INDIAN DREAMS Vs REALITY: MANAGING OIL ECONOMY CAN BE A GAME CHANGER IN INDI...: Oil economics the biggest thorn in the Indian growth story   needs immediate attention by the planners and rulers of India. Its contributi...

INDIAN DREAMS Vs REALITY: NUCLEAR POWER AT WHAT COST?????: With the never ending quest for more and more comforts for man, the energy requirements of our globe are growing up rather fast. The advan...

INDIAN DREAMS Vs REALITY: ENERGY SECURITY: THE MAGIC OF SOLAR ENERGY FOR CHANDIGARH.
Chandigarh with its controlled and uniform skyline and vast spaces of parks is potentially one of the most suitable cities to realize its energy security through the magic of solar energy. Recently the government of India has proposed to develop it as a "Solar City". Based on the analysis of potential for demand side measures along with that of supply side augmentation through renewable energy technologies, the following targets are proposed for Chandigarh in order to develop it as a “Solar City”. The concept of Solar Cities  is being taken up all over our globe as humanity is aware of deleterious effects of global warming and fast depletion of fossil fuels. The government of India has also come up with a plan to develop 60 solar cities, Chandigarh being one of them. Looking at the potential of solar energy in a planned city like Chandigarh the targets set are minuscule and a lot more can be done and achieved in this endeavor. The targets set in the master plan are mentioned in the table below.

INDIAN DREAMS Vs REALITY: NEW MANTRA OF INDIAN POLITICS: 

The Indian general elections are scheduled for April- May 2014 and as usual all political parties are working overtime on their strategies to fool the voter to grab power for another five years to make merry at the cost of public exchequer and continue with their loot of the national wealth unabashedly. All leaders are well aware of the public disenchantment and disgust over the way this country has been ruled for the last sixty plus years and the manipulations of all these leaders in sucking the blood of  anemic/bloodless masses.

Earlier elections were fought and won on the capacity and capability of the leaders to malign their opponents, citing dangers to secularism,democracy, constitution and even the existence of the nation. To day it appears that these leaders have developed a realization that such rhetoric is not going to work 

It all started with Indian National Congress when they put all bad governance, failure on economic front including high inflation and failure to rein in corruption and black money on the government of the day. All high rhetoric people centric measures like Right to Information (RTI), Right to Education, Right to Food and National Rural Employment Guarantee Act ( The intentions and efficacy of these notwithstanding ) were attributed to the party/organisation or in short to Sonia Gandhi / Rahul Gandhi combine. To day Mulayam Singh Yadav, supremo of Samajwadi party put up a similar plea wherein he squarely put blame and failures on the party and made a desperate plea for not getting punished for the misdeeds/follies of his party's government in the state. Similarly Bhartiya Janta Party is doing the mockery of dumping some of the big names without doing anything worthwhile to set their house in perfect order. It is a known fact that no leader in this country has vanished into oblivion because of the misdeeds of bad governance, criminal activity or economic offence.

After Fukushima Disaster, Advocates Argue Only Safe Nuclear Power Is None At All

Posted: 10/10/2013

NEW YORK -- What lessons should Americans learn from the continuing disaster surrounding the crippled Fukushima nuclear facility in Japan? A panel of experts, diplomats and activists came together Tuesday to argue their case for an end to the controversial energy source, or improved safety measures at the very least, and to express their concerns about potential causes for a similar meltdown stateside.

The shuttered Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant has been an ongoing source ofradioactive leaks since March 2011, when the region was hit with an 8.9-magnitude earthquake and a resultant tsunami. Nuclear regulators formally announcedwidespread leakage this August, and officials have sharply criticized the apparent months-long delay in response. TEPCO, the energy company that operates the reactor, has asked for international assistance to control the spills after announcing plans to build a subterranean ice wall to contain contaminated water. Meanwhile, the leaks persist.

Tuesday's event, titled "The Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Accident: Ongoing Lessons," was organized by the Samuel Lawrence Foundation, an anti-nuclear nonprofit based in California. Speakers included former Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan, activist Ralph Nader and Gregory Jaczko, the former head of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

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