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Clean Alternatives To Oil - Sun, Wind and Ocean Waves

Offshore windmills

The sun, wind and ocean waves represent unlimited sources of energy. There are very few human habitats where one of them does not exist in abundance. You need to keep on building their power stations until all requirements of stationary consumers of electricity are met. For automotive consumers, build additional power stations and use the energy produced by them extract hydrogen from water. When hydrogen burns with oxygen, the output is water vapour. End to end, there is no pollution.

Of course, water is an extremely inert/stable molecule and the energy released from the combustion of hydrogen and oxygen is more explosive than petrol or diesel. So, what? Invest in creating a more sophisticated engine! That would be cheaper than fighting a war.

Other alternatives only cause more harm than good. Biofuels pollute. They will never be available in quantities to replace foreign oil. They will also increase food prices when agricultural land is diverted to produce biofuel crops. (Electric cars are NOT a source of energy. They will use power from conventional energy sources. Their batteries are non-biodegradable and extremely toxic. For disposal, they will most likely be dumped in developing countries.)

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Also note that I am not making this recommendation because we are going to run out of oil or in response to the "climate change" paranoia. No, there is an unlimited supply of petroleum and natural gas. Contrary to what science books teach us, oil does not come from prehistoric dinosaurs or vegetation trapped between layers of earth's crust. The numbers wouldn't add up if that was the case. Oil is just like any another mineral - their origins are abiotic like that of iron ore or limestone. And, climate change has been happening from day one. It is because of climate change that earth turned from a ball of fire to a planet that supports life. Climate change is influenced by the celestial bodies such as sun and moon and more importantly time spanning billions of years. If it is accelerating as some fools claim, then nobody can stop it or slow it down. What threatens life on earth is environmental pollution. Climate change is a natural phenomena that has been hijacked by a global kleptocracy whose eventual goal is to enslave mankind.

Another thing to note is that the initial capital cost of clean-energy generation is artificially marked up by bankers, contractors, equipment suppliers, and in most cases the owners themselves. One reason is that they can charge more while availing subsidies and tax holidays. Another reason is that the owners are from the oil industry. It is they who bring their pedigree PSA cost-inflation shenanigans to the clean-energy business.

Dictionary of Indian English

India is a land of great diversity. Kerala is about as different from Tamil Nadu as France is from Britain. Yet, we move on, in part thanks to the English language. Over several decades, the language has acquired a unique flavour of its own in the country. People like to call it "Indian English"; sometimes proudly and sometimes derisively. Indian English is of course not a different language. Nor, does it require a separate standard or dictionary. Yet, we often find that an Oxford or Webster's dictionary is inadequate or incorrect when dealing with certain words or phrases that have changed their meaning or purpose on the Indian soil. And, there are words that are unique to India, such as "prepone," which are not used anywhere else. This Dictionary of Indian English (DIE) hopes to provide a ready reference for such words and phrases. However, this dictionary does not contain English words that have Indian origins but are now part of standard English.

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Indian-English Glossary

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aam aadmi, ABCD, adalat, agarbatti, Agmark, ahimsa, air-dash, Akbar Road, almirah, alright, Ambassador, amma, Angrezi, anicut, anna, arranged marriage, ashirvad, ashram, auto, Aya Ram, ayah

B

Baapu, Baba, babu, babu English, babudom, backbencher, background, backside, badla, bahu, bandh, bandobust, banian, bank holiday, Basmati, bata, batchmate, behen, benami, berth, beta, bhadralok, bhagwan, bhai, bhajan, bhaji, bhakti, bidi, bike, bisleri, bits, blade, board exams, bold, Bollywood, Bombaiyya, bonnet, borewell, brinjal, British Raj, broadminded, brokers excuse, Bullet, bund, bungalow, bunk, bureau, bustee, bypoll

C

capitation fees, capsicum, car park, carrying, casteism, casual leave, cent percent, Central government, chaddar, chai, chaiwallah, chakra, challan, chalo, chalta hai, chamcha, Chanakya, chappals, chaprasi, chargesheet, charpoy, chats, checkpost, Chennai, cheri, Chief Secretary, Chiranjeevi, chit, chor, chota, chowk, chowkidar, chuddies, chulha, churidar, cinema, City of Joy, clean chit, co-brother, coir, Collector, colony, coming station, commercial sex workers, communal party, convent English, convent-educated, cool bar, corporator, correct English, country fellow, countrymade, cousin-brother, creche, crore, culturals, cum, curd rice, custodial deaths, cutting chai

D

dabba, dacoit, dahi, dakshin, dal, dandia, dar, dargah, darshan, dasi, deadly, Dearness Allowance, deewana, Delhi Belly, departmental store, deposes, desi, devdas, devi, dhan, dhania, dharma, dharna, dhikkar, dhobiwallah, dhoti, dias, dickey, dil, disproportionate assets, dissidents, divas, Diwali, domesticated person, doodhwallah, doosra, dost, doubt, dowry death, drumstick, dry grapes, dupatta, durbar

E

elaichi, electric trains, Emergency, encounter, English-medium, enjoy, enthu, evacuation, Eve, eveninger, eversilver, eve-teasing, extern, eyewash

