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Hong Kong to Singapore 2024 - Ko Samui Thailand

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Ko Samui Island, still in Thailand, was the ship's last stop before Singapore.

This was the only place that Wendy and I had not previously visited.

Wendy booked a ship's excursion that I had declined, deciding instead, to simply go ashore and look around. We had to tender in.

I was immediately assailed by numerous cab drivers offering a tour of the island. As I still had more Thai Baht than I wanted, but not as much as they were asking, I negotiated a price within my means (Baht 2000 about $80) to go all the way around, stopping at places as suggested by driver - marked on his map. A bit of sign language and bartering was required. Google maps, in conjunction with my phone, subsequently told me we travelled about 90 km.

Here are some of the highlights.

 
I've commented elsewhere on the strange merging of the Hindu and Buddhist religions in different parts of Asia 
Here Shinto also has an influence - less-so, Christianity

 

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Bridge over the River Kwai

 

 

In 1957-58 the film ‘The Bridge on the River Kwai‘ was ground breaking.  It was remarkable for being mainly shot on location (in Ceylon not Thailand) rather than in a studio and for involving the construction and demolition of a real, fully functioning rail bridge.   It's still regarded by many as one of the finest movies ever made. 

One of the things a tourist to Bangkok is encouraged to do is to take a day trip to the actual bridge.

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Getting about

 

 


This article contains a series of recollections from my childhood growing up in Thornleigh; on the outskirts of Sydney Australia in the 1950s. My parents emigrated to Australia in 1948 when I was not quite three years old and my brother was a babe in arms.

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Carbon Capture and Storage

 

 

(Carbon Sequestration)

 

 

The following abbreviated paper is extracted from a longer, wider-ranging, paper with reference to energy policy in New South Wales and Australia, that was written in 2008. 
This extract relates solely to CCS.
The original paper that is critical of some 2008 policy initiatives intended to mitigate carbon dioxide emissions can still be read in full on this website: Read here...

 

 

 


Carbon Sequestration Source: Wikimedia Commons

 

This illustration shows the two principal categories of Carbon Capture and Storage (Carbon Sequestration) - methods of disposing of carbon dioxide (CO2) so that it doesn't enter the atmosphere.  Sequestering it underground is known as Geosequestration while artificially accelerating natural biological absorption is Biosequestration.

There is a third alternative of deep ocean sequestration but this is highly problematic as one of the adverse impacts of rising CO2 is ocean acidification - already impacting fisheries. 

This paper examines both Geosequestration and Biosequestration and concludes that while Biosequestration has longer term potential Geosequestration on sufficient scale to make a difference is impractical.

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