Fuzz around Automotive Industry and Fuel

Posted by Femalecentury on Thursday, July 24, 2008 7:46:53 AM
As for the here and now, there is as per my knowledge no other fuel that mankind is able to produce in unlimitted quantity which the individual car can run on but: Electricity.  And when it comes to cars: there is no need and no demand for less cars. With today´s high fuel price policy only one thing is achieved:  the commoner is not able to pay the fuel anymore, has to limit his mobility and thus decreasing the quality of his life and his lifestyle. Is that what is on the to-do list of politicians and environmentalists?  Look at Tatta Automotive in India. Tatta brought  out a Euro 1.700,00 car (= approx. USD 2.500,00). That is what people want. Access to cars, to mobility and to better living conditions for ALL!  Odd thing is that this USD 2.500,00 car is petrol/gasoline driven. Means a couple of million people more want to make use of such an inexpensive car and contribute to drying up fuel resources.
 
The city of London is a good example: after introducing the "entrance" fee to the wider London citycenter area for fuel (petrol/gasoline) driven cars, Londoners switched to cars running on electricity. These cars are not subject to use restrictions in the London city center, i.e. the owners do not have to pay the standard "entrance" or environmental fee.  Or to say it in other words: no Hybrid cars but fully electricity driven cars.
 
Only one hair in the soup: today´s standards of these electricity driven cars are such that the maximum distance the accumulator lasts is 60 miles. And then, the accumulator has to be re-charged.  So, what is the problem with equipping the car with 3 or more accumulators to increase the distance level?  Too heavy, to bulky and to cumbersome?
 
I am not a scientist and not a technician. But: if electricity can be generated via windmills / windwheels, what is the big issue with generating electricity via the wheels of a car?  When the 1st accumulator is employed to make the car drive and make the wheels of the car turning, this movement can be used to generate electricity for uploading the other two accumulators in the car.
 
Does not sound futuristic to mee.  I am inviting the comments telling why this should not be possible, neither in the long nore in the short run. Nisan is actually working on an accumulator for cars enabling increasing the distance possible to drive with one accumulator load to 400 miles. And these accumulators are said to be leight and environmental friendly, i.e. no excessive heat disposal.
What is the fuzz about mankind not being able to bring it to the next level?
 
I want to drive. And I want to be able to afford being mobile on an individual basis. Does it really need me to work on easy-to handle electricity cars?
 
 

 
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A reflection on Mobile Phone Maker NOKIA´s behavior

Posted by Femalecentury on Wednesday, July 23, 2008 9:14:51 AM
 
It is only a few years ago that NOKIA offered to create jobs in Germany by setting up a production plant for Mobile Phones in Bochum in the center of Germany.  Germany, as an economy struggling with a high unemployment rate, offers investors subsidies for creating employment opportunities. NOKIA received a total of Euro 40 Million (equals USD 65 Million as per today´s currency exchange rate).  Well, that was approx. 5 years ago.
 
In January this year, NOKIA announced that it would close down the Bochum plant and move its Mobile Phone production to Rumania, one of the new European Memeber States. Nokia argued that one one side the german mobile phone market was suggregated with (among others) Nokia mobile phones, that no high growth rates in mobile phone sales could be expected on the german market and that production in Rumania would be cheaper and the Rumania mobile phone market promissed big turnover.
 
The Nokia employees in Bochum ran storm against this announcement from the Finland based headquarter of NOKIA, but without result.  It was the department related to granting and monitoring the use of subsidies of the german State of Northrhine Westphalia that came up with the notion and with the accusation that NOKIA had "misused" the cashed in subsidies by not meeting the conditions. In a nutshell: NOKIA had failed to create approx. 100 of the promissed number of jobs in its Bochum work.  The state of Northrhine -Westphalia set out to take NOKIA to court and it appeared for a while that NOKIA did not mind going through the court procedures.
 
