According to Yahoo!Malaysia News:

TEHRAN, Iran – Iran’s parliament voted Saturday to designate the CIA and the U.S. Army as “terrorist organizations,” a largely symbolic response to a U.S. Senate resolution seeking a similar designation for Iran’s Revolutionary Guards.

The parliament said the Army and the CIA were terrorists because of the atomic bombing of Japan; the use of depleted uranium munitions in the Balkans, Afghanistan and Iraq; support of the killings of Palestinians by Israel; the bombing and killing Iraqi civilians and the torture of imprisoned terror suspects.

“The aggressor U.S. Army and the Central Intelligence Agency are terrorists and also nurture terror,” said a statement by the 215 lawmakers who signed the resolution at an open session of the 290-member Iranian parliament. The session was broadcast live on state-run radio.

The resolution, which urges Ahmadinejad’s government to treat the two as terrorist organizations, would become law if ratified by the country’s hardline constitutional watchdog but probably would have little effect as the two nations have no diplomatic relations.

Ahmadinejad’s government was expected to wait for U.S. reaction before making its decision. The White House declined to comment Saturday.

This is tit-for-tat actions by Iran to go against the United States may spell serious troubles ahead. This labeling of CIA and US Army as Terrorist may be a declaration of “war against terror” might trigger the “smoking gun” that the USA is looking for. The event of any one of them tries to exercise the “preemptive strike” against each other may signal a all out war that some countries are looking for. The reasons are the last patch of cheap low sulphur easily refined abundance of oil at the caspian sea, this might even trigger much bigger conflict then USA can manage alone…

Why is this political news surface in an energy blog? This is because this war alone will block 20% of the world oil supply at the Strait of Hormuz in an event of a war or attack of IRAN. This will spike the world crude oil prices to unprecedented levels and crash the world economy instantly. Unless a swift victory by USA is accomplished without retaliation from allies of IRAN then it might be lessen the burden but the very news of war with IRAN alone will spike the oil prices.

This to my personal view and many other people’s view will be catastrophic and has unthinkable consequences.

I sincerely pray that there will be no such war to come in my life time to create much hardship to the world    

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According to Singapore Power | (Chart)

For the quarter 1 Oct to 31 Dec 07, the electricity tariffs will be increased by an average 4.29% or 0.86 cents per kWh due to the higher cost of electricity arising from higher fuel oil prices. The revised tariffs are shown in the table attached (Appendix 1).

For the period 1 Oct to 31 Dec 07, tariffs are pegged to a higher forward fuel oil price of US$58.06 or S$87.46 per barrel. The forward fuel oil price is 12.91% higher than that of US$51.42 or S$77.45 per barrel for the current quarter.

The electricity tariff is reviewed quarterly and adjusted accordingly in line with the fluctuation in the cost of electricity.Ok, it comes as no surprise to this hike in electricity prices as predicted in the previous post and it’s portrayed as non-terrifying hike of about 4.29% and the chart given does look like the tariff has not really change at all…wait!

Check out the scale on the tariff cents/kWh!! It’s in the bigger scale which is in direct comparison with the fuel oil prices! Let’s examine it closer…

Fuel Oil Prices Ranges from $32.13 to maximum of $88.52 with the scale of $10 per unit which is acceptable as the difference between $88.52 and $32.13 is is about $56.39. The Electrical Tariff on the other hand ranges from $15.02 to $21.38 is $6.36!!! This can’t be using $10 per unit scale to chart the electrical tariff!! It should be using a smaller scale size! Check out my own Chart created by open source office (NeoOffice).

So by using my chart on the left side, you can see that the actual increase in the electrical tariff actually have a much similar movement of the fuel oil prices then the one portrayed in the Singapore Power’s own tariff chart.

Why they have to do this? What’s the reason behind the “mistake”? Is it done on purpose? I guess the less people know that their tariff had been moving so dramatically the better!! Most people will just shrug it off and say it’s nothing!

The next fuel oil hike will be even more dramatic! So start conserving electricity now!!!

Thanks Lowem for your backlink!

According to Yahoo!Finance:

Malaysia to Consider Increasing Natural Gas Prices

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia may reduce a government subsidy on natural gas sold to power producers and other industries due to rising gas prices, the prime minister said Monday.

The national oil and gas company Petronas, or Petroliam Nasional Bhd., has been pushing for a reduction in subsidies, saying it has provided nearly 50 billion ringgit ($14 billion) in natural gas subsidies since 1997.

State-owned power firm Tenaga and other independent power producers are the main buyers of natural gas from Petronas. Energy Minister Lim Keng Yaik recently ruled out a hike in electricity tariffs even if there is an increase in gas price.

Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said the government will conduct a study on the situation, including the implications of a price hike on the public and various industries.

“Our gas price is 70 percent lower than the market price,” Abdullah told reporters. “This is a very, very high subsidy. The question is, is this sustainable? … Can we continue with this situation?”

Abdullah said officials will need time to make a decision, but he indicated the government believes a price hike will not hurt industries.

“We will make a decision as soon as we are satisfied and all calculations have been made,” Abdullah said.

