<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:blogger='http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3603889833414475085</id><updated>2024-10-06T21:01:59.595-07:00</updated><category term="Opini"/><category term="Origin of Biodiesel"/><category term="MLM"/><category term="Office"/><category term="Telco"/><category term="introduction"/><category term="SingleHappy"/><title type='text'>Electric Youth</title><subtitle type='html'>Should you have ideas or just responding my articles...feel free to put in.&lt;br&gt;&#xa;&#xa;&quot;ELECTRIZE YOUR MIND AND LIFE&quot; with Electric Youth Blog</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://youthelectric.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3603889833414475085/posts/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://youthelectric.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3603889833414475085/posts/default?start-index=26&amp;max-results=25'/><author><name>benjamin&#39;s blog</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12010198044604820173</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='26' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyqLREUqLHfer5e_yjSbnR0Mi9Q9EZbkeQIOcT1qaiRdHVzycMUcx18SWXpMOIwsafqj_aT8sm9kw2COpks4aZtbRXalTt8ksIykKRSVmLRmol-tM6Tbq8baFSaH1DqQ/s220/kill+bill.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>36</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3603889833414475085.post-8945499045479751304</id><published>2011-06-12T07:08:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-06-12T07:12:30.987-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="introduction"/><title type='text'>I&#39;m back</title><content type='html'>Hi Readers,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;eventually, after 2,5 years&#39; hiatus, I&#39;m back to post in this blog.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;hope you can enjoy the posts..starting today!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Benjamin</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://youthelectric.blogspot.com/feeds/8945499045479751304/comments/default' title='Posting Komentar'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/3603889833414475085/8945499045479751304' title='0 Komentar'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3603889833414475085/posts/default/8945499045479751304'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3603889833414475085/posts/default/8945499045479751304'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://youthelectric.blogspot.com/2011/06/im-back.html' title='I&#39;m back'/><author><name>benjamin&#39;s blog</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12010198044604820173</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='26' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyqLREUqLHfer5e_yjSbnR0Mi9Q9EZbkeQIOcT1qaiRdHVzycMUcx18SWXpMOIwsafqj_aT8sm9kw2COpks4aZtbRXalTt8ksIykKRSVmLRmol-tM6Tbq8baFSaH1DqQ/s220/kill+bill.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3603889833414475085.post-4024388582815564108</id><published>2008-10-19T05:43:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-10-19T05:48:44.723-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Origin of Biodiesel"/><title type='text'>Kenapa tidak Bio Diesel?</title><content type='html'>Ketika harga minyak dunia terus naik mencapai kisaran di atas USD 100 per barrel, Pemerintah Indonesia menaikan harga BBM menjadi Rp 6.500 per liter. Semua berteriak, karena kenaikan harga BBM ini akan diikuti dengan kenaikan harga kebutuhan hidup lainnya.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Namun, di bulan terakhir ini, setelah resesi di Amerika menular cepat ke kawasan lain di dunia, harga minyak melorot, hingga ke level USD 70an per barrel. Lalu, saya heran, kenapa rakyat Indonesia tidak segera minta agar harga BBM diturunkan ya?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pemerintah selalu berkata, Indonesia merupakan negara pengekspor minyak (dulunya), sekarang menjadi negara pengimpor. Dengan kebutuhan pemakaian minyak dalam negeri yang besar, kita memerlukan pasokan dari luar.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Padahal kita mempunyai kilang minyak baik di darat maupun lepas pantai. Kenapa kelangsungan hidup negara ini harus bergantung kepada fluktuasi harga minyak dunia?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Saya coba menarik benang merah Indonesia dengan Brazil. Dimana kedua negara ini sama sama memiliki jumlah penduduk yang besar, dan hutang yang besar. Di awal 80an, Brazil merupakan salah satu negara di Amerika Latin yang hampir bangkrut karena lilitan beban hutang.&lt;br /&gt;Di sisi lain, Indonesia juga tenar dengan jumlah utang nya, terutama semenjak krismon 1998 lalu. Namun, Brazil berhasil menunjukkan titik balik perbaikan ekonomi, yang salah satu dilandasi dengan program penggunaan bio diesel.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Di Brazil, hampir 20% dari konsumsi bahan bakar telah menggunakan bio diesel. Jadi, negara ini relatif tahan dengan guncangan harga minyak internasional(fossil diesel). Lebih dari itu, Brazil telah menjadi negara pengekspor biodiesel terbesar di dunia.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Balik ke Indonesia, jika Pemerintah berpikir strategik, kita juga dapat menjadi negara pemakai dan penghasil biodiesel. Dengan luas lahan yang berkelimpahan, iklim tropis dan suburnya tanah, tanaman singkong, tebu, kelapa sawit, jarak, dapat digunakan menjadi sumber energi alternatif (energi nabati).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Namun, sekali lagi, sayangnya, Pemerintah tidak bertindak cepat dalam membaca trend masa depan energi. Baru bulan ini, DPR mengesahkan adanya UU Penggunaan Energi Nabati, yang efektif berlaku mulai Jan 09 nanti. Di tengarai, sekitar 5% kebutuhan minyak haruslah berasal dari sumber energi nabati ini.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Better late than never&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Namun, apakah UU ini dapat diantisipasi oleh pasar? Apakah kebutuhan energi nabati ini dapat disupplai oleh industri energi nabati dalam negerl? Karena banyak industri ini mati suri, disebabkan oleh tiada nya dukungan dari Pemerintah di waktu lalu.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pembaca, kenapa sih Pemerintah kita sering terlambat dalam penetapan hal hal yang berhubungan dengan hajat hidup orang banyak?</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://youthelectric.blogspot.com/feeds/4024388582815564108/comments/default' title='Posting Komentar'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/3603889833414475085/4024388582815564108' title='0 Komentar'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3603889833414475085/posts/default/4024388582815564108'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3603889833414475085/posts/default/4024388582815564108'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://youthelectric.blogspot.com/2008/10/kenapa-tidak-bio-diesel.html' title='Kenapa tidak Bio Diesel?'/><author><name>benjamin&#39;s blog</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12010198044604820173</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='26' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyqLREUqLHfer5e_yjSbnR0Mi9Q9EZbkeQIOcT1qaiRdHVzycMUcx18SWXpMOIwsafqj_aT8sm9kw2COpks4aZtbRXalTt8ksIykKRSVmLRmol-tM6Tbq8baFSaH1DqQ/s220/kill+bill.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3603889833414475085.post-2982150886955771634</id><published>2008-06-14T21:07:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-06-14T21:14:41.642-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Origin of Biodiesel"/><title type='text'>[biodiesel] Biodiesel vs Environmental Impact</title><content type='html'>Readers,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;what the environmental impacts of using ethanol?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Environment&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;All biomass goes through at least some of these steps: it needs to be grown, collected, dried, fermented, and burned. All of these steps require resources and an infrastructure. The total amount of energy input into the process compared to the energy released by burning the resulting ethanol fuel is known as the energy balance.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Figures compiled in a 2007 by &lt;a title=&quot;National Geographic Magazine&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Geographic_Magazine&quot;&gt;National Geographic Magazine&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethanol_fuel#cite_note-bourne-30&quot;&gt;[31]&lt;/a&gt; point to modest results for corn ethanol produced in the US: one unit of fossil-fuel energy is required to create 1.3 energy units from the resulting ethanol. The energy balance for sugarcane ethanol produced in Brazil is more favorable, 1:8. Energy balance estimates are not easily produced, thus numerous such reports have been generated that are contradictory. For instance, a separate survey reports that production of ethanol from sugarcane, which requires a tropical climate to grow productively, returns from 8 to 9 units of energy for each unit expended, as compared to corn which only returns about 1.34 units of fuel energy for each unit of energy expended.&lt;a title=&quot;&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethanol_fuel#cite_note-BIOFUELS-78&quot;&gt;[79]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;Carbon dioxide&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_dioxide&quot;&gt;Carbon dioxide&lt;/a&gt;, a &lt;a title=&quot;Greenhouse gas&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenhouse_gas&quot;&gt;greenhouse gas&lt;/a&gt;, is emitted during fermentation and combustion. However, this is canceled out by the greater uptake of carbon dioxide by the plants as they grow to produce the biomass.&lt;a title=&quot;&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethanol_fuel#cite_note-79&quot;&gt;[80]&lt;/a&gt; When compared to gasoline, depending on the production method, ethanol releases less &lt;a title=&quot;Greenhouse gas&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenhouse_gas&quot;&gt;greenhouse gases&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;a title=&quot;&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethanol_fuel#cite_note-80&quot;&gt;[81]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethanol_fuel#cite_note-81&quot;&gt;[82]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a id=&quot;Air_pollution&quot; name=&quot;Air_pollution&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Air pollution&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;Compared with conventional &lt;a class=&quot;mw-redirect&quot; title=&quot;Unleaded gasoline&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unleaded_gasoline&quot;&gt;unleaded gasoline&lt;/a&gt;, ethanol is a particulate-free burning fuel source that combusts cleanly with oxygen to form carbon dioxide and water. Gasoline produces 2.44 &lt;a class=&quot;mw-redirect&quot; title=&quot;CO2 equivalent&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CO2_equivalent&quot;&gt;CO2 equivalent&lt;/a&gt; kg/l and ethanol 1.94 (this is -21% CO2). The &lt;a title=&quot;Clean Air Act&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clean_Air_Act&quot;&gt;Clean Air Act&lt;/a&gt; requires the addition of &lt;a title=&quot;Oxygenate&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxygenate&quot;&gt;oxygenates&lt;/a&gt; to reduce carbon monoxide emissions in the United States. The additive &lt;a class=&quot;mw-redirect&quot; title=&quot;MTBE&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MTBE&quot;&gt;MTBE&lt;/a&gt; is currently being phased out due to ground water contamination, hence ethanol becomes an attractive alternative additive. Current production methods includes air pollution from the manufacturer of macronutrient &lt;a title=&quot;Fertilizer&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fertilizer&quot;&gt;fertilizers&lt;/a&gt; such as ammonia.