PIA’s three B-747 aircraft resume flights
akistan Inter-national Airlines (PIA) has resumed operating its three jumbo B-747 fleets for domestic and Umra flights recently after standing 70-days idle more
Few tips to cut your energy bill.
- Lower the temperature in your hot-water heater
- Have one person in your office turn off and unplug appliances at the end of the day
- Unplug unused appliances at home; boom boxes and cable boxes are particularly bad energy hogs
- Turn off your PC if you’re not using it for a couple of hours or more
- Turn thermostats down when it’s cold out, up when it’s warm out
- Rearrange furniture in your home to take advantage of natural lighting
- Replace incandescent lightbulbs with CFLs
- Use power strips that let you turn off multiple appliances at once
- Unplug your clothes dryer and use a clothesline instead
- Replace your showerhead with a more efficient model
- Take shorter showers
- Turn off the TV
- Use space heaters or air conditioners to heat or cool only the rooms you need to use
- Check seals on windows, doors and refrigerators
- Keep a flashlight handy for late-night bathroom trips instead of turning on lights
- Have camp lanterns and hand-cranked lighting handy
- Cook quick meals in the microwave instead of using the oven or a slow-cooker
- Don’t wash clothes unless they really need it; wear items two or more times if not offensive to yourself or others
- Wash dishes by hand in a single sinkful of water instead of using the dishwasher
- Switch to a wind-up alarm clock
- Grill outdoors instead of cooking inside
- Remove lightbulbs in multi-bulb fixtures where one or two bulbs will do
- Turn off heat or air conditioning when not at home (or leave on just enough to keep pipes from freezing, or to keep plants and animals comfortable)
- Turn off unnecessary store and electronics displays
- Vacuum refrigerator coils to ensure top efficiency
- Empty and unplug duplicate fridges, freezers, TVs and clocks
- Start car-pooling, walking or cycling
- Turn off plant and fishtank lights, and relocate plants and fish to sunnier parts of the house
- Cancel your cable/satellite TV service
- Run your shower just long enough to get wet, then turn off, soap up and turn water on again just long enough to rinse
- Cut down on Internet surfing, computer gaming, etc.
- Take “sink” baths instead of showers
GO Green: Pakistan ranked # 3 in world for solor cooking potensial.
After india and china, Pakistan ranked # 3; see this report 25 COUNTRIES
WITH THE GREATEST POTENTIAL BENEFITS FROM SOLAR COOKERS
As we are facing a huge shortage of power, it can also be seen as a very good opportunity to go green, save resources and be comfortable. I would suggest , start converting your old dish antenna frames in parabolic solar cookers, even better attach a stirling engine with it and run your electronics (at least) off the grid. Some more info on stirling engine based power generation projects.
Not sure if anyone manufactures solar or wind power generation machines in Pakistan?
Pakistani ethanol manufacturers demand subsidies
Pakistan Ethanol Manufacturers Association (PEMA) and Pakistan Sugar Mills Association (PSMA) demanded the government to waive or exempt permit fee and excise duty on ethanol being supplied to the Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) for blending with gasoline. more
Device on knee can produce electricity
Researchers have developed a device that generates electrical power from the swing of a walking person’s knee. With each stride the leg accelerates and then decelerates, using energy both for moving and braking. more
Airblue to buy seven new aircraft
Pakistan’s private airlines Airblue will buy 14 new generations’ A-320 aircraft, having worth $910 million with 50 percent financial collaboration of International Finance Cooperation (IFC) by the next five years. more
A380 leaves Singapore en route to Sydney
The Singapore Airlines A380 seats up to 800 passengers and is scheduled to touch down at Sydney Airport about 5:00pm (AEST).
Airbus chose the airline as the first to receive the $15 billion plane, which took about seven years to develop and was delivered 18 months late because of costly and persistent delays. more
PTCL wants to multi-meter net access.
PTCL implemented 5-minute duration of a local call whereas on government’s directive, Internet calls were exempted from multi-metering and universal Internet access numbering plan of 131 was accordingly introduced. Now a call will be charged every 15 minutes of the connectivity time. This means that for each 24 hours of Internet usage, the user will pay for 96 extra calls at the rate of approximately Rs 2.50 per call making the bill to be around Rs 240 in addition to ISP charges. Don’t get a heart attack, its not approved et.more
Mobilink nominated for WCA 2007
Mobilink’s nomination for “The Best Operator in a Developing Market” category in the WCA 2007 is a landmark occasion. more
PTA orders closure of six franchises of mobile phone operators
The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) Saturday directed mobile various phone operators to close six franchises in different cities for bypassing to standard procedure for issuance of SIMs. details