Petronas has reportedly said it is charging 6.40 ringgit ($1.83) per million British thermal units since 1997, even though the gas costs about 40 ringgit ($11.40) per million British thermal units.

Energy Minister Lim Keng Yaik recently said Petronas had to import some gas at market rates from Indonesia and Thailand to meet domestic demand, but still sold the gas at subsidized rates.

So, once the price of Malaysia’s electricity hiked…it’s time for their Natural Gas Price and depending on how they generate electricity it will be round 2 for another hike!

For Singapore, it will be swift and no questions asked! Just watch October 1st newspaper report for the coming tariff increase! ($/kWh) for Singapore Power! Let’s enjoy the current ride…and prepare for the worst! No more lies, no more covering up the facts.

I saw a documentary about how the Japanese cover up the fact that they had lost the war in the battle of Mid-Way to their own civilians which turn the tide of the world war against them. The bet for a optimistic Japanese for a swift victory ended bitterly and their propaganda media brings about their own illusion of victory and ended in huge suffering and unnecessary loss of lives. (If the Japanese media reported the truth and end the war earlier such as a simple surrender there will be a better ending right?)

The world is now in the illusion of growth with well chosen words in the general media for reporting of the weakening of American Dollars by showing the growth of other currencies.

The economist optimism is reasoned that the fall of one market means a rise of another hence there will always be something to invest in and it’s just which share that we should bet on.

Optimism, the best mind set for stability but not sustainability. The frog is boiling in cold water now…and soon it will be too late to jump out of the boiling water as the frog are used to it now.

The world just wake up to a much higher oil prices then ever before, there are many speculation from stronger demand and “tight” supply to possible storm ahead coincide with spike in demand during winter. There are others who talk softly about possible war with IRAN by the France.

There are many possible reasons to this sudden spike in oil prices but other then the “peak oil” theory that made headlines world wide that the world is about to reach or already passed the peak of oil production and soon goes into inevitable declines in oil supplies creating higher oil prices and political tension between countries that need the last patch of oil somewhere in the middle east (No Hint and no prize guessing where)

It’s almost inevitable that human might fight each other to the last breath for the “normal” way of life of the world “technology” dependent human race. The very technology that made possible with cheap fossil fuels, without cheap fossil fuels (expensive) man can find themselves back in pre-industrial age.

The only possible solution now is conservation, green revolution and population reduction. But all these solutions are very unpopular and anti-growth that the world is so used to by now. The capitalism effect that view growth is the main positive outcome of every country, the politician will view that it’s good only when there is growth in the GDP or taxes for the country.

So when will man kind learn their lessons since world war 1 & 2 are fought basically for fossil fuels and eventually it will be another bad ending.

Learn how to conserve fuel, electricity and recycle now and immediately!

Thanks Lowem for the latest updates at his blog!!!

I just got information from my friend about the possibility of creating fire using salt water. The simple process of using high inverted Radio Frequencies to target the salt water and breaking the bonds of Water (H2O) into Hydrogen and Oxygen and the hydrogen then ignites into fire.

This stroke of luck comes about when someone ask him if his machine can desalinate water but instead of getting heat, he gets fire!

From the whole video process, I can only see a possible water to hydrogen process that many had already achieved but kept their invention in secret. This is possibly the same way how some other inventors had tried to pass their “Hydrogen On Demand” machine as real…

Water + Salt and high frequencies create Fire and heat…that may run combustion engines…hmm sounds good? I deduce that the big MISSING link is …..

How much electricity are used to create that radio frequencies in the first place and is it really efficient to run itself? (Very big question indeed)

If it can run itself generation sufficient heat to electricity and back to frequencies without loss of energy to get high EROEI Rate then maybe this can be truly a significant free energy device.

EROEI = Energy Return Over Energy Invested

This magnet that I had taken out of my spoiled hard disk can be used for any kind of school projects or sustainable energy development projects and this means you can get the most value out of the spoiled hard disk…(other then sending this directly to the man who buy old newspaper)

Below are some of the photos that I had taken using my hand phone while stripping the hard disk apart using a special T8 Screw Driver for electronics. (Purchasable either in a package with other screws size or individually but it’s hard to find) It’s head is not the normal shape screw driver it’s star shaped and when buying bring along a old hard disk to try it first.

According to Bloomberg :
OPEC Raises Output 500,000 Barrels/Day to Ease Prices (Update4)

Sept. 11 (Bloomberg) — OPEC agreed to increase oil production for the first time in more than a year, concerned that near-record prices would damage a world economy already suffering from weakness in the U.S. housing industry.

Saudi Arabia, the largest member of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, led the group to add 500,000 barrels a day to its current production level, starting in November. The new target will be 27.2 million barrels a day, Kuwait’s acting Oil Minister Mohammed Abdullah al-Aleem said in an interview.

Let’s examine the figures, at first glance it looks rather huge numbers with all the zeros added with the special effects team of the news agency.

500,000 barrels per day = 500 thousands barrels.

World Oil Consumption per day = 82,234,918 bbl/day (According to NationMaster)

Let’s calculate how much the world uses per second

82,234,918 divided by 24 hours divided by 60 minutes divided by 60 seconds = 951.79303 barrels per second!!

