Can you convert this
beautiful scene
Picture 1 Hess-Indonesia Ujung Pangkah Project, Information can be accessed through this website
(Photograph
Courtesy of PT Tripatra Engineers and Constructors)
into equally beautiful scene like this?
Picture 2 A 1.6 MW Denver International
Airport Photovoltaics Farm
(Photograph
Courtesy of Denver International Airport)
You have to wait until I sum up my ethical opinion due to
previous blog I published…
In my opinion, the “only” reason behind
sustainability is ethic. However, one may
perceive other reasons as sustainability
foundation. What I meant here is to keep trying to approach based on
the proximity of perfection—theoretically. It is hard to answer the
explanation since people tend to struggle with their own interest and many
conflicting interests behind it. It is “politically” correct isn’t
it?
From a different viewpoint, the need of
mediator—I emphasize to the role of government—is adequate to achieve win-win
solution between two parties. As the continuation from my previous
introduction, the surrounding area near Lapindo remains
stagnant. There have been no solutions given to the affected
societies. From the contractor’s side, it has claimed to pay all
losses—meanwhile they have approached the government to announce this riot as a
national disaster. Truthfully, the societies are still struggling to
achieve their rights back. At this point I will stop to further involve
in a political atmosphere. Nonetheless, I will define the damage
types of this disaster. The losses can be considered into two parts,
i.e. both material and immaterial. The measurement for material loss
is clear. Yet, the immaterial loss could be anything, for instances:
the jobs availability, close-knit neighborhoods and a community
structure. The loss level has covered up to the entire county in
that area. Most importantly, one question may rise—how about the
non-human ecosystem? I bet no one can measure these losses and never
can. Extinction of a wide array of biodiversity…
Answering
the starting question, solar is abundance in the equator area. Indonesia
positions on exactly the middle of equator. It is convincing to
harvest this infinite resource. Photovoltaic has been widely known
to accommodate direct energy conversion to electricity. Given the same
amount of money to produce, my individual opinion will stick on the renewable
resource. There will be no predetermined starting point to
begin. Neither am I nor other dedicated experts noted as newbie in
the renewable energy. In fact, this is an old idea. Since
the era of Edison, solar has been noticed as the “light” to the future energy.
Flashback:
Back in 1931—the year
when Thomas Edison died—Edison told his friends Henry Ford and Harvey
Firestone: “I’d put my money on the sun and solar energy. What a source
of power! I hope we don’t have to wait until oil and coal run out before we
tackle that.”
Hence, why should we
wait to implement this?
NB: Green Act: 14.4 miles = 0.475 gallons oil
Cumulative 15.6 miles = 0.515 gallons oil
