If youve been to Metro Manila, i doubt you havent seen a tarpaulin. Just look at those big billboards along EDSA. And how about those smallers ones hung on lampposts?
The tarpaulin business has been booming the last few years. From 30/sqft printing on tarpaulin, they've gone down to 12/sqft due to the cutthroat competition. But that's a sign of a good economy right? Well, that's if you dont friggin care about the environment.
I've been wondering for a while. Where do all those tarpaulins go? They're not biodegradable right? A lot might go to recycling centers, so they can make them into bags and such. And still, those aren't gonna decompose when you throw them out. So do you burn them? Is it safe for me to assume that going that way will release toxic fumes into the atmosphere? Because my lungs would voice it's protest if it had lips.
So if that's the case, why are we using them? Because it's cheap and durable. But cant we use cheap and durable materials that are biodegradable? How about katcha? Theyre made of cloth right? And cloth is biodegradable. And they're durable too, arent they? Even for a while. It's not as if you're gonna put up a billboard and let it stay there for years.
Aren't those old movie billboards from years back painted on katcha? I've no idea. But i do think that katcha is biodegradable, and better if you can use water based pigments on them. If they can put colorful pictures on clothes, im sure you can put them on katcha.
The government should do something about it. Using katcha will probably help the local communities. We'll be stirring up the local economy by getting these materials within the country. All we need are printing machines that can print on them. We can probably have the DOST figure that out or some of our enterprising inventors.
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Jan 25 2011 Buenda Makati Bus Bombing
In the last 48 hours, 5 people died and several injured from a bombing of a public bus around Buendia, Makati City.
These are just ordinary folks who put their faith in the government to protect them in exchange for paying their dues as citizens in the form of taxes and even just being consumers. If you look at it from a business standpoint, they're assets. And good business acumen requires you to protect those assets.
In this case, the government has failed. Miserably.
Sure, the government can always reason out that terrorism and destabilization activities are hard to look out for. But there are ways to deter them. It's not as if this has not happened before. Rizal day 2005 anyone?
And yet, what have we done about it to prevent it from happening in the future. Can anyone please tell me?
Some politicos have called out for the reinstatement of the death penalty. Great. It's as if the terrorists are scared of that. And if these ghastly acts were done by destabilizers, has any investigation managed to point to the financiers and plotters?
Some have called out for the registration of SIM cards. Sure, some bombs were detonated by cellular phones, but there are other ways to trigger them without using SIM cards. And Im not particularly inclined to give out my name to a guy selling SIM cards in a kiosk. A name and a SIM number. Imagine the possibilities. Identity theft anyone?
Since 2005, there have been bombings all over the country, and for the life of me, i cant fathom how supposedly capable men in government have not brokered the idea even a grade schooler can come up with: CCTV cameras in public utility vehicles.
You read that right. CCTV cameras. That's easy right? If everyone entering a PUV would get caught on video, how many evil elements do you think would even dare to step inside a PUV? Maybe a few idiots, but not most.
I broached the idea to some friends, and i was told that if a bomb exploded, it'll ruin the recorded video. I said sure, unless you put it in a very durable enclosure. You know planes? They have what you call black boxes. Yep. Big black boxes that can survive an explosive crash landing. Cool aint it?
Now all you have to do is place the digital video records(DVR) in a very durable enclosure that can survive a bomb explosion. And then put that box somewhere not easily accessible. You can even draft a law that tampering said enclosure would send you to a black box too for the foreseeable future.
Imagine that. You can record holdups, pickpockets and even some mooning action all in glorious video.
If public establishments and areas can have their own CCTVs, why not PUVs? Aren't they required to ensure the safety of their commuters? For the life of me, i cant stop wondering why they havent put up CCTVs on their own, especially with countless crimes being done inside PUVs. I guess it's because they just dont care. A lot of crimes are done against their commuters, not against themselves. So maybe it's high time that we make them accountable.
The government can force them to shoulder the costs of putting up CCTVs in their vehicles, or if they're a bit more sensitive to the PUV operators' finances, why not give them a discount during their annual vehicle registrations until they're fully paid?
Again, it's an easy, and i think quite effective way of deterring future crimes done inside PUVs. And i really cant think of why no one from the government has proposed it yet.
These are just ordinary folks who put their faith in the government to protect them in exchange for paying their dues as citizens in the form of taxes and even just being consumers. If you look at it from a business standpoint, they're assets. And good business acumen requires you to protect those assets.
In this case, the government has failed. Miserably.
Sure, the government can always reason out that terrorism and destabilization activities are hard to look out for. But there are ways to deter them. It's not as if this has not happened before. Rizal day 2005 anyone?
And yet, what have we done about it to prevent it from happening in the future. Can anyone please tell me?
Some politicos have called out for the reinstatement of the death penalty. Great. It's as if the terrorists are scared of that. And if these ghastly acts were done by destabilizers, has any investigation managed to point to the financiers and plotters?
Some have called out for the registration of SIM cards. Sure, some bombs were detonated by cellular phones, but there are other ways to trigger them without using SIM cards. And Im not particularly inclined to give out my name to a guy selling SIM cards in a kiosk. A name and a SIM number. Imagine the possibilities. Identity theft anyone?
Since 2005, there have been bombings all over the country, and for the life of me, i cant fathom how supposedly capable men in government have not brokered the idea even a grade schooler can come up with: CCTV cameras in public utility vehicles.
You read that right. CCTV cameras. That's easy right? If everyone entering a PUV would get caught on video, how many evil elements do you think would even dare to step inside a PUV? Maybe a few idiots, but not most.
I broached the idea to some friends, and i was told that if a bomb exploded, it'll ruin the recorded video. I said sure, unless you put it in a very durable enclosure. You know planes? They have what you call black boxes. Yep. Big black boxes that can survive an explosive crash landing. Cool aint it?
Now all you have to do is place the digital video records(DVR) in a very durable enclosure that can survive a bomb explosion. And then put that box somewhere not easily accessible. You can even draft a law that tampering said enclosure would send you to a black box too for the foreseeable future.
Imagine that. You can record holdups, pickpockets and even some mooning action all in glorious video.
If public establishments and areas can have their own CCTVs, why not PUVs? Aren't they required to ensure the safety of their commuters? For the life of me, i cant stop wondering why they havent put up CCTVs on their own, especially with countless crimes being done inside PUVs. I guess it's because they just dont care. A lot of crimes are done against their commuters, not against themselves. So maybe it's high time that we make them accountable.
The government can force them to shoulder the costs of putting up CCTVs in their vehicles, or if they're a bit more sensitive to the PUV operators' finances, why not give them a discount during their annual vehicle registrations until they're fully paid?
Again, it's an easy, and i think quite effective way of deterring future crimes done inside PUVs. And i really cant think of why no one from the government has proposed it yet.
First post
A lot of us are probably armchair pundits. We all have ideas we think are great ones and that everyone in the current government are stupid enough not to think of them first. We're probably wrong most of the time.
Still, Im frustrated with how things are happening in the country. Everything seems doable, except politics are getting in the way. So ive opted to just put up a blog and vent out my frustrations here.
Maybe someone out there would think my ideas are great enough and start a movement about it. Or maybe not. Who cares?
Still, Im frustrated with how things are happening in the country. Everything seems doable, except politics are getting in the way. So ive opted to just put up a blog and vent out my frustrations here.
Maybe someone out there would think my ideas are great enough and start a movement about it. Or maybe not. Who cares?
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