Posts Tagged ‘ fuel ’
As I mentioned earlier, I have been keeping tabs on the fuel consumption of my not so new car and I am happy to announce that there are some preliminary results. The chart on the right shows the average fuel consumption of my car under different conditions (the higher the bar, the better). Basically, the [ READ MORE ]
Oops, I have just realised that I had not published a blog entry about my new car. More importantly, I have not shown you all any photos of it! So, here are a few photos of my new car. I took a few internal and external shots. It is what I call a “starter car” [ READ MORE ]
A couple of friends of mine from China decided to drop by to visit recently. One of them was attending a conference in Singapore and decided to spend a week in Malaysia as the air ticket only cost an additional £30. So, I played host for a few days and brought them around to a [ READ MORE ]
As part of my recent adventure into buying cars, I had to take into account the total cost of ownership for each car. This was where I had to make assumptions about the price of fuel. A lot of people kept telling my that Korean cars have bad engines that will makan minyak (eat fuel) [ READ MORE ]
A recent news article says that our government is looking at adopting a system whereby motorists can buy a fixed amount of subsidised fuel each month and pay for the rest at market rate. Second Finance Minister Tan Sri Nor Mohamed Yakcop said the system includes providing Malaysian motorists with a special card for buying [ READ MORE ]
Alternative energy, especially renewable power, is an exciting area of work in engineering today. Everyone in the world seems to be interested in it. The trouble in the past, was that oil was extremely cheap. So, there was no impetus to push for alternative sources of energy. But the rising oil prices is changing all [ READ MORE ]