Rice price is Rise!...

In the moment where all the peoples in the world had worried about the fuel price that keep increasing..now, the new disaster had came...The rice price is also rising...What had happen until this essential item also need to be rice..

According to the Agriculture Secretary Arthur Yap quoted M Syeduzzaman, chair of BOC Bangladesh Ltd, Bangladesh Rice Foundation said that the reason for the rice price increase is:

1.A supply largely affected by an increased demand resulting from rising population.

2.Climate change.

3.Booming demand for biofuels.

4.Continuous conversion of agricultural lands to non-agriculture use.

5.Neglect of irrigation facilities.

This problem is referring to the world largest rice exporter such as Cambodia, India and others...but it is not applicable to Malaysia because neither of it is happen to our country and also our rice product is totally for local use...

Malaysian paddy field product can support up to 70% of local demand in rice and only 30% of the rice product were import from other countries...So what we can say is, we are not totally depend on export rice...So, the question is why our country also suffered the rice price crisis although we are the country which can produce rice by ourselves....?

It seem that there is a manipulation in rice price by the wholesaler in Malaysia. The issue where some of the wholesaler change the price of 15% shattered rice to the price of 5-10% shattered rice price had made peoples realized that how cruel are they...In pursuing profit, they could do that...

Many of the peoples had suggest to the government where they should think about distributing the rice to the peoples without using the wholesaler and the 'middle person' to ensure the Malaysian rice stock is distribute well without any divertion...

But this issue that really matter now is, what can Malaysian government do in solving this matter?...Any strategy that will be introduced by Barisan Nasional(BN) governement now will effect the perspectives of the Malaysian peoples either it will be positive or else...

Either they realized or not, this issue is not just an issue that will effect Malaysian peoples live..but also effecting their parties relevancy...Malaysian peoples will always watching their strategy to cater the need of peoples and also their party....

Pig Waste Turn Into Biogas...is it worth to invest 100 million ringgit??

After a few week debating about the pig issue in Sepang, Selangor...the issue is still on debate...The Kampung Tumbuk's residents is still not satisfied with the new Selangor state government idea in making a modern pig farm that using Germany technology in designing the farm and and waste treatment (see link).

Many of us will think like this....if 1 pig cost is about RM600..if RM100 million..it's about 166666 pig will be breed in the project...well, this is totally a crap thinking way... The big amount of money is maybe an amount for the new system investment...


Before we go more further, do you know how is the conventional pig farm manage their pig waste..??

Some of the farm use a proper waste treatment such as sedimentation, filtration, and microb digestion as similar to our municipal waste treatment.

A Sedimentation tank at the pig farm in Malaysia

But some of the farm like to take an easy and cheaper way to get rid of their pig waste by channeling the waste directly to the river and sea...

The Pig Waste that been channeled to the Morib Beach

The Pig Waste that is channeling into the river in Penang

So the fact here is, the old-school technique in treating the pig waste is actually not effective...Either you like it or not...a new system need to be introduce....

The ONLY BEST WAY TO TREAT PIG WASTE IS BY...NOT CHANNEL IT INTO THE WATER either it's been treated well or not...BUT HOW???....

The best technique is by changing the waste into a biogas.....a fancy word huh.....i know what you think......WHAT IS BIOGAS??...and HOW TO CHANGE THE WASTE INTO BIOGAS...

Farm biogas plant in Southwest Scotland

According to Wikipedia, Biogas typically refers to a gas produced by the biological breakdown of organic matter in the absence of oxygen. Biogas originates from biogenic material and is a type of biofuel. One type of biogas is produced by anaerobic digestion or fermentation of biodegradable materials such as biomass, manure or sewage, municipal waste, and energy crops.

The easy word is..turning shit into gas by fermentation in a close tank....

How to make biogas?...Here is the sample of the BIOGAS system diagram...


This technology is not a new technology, but we never think to try it....IS IT WORTH TO CHANGE A USELESS SHIT INTO A USEFUL METHANE GAS...???

The answer is YES, it's very...very worth it....plus the waste will not be discharge to our water sources again...

Biogas is a renewable energy source...In the age of high petrol price..we must have some plan in cater the need of fuel for vehicles...We understand that government can't hold the petrol subsidies for a long time as the oil price keep increasing...but rather than you wait and see, better have a plan in finding a new energy source now....Is it??

So, this is the best time and best source to replace fossil fuel....Why don't we try??...

Next time, when peoples say something about a new idea...make sure you know what they are talking about....Understand it....and think about the pros and contras...and if the pros is more than cons.....Shut up and let the project go on...Don't let your political enthusiasm and fanatic do the judge...LET YOUR WISDOM AND BRAIN DECIDE IT....