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A study by atmospheric scientists at Stanford University found that E85 fuel would increase the risk of air pollution deaths relative to gasoline.&lt;a title=&quot;&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethanol_fuel#cite_note-stanfordpollutionstudy-82&quot;&gt;[83]&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a title=&quot;Ozone&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ozone&quot;&gt;Ozone&lt;/a&gt; levels are significantly increased, thereby increasing photochemical smog and aggravating medical problems such as asthma.&lt;a title=&quot;&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethanol_fuel#cite_note-83&quot;&gt;[84]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethanol_fuel#cite_note-84&quot;&gt;[85]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a id=&quot;Manufacture&quot; name=&quot;Manufacture&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Manufacture&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;In 2002, monitoring of &lt;a class=&quot;new&quot; title=&quot;Ethanol plant (page does not exist)&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ethanol_plant&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;redlink=1&quot;&gt;ethanol plants&lt;/a&gt; revealed that they released VOCs (volatile organic compounds) at a higher rate than had previously been disclosed.&lt;a title=&quot;&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethanol_fuel#cite_note-85&quot;&gt;[86]&lt;/a&gt; The &lt;a title=&quot;United States Environmental Protection Agency&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Environmental_Protection_Agency&quot;&gt;Environmental Protection Agency&lt;/a&gt; (EPA) subsequently reached settlement with &lt;a title=&quot;Archer Daniels Midland&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archer_Daniels_Midland&quot;&gt;Archer Daniels Midland&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a title=&quot;Cargill&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cargill&quot;&gt;Cargill&lt;/a&gt;, two of the largest producers of ethanol, to reduce emission of these VOCs. VOCs are produced when fermented corn mash is dried for sale as a supplement for livestock feed. Devices known as thermal oxidizers or catalytic oxidizers can be attached to the plants to burn off the hazardous gases.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a id=&quot;Carbon_Dioxide&quot; name=&quot;Carbon_Dioxide&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Carbon Dioxide&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;Calculation of &lt;a class=&quot;mw-redirect&quot; title=&quot;Carbon Intensity&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_Intensity&quot;&gt;Carbon Intensity&lt;/a&gt; of Corn Bioethanol grown in the US and burnt in the UK, using UK government calculation &lt;a title=&quot;&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethanol_fuel#cite_note-UKRTFO-86&quot;&gt;[87]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;image&quot; title=&quot;Graph of UK figures for the Carbon Intensity of bioethanol and fossil fuels. This graph assumes that all bioethanols are burnt in their country of origin and that prevously existing cropland is used to grow the feedstock.&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:BioethanolsCountryOfOrigin.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;internal&quot; title=&quot;Enlarge&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:BioethanolsCountryOfOrigin.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Graph of UK figures for the &lt;a class=&quot;mw-redirect&quot; title=&quot;Carbon Intensity&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_Intensity&quot;&gt;Carbon Intensity&lt;/a&gt; of bioethanol and &lt;a class=&quot;mw-redirect&quot; title=&quot;Fossil fuels&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fossil_fuels&quot;&gt;fossil fuels&lt;/a&gt;. This graph assumes that all bioethanols are burnt in their country of origin and that prevously existing cropland is used to grow the feedstock.&lt;a title=&quot;&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethanol_fuel#cite_note-UKRTFO-86&quot;&gt;[87]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The calculation of exactly how much Carbon Dioxide is produced in the manufacture of bioethanol is a complex and inexact process, and is highly dependent on the method by which the ethanol is produced and the assumptions made in the calculation. A calculation should include:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;The cost of growing the feedstock&lt;br /&gt;The cost of transporting the feedstock to the factory&lt;br /&gt;The cost of processing the feedstock into bioethanol&lt;br /&gt;Such a calculation may or may not consider the following effects:&lt;br /&gt;The cost of the change in land use of the area where the fuel feedstock is grown.&lt;br /&gt;The cost of transportation of the bioethanol from the factory to its point of use&lt;br /&gt;The efficiency of the bioethnol compared with standard gasoline&lt;br /&gt;The amount of Carbon Dioxide produced at the tail pipe.&lt;br /&gt;The benefits due to the production of useful bi-products, such as &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;mw-redirect&quot; title=&quot;Cattle feed&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cattle_feed&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;cattle feed&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt; or electricity.&lt;br /&gt;The graph on the right shows figures calculated by the UK government for the purposes of the &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;mw-redirect&quot; title=&quot;Renewable transport fuel obligation&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renewable_transport_fuel_obligation&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Renewable transport fuel obligation&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethanol_fuel#cite_note-UKRTFO-86&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;[87]&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The January 2006 Science article from UC Berkeley&#39;s ERG, estimated reduction from corn ethanol in GHG to be 13% after reviewing a large number of studies. However, in a correction to that article released shortly after publication, they reduce the estimated value to 7.4%. A &lt;a title=&quot;National Geographic Magazine&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Geographic_Magazine&quot;&gt;National Geographic Magazine&lt;/a&gt; overview article (2007)&lt;a title=&quot;&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethanol_fuel#cite_note-bourne-30&quot;&gt;[31]&lt;/a&gt; puts the figures at 22% less CO2 emissions in production and use for corn ethanol compared to gasoline and a 56% reduction for cane ethanol. Carmaker Ford reports a 70% reduction in CO2 emissions with bioethanol compared to petrol for one of their &lt;a title=&quot;Flexible-fuel vehicle&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flexible-fuel_vehicle&quot;&gt;flexible-fuel vehicles&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;a title=&quot;&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethanol_fuel#cite_note-87&quot;&gt;[88]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;An additional complication is that production requires tilling new soil&lt;a title=&quot;&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethanol_fuel#cite_note-88&quot;&gt;[89]&lt;/a&gt; which produces a one-off release of GHG that it can take decades or centuries of production reductions in GHG emissions to equalize.&lt;a title=&quot;&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethanol_fuel#cite_note-89&quot;&gt;[90]&lt;/a&gt; As an example, converting grass lands to corn production for ethanol takes about a century of annual savings to make up for the GHG released from the initial tilling.&lt;a title=&quot;&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethanol_fuel#cite_note-90&quot;&gt;[91]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a id=&quot;Change_in_land_use&quot; name=&quot;Change_in_land_use&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Change in land use&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;Large-scale farming is necessary to produce agricultural alcohol and this requires substantial amounts of cultivated land. University of Minnesota researchers report that if all corn grown in the U.S. were used to make ethanol it would displace 12% of current U.S. gasoline consumption.&lt;a title=&quot;&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethanol_fuel#cite_note-cornundrum-91&quot;&gt;[92]&lt;/a&gt; There are claims that land for ethanol production is acquired through deforestation, while others have observed that areas currently supporting forests are usually not suitable for growing crops.&lt;a title=&quot;&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethanol_fuel#cite_note-92&quot;&gt;[93]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethanol_fuel#cite_note-93&quot;&gt;[94]&lt;/a&gt; In any case, farming may involve a decline in soil fertility due to reduction of organic matter,&lt;a title=&quot;&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethanol_fuel#cite_note-94&quot;&gt;[95]&lt;/a&gt; a decrease in water availability and quality, an increase in the use of pesticides and fertilizers, and potential dislocation of local communities.&lt;a title=&quot;&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethanol_fuel#cite_note-95&quot;&gt;[96]&lt;/a&gt; However, new technology enables farmers and processors to increasingly produce the same output using less inputs.&lt;a title=&quot;&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethanol_fuel#cite_note-cornundrum-91&quot;&gt;[92]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There is a concern that as demand for ethanol fuel increases, food crops are replaced by fuel crops, driving food supply down and food prices up. Growing demand for ethanol in the United States has been discussed as a factor in the increased corn prices in Mexico.&lt;a title=&quot;&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethanol_fuel#cite_note-96&quot;&gt;[97]&lt;/a&gt; Average barley prices in the United States rose 17% from January to June 2007 to the highest in 11 years. However, some commentators suggest that recent food price increases mainly reflect &lt;a title=&quot;Oil price increases since 2003&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oil_price_increases_since_2003&quot;&gt;high oil prices in recent years&lt;/a&gt;, not specific pressures associated with ethanol production.&lt;a title=&quot;&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethanol_fuel#cite_note-97&quot;&gt;[98]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;Cellulosic ethanol&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cellulosic_ethanol&quot;&gt;Cellulosic ethanol&lt;/a&gt; production is a new approach which may alleviate land use and related concerns. Cellulosic ethanol can be produced from any plant material, potentially doubling yields, in an effort to minimize conflict between food needs versus fuel needs. Instead of utilizing only the starch by-products from grinding wheat and other crops, cellulosic ethanol production maximizes the use of all plant materials, including gluten. This approach would have a smaller &lt;a title=&quot;Carbon footprint&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_footprint&quot;&gt;carbon footprint&lt;/a&gt; because the amount of energy-intensive fertilisers and fungicides remain the same for higher output of usable material. The technology for producing cellulosic ethanol is currently in the &lt;a title=&quot;Cellulosic ethanol commercialization&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cellulosic_ethanol_commercialization&quot;&gt;commercialization stage&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;a title=&quot;&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethanol_fuel#cite_note-98&quot;&gt;[99]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethanol_fuel#cite_note-99&quot;&gt;[100]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Many analysts suggest that, whichever ethanol fuel production strategy is used, fuel conservation efforts are also needed to make a large impact on reducing petroleum fuel use</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://youthelectric.blogspot.com/feeds/2982150886955771634/comments/default' title='Posting Komentar'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/3603889833414475085/2982150886955771634' title='1 Komentar'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3603889833414475085/posts/default/2982150886955771634'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3603889833414475085/posts/default/2982150886955771634'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://youthelectric.blogspot.com/2008/06/biodiesel-biodiesel-vs-environmental.html' title='[biodiesel] Biodiesel vs Environmental Impact'/><author><name>benjamin&#39;s blog</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12010198044604820173</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='26' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyqLREUqLHfer5e_yjSbnR0Mi9Q9EZbkeQIOcT1qaiRdHVzycMUcx18SWXpMOIwsafqj_aT8sm9kw2COpks4aZtbRXalTt8ksIykKRSVmLRmol-tM6Tbq8baFSaH1DqQ/s220/kill+bill.