In may, NOKIA and the State of Northrhine Westphalia finally came to an agreement: NOKIA refunds (no information available so far in what way this refund will be done, i.e. in cash or in the form of some jobs left in the NOKIA Bochum plant) Euro 30 Million (approx. USD 48 Million). And that appears to be the end of the story.  What remains is a bad taste on the tongue.  No guarantee that NOKIA will behave in other countries different from the way it behaved in Germany.  After NOKIA is gone, some thousand people in Germany are back on the street.  Should be something the peole in Rumania and other countries selling NOKIA mobile phones should consider taking into consideration when planning life on a job with NOKIA.   What are the sales rates for NOKIA mobile phones in the U.S.? What is the growth rate potential and the number of jobs depending on that potential growth rates?
 
 
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Klaus (Nakschinski) Kinski - made a psycho in Europe - made a star in the U.S.

Posted by Femalecentury on Tuesday, July 22, 2008 3:13:36 AM

America: The Land of possibilities, chances and choices.  Klaus Kinski (german born under the name Klaus Nakschinski) who passe away about 17 years ago lived for the most part of his life in the U.S., together with his daughter who also became a movie celebrity in the U.S..

Today´s edition of a german newspaper releases information from a file dating back to the 1950ies: Klaus Kinski, then aged 24, was classified a psycho, schizophrenic, not curable. That diagnosis was made shortly before Klaus Kinski began his career as an actor, first in post-war Germany, later in the U.S..

What does it tell?  Well, especially when looking at the german medical system and its methods during WWII / the 3rd Reich it makes you wonna run from germany as fast as possible.  Or, it could be translated into: set yourself free, run for personal freedom and your mind will heal.   As an actor, I feel he was good - maybe a genius. Thanks to the U.S. for making a home for him.

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The King is dead - Long live the King

Posted by Femalecentury on Tuesday, July 22, 2008 3:01:11 AM
 
Much to the surprise of many people outside the U.S. was the appearance of George W Bush on televison yesterday night. All of a sudden people had to realize that Obama is not yet the president of the United States, that he is not even elected yet and that there is still somebody else presiding over the politics and economics in the United States.  It was sort of that with all the fuzz around Hillary Clinton, Obama and McCaine the public got to forget about Georg W. Bush.
 
However, when looking at French, British and German newspapers today it is that U.S. topics are dominating. Only thing is that the face changed. It is now Obamas face. And it is like there is a mutual agreement that this face belongs to the president of America.  Can´t recall such a media trouble around McCaine when he travelled Europe - actually can´t even recall that he did so in the past months.
 
Does it amount up to that the world around the U.S. has already done the presidential election. And the U.S. citizens follow the (foreign-) public view?
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Press Freedom and Censor

Posted by Femalecentury on Monday, July 21, 2008 12:00:00 AM
 
Internet makes it possible to have easy access to press from various countries to hear different opinions on Pros and Cons. However, when it comes to the U.S. and American economy I feel that foreign press comments on developments which impact the economy are frequently tinted. And maybe it is jealousy of the small and fragile economies or maybe it is the powerlessness of many economies which are constantly struggling for keeping up standards and policies. 
 
What I am trying to say is: due to the U.S. being a superpower it is that whatever the U.S. does has an impact on the economy of other countries. And it does not help much that the press in countries other than the U.S. frequently tries to trivialize whatever is going on in the U.S.; there appears to be no escape from U.S. influenced economical and political living and working conditions.
 
Whenever it came to major worldwide economic breakdown: the initiation point came from the U.S.; what is the rest of mankind going to do?  All becoming American?  Or smile at and hope for every single nitty-gretty backslash in American economy?   
 
A recently published song says something like "all my life watching America" - if it comes to being present in the press and in the minds of people America is constantly pushing forward. But is this to the welfare of the American people?  What does it bring the average American citizen that a growing number of people worlwide identify every American commoner with the Superpower and expect him or her to act and deal accordingly?
 
 
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