Thursday, June 05, 2008

Yet another Post

Another post? you have got to be kidding yourself. Three posts in a single night is a shock..even for myself...

Just wanted to comment on the petrol price increase. Although I don't agree that raising the price by 40% is the way to overcome the price increase in crude oil which currenty stand at approximately USD177 per barrel, however at the moment there is just no other way. After the price increase, Malaysians are still enjoying one of the cheapest petrol prices around Asia, perhaps maybe the world(I will clarify it once I get my facts right)

On the contrary, I beg to differ myself. Looking from another aspect, price increase is just a norm. 20years ago, a bowl of hokkien mee costs 5cents, now a bowl of the same size costs RM2.50. Apply the same principle to petrol. Ok, now that we can all see that the increase is in fact inevitable, we should have slowly cut down our dependence on petrol..i.e. BUCK UP the damn public transportation. If it was reliable, one household wouldn't see the need to own a minimum of 2 cars.

Stick to the 3Rs-Reduce, reuse, recycle
Asians especially, need to stop their plastic fanatism. One trillion plastic bags a year? Are you crazy? And STOP taking food for granted. Stop wastage. Has it ever occured to you that everytime you throw your bowl of rice or vegetable away, there are thousands starving away in some corner in this world? People are starving of hunger and yet there are people that purposely starve themselves to achieve that sickly frail thin look.(i just deviated from what i started with)

Perhaps the increase comes just in time to make people realise that and be a little more appreciative

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