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3603889833414475085.post-2981238820087080340</id><published>2008-06-14T20:48:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-06-14T21:07:19.497-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Origin of Biodiesel"/><title type='text'>[biodiesel] Ethanol Country Producers (part2)</title><content type='html'>Hi Bloggers,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;we push through to 3rd part of biodiesel discussion&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Europe&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The consumption of bioethanol is largest in Europe in Germany, Sweden, France and Spain. Europe produces equivalent to 90% of its consumption (2006). Germany produced ca 70% of its consumption, Spain 60% and Sweden 50% (2006). In Sweden there are 792 E85 filling stations and in France 131 &lt;a title=&quot;E85&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E85&quot;&gt;E85&lt;/a&gt; service stations with 550 more under construction.&lt;a title=&quot;&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethanol_fuel#cite_note-EUBIA-55&quot;&gt;[56]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On Monday, &lt;a title=&quot;September 17&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_17&quot;&gt;September 17&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a title=&quot;2007&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007&quot;&gt;2007&lt;/a&gt; the first ethanol fuel pump was opened in Reykjavik, &lt;a title=&quot;Iceland&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iceland&quot;&gt;Iceland&lt;/a&gt;. This pump is the only one of its kind in Iceland. The fuel is imported by Brimborg, a Volvo dealer, as a pilot to see how ethanol fueled cars work in Iceland. In a few weeks, the pump will be opened for public use.[&lt;a title=&quot;Wikipedia:Citation needed&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed&quot;&gt;citation needed&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In &lt;a class=&quot;mw-redirect&quot; title=&quot;The Netherlands&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Netherlands&quot;&gt;The Netherlands&lt;/a&gt; regular petrol with no bio-additives is slowly outphased, since EU-legislation has been passed that requires the fraction of nonmineral origin to become minimum 5,75% of the total fuel consumption volume in 2010. This can be realised by substitutions in diesel or in petrol of any biological source; or fuel sold in the form of pure biofuel. (2007:) There are only a few gas stations where E85 is sold, which is an 85% ethanol, 15% petrol mix.&lt;a title=&quot;&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethanol_fuel#cite_note-61&quot;&gt;[62]&lt;/a&gt; Directly neighbouring country Germany is reported to have a much better biofuel infrastructure and offers both E85 and E50. Biofuel is taxed equally as regular fuel. However, fuel tanked abroad cannot be taxed and a recent payment receipt will in most cases suffice to prevent fines if customs check tank contents. (Authorities are aware of high taxation on fuels and cross-border fuel refilling is a well-known practice.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Asia&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a id=&quot;China&quot; name=&quot;China&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;China&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;China&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China&quot;&gt;China&lt;/a&gt; is promoting ethanol-based fuel on a pilot basis in five cities in its central and northeastern region, a move designed to create a new market for its surplus grain and reduce consumption of petroleum. The cities include Zhengzhou, Luoyang and Nanyang in central China&#39;s &lt;a class=&quot;mw-redirect&quot; title=&quot;Henan province&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henan_province&quot;&gt;Henan province&lt;/a&gt;, and Harbin and Zhaodong in &lt;a class=&quot;mw-redirect&quot; title=&quot;Heilongjiang province&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heilongjiang_province&quot;&gt;Heilongjiang province&lt;/a&gt;, northeast China. Under the program, Henan will promote ethanol-based fuel across the province by the end of this year. Officials say the move is of great importance in helping to stabilize grain prices, raise farmers&#39; income and reducing petrol- induced air pollution.&lt;a title=&quot;&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethanol_fuel#cite_note-64&quot;&gt;[65]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a id=&quot;Thailand&quot; name=&quot;Thailand&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Thailand&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;Thailand&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thailand&quot;&gt;Thailand&lt;/a&gt; already use 10% ethanol (&lt;a title=&quot;E10&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E10&quot;&gt;E10&lt;/a&gt;) widely on big scale on the local market. Beginning in 2008 Thailand started with the sale of &lt;a title=&quot;E20&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E20&quot;&gt;E20&lt;/a&gt; and the in the third quarter of 2008 &lt;a title=&quot;E85&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E85&quot;&gt;E85&lt;/a&gt; will come on the mark.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a id=&quot;Australia&quot; name=&quot;Australia&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Australia&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Main article: &lt;a class=&quot;mw-redirect&quot; title=&quot;Ethanol fuel in Australia&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethanol_fuel_in_Australia&quot;&gt;Ethanol fuel in Australia&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Legislation in &lt;a title=&quot;Australia&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia&quot;&gt;Australia&lt;/a&gt; imposes a 10% cap on the concentration of fuel ethanol blends. Blends of 90% unleaded petrol and 10% fuel ethanol are commonly referred to as E10. E10 is available through service stations operating under the BP, Caltex, Shell and United brands as well as those of a number of smaller independents. Not surprisingly, E10 is most widely available closer to the sources of production in Queensland and New South Wales. E10 is most commonly blended with 91 RON &quot;regular unleaded&quot; fuel. There is a requirement that retailers label blends containing fuel ethanol on the dispenser.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a id=&quot;Caribbean_Basin&quot; name=&quot;Caribbean_Basin&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;Caribbean Basin&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caribbean_Basin&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Caribbean Basin&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;All countries in &lt;a title=&quot;Central America&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_America&quot;&gt;Central America&lt;/a&gt;, northern &lt;a title=&quot;South America&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_America&quot;&gt;South America&lt;/a&gt; and the &lt;a title=&quot;Caribbean&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caribbean&quot;&gt;Caribbean&lt;/a&gt; are located in a tropical zone with suitable climate for growing &lt;a class=&quot;mw-redirect&quot; title=&quot;Sugar cane&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sugar_cane&quot;&gt;sugar cane&lt;/a&gt;. In fact, most of these countries have a long tradition of growing sugar cane mainly for producing &lt;a title=&quot;Sugar&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sugar&quot;&gt;sugar&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a title=&quot;Alcoholic beverage&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcoholic_beverage&quot;&gt;alcoholic beverages&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As a result of the &lt;a class=&quot;mw-redirect&quot; title=&quot;Guerilla&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guerilla&quot;&gt;guerilla&lt;/a&gt; movements in Central America, in 1983 the United States &lt;a class=&quot;mw-redirect&quot; title=&quot;Unilateral&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unilateral&quot;&gt;unilateral&lt;/a&gt; and temporarily approved the &lt;a title=&quot;Caribbean Basin Initiative&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caribbean_Basin_Initiative&quot;&gt;Caribbean Basin Initiative&lt;/a&gt;, allowing most countries in the region to benefit from several tariff and trade benefits. These benefits were made permanent in 1990 and more recently, these benefits were replaced by the &lt;a title=&quot;Caribbean Basin Trade and Partnership Act&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caribbean_Basin_Trade_and_Partnership_Act&quot;&gt;Caribbean Basin Trade and Partnership Act&lt;/a&gt;, approved in 2000, and the &lt;a title=&quot;Dominican Republic–Central America Free Trade Agreement&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominican_RepublicâCentral_America_Free_Trade_Agreement&quot;&gt;Dominican Republic–Central America Free Trade Agreement&lt;/a&gt; that went to effect in 2008.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;All these agreements have allowed several countries in the region to export ethanol to the U.S free of tariffs.&lt;a title=&quot;&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethanol_fuel#cite_note-CEPAL-46&quot;&gt;[47]&lt;/a&gt; Until 2004, the countries that benefited the most were &lt;a title=&quot;Jamaica&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamaica&quot;&gt;Jamaica&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a title=&quot;Costa Rica&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costa_Rica&quot;&gt;Costa Rica&lt;/a&gt;, but as the U.S. began demanding more fuel ethanol, the two countries increased their exports and two others began exporting. In 2007, &lt;a title=&quot;Jamaica&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamaica&quot;&gt;Jamaica&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a title=&quot;El Salvador&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Salvador&quot;&gt;El Salvador&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a class=&quot;mw-redirect&quot; title=&quot;Trinidad &amp;amp; Tobago&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trinidad_&amp;amp;_Tobago&quot;&gt;Trinidad &amp;amp; Tobago&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a title=&quot;Costa Rica&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costa_Rica&quot;&gt;Costa Rica&lt;/a&gt; exported together to the U.S. a total of 230.5 million gallons of ethanol, representing 54.1% of U.S. fuel ethanol imports. &lt;a class=&quot;mw-redirect&quot; title=&quot;Brasil&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brasil&quot;&gt;Brasil&lt;/a&gt; began exporting ethanol to the U.S. in 2004 and exported 188.8 million gallons representing 44.3% of U.S. ethanol imports in 2007. The remaining imports that year came from &lt;a title=&quot;Canada&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada&quot;&gt;Canada&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a title=&quot;China&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China&quot;&gt;China&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;a title=&quot;&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethanol_fuel#cite_note-RFA1E-31&quot;&gt;[32]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In March 2007, &quot;ethanol diplomacy&quot; was the focus of President &lt;a title=&quot;George W. Bush&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_W._Bush&quot;&gt;George W. Bush&lt;/a&gt;&#39;s Latin American tour, in which he and Brazil&#39;s president, &lt;a class=&quot;mw-redirect&quot; title=&quot;Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luiz_Inacio_Lula_da_Silva&quot;&gt;Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva&lt;/a&gt;, were seeking to promote the production and use of sugar cane based ethanol throughout &lt;a title=&quot;Latin America&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin_America&quot;&gt;Latin America&lt;/a&gt; and the &lt;a title=&quot;Caribbean&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caribbean&quot;&gt;Caribbean&lt;/a&gt;. The two countries also agreed to share technology and set international standards for biofuels.