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Article: Future lies in fuel diversification
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- September 14, 2008
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Yamin Vong
New Straits Times
09-14-2008
Future lies in fuel diversification
Byline: Yamin Vong
Edition: New Sunday Times
Section: Cars, Bikes & Trucks
Column: Editorial
I HAVE spent the past four days looking at the roof of my house where workmen are installing solar panels.
Our home will soon be an independent power producer.
My neighbour is equally anxious for the cutting and hacking to be over soon because the dust is coating her black cars a whiter shade of pale.
One of the contractors, Lionel Yap, is a Mac head and a solar enthusiast. His company, Solamas, makes portable solar chargers from high-end thin-film amorphous cells as well as the more conventional (85 per cent of solar ...