So how long does this output boost of 500,000 bbl/day can help the world?

500,000 / 951.79303 = 525.32429 seconds = 8.7554048 Minutes (8.755 Minutes in short)

Those who view OPEC is the hero for boosting the “modest” oil output will see otherwise after doing their own calculation.

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According to Kustler.com-> EnergyBulletin-> Lowem’s Blog

- A letter from a British oil industry employee to Jim Kunstler:

Dear Mr Kunstler,

As someone who works in the UK oil industry, I thought you might be interested in a view of how prepared the UK is for possible (!) future oil shortages.I have just finished a stint as an engineer [company name removed to protect identity of writer] on the Forties pipeline terminal. Prior to that position I had spent some 30 years working in various parts of the oil and nuclear sectors as a chemical/process engineer.

The career outlined above has enabled me to gain an acute insight of how the UK oil industry is preparing for the (dim) future. Essentially the oil industry is abandoning the UK. BP has either sold-off or closed all its UK refineries ( the last one to go was their Grangemouth refinery) and now only retains the Forties & Sullom Voe interests. Shell is planning to swap over to Middle-east crude around 2011 at its single remaining UK refinery and is busy selling off most of its European refineries. Any questions as to whether any Middle-east crude will be available to the UK in 2011 are studiously ignored in Shell. The general attitude is one of, ‘Since we will need the oil, it will be available’. All of the above points to the oil companies foreseeing a pretty bleak future for their UK and European refining operations.

Within BP, the message from senior management is that their Forties terminal will still be in operation 20 years from now. What they fail to mention, even to their own employees is just how little oil and gas will be coming out of the North sea then …

This scary letter continues in Energy Bulletin to even more hair raising confession of the oil employees in the UK…very scary indeed! Thanks Lowem for updating me!!

According to Yahoo!News:

VIENNA (AFP) – OPEC oil ministers arrive in Vienna on Monday, under pressure to help combat high crude prices, which have surged to near-record highs and loom as a new risk for the global economy.

The outcome is uncertain of a formal meeting on Tuesday, when the group will decide whether to raise output, amid speculation that Saudi Arabia is preparing to persuade its reluctant partners of the need for an increase.

High oil prices, which are within striking distance of 80 dollars a barrel, have become an added burden for the world economy in addition to financial market turbulence from a crisis in the US “subprime” housing market.

OPEC producers find themselves under pressure from consumer countries to bring down prices, but they are aware that the outlook for oil demand is clouded given the question marks over global economic growth.

Qatari Oil Minister Abdullah bin Hamad al-Attiyah summed up the dilemma for the 12-member group as he arrived on Sunday, saying that an increase in supply risked coinciding with a fall in demand because of weakness in the United States.

“What if I increase oil (production), and nobody will buy it?” said al-Attiyah, who is in favour of keeping output unchanged.

OPEC produces about a third of world crude supplies.

His remarks reflect anxiety in OPEC that the oil exporters’ group could bow to pressure to increase production, only to find demand falling as a result of slowing economic growth, particularly in the United States.

In 1997, OPEC increased output as the Asian financial crisis was developing and crude prices crashed to 10 dollars in 1999 because of falling demand and fears of a global recession.

“We don’t want the world economy dragged (by oil prices),” said al-Attiyah. “We know if the US catches a cold then we will start coughing.”

Last week, oil prices in New York tested their record level of 78.77 dollars per barrel, reached on August 1, before closing at 76.70 dollars on Friday.

Qatar, Iran, Kuwait, United Arab Emirates and Libya have all spoken in favour of keeping output unchanged, but kingpin Saudi Arabia was said Sunday to be in favour of an increase.

The Washington-based oil consultancy PFC Energy, citing oil ministry sources, said that Saudi Arabia, the most influential OPEC member, would make the case for a production hike to help ease the burden of high prices.

“PFC Energy understands that Saudi sources have been signalling that OPEC needs to consider a production increase of 500,000 barrels per day to 1.0 million bpd,” said analyst David Kirsch.

Any attempt by Saudi Arabia to sell an increase in output is likely to face opposition, with many members insisting the market is adequately supplied with crude and that recent price gains are beyond OPEC’s control.

“I don’t think there should be an output increase. I don’t think the market needs that for the time being,” Shukri Ghanem, head of Libya’s National Oil Company, told reporters as he arrived in the Austrian capital.

Under usual OPEC practice, ministers hold a series of bilateral talks in their luxury hotels in Vienna on Monday before meeting as a group on Tuesday to make a formal decision on output.

Some analysts have warned however that inflexibility by OPEC members could lead to new record oil prices.

Experts at Barclays Capital have warned that “complete ministerial inaction would most likely mean not only new all-time highs being set, but highs well into the 80 dollars and perhaps beyond.”

The uncertainty about the world economy stems from problems in the US housing sector, which have caused losses for banks and raised concerns that borrowing could be severely restricted.

This has raised the spectre of falling economic growth, leading some to speculate about a recession in the United States.

The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), which expanded to 12 countries in January when African producer Angola joined, produces about 30.5 million barrels per day.

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