&lt;a title=&quot;&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethanol_fuel#cite_note-WasPos1-42&quot;&gt;[43]&lt;/a&gt; The Brazilian sugar cane technology transfer would allow several &lt;a class=&quot;mw-redirect&quot; title=&quot;Central American&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_American&quot;&gt;Central American&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a title=&quot;Caribbean&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caribbean&quot;&gt;Caribbean&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a title=&quot;Andean Community of Nations&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andean_Community_of_Nations&quot;&gt;Andean&lt;/a&gt; countries to take advantage of their tariff-free trade agreements to increase or become exporters to the United States in the short-term.&lt;a title=&quot;&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethanol_fuel#cite_note-65&quot;&gt;[66]&lt;/a&gt; Also, in August 2007, Brazil&#39;s President toured &lt;a title=&quot;Mexico&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexico&quot;&gt;Mexico&lt;/a&gt; and several countries in Central America and the Caribbean to promote Brazilian ethanol technology.&lt;a title=&quot;&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethanol_fuel#cite_note-66&quot;&gt;[67]&lt;/a&gt; The ethanol alliance between the U.S. and Brazil generated some negative reactions from &lt;a title=&quot;Venezuela&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venezuela&quot;&gt;Venezuela&lt;/a&gt;&#39;s President &lt;a class=&quot;mw-redirect&quot; title=&quot;Hugo Chavez&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugo_Chavez&quot;&gt;Hugo Chavez&lt;/a&gt;,&lt;a title=&quot;&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethanol_fuel#cite_note-67&quot;&gt;[68]&lt;/a&gt; and by then &lt;a title=&quot;Cuba&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuba&quot;&gt;Cuba&lt;/a&gt;&#39;s President, &lt;a title=&quot;Fidel Castro&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fidel_Castro&quot;&gt;Fidel Castro&lt;/a&gt;, who wrote that &quot;you will see how many people among the hungry masses of our planet will no longer consume corn.&quot; &quot;Or even worse,&quot; he continued, &quot;by offering financing to poor countries to produce ethanol from corn or any other kind of food, no tree will be left to defend humanity from climate change.&quot;&#39;&lt;a title=&quot;&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethanol_fuel#cite_note-68&quot;&gt;[69]&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a title=&quot;Daniel Ortega&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Ortega&quot;&gt;Daniel Ortega&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a title=&quot;Nicaragua&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicaragua&quot;&gt;Nicaragua&lt;/a&gt;&#39;s President, and one of the preferencial recipients of Brazilian technical aid also voiced critics to the Bush plan, but he vowed support for sugar cane based ethanol during &lt;a class=&quot;mw-redirect&quot; title=&quot;Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luiz_Inacio_Lula_da_Silva&quot;&gt;Lula&lt;/a&gt;&#39;s visit to Nicaragua.&lt;a title=&quot;&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethanol_fuel#cite_note-69&quot;&gt;[70]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethanol_fuel#cite_note-70&quot;&gt;[71]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a id=&quot;Colombia&quot; name=&quot;Colombia&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Colombia&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;Colombia&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colombia&quot;&gt;Colombia&lt;/a&gt;&#39;s ethanol program began in 2002, based on a law approved in 2001 mandating a mix of 10% ethanol with regular gasoline. Sugar cane-based ethanol production began in 2005, and as local production was not enough to supply enough ethanol to the entire country&#39;s fleet, the program was implemented only on cities with more than 500,000 inhabitants, such as &lt;a class=&quot;mw-redirect&quot; title=&quot;Cali&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cali&quot;&gt;Cali&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a title=&quot;Pereira&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pereira&quot;&gt;Pereira&lt;/a&gt;, and the capital city of &lt;a title=&quot;Bogotá&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BogotÃ¡&quot;&gt;Bogotá&lt;/a&gt;. All of the ethanol production comes from the &lt;a title=&quot;Department of Valle del Cauca&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Department_of_Valle_del_Cauca&quot;&gt;Department of Valle del Cauca&lt;/a&gt;, Colombia&#39;s traditional sugar cane region.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a id=&quot;Costa_Rica&quot; name=&quot;Costa_Rica&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Costa Rica&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Starting in October 2008, all gasoline sold in &lt;a title=&quot;Costa Rica&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costa_Rica&quot;&gt;Costa Rica&lt;/a&gt; will be blended with 7.5% ethanol. This follows a two year trial that took place in the provinces of &lt;a title=&quot;Guanacaste&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guanacaste&quot;&gt;Guanacaste&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a title=&quot;Puntarenas&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puntarenas&quot;&gt;Puntarenas&lt;/a&gt;. The government expects to increase the percent of ethanol mixed with gasoline to 12% in the next 4 to 5 years. The Costa Rican government is pursuing this policy to lower the country&#39;s dependency of foreign oil and to reduce the amount of greenhouse gases produced. The plan also calls for an increase in ethanol producing crops and tax breaks for flex-fuel vehicles.&lt;a title=&quot;&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethanol_fuel#cite_note-71&quot;&gt;[72]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a id=&quot;El_Salvador&quot; name=&quot;El_Salvador&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;El Salvador&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As a result of the cooperation agreement between the United States and Brazil, &lt;a title=&quot;El Salvador&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Salvador&quot;&gt;El Salvador&lt;/a&gt; was chosen in 2007 to lead a pilot experience to introduce state-of-the-art technology for growing sugar cane for production of ethanol fuel in &lt;a title=&quot;Central America&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_America&quot;&gt;Central America&lt;/a&gt;, as this technical bilateral cooperation is looking for helping Central American countries to reduce their dependence on foreign oil.&lt;a title=&quot;&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethanol_fuel#cite_note-72&quot;&gt;[73]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a id=&quot;Comparison_between_Brazil_and_the_U.S.&quot; name=&quot;Comparison_between_Brazil_and_the_U.S.&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Comparison between Brazil and the U.S.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;Brazil&#39;s sugar cane-based industry is far more efficient than the U.S. corn-based industry. Brazilian distillers are able to produce ethanol for 22 cents per liter, compared with the 30 cents per liter for corn-based ethanol.&lt;a title=&quot;&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethanol_fuel#cite_note-73&quot;&gt;[74]&lt;/a&gt; Sugarcane cultivation requires a tropical or subtropical climate, with a minimum of 600 mm (24 in) of annual rainfall. Sugarcane is one of the most efficient photosynthesizers in the plant kingdom, able to convert up to 2% of incident solar energy into biomass. Ethanol is produced by yeast fermentation of the sugar extracted from sugar cane.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sugarcane production in the United States occurs in &lt;a title=&quot;Florida&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida&quot;&gt;Florida&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a title=&quot;Louisiana&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisiana&quot;&gt;Louisiana&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a title=&quot;Hawaii&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawaii&quot;&gt;Hawaii&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a title=&quot;Texas&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas&quot;&gt;Texas&lt;/a&gt;. In prime growing regions, such as Hawaii, sugarcane can produce 20 kg for each square meter exposed to the sun. The first three plants to produce sugar cane-based ethanol are expected to go online in Louisiana by mid 2009. Sugar mill plants in &lt;a class=&quot;new&quot; title=&quot;Lacassine, Lousiana (page does not exist)&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lacassine%2C_Lousiana&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;redlink=1&quot;&gt;Lacassine&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a title=&quot;St. James Parish, Louisiana&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._James_Parish,_Louisiana&quot;&gt;St. James&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a title=&quot;Bunkie, Louisiana&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bunkie,_Louisiana&quot;&gt;Bunkie&lt;/a&gt; were converted to sugar cane-based ethanol production using &lt;a title=&quot;Colombia&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colombia&quot;&gt;Colombian&lt;/a&gt; technology in order to make possible a profitable ethanol production. These three plants will produce 100 million gallons of ethanol within five years.&lt;a title=&quot;&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethanol_fuel#cite_note-74&quot;&gt;[75]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;U.S. corn-derived ethanol costs 30% more because the corn starch must first be converted to sugar before being distilled into alcohol. Unfortunately, despite this cost differential in production, in contrast to &lt;a title=&quot;Japan&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan&quot;&gt;Japan&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a title=&quot;Sweden&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweden&quot;&gt;Sweden&lt;/a&gt;, the U.S. does not import much of Brazilian ethanol because of U.S. trade barriers corresponding to a &lt;a title=&quot;Tariff&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tariff&quot;&gt;tariff&lt;/a&gt; of 54-cent per gallon – a levy designed to offset the 51-cent per gallon blender&#39;s federal tax credit that is applied to ethanol no matter its country of origin.