F

fair, family-planning operation, fancy store, feminists, feni, fidayeen, film, filter coffee, firang, firing, fishcart, fisherfolk, foot overbridge, foreign hand, foreign-returned, forex reserves, French beard, functionalities, fundas

G

gaddar, gaddi, Gandhian, gangman, ganja, garam, Gaya Ram, gharwali, ghat, ghee, gherao, gives the slip to, glass bangles, gobar gas, God’s own country, godman, godown, good name, goonda, gora, Government of India Undertaking, grease, Great Indian Comedy, green signal, greens, Gujju, gumastha, gumboots, gunny bags, gur, gurka, guru, gutka, guyzer, gyan, gymkhana

H

hafta, hair fall, half ticket, hall ticket, hamara, handwash, hard, Harijans, havaldar, haveli, hawala, hawaldar, head bath, headweight, healthy, heat and dust, heights of, high command, hijra, hillstation, Himalayan blunder, Hindi belt, Hindu rate of growth, Hinduism, Hindus, Hindustan, Hindustani, Hindutva, Hinglish, history sheeter, Holi, homely, hooch, horn OK please, hotel, hukka, hundi, hungama

I

Iftar, immoral traffic, imported Basanti, indefinite fast, Indian Acronyms and Abbreviations, Indian-Made Foreign Liquor, indipop, inmates, innocent divorcee, interaction, intimate, invigilator, iron box, ISI Mark, item number

J

jaggery, japti, jati, jaundice, jawan, jeevan, jehadis, jhatka matka, ji, jibbah, johad, jollu party, josh

K

kabab, kaccha, kajal, kala mirch, kameez, kanjoos, kapda, karela, karma, karyakartas, keep, khadi, Kharif, Khatri, kiddish, kirana, kisan, kissa, kitty party, Kollywood, kurta, kuruvai

L

ladies bar, ladies seat, ladka, lady’s finger, lakh, Lakshmi, lal, langurs, lathi, lathicharge, laxman rekha, leela, Left parties, LIC policy, License Raj, load shedding, log, Lok Adalat, love marriage

M

maalish, madisaar, Madras Tamil, Madrasi, Maha, maida, maidan, make a move, Mallu, mama, mami, management seats, mandi, mantra, mantri, Manu, masala, masti, matrimonials, matter, maulvi, mediamen, medicos, meet, mehndi, mela, memsahib, militants, military hotel, minority community, mint condition, mirchi, miscreants, mixie, mofussil areas, mohajir, mohalla, monsoon, mooch, moolah, moral responsibility, morcha, mufti, Mughal, muhurtam, mukhota, Mumbai, mundu, Mungeri Lal, munsif, mushaira, music director, mutt

N

naik, nariyal, national integration, native place, Navratnas, naxalites, naya, near and dear, needful, Nehruvian, nescoffee, neta, nimbu, Nirodh, no encumberances, no?, non-veg joke, North Block, North-East, nose cut, NRIs, nullah

O

official machinery, offs, oil bath, open quota, opticals, other backward classes

P

paati, Page 3 people, Pak, pallu, pan, panchakatcham, panchayat, paneer, paper leak, parallel cinema, pardes, pariah, parlour, Partition, passed out, pati, patta, pennis, peon, Peter, PG accommodation, phenoyl, phool, PIL, PIN code, pindrop silence, pooja, postpaid, prepaid cards, prepone, President’s rule, prime accused, pseudosecular party, pucca, punjabis, purana, purdah, put up, pyar, pyjama

Q

qawwali, qila

R

Rabi, ragging, Raj, Raja, Ramzan, rape, ration shops, Ravan, redressal, regional aspirations, regularise, reservation, rest house, resume, revert, rickshaw, road roko, roadside Romeos, rosewater, roti, rowdy, rubber, ryots

S

saas, saathi, sabha, sadhu, saloon, salwar, salwar kameez, samadhi, samaj, samarpan, samba, sanctum sanctorum, sangam, Sangh Parivar, sanyas, sapna, Sardarji, sari, sarkari, Sati-Savitri, satta, scamster, Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, seat sharing, seedha-saadha, seer, seva, shakehand, shakti, shamiana, shanti, shikaara, Sidhuisms, sindoor, sleeper, sloka, social justice, soft corner, South Block, South India, speak in English, speed-breaker, Sri, standard, starrer, status family, stepney, studio, supari killer, sutradar, swadeshi, swami, Syrian Christians

T

tainted, tamasha, Tamizh, tanda, tandoori, tantric, tehsildar, tempo, tender coconut, thalaivar, thali, thana, third front, three-wheelers, tiffin, tiffin carrier, timepass, tolet, Tollywood, tonga, too good, tortoise coil, tribal, trishul, trouser

U

Udipi hotel, ulta, undertrial, Untouchables, updation, upgradation, upto, Urdu, use and throw, utsav

V

vaastu, Vaishya, vakil, vanaspathi, VCD, veg, veshti, Villi, vote bank

W

wallah, wet grinder, wheatish complexion, would-be

Y

yagna, yatra, Yuvraj

Z

zamindar, zenana

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