Category Archives: Environment

SIXTEEN TONS

August 11, 2007 – 9:50 pm

As a kid I loved Tennessee Ernie Ford’s hit SIXTEEN TONS. “Sixteen tons and what do you get. Another day older and deeper in debt.” Even to this day the coal industry touts ‘clean-coal, but I’ve been to China, a country phlegmatic hackers. It is not a mating call and I developed a throat-clearing hack after a few weeks […]

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Darwin Award Candidate 2007

August 11, 2007 – 9:32 pm

Charles Darwin’s SPECIES OF MAN fostered the theory of evolution ie that Man has earned his ascendancy through survival of the fittest, however my personal belief is that Man evolved from miscegenation not from apes, but several animal groups and judging from the size of tourists on the beaches of Pattaya, the most likely candidate would be […]

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Gasohol – Pro / Con

July 23, 2007 – 11:11 pm

Thai auto dealers have confirmed that their cars and motorcycles can run on Gasohol 95 and 91 without any engine damage. Thousands of rai are being converted to sugar cane production to answer the predicted surge in demand for Gasohol. Sugar sweeter than candy to free the world from Gas. I had been a hippie […]

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Ocean One Pattaya Zombie Condo

June 5, 2007 – 11:00 pm

The Ocean One Tower planned for Pattaya, Thailand will not just be the tallest building in Thailand, it will also be eco-friendly. The Wall Street Journal recently ran a piece on environmentally-friendly architecture in Asia and highlighted this project, a 91-story beachfront condo development. OCean One in Jomtien is a project which just won’t quit. […]

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Water Quality Alert – Pattaya

May 27, 2007 – 6:44 am

Alan Pratt tells a story about making love to a Thai woman in the waters off Jomtien Beach. The year was 1987. “The moon was rising and the water was cyrstal clear. Fish flitted across the surface, as I held this girl in my arms, thinking it doesn’t get better than this.” 20 years is […]

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