&lt;a title=&quot;&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethanol_fuel#cite_note-75&quot;&gt;[76]&lt;/a&gt; One advantage U.S. corn-derived ethanol offers is the ability to return 1/3 of the feedstock back into the market as a replacement for the corn used in the form of Distillers Dried Grain.&lt;a title=&quot;&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethanol_fuel#cite_note-Ethanol-50&quot;&gt;[51]&lt;/a&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://youthelectric.blogspot.com/feeds/2981238820087080340/comments/default' title='Posting Komentar'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/3603889833414475085/2981238820087080340' title='0 Komentar'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3603889833414475085/posts/default/2981238820087080340'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3603889833414475085/posts/default/2981238820087080340'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://youthelectric.blogspot.com/2008/06/biodiesel-ethanol-country-producers_14.html' title='[biodiesel] Ethanol Country Producers (part2)'/><author><name>benjamin&#39;s blog</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12010198044604820173</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='26' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyqLREUqLHfer5e_yjSbnR0Mi9Q9EZbkeQIOcT1qaiRdHVzycMUcx18SWXpMOIwsafqj_aT8sm9kw2COpks4aZtbRXalTt8ksIykKRSVmLRmol-tM6Tbq8baFSaH1DqQ/s220/kill+bill.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3603889833414475085.post-5664050028528066774</id><published>2008-06-14T20:36:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-06-14T21:01:23.243-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Origin of Biodiesel"/><title type='text'>[biodiesel] Ethanol Country Producers (part 1)</title><content type='html'>Hi Readers,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;continuation of biodiesel topic, as taken from wikipedia.com&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Experience by country&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The top five ethanol producers in 2006 were the United States with 4.855 billion &lt;a title=&quot;Gallon&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallon&quot;&gt;U.S. liquid gallons&lt;/a&gt; (bg), Brazil (4.49 bg), China (1.02 bg), India (0.50 bg) and France (0.25 bg).&lt;a title=&quot;&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethanol_fuel#cite_note-RFA1E-31&quot;&gt;[32]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Brazil and the United States accounted for 70 percent of all ethanol production, with total world production of 13.5 billion US gallons (40 million tonnes). When accounting just for fuel ethanol production in 2007, the U.S. and Brazil are responsible for 88% of the 13.1 billion gallons total world production. Strong incentives, coupled with other industry development initiatives, are giving rise to fledgling ethanol industries in countries such as &lt;a title=&quot;Thailand&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thailand&quot;&gt;Thailand&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a title=&quot;Colombia&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colombia&quot;&gt;Colombia&lt;/a&gt;, and some &lt;a title=&quot;Central America&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_America&quot;&gt;Central American&lt;/a&gt; countries. Nevertheless, ethanol has yet to make a dent in world oil consumption of approximately 4000 million tonnes/yr (84 million barrels/day).&lt;a title=&quot;&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethanol_fuel#cite_note-32&quot;&gt;[33]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Brazil&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Main article: &lt;a title=&quot;Ethanol fuel in Brazil&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethanol_fuel_in_Brazil&quot;&gt;Ethanol fuel in Brazil&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;image&quot; title=&quot;Brazil has ethanol fuel available throughout the country. A typical Petrobras filling station at São Paulo with dual fuel service, marked A for alcohol (ethanol) and G for gasoline.&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Sao_Paulo_ethanol_pump_04_2008_74_zoom.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;internal&quot; title=&quot;Enlarge&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Sao_Paulo_ethanol_pump_04_2008_74_zoom.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;Brazil&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil&quot;&gt;Brazil&lt;/a&gt; has ethanol fuel available throughout the country. A typical &lt;a title=&quot;Petrobras&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petrobras&quot;&gt;Petrobras&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a title=&quot;Filling&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filling&quot;&gt;filling&lt;/a&gt; station at &lt;a title=&quot;São Paulo&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SÃ£o_Paulo&quot;&gt;São Paulo&lt;/a&gt; with dual fuel service, marked A for alcohol (ethanol) and G for &lt;a title=&quot;Gasoline&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gasoline&quot;&gt;gasoline&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;image&quot; title=&quot;&#39;Typical&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Four_Brazilian_full_flex-fuel_automoviles_05_2008.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;internal&quot; title=&quot;Enlarge&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Four_Brazilian_full_flex-fuel_automoviles_05_2008.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Typical &lt;a title=&quot;Brazil&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil&quot;&gt;Brazilian&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a title=&quot;Flexible-fuel vehicle&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flexible-fuel_vehicle&quot;&gt;&quot;flex&quot; models&lt;/a&gt; from several car makers, that run on any blend of &lt;a class=&quot;mw-redirect&quot; title=&quot;Ethanol (fuel)&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethanol_(fuel)&quot;&gt;ethanol&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a title=&quot;Gasoline&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gasoline&quot;&gt;gasoline&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;Brazil&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil&quot;&gt;Brazil&lt;/a&gt; has the largest and most successful bio-fuel programs in the world, involving production of ethanol fuel from &lt;a class=&quot;mw-redirect&quot; title=&quot;Sugar cane&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sugar_cane&quot;&gt;sugar cane&lt;/a&gt;, and it is considered to have the world&#39;s first &lt;a class=&quot;mw-redirect&quot; title=&quot;Sustainable&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sustainable&quot;&gt;sustainable&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a title=&quot;Biofuel&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biofuel&quot;&gt;biofuels&lt;/a&gt; economy.&lt;a title=&quot;&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethanol_fuel#cite_note-Wilson-34&quot;&gt;[35]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethanol_fuel#cite_note-Apollo-35&quot;&gt;[36]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethanol_fuel#cite_note-NYT100406-36&quot;&gt;[37]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In 2006 Brazilian &lt;a title=&quot;Ethanol&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethanol&quot;&gt;ethanol&lt;/a&gt; provided around 20% of the country&#39;s road transport sector fuel consumption needs, and more than 40% of fuel consumption for the light vehicle fleet.&lt;a title=&quot;&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethanol_fuel#cite_note-BEN2007-37&quot;&gt;[38]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethanol_fuel#cite_note-Brazil48_20-38&quot;&gt;[39]&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a title=&quot;&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethanol_fuel#cite_note-Apollo-35&quot;&gt;[36]&lt;/a&gt; As a result of the increasing use of ethanol, together with the exploitation of domestic deep water oil sources, Brazil, which years ago had to import a large share of the petroleum needed for domestic consumption, in 2006 reached complete self-sufficiency in oil supply.&lt;a title=&quot;&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethanol_fuel#cite_note-39&quot;&gt;[40]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethanol_fuel#cite_note-40&quot;&gt;[41]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethanol_fuel#cite_note-41&quot;&gt;[42]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Together, &lt;a title=&quot;Brazil&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil&quot;&gt;Brazil&lt;/a&gt; and the &lt;a title=&quot;United States&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States&quot;&gt;United States&lt;/a&gt; lead the industrial world in global &lt;a title=&quot;Ethanol&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethanol&quot;&gt;ethanol&lt;/a&gt; production, accounting together for 70% of the world&#39;s production&lt;a title=&quot;&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethanol_fuel#cite_note-WasPos1-42&quot;&gt;[43]&lt;/a&gt; and nearly 90% of ethanol used for fuel. &lt;a title=&quot;&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethanol_fuel#cite_note-WorldBank-43&quot;&gt;[44]&lt;/a&gt; In 2006 Brazil produced 16.3 billion &lt;a class=&quot;mw-redirect&quot; title=&quot;Liter&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liter&quot;&gt;liters&lt;/a&gt; (4.3 billion &lt;a title=&quot;Gallon&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallon&quot;&gt;U.S. liquid gallons&lt;/a&gt;),&lt;a title=&quot;&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethanol_fuel#cite_note-RFA1E-31&quot;&gt;[32]&lt;/a&gt; which represents 33.3% of the world&#39;s total ethanol production and 42% of the world&#39;s ethanol used as fuel.&lt;a title=&quot;&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethanol_fuel#cite_note-WorldBank-43&quot;&gt;[44]&lt;/a&gt; Sugar cane plantations cover 3.6 million &lt;a class=&quot;mw-redirect&quot; title=&quot;Hectares&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hectares&quot;&gt;hectares&lt;/a&gt; of land for ethanol production, representing just 1% of Brazil&#39;s arable land, with a productivity of 7,500 liters of ethanol per hectare, as compared with the U.S. &lt;a title=&quot;Maize&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maize&quot;&gt;maize&lt;/a&gt; ethanol productivity of 3,000 liters per hectare.&lt;a title=&quot;&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethanol_fuel#cite_note-Veja_30_04-44&quot;&gt;[45]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethanol_fuel#cite_note-Wilson-34&quot;&gt;[35]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Production and use of ethanol has been stimulated through:&lt;br /&gt;Low-interest loans for the construction of ethanol distilleries&lt;br /&gt;Guaranteed purchase of ethanol by the state-owned oil company at a reasonable price&lt;br /&gt;Retail pricing of neat ethanol so it is competitive if not slightly favorable to the gasoline-ethanol blend. Tax incentives provided during the 1980s to stimulate the purchase of neat ethanol vehicles.&lt;a title=&quot;&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethanol_fuel#cite_note-aceee-45&quot;&gt;[46]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Guaranteed purchase and price regulation were ended some years ago, with relatively positive results. In addition to these other policies, ethanol producers in the state of São Paulo established a research and technology transfer center that has been effective in improving sugar cane and ethanol yields.