SAVE THE FUEL!!!

This is a bit of Maths. Lets ring some disappointments to all those greenheads who think that bicycling to work daily will save this earth.

Case in point : Formula 1

Average fuel consumption by one car on raceday : 200 litres
Number of cars running the full race : 16
Total fuel consumed on raceday : 3200 litres
Total fuel consumed over complete race weekend : 4000 litres ( being too optimistic)

Case in point : Average 2 wheeled commuter

Daily distance traveled : 20 Km
Distance traveled in a month : 25 x 20 = 500 Km
Mileage returned by humble 2 wheeler : 50 Kmpl
Fuel consumption in a month : 10 litres
Annual fuel consumption : 12 x 10 = 120 litres
4000 litres consumed in : 33.33 years

Conclusion : The fuel an average commuter would burn in 33 years is smoked up over a weekend by a bunch of motoring enthusiasts cheered up by millions of fans.
Now go ahead and sweat it out for a day on bicycle and proclaim that you saved your dear earth!!!

Nissan GT-R

This car is amazing. The Nissan GT-R. And the USP of this car is that it laps the Nurburgring Nordschliefe in 7 minutes 32 seconds. This is 3 seconds faster than the Porsche 911. Good. But what's the point?? Will anyone go out and buy a car that does a fast lap on some track; whose name isn't that easy to spell? Fact is; YES they will. 'Cause the track is mother of all tracks and every manufacturer tunes its car to go faster than others around here.
The icing is that GT-R is about half the price of 911. Now which set of wheels would you choose? Decisions decisions.......

The new Mercedes E-class 2010

So here it is. The new Mercedes E-class slated for 2010 launch. And what does it look like??? To me, a bit like CLS. And my personal feelings?? You see, E-class is a step above the entry level and this feels to outspoken for that. I would prefer the current E-class. Thank you please.

Active and reactive power

I have found nice paper that explains the difference between active and reactive power.
You can get it here

Whats the cost of a human life?

I know, the answer to the question above will be priceless. But still, people laugh when they are asked to shell out a 1000 bucks for their life. Confused?
This is what happened when I tried to convince a friend of mine to buy a helmet. He rides a bike worth Rs. 50000 and drives like he has inherited the soul of Rossi but does not want to spend 1 percent of the cost of his bike for something that can actually save his life.
Oh yes, people are intelligent and do not need to be taught but how can wake a person who acting to be asleep?

Bikes going bigger.....but are our brains???

Recently, I came across a kid who was so tiny he could barely get his foot on the ground from his Scooty Pep and was racing a similar kid, on a Pleasure. He entered a blind turn at......you won't believe......50kmph.
This is sight not too uncommon. A boy, 16 years old, I heard crashed his new bike; a 225cc; on an SUV at 60kmph and rest is too gory to tell.
Where is this taking us? Bikes that are as fast as anywhere in the world are landing in India but one can still get driving license without showing their face to the authorities and worse still, nobody cares if you have license or not. We want bikes as big as the ones abroad but can we learn even half skills of those drivers? Till then, many such reckless riders, and worse still, the fellow riders who by their ill fate fall prey to these killer machines will fill up the hospitals, queue up the insurance agencies and put precious human lives to waste.

India Rising: Despite politics

'Same Language Subtitling', a brainchild of Dr Brij Kothari, a social entrepreneur and an IIM Ahmedabad professor, is a simple but powerful idea which is proven to improve literacy among adults and children. Here, the lyrics are subtitled on film songs, and words appear in sync with the actor's voice. Between 1997 and 2002, he made countless attempts to persuade Doordarshan allow him to subtitle film songs on TV. Each time he was thrown out of their offices. In 1999, a new director at the Ahmedabad Kendra agreed to experiment with subtitles on four episodes of the Gujarati programme, Chitrageet. It created such a sensation that they had to continue it for a year. Now it has become a regular on the Chitrahaar and Rangoli, telecast every morning on Doordarshan. This he funded with $250,000 global innovation prize from the World Bank.
A Nielsen-ORG study, conducted in 2002 and 2007 to assess the impact of subtitling, showed that only 25% school children could read a simple paragraph in Hindi after five years of schooling. However, this jumped to 56% if they were also exposed to subtitling for 30 minutes a week on Rangoli. Equally dramatic results were found among adults.
Hats off to these true Indians!!!!