Tuesday, December 25, 2007
Cambodia Scuba diving Photo's
I am writing a artcle for a Cambodia travel magazine and I was looking through some old pictures from this time of the tyear out at Koh Tang as you can see from the photos there was excent visability that day in the Thailand Gulf just 35 miles from sihanoukville. 
Thursday, December 20, 2007
Muse in Phnom Penh Cambodia on energy alternative
I was watching a program last night on TV on energy and i still find it hard to believe that alternative energy is being fought so hard. We will have a real crisis in not so many years if we don't start taking action now to curtail it.
I think everyone can start looking at there lifestyles and figure out how you can reduce reuse or recycle. I recently got a new apartment in Phnom Penh and I replaced the air con with a new one and the difference in the energy bill is $50 a month on average so the new air con will pay for itself in 4 months. now some will say turn the air con off all together I agree if I was comfortable but I am not so I use it as minimally as I can.
I think that in modern society it is impossible to live with out using energy the thing we need to do is use it smartly and move towards renewable I also look for and buy alternative energy stocks DSTI is my most recent buy as they have a non silicon based system that is getting 10% efficiency and is bendable once they can get this being generated in bulk the technology can be used on the outside of buildings to generate electricity.
If you know of a good alternative energy stock please let me know here on the blog thanks
I think everyone can start looking at there lifestyles and figure out how you can reduce reuse or recycle. I recently got a new apartment in Phnom Penh and I replaced the air con with a new one and the difference in the energy bill is $50 a month on average so the new air con will pay for itself in 4 months. now some will say turn the air con off all together I agree if I was comfortable but I am not so I use it as minimally as I can.
I think that in modern society it is impossible to live with out using energy the thing we need to do is use it smartly and move towards renewable I also look for and buy alternative energy stocks DSTI is my most recent buy as they have a non silicon based system that is getting 10% efficiency and is bendable once they can get this being generated in bulk the technology can be used on the outside of buildings to generate electricity.
If you know of a good alternative energy stock please let me know here on the blog thanks
Sunday, December 16, 2007
Mosquito, Good trick to kill them with!
I learned something that I find to be helpful. If you are hunting that mosquito that has been bothering you.. if you lather up your hands when you swat at them they stick to your hand, and then you can put them out of your misery Now that I live in Phnom Penh this is a real good thing to know to lessen the chance of catching dengue fever which will knock the dodo out of you for a weeks at a time if you get a bad case of it.
Wednesday, December 12, 2007
Cambodia getting more expensive
i have noticed alot lately that there is a energy tax being applied everywhere in Cambodia and the world, but it seems that it is seen more readily here as one of the ways that the Cambodian goverment taxes is through the gas pump.
From a tax collection stand point it makes sence as you get everybody and every industry by taxing energy. The problem is that you are also raising costs accross the board and not getting any added value. It makes more sence to tax products and industry after they have had a chance to make money with the little bit of capitol that is aailable, so what happens is that companies cannot afford to expand faster as they are just keeping pace with the increases in energy. for a lot of business in Cambodia if the energy was taxed later they would be able to expand which means more jobs and more taxs eventually comming in. It is sad that this is the way it is becuase the ones that lose the most opertunities are the ones that can least afford it.
From a tax collection stand point it makes sence as you get everybody and every industry by taxing energy. The problem is that you are also raising costs accross the board and not getting any added value. It makes more sence to tax products and industry after they have had a chance to make money with the little bit of capitol that is aailable, so what happens is that companies cannot afford to expand faster as they are just keeping pace with the increases in energy. for a lot of business in Cambodia if the energy was taxed later they would be able to expand which means more jobs and more taxs eventually comming in. It is sad that this is the way it is becuase the ones that lose the most opertunities are the ones that can least afford it.
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