&lt;a title=&quot;&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethanol_fuel#cite_note-aceee-45&quot;&gt;[46]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There are no longer light vehicles in Brazil running on pure gasoline. Since 1977 the government made mandatory to blend 20% of ethanol (&lt;a title=&quot;E20&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E20&quot;&gt;E20&lt;/a&gt;) with &lt;a title=&quot;Gasoline&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gasoline&quot;&gt;gasoline&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a class=&quot;mw-redirect&quot; title=&quot;Gasohol&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gasohol&quot;&gt;gasohol&lt;/a&gt;), requiring just a minor adjustment on regular gasoline motors. Today the mandatory blend is allowed to vary nationwide between 20% to 25% ethanol (&lt;a title=&quot;Common ethanol fuel mixtures&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_ethanol_fuel_mixtures&quot;&gt;E25&lt;/a&gt;) and it is used by all regular gasoline vehicles, plus three million cars running on 100% anhydrous ethanol and five million of &lt;a class=&quot;extiw&quot; title=&quot;w:Flexible-fuel_vehicle&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flexible-fuel_vehicle#Flexible-fuel_vehicles_in_Brazil.5C&quot;&gt;dual or flexible-fuel vehicles&lt;/a&gt;. The Brazilian car manufacturing industry developed full flexible-fuel vehicles that can run on any proportion of gasoline and ethanol.&lt;a title=&quot;&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethanol_fuel#cite_note-CEPAL-46&quot;&gt;[47]&lt;/a&gt; Introduced in the market in 2003, these vehicles became a commercial success.&lt;a title=&quot;&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethanol_fuel#cite_note-ICIS-47&quot;&gt;[48]&lt;/a&gt; On March 2008, the fleet of &quot;flex&quot; cars and light commercial vehicles had reached 5 million new vehicles sold.&lt;a title=&quot;&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethanol_fuel#cite_note-Globo1-48&quot;&gt;[49]&lt;/a&gt; which represents around 10% of Brazil&#39;s motor vehicle fleet and 15.6% of all light vehicles.&lt;a title=&quot;&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethanol_fuel#cite_note-49&quot;&gt;[50]&lt;/a&gt; The ethanol-powered and &lt;a title=&quot;Flexible-fuel vehicle&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flexible-fuel_vehicle&quot;&gt;&quot;flex&quot; vehicles&lt;/a&gt;, as they are popularly known, are manufactured to tolerate hydrated ethanol, an &lt;a title=&quot;Azeotrope&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azeotrope&quot;&gt;azeotrope&lt;/a&gt; comprised of 95.6% ethanol and 4.4% water.&lt;a title=&quot;&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethanol_fuel#cite_note-Ethanol-50&quot;&gt;[51]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;United States&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;image&quot; title=&quot;Flag of the United States&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_the_United_States.svg&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Main article: &lt;a title=&quot;Ethanol fuel in the United States&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethanol_fuel_in_the_United_States&quot;&gt;Ethanol fuel in the United States&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The United States produces and consumes more ethanol fuel than any other country in the world. Most cars on the road today in the U.S. can run on blends of up to 10% ethanol, and motor vehicle manufacturers already produce vehicles designed to run on much higher ethanol blends. In 2007 Portland, Oregon, became the first city in the United States to require all gasoline sold within city limits to contain at least 10% ethanol.&lt;a title=&quot;&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethanol_fuel#cite_note-51&quot;&gt;[52]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethanol_fuel#cite_note-52&quot;&gt;[53]&lt;/a&gt; As of January 2008, three states — Missouri, Minnesota, and Hawaii — require ethanol to be blended with gasoline motor fuel. Many cities are also required to use an ethanol blend due to non-attainment of federal air quality goals.&lt;a title=&quot;&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethanol_fuel#cite_note-53&quot;&gt;[54]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;image&quot; title=&quot;&#39;A&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Ethanol_Car.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;internal&quot; title=&quot;Enlarge&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Ethanol_Car.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;A &lt;a title=&quot;Ford Taurus&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Taurus&quot;&gt;Ford Taurus&lt;/a&gt; &quot;fueled by clean burning ethanol&quot; owned by &lt;a title=&quot;New York City&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City&quot;&gt;New York City&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;Several motor vehicle manufacturers, including &lt;a title=&quot;Ford Motor Company&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Motor_Company&quot;&gt;Ford&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a class=&quot;mw-redirect&quot; title=&quot;DaimlerChrysler&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DaimlerChrysler&quot;&gt;DaimlerChrysler&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a class=&quot;mw-redirect&quot; title=&quot;General Motors Corporation&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Motors_Corporation&quot;&gt;GM&lt;/a&gt;, sell &lt;a title=&quot;Flexible-fuel vehicle&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flexible-fuel_vehicle&quot;&gt;flexible-fuel vehicles&lt;/a&gt; that can use gasoline and ethanol blends ranging from pure gasoline all the way up to 85% ethanol (E85). By mid-2006, there were approximately six million E85-compatible vehicles on U.S. roads.&lt;a title=&quot;&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethanol_fuel#cite_note-54&quot;&gt;[55]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In the USA there are currently 1,522 stations distributing ethanol, although most stations are in the &lt;a class=&quot;mw-redirect&quot; title=&quot;Corn belt&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corn_belt&quot;&gt;corn belt&lt;/a&gt; area.&lt;a title=&quot;&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethanol_fuel#cite_note-EUBIA-55&quot;&gt;[56]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethanol_fuel#cite_note-nevc-56&quot;&gt;[57]&lt;/a&gt; One of the debated methods for distribution in the US is using existing &lt;a class=&quot;mw-redirect&quot; title=&quot;Oil pipeline&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oil_pipeline&quot;&gt;oil pipelines&lt;/a&gt;,&lt;a title=&quot;&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethanol_fuel#cite_note-57&quot;&gt;[58]&lt;/a&gt; which raises concerns over corrosion. In any case, some companies proposed building a 1,700-mile pipeline to carry ethanol from the &lt;a class=&quot;mw-redirect&quot; title=&quot;Midwest&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midwest&quot;&gt;Midwest&lt;/a&gt; through Central &lt;a title=&quot;Pennsylvania&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennsylvania&quot;&gt;Pennsylvania&lt;/a&gt; to &lt;a title=&quot;New York&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York&quot;&gt;New York&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;a title=&quot;&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethanol_fuel#cite_note-58&quot;&gt;[59]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The production of fuel ethanol from corn in the United States is controversial for a few reasons. Production of ethanol from corn is 5 to 6 times less efficient than producing it from sugarcane. Ethanol production from corn is highly dependent upon subsidies and it consumes a food crop to produce fuel.&lt;a title=&quot;&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethanol_fuel#cite_note-bourne-30&quot;&gt;[31]&lt;/a&gt; The subsidies paid to fuel blenders and ethanol refineries have often been cited as the reason for driving up the price of corn, and in farmers planting more corn and the conversion of considerable land to corn (maize) production which generally consumes more fertilizers and pesticides than many other land uses.&lt;a title=&quot;&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethanol_fuel#cite_note-bourne-30&quot;&gt;[31]&lt;/a&gt; This is at odds with the subsidies actually paid directly to farmers that are designed to take corn land out of production and pay farmers to plant grass and idle the land, often in conjunction with soil conservation programs, in an attempt to boost corn prices. Recent developments with &lt;a title=&quot;Cellulosic ethanol commercialization&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cellulosic_ethanol_commercialization&quot;&gt;cellulosic ethanol production and commercialization&lt;/a&gt; may allay some of these concerns.&lt;a title=&quot;&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethanol_fuel#cite_note-59&quot;&gt;[60]&lt;/a&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://youthelectric.blogspot.com/feeds/5664050028528066774/comments/default' title='Posting Komentar'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/3603889833414475085/5664050028528066774' title='0 Komentar'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3603889833414475085/posts/default/5664050028528066774'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3603889833414475085/posts/default/5664050028528066774'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://youthelectric.blogspot.com/2008/06/biodiesel-ethanol-country-producers.html' title='[biodiesel] Ethanol Country Producers (part 1)'/><author><name>benjamin&#39;s blog</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12010198044604820173</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='26' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyqLREUqLHfer5e_yjSbnR0Mi9Q9EZbkeQIOcT1qaiRdHVzycMUcx18SWXpMOIwsafqj_aT8sm9kw2COpks4aZtbRXalTt8ksIykKRSVmLRmol-tM6Tbq8baFSaH1DqQ/s220/kill+bill.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3603889833414475085.post-6083535816530618334</id><published>2008-05-31T08:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-06-14T21:05:52.787-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Origin of Biodiesel"/><title type='text'>[Biodiesel] Ethanol - Facts to Know</title><content type='html'>Hi reades,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;lets learn step by step about Biodiesel - taken from Wikipedia&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Biodiesel refers to a non-petroleum-based &lt;a title=&quot;Diesel&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diesel&quot;&gt;diesel&lt;/a&gt; fuel consisting of short chain &lt;a title=&quot;Alkyl&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alkyl&quot;&gt;alkyl&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a class=&quot;mw-redirect&quot; title=&quot;Methyl&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methyl&quot;&gt;methyl&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a title=&quot;Ethyl&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethyl&quot;&gt;ethyl&lt;/a&gt;) &lt;a title=&quot;Ester&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ester&quot;&gt;esters&lt;/a&gt;, made by &lt;a title=&quot;Transesterification&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transesterification&quot;&gt;transesterification&lt;/a&gt; of &lt;a class=&quot;mw-redirect&quot; title=&quot;Vegetable oil&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vegetable_oil&quot;&gt;vegetable oils&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a title=&quot;Animal fat&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_fat&quot;&gt;animal fats&lt;/a&gt;, which can be used (alone, or blended with conventional petrodiesel) in unmodified &lt;a class=&quot;mw-redirect&quot; title=&quot;Diesel-engine&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diesel-engine&quot;&gt;diesel-engine&lt;/a&gt; vehicles. Biodiesel is distinguished from the &lt;a class=&quot;mw-redirect&quot; title=&quot;Straight vegetable oil&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straight_vegetable_oil&quot;&gt;straight vegetable oil&lt;/a&gt; (SVO) (aka &quot;waste vegetable oil&quot;, &quot;WVO&quot;, &quot;unwashed biodiesel&quot;, &quot;pure plant oil&quot;, &quot;PPO&quot;) used (alone, or blended) as fuels in some converted diesel vehicles. &quot;Biodiesel&quot; is standardized as mono-alkyl ester and other kinds of diesel-grade fuels of biological origin are not included.