Just A Thought

Does it ever bother you that your dreams and aspirations are truely kingsize but you are limited by circumstance? How frustrating that could be? Imagine that and then add to it the fact that very few would actually understand your frustration.

What if you were working really hard and your work had been appreciated and hence you are where you are but what if in the process your bosses have started taking you for granted and though you have now enetered into a different level of compensation and perks you feel absolutly frustrated professionally? A neo commercial slave if I may say so.

What would you do if you were in a position such as this and am sure we all come across such a situation every once in a while? Would you have the guts to call it quits?? Though it is very brave to say that am not going to tollerate any shit and will just give up, in reality would you be able to do so?

Well after loads of thinking and introspection, I am convinced that if ever I were faced with such a situation I will definetly quit, no two ways about it. However, given my responsibilities with my family etc I will first secure another worthy position before doing so.

Well by now you must be wondering why this negative line of thought when I have just moved back to India and landed what many would call such a plumb assignment. The answer is simple in the recent past I did come to a situation which was similar but thankfully I could talk my way through it and avoid any drastic measures.

Hope the situation stays the same going forward!!!

Cheers

Another step towards energy mitigation

Tata Motors is taking giant strides and making history for itself. First the Landrover-Jaguar deal, then the world’s cheapest car and now it is also set to introduce the car that runs on air, compressed air to be specific.

With fuel prices touching nearly $150 per barrel, it is about time we heard some breakthrough !
India’s largest automaker Tata Motors is set to start producing the world’s first commercial air-powered vehicle. The Air Car, developed by ex-Formula One engineer Guy Nègre for Luxembourg-based MDI, uses compressed air, as opposed to the gas-and-oxygen explosions of internal-combustion models, to push its engine’s pistons. Some 6000 zero-emissions Air Cars are scheduled to hit Indian streets in August of 2008.

The Air Car, called the MiniCAT could cost around Rs. 3,50,000 ($ 8177) in India and would have a range of around 300 km between refuels.

The cost of a refill would be about Rs. 85 ($ 2). Tata motors also plans to launch the world’s cheapest car, Tata Nano priced famously at One lakh rupees by October.
The MiniCAT which is a simple, light urban car, with a tubular chassis that is glued not welded and a body of fiberglass powered by compressed air. Microcontrollers are used in every device in the car, so one tiny radio transmitter sends instructions to the lights, indicators etc.
There are no keys - just an access card which can be read by the car from your pocket.

According to the designers, it costs less than 50 rupees per 100Km (about a tenth that of a petrol car). Its mileage is about double that of the most advanced electric car (200 to 300 km or 10 hours of driving), a factor which makes a perfect choice in cities where the 80% of motorists drive at less than 60Km. The car has a top speed of 105 kmph. Refilling the car will, once the market develops, take place at adapted petrol stations to administer compressed air. In two or three minutes, and at a cost of approximately 100 rupees, the car will be ready to go another 200-300 kilometers.

As a viable alternative, the car carries a small compressor which can be connected to the mains (220V or 380V) and refill the tank in 3-4 hours. Due to the absence of combustion and, consequently, of residues, changing the oil (1 litre of vegetable oil) is necessary only every 50,000Km.] The temperature of the clean air expelled by the exhaust pipe is between 0-15 degrees below zero, which makes it suitable for use by the internal air conditioning system with no need for gases or loss of power.