Year: 2020

Pakistan All Set To Purchase The Cheapest LNG Cargo EVER At A Record Low Price

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Pakistan is all set to purchase the cheapest LNG cargo at a record low price. The SOCAR Trading ( The State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic) has placed its lowest proposal to Pakistan LNG Ltd for a liquefied natural gas cargo for delivery in late August. The P.L.L. received an offer for an August 27th – 28th delivery cargo at about $2.20/mmbtu. It is pertinent to mention here that Pakistan has been out of the spot market in 2020, and this is its first tender since November 2019. The Managing Director at…

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CONSUMER FOOD WASTE: IGNORANCE OR LACK OF AWARENESS?

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The supply chain creates waste and every stage, and consumers contribute the most in developed countries. In the Netherlands consumers make up 33% of food waste; In the United States,  40-50 per cent of food is thrown away. This is around 76 billion pounds of food per year. Consumers need to find solutions and awareness on how they can change their behaviour to reduce the environmental burden.  What is the environmental impact?  The environmental burden of food thrown further down the supply chain is higher than the initial stages as…

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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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