&lt;a title=&quot;&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biodiesel#cite_note-NBB-0&quot;&gt;[1]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Blends&lt;br /&gt;Blends of biodiesel and conventional hydrocarbon-based diesel are products most commonly distributed for use in the retail diesel fuel marketplace. Much of the world uses a system known as the &quot;B&quot; factor to state the amount of biodiesel in any fuel mix: fuel containing 20% biodiesel is labeled B20, while pure biodiesel is referred to as B100.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It is common to see B99, since 1% petrodiesel is sufficiently toxic to retard mold. Blends of 20 percent biodiesel with 80 percent petroleum diesel (B20) can generally be used in unmodified diesel engines. Biodiesel can also be used in its pure form (B100), but may require certain engine modifications to avoid maintenance and performance problems. Blending B100 with petro diesel may be accomplished by:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mixing in tanks at manufacturing point prior to delivery to tanker truck&lt;br /&gt;Splash mixing in the tanker truck (adding specific percentages of Biodiesel and Petro Diesel)&lt;br /&gt;In-line mixing, two components arrive at tanker truck simultaneously.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a id=&quot;Origin&quot; name=&quot;Origin&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Origin&lt;br /&gt;On &lt;a title=&quot;August 31&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_31&quot;&gt;August 31&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a title=&quot;1937&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1937&quot;&gt;1937&lt;/a&gt;, G. Chavanne of the University of Brussels (Belgium) was granted a patent for a &#39;Procedure for the transformation of vegetable oils for their uses as fuels&#39; (fr. &#39;Procédé de Transformation d’Huiles Végétales en Vue de Leur Utilisation comme Carburants&#39;) Belgian Patent 422,877. This patent described the alcoholysis (often referred to as transesterification) of vegetable oils using ethanol (and mentions methanol) in order to separate the fatty acids from the glycerol by replacing the glycerol with short linear alcohols. This appears to be the first account of the production of what is known as &#39;biodiesel&#39; today.&lt;a title=&quot;&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biodiesel#cite_note-knothe-1&quot;&gt;[2]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a id=&quot;Applications&quot; name=&quot;Applications&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Applications&lt;br /&gt;Biodiesel can be used in pure form (B100) or may be blended with petroleum diesel at any concentration in most modern diesel engines. Biodiesel has different &lt;a title=&quot;Solvent&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solvent&quot;&gt;solvent&lt;/a&gt; properties than petrodiesel, and will degrade natural &lt;a title=&quot;Rubber&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubber&quot;&gt;rubber&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a title=&quot;Gasket&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gasket&quot;&gt;gaskets&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a title=&quot;Hose (tubing)&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hose_(tubing)&quot;&gt;hoses&lt;/a&gt; in vehicles (mostly found in vehicles manufactured before 1992), although these tend to wear out naturally and most likely will have already been replaced with &lt;a title=&quot;FKM&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FKM&quot;&gt;FKM&lt;/a&gt;, which is nonreactive to biodiesel. Biodiesel has been known to break down deposits of residue in the fuel lines where petrodiesel has been used.&lt;a title=&quot;&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biodiesel#cite_note-2&quot;&gt;[3]&lt;/a&gt; As a result, &lt;a title=&quot;Fuel filter&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuel_filter&quot;&gt;fuel filters&lt;/a&gt; may become clogged with particulates if a quick transition to pure biodiesel is made. Therefore, it is recommended to change the fuel filters on engines and heaters shortly after first switching to a biodiesel blend.[&lt;a title=&quot;Wikipedia:Citation needed&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed&quot;&gt;citation needed&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a id=&quot;Distribution&quot; name=&quot;Distribution&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Distribution&lt;br /&gt;Biodiesel use and production are increasing rapidly. Fueling stations make biodiesel readily available to &lt;a title=&quot;Consumer&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consumer&quot;&gt;consumers&lt;/a&gt; across Europe, and increasingly in the USA and Canada. A growing number of transport fleets use it as an additive in their fuel. Biodiesel is often more expensive to purchase than petroleum diesel but this is expected to diminish due to &lt;a class=&quot;mw-redirect&quot; title=&quot;Economy of scale&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_scale&quot;&gt;economies of scale&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a class=&quot;mw-redirect&quot; title=&quot;Agricultural subsidies&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agricultural_subsidies&quot;&gt;agricultural subsidies&lt;/a&gt; versus the rising cost of petroleum as &lt;a class=&quot;mw-redirect&quot; title=&quot;Hubbert peak&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubbert_peak&quot;&gt;reserves are depleted&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a id=&quot;Vehicular_use_and_manufacturer_acceptance&quot; name=&quot;Vehicular_use_and_manufacturer_acceptance&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vehicular use and manufacturer acceptance&lt;br /&gt;In 2005, DaimlerChrysler released Jeep Liberty CRD diesels from the factory into the American market with 5% biodiesel blends, indicating at least partial acceptance of biodiesel as an acceptable diesel fuel additive.&lt;a title=&quot;&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biodiesel#cite_note-3&quot;&gt;[4]&lt;/a&gt; In 2007, DiamlerChrysler indicated intention to increase warranty coverage to 20% biodiesel blends if biofuel quality in the United States can be standardized.&lt;a title=&quot;&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biodiesel#cite_note-4&quot;&gt;[5]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a id=&quot;Railroad_use&quot; name=&quot;Railroad_use&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Railroad use&lt;br /&gt;The British businessman &lt;a title=&quot;Richard Branson&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Branson&quot;&gt;Richard Branson&#39;s&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a class=&quot;mw-redirect&quot; title=&quot;Virgin Voyager&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgin_Voyager&quot;&gt;Virgin Voyager&lt;/a&gt; train, number 220007 Thames Voyager &lt;a title=&quot;&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biodiesel#cite_note-5&quot;&gt;[6]&lt;/a&gt;, billed as the world&#39;s first &quot;biodiesel train&quot; was converted to run on 80% petrodiesel and only 20% biodiesel, and it is claimed it will save 14% on direct emissions.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a id=&quot;Aircraft_use&quot; name=&quot;Aircraft_use&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Aircraft use&lt;br /&gt;Aircraft manufacturers are understandably even more cautious, but a test flight has been performed by an ex Soviet Aircraft (completely powered on biofuel);&lt;a title=&quot;&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biodiesel#cite_note-trainer-6&quot;&gt;[7]&lt;/a&gt; testing has been announced by &lt;a class=&quot;mw-redirect&quot; title=&quot;Rolls Royce plc&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolls_Royce_plc&quot;&gt;Rolls Royce plc&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a title=&quot;Air New Zealand&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_New_Zealand&quot;&gt;Air New Zealand&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a title=&quot;Boeing&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing&quot;&gt;Boeing&lt;/a&gt; (one engine out of four on a &lt;a title=&quot;Boeing 747&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_747&quot;&gt;Boeing 747&lt;/a&gt;);&lt;a title=&quot;&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biodiesel#cite_note-testflights-7&quot;&gt;[8]&lt;/a&gt; and commercial passenger jet testing has also been announced&lt;a title=&quot;&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biodiesel#cite_note-virgin-8&quot;&gt;[9]&lt;/a&gt; by &lt;a class=&quot;mw-redirect&quot; title=&quot;Virgin Atlantic&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgin_Atlantic&quot;&gt;Virgin Atlantic&lt;/a&gt;&#39;s &lt;a title=&quot;Richard Branson&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Branson&quot;&gt;Richard Branson&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The world&#39;s first biofuel-powered commercial aircraft took off from &lt;a title=&quot;London Heathrow Airport&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Heathrow_Airport&quot;&gt;London&#39;s Heathrow Airport&lt;/a&gt; on &lt;a title=&quot;February 24&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/February_24&quot;&gt;February 24&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a title=&quot;2008&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008&quot;&gt;2008&lt;/a&gt; and touched down in &lt;a title=&quot;Amsterdam&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amsterdam&quot;&gt;Amsterdam&lt;/a&gt; on a demonstration flight hailed as a first step towards &quot;cleaner&quot; flying. The &quot;BioJet&quot; fuel for this flight was produced by Seattle based Imperium Renewables, Inc.&lt;a title=&quot;&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biodiesel#cite_note-commercial-9&quot;&gt;[10]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a id=&quot;As_a_heating_oil&quot; name=&quot;As_a_heating_oil&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As a heating oil&lt;br /&gt;Biodiesel can also be used as a heating fuel in domestic and commercial boilers, sometimes known as &lt;a title=&quot;Bioheat&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bioheat&quot;&gt;bioheat&lt;/a&gt;. Older furnaces may contain rubber parts that would be affected by biodiesel&#39;s solvent properties, but can otherwise burn biodiesel without any conversion required. Care must be taken at first, however, given that varnishes left behind by petrodiesel will be released and can clog pipes- fuel filtering and prompt filter replacement is required. Another approach is to start using biodiesel as blend, and decreasing the petroleum proportion over time can allow the varnishes to come off more gradually and be less likely to clog.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thanks to its strong solvent properties, however, the furnace is cleaned out and generally becomes more efficient. A technical research paper &lt;a title=&quot;&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biodiesel#cite_note-10&quot;&gt;[11]&lt;/a&gt; describes laboratory research and field trials project using pure biodiesel and biodiesel blends as a heating fuel in oil fired boilers. During the Biodiesel Expo 2006 in the UK, Andrew J. Robertson presented his biodiesel heating oil research from his technical paper and suggested that B20 biodiesel could reduce UK household CO2 emissions by 1.5 million tonnes per year&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Readers, this article is to be continued....