I've been watching the news lately and I saw this Meralco Appliance Calculator(MAC) in one of the reports. Since I'm online anyway so why not check it out. Here is what I opened from their site (M-A-C). It was good to know which appliances consumes more. You can also read some tips and pointers there, to lessen your consumption.
In addition, your monthly bill shows you different charges, as mentioned on the radio I happened to be listening upon, namely:
1.Generation Charge- it is the payment for the electricity generated by suppliers such as the National Power Corporation, and Independent Power Producers.
2.Transmission Charge-is the payment to The National Transmission Company or TransCo. for the delivery of electricity from power generating plants.
3.Distribution Charge-is the charge for the service of delivering electricity to the consumers.
4.System Loss- the payment for the losses due to transmissions, illegal connections are also paid by the consumers here.
5.VAT
Looking at my billing statements, almost 15% of it comes from system losses :(
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Star Tollway Extension
The Star tollway extension is open, it now extends from Sto. Tomas to Batangas City, although the north bound lane is still under construction as well as the other exits. The Batangas City exit is then connected to the Balagtas diversion road which makes traveling to and from Batangas City a lot faster minimizing traffic from the nearby cities and towns. I have read somewhere that the cuenca bridge is also open now.
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Earth Day April 22, 2008
So today is Earth Day. Here in the Philippines it is tagged as "Agos:Earth Day 2008" with the theme "Tubig buhay natin, ating pagyamanin".
As we all know, many of the diseases occurring the Philippines today is with connection to our water sources. This is one of those days that we are reminded to take good care of our Mother Earth and protect the environment.
In line with this Earth day celebration, I stumble upon a news about a group of freshman students from ADMU that will represent the Philippines in the Imagine Cup Tournament sponsored by Microsoft in Paris, France this coming July. The GIGO(Garbage In, Garbage Out) program they presented won 1st runner here(Ph). It like a database of Trash/Garbage with its corresponding descriptions, health risks, proper disposal, and recycling. Yay! Good thinking. Hope this program will be up online soon to help our citizens be more aware of the hazards of their trash and help save our dear Earth.
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Pinoys are starving
Watching the news today makes me think what ignited this "rice shortage" and increase in price of other products. Every week the prices keeps getting higher and the media is very good in headlining the news to panicking viewers, as the saying goes "bad news sells". I think it will not be long till the finger pointing begins, but who is really to blame? Do you know that in terms of land area we are ranked 72nd but in terms of population we are ranked 12th? Now I won’t really be surprised if the food supply will be short, it’s just happening earlier than some of us think. Another problem here is that most of those who belong to the poor are also the ones who tend to have more children.
Our population is increasing tremendously but the land area is not. More and more lands will be filled with houses, buildings, establishments and factories thus increasing waste, garbage and pollution. Inversely proportional to these increase are the area of our forest, rivers, and farms thus decreasing our food supply thus the shortage. In a shortage like this, many problems will also rise; companies closing, workers loosing jobs, crimes increasing, etc. etc... If we are not going to do something about the country’s population growth the same problems will just keep on reoccurring.
More is not always merrier.
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