Steel, Wider Roads, and the MRT Plan
டிசம்பர் 27, 2022
Watched Singapore MRT evolution, then outlined steel-for-ports logic and an urban plan for wider roads, pavements, MRT/LRT electrification
Planning Steel Production, Wider Roads and Electric MRT Lines
6:45 a.m. (c)
This is pretty cool.
I think that when writing my strategy. I thought ports ministry oughta have steel industry. As you need it for ships. We will need steel for buildings and for railway lines.
With eminent domain, we should widen roads and find some way of adding MRT and LRT lines in our cities. We need wide roads because our buses are very lengthy. Articulated buses will struggle. We will have to grab the land we need, and also, build real pavements so people can walk.
It will save us a lot of funds from avoiding import fees. We can power these with electricity from power plant which is why I'm so keen on them.
An Ambitious Funding Plan for Trains, MRT and Buses
8:45 a.m.
We want a good new train, mass rapid transit (subway/ London underground) and light rapid transit lines.
This is a very good way to move people around. I think we could construct bollards or big pillars, and otherwise dig deep, and then do it underground.
We want a good bus service too. I think that a great public transportation system will help us in a big way. We don't have a good public transport service. The buses are quite poor quality and the trains aren't modern.
We may avoid trains being extra modern, as people, tourists may prefer to enjoy the sights. Or we can still modernize. Many people don't commute from cities to work. It's often a shorter commute to work.
We don't have any real plans to privatize train lines and MRT. But, we could sign deals, where if we get funding, we can pay back with sales plus a 20% profit.
So if Company A builds 10 km of MRT, at I dunno, $100m, then, over 5 years, they will earn back the $100m to break even, at $20m per year, by year 6, they earn a reward of $20m, and we take it.
Question here is why are we so greedy and what are we going to do with our money?
Well, we will invest it. There are many areas. But government direct investment in our many industries will boost our economy. It has the biggest per dollar impact.
We're ambitious.
Considering an Upgrade From a Ten-Year-Old Dell Inspiron
Wednesday, December 28th.
12:15 a.m.
My Dell Inspiron 14R 5420 laptop which I've been using since 2012, it had a 3rd Generation Intel processor. It was a i7 model.
i7-3612QM
QM' means 'Quad Mobile' : A Quad core processor (Four physical processor integrated on one die or chip) made for mobile platforms like Laptop, notebook, ultrabook.
6mb up to 3.1 GHz
22nm
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This is what I'm considering upgrading after 10 years to. Although, I might get a new laptop quickly when earning.