Month: August 2020

Till Human Voices Wake Us, and We Drown

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Last month, Prime Minister Imran Khan “launched”—for the fourth time in two decades—the Diamer-Basha Dam project, which promises to provide energy-strapped Pakistan with 4,500MW of hydroelectric power. However, it doesn’t come without a steep cost: more than 40,000 people are expected to be displaced, and over 37,000 ancient carvings and inscriptions submerged, in the area that will make up the dam’s reservoir. This sets a daunting challenge, and opportunity, for the Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA). The end of the 20th and the beginning of the 21st centuries has…

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Nikola Tesla Proved It Was Possible. Now Wireless Electricity Is a Reality

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An energy startup named Emrod says it’s bringing wireless electricity to New Zealand, more than a century after Nikola Tesla first demonstrated it was possible. Like the best-performing satellite internet connections, Emrod’s link only needs a clear line of sight. In a statement, Emrod founder Greg Kushnir says he was motivated by New Zealand’s particular set of skills, à la Liam Neeson in Taken. “We have an abundance of clean hydro, solar, and wind energy available around the world but there are costly challenges that come with delivering that energy…

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New Lahore to rise from remains of River Ravi

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LAHORE: Like the mythological phoenix, the dying river Ravi is set to rise from its remains and give birth to a new Lahore on the largest 46 kilometers long riverfront to compete with any modern city in the world. An ambitious urban development project initiated by the Prime Minister Imran Khan’s government to build a new Pakistan, Ravi River Front Urban Development (RRFUD) project will uplift the dying river Ravi that is almost reduced to a nullah by the unlawful construction of dams by the Indian government. The construction of a…

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Former Mexican President Accused Of Taking Bribes To Reform Oil Industry

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The former chief of Mexico’s state oil giant has accused former President Enrique Pena Nieto of taking bribes, Mexico’s Attorney General’s Office said. In a televised statement, Attorney General Alejandro Gerts Manero said Pena Nieto and finance minister Luis Videgaray had allegedly tasked former Pemex chief Emilio Lozoya to use more than $4 million in illicit payments from Brazilian conglomerate Odebrecht to pay consultants to Pena Nieto’s campaign. “There were a series of bribes for a quantity of more than 100 million pesos, which were fundamentally used for the 2012 campaign…

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Iran Considers Allowing People To Invest In Oil On Local Exchange

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Iran is considering letting residents invest in oil on the domestic energy exchange, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said, as the Islamic Republic’s economy and its people are struggling with the coronavirus outbreak, low oil prices, and U.S. sanctions on Iran’s energy, shipping, and banking industries.    “The government, especially the economic board, has always been trying to adopt and implement policies and measures to control liquidity and direct it to the right path and production cycle,” the official website of the Iranian president quoted Rouhani as saying on Tuesday. Iran’s plan…

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