&lt;/em&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://youthelectric.blogspot.com/feeds/6083535816530618334/comments/default' title='Posting Komentar'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/3603889833414475085/6083535816530618334' title='0 Komentar'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3603889833414475085/posts/default/6083535816530618334'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3603889833414475085/posts/default/6083535816530618334'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://youthelectric.blogspot.com/2008/05/biodiesel-origin-of-biodiesel-1.html' title='[Biodiesel] Ethanol - Facts to Know'/><author><name>benjamin&#39;s blog</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12010198044604820173</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='26' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyqLREUqLHfer5e_yjSbnR0Mi9Q9EZbkeQIOcT1qaiRdHVzycMUcx18SWXpMOIwsafqj_aT8sm9kw2COpks4aZtbRXalTt8ksIykKRSVmLRmol-tM6Tbq8baFSaH1DqQ/s220/kill+bill.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3603889833414475085.post-6854306767520439887</id><published>2008-05-31T07:38:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-06-14T21:06:23.858-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Origin of Biodiesel"/><title type='text'>[biodiesel] Ethanol vs Biodiesel: Just the Facts</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.treehugger.com/files/2006/07/ethanol_vs_biod.php&quot;&gt;Ethanol vs. Biodiesel: Just the Facts&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;by &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.treehugger.com/authors/index.php?author=jeff&quot;&gt;Jeff McIntire-Strasburg, St. Louis, MO&lt;/a&gt; on 07. 4.06&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Reader Jacob Varghese &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.treehugger.com/files/2006/07/so_why_is_ford.php#comment-30370&quot;&gt;asked yesterday&lt;/a&gt; &quot;what&#39;s the difference between ethanol and biodiesel? which one is better, cheaper...&quot; While some of us responded &quot;Well, that&#39;s the fundamental philosophical question of our day (or, at the very least, the $64,000 question),&quot; we decided not to go there. Instead, here are some of the facts about ethanol and biodiesel, with a few thoughts on which on might be better, depending on your transportation needs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What are they?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ethanol is &quot;an alcohol product produced from corn, sorghum, potatoes, wheat, sugar cane, even biomass such as cornstalks and vegetable waste. When combined with gasoline, it increases octane levels while also promoting more complete fuel burning that reduces harmful tailpipe emissions such as carbon monoxide and hydrocarbons.&quot; (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.abengoabioenergy.com/bioethanol/index.cfm?page=0&amp;amp;lang=1&quot;&gt;Abengoa Bioenergy&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Biodiesel is &quot;a domestic, renewable fuel for diesel engines derived from natural oils like soybean oil, and which meets the specifications of &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.paclp.com/profile/releases/D6751biodiesel.htm&quot;&gt;ASTM D 6751&lt;/a&gt;.&quot; Or, for those of you who want a more technical definition, it is &quot;a fuel comprised of mono-alkyl esters of long chain fatty acids derived from vegetable oils or animal fats...&quot; (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.biodiesel.org/resources/definitions/default.shtm&quot;&gt;National Biodiesel Board&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;How are the produced?&lt;br /&gt;According to the Renewable Fuels Association (the US ethanol trade organization), there are two processes for making ethanol: wet milling and dry milling. Each process is explained in detail on &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ethanolrfa.org/resource/made/&quot;&gt;the RFA&#39;s site&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Biodiesel is made through a chemical process called &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.biodiesel.org/pdf_files/fuelfactsheets/Production.PDF&quot;&gt;transesterification&lt;/a&gt; &quot;whereby the glycerin is separated from the fat or vegetable oil. The process leaves behind two products -- methyl esters (the chemical name for biodiesel) and glycerin (a valuable byproduct usually sold to be used in soaps and other products). (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.biodiesel.org/resources/faqs/default.shtm&quot;&gt;NBB&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Which one is better for the environment?&lt;br /&gt;Both forms of biofuel have definite environmental advantages over petroleum-based gasoline and diesel fuel.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;According to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ethanolrfa.org/resource/facts/environment/&quot;&gt;the RFA&lt;/a&gt;, &quot;Ethanol contains 35% oxygen. Adding oxygen to fuel results in more complete fuel combustion, thus reducing harmful tailpipe emissions. Ethanol also displaces the use of toxic gasoline components such as benzene, a carcinogen. Ethanol is non-toxic, water soluble and quickly biodegradable.&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Biodiesel, on the other hand, &quot;is the only alternative fuel to have fully completed the health effects testing requirements of the Clean Air Act. The use of biodiesel in a conventional diesel engine results in substantial reduction of unburned hydrocarbons, carbon monoxide, and particulate matter compared to emissions from diesel fuel. In addition, the exhaust emissions of sulfur oxides and sulfates (major components of acid rain) from biodiesel are essentially eliminated compared to diesel.&quot; (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.biodiesel.org/resources/faqs/default.shtm&quot;&gt;NBB&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Which biofuel should I use?&lt;br /&gt;Unless you already own or plan to buy a vehicle with a diesel engine (which is no small feat these days), ethanol-blended gasoline is likely your best option for biofuel use. Biodiesel, however, could provide a great environmental benefit to trucking fleets, which consist almost entirely of vehicles with diesel engines.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you&#39;re a do-it-yourselfer, though, biodiesel can be made at home -- a real DIYer can even make his/her own biodiesel reactor with open-source plans available on the Internet. Ryan Thibodaux, a political blogger, recorded his own efforts to build a reactor, buy diesel cars and actually start producing the stuff &lt;a href=&quot;http://thehigherpie.blogspot.com/2005/08/biodiesel-roundup.html&quot;&gt;at his blog The Higher Pie&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Still have questions?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A quick Google search can provide you with plenty of information on biofuels. Both the Renewable Fuels Association and the Biodiesel Board have tons of educational materials on their respective sites. And, as reader Mat &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.treehugger.com/files/2006/07/so_why_is_ford.php#comment-30372&quot;&gt;pointed out&lt;/a&gt;, Wikipedia has extensive entries on &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethanol&quot;&gt;ethanol&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biodiesel&quot;&gt;biodiesel&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;UPDATE: In response to Mike&#39;s question below, Gristmill has &lt;a href=&quot;http://gristmill.grist.org/story/2006/2/7/12145/81957&quot;&gt;a handy chart&lt;/a&gt; showing estimated fuel yields of certain crops. Those numbers look like they tend to favor ethanol&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Biodiesel and ethanol is new issue for Indonesian. However, I think it is an alternative energy source aside from fossil diesel. Sooner or later, Indonesia has to think it when the fossil diesel resources are getting exhausted&lt;/em&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://youthelectric.blogspot.com/feeds/6854306767520439887/comments/default' title='Posting Komentar'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/3603889833414475085/6854306767520439887' title='0 Komentar'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3603889833414475085/posts/default/6854306767520439887'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3603889833414475085/posts/default/6854306767520439887'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://youthelectric.blogspot.com/2008/05/biodiesel-ethanol-vs-biodiesel-just.html' title='[biodiesel] Ethanol vs Biodiesel: Just the Facts'/><author><name>benjamin&#39;s blog</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12010198044604820173</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='26' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyqLREUqLHfer5e_yjSbnR0Mi9Q9EZbkeQIOcT1qaiRdHVzycMUcx18SWXpMOIwsafqj_aT8sm9kw2COpks4aZtbRXalTt8ksIykKRSVmLRmol-tM6Tbq8baFSaH1DqQ/s220/kill+bill.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3603889833414475085.post-7989647271023188033</id><published>2008-05-31T07:20:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-06-14T21:17:57.057-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="MLM"/><title type='text'>[MLM] When Enough is Enough?</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;Hallo Pembaca...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;sebuah hasil perenungan tentang dunia MLM (multi level marketing)...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;Agus, memulai bisnis MLM 4 tahun lalu, semenjak menjadi karyawan sebuah perusahaan swasta nasional. Jaringan semakin melebar dan mengakar dan di tahun ke 2 berbisnis, Agus memutuskan MLM menjadi sumber pencaharian utama.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Kini, uang bukanlah menjadi masalah utama baginya. Sewaktu menjadi karyawan dulu, Agus sering terhimpit dengan masalah keuangan rumah tangga. Dengan berbisnis MLM, kehidupan ekonomi dan status social Agus meningkat, membuat Agus disegani oleh keluarga dan lingkungan sekitar.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Namun, Agus tengah menghadapi masalah yang pelik. Dia merasa kelihangan visi dan semangat dalam berbisnis. Menurutnya, jaringan yang telah susah payah dibangun, kini telah berjalan lancar. Para down line sudah paham apa yang harus dilakukan tanpa perlu mendapatkan bimbingannya. Agus berpikir bahwa karir nya di bisnis ini telah mencapai titik nadir.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Problem yang dialami Agus, merupakan hal yang lumrah terjadi di dunia pemasaran berjenjang. Melemahnya visi karena seseorang telah masuk ke dalam zona nyaman (comfort zone).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;VISI merupakan modal utama dalam berbisnis MLM. Tekad dalam meraih impian, menciptakan energi yang luar biasa, membuat seseorang pantang menyerah dan bermental baja. Ditambah lagi dengan motivasi dan testimoni dari para upline, menjaga visi ini terus berkobar.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Namur, jika visi menjadi loyo, apakah jejaring bisnis dapat terus berkembang? Jawabannya singkat - TIDAK.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bagaimana jalan keluar bagi Agus untuk menyegarkan kembali visi nya?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Penulis mengkaji masalah ini melalui pendekatan teori hirarki kebutuhan Maslow. Di tahun 1943, Dr. Abraham Maslow, menjelaskan bahwa kebutuhan manusia dapat dibagi menjadi (dari urutan tertinggi-tertendah):&lt;br /&gt;Aktualisasi diri (self actualization) seperti prinsip kebijaksanaan, kebenaran dan keadilan&lt;br /&gt;Penghargaan (esteem needs), misalnya pengakuan dari lingkungan sekitar dan status sosial&lt;br /&gt;Sosial (social needs) yang didapat lewat pertemanan dan keanggotaan kelompok tertentu.&lt;br /&gt;Keamanan (safety needs), dicontohkan dalam rasa aman di bidang finansial&lt;br /&gt;Psikologis (physiological needs) merupakan kebutuhan dasar makhluk hidup, seperti udara – air – pangan.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ketika Agus menjalankan bisnis jaringan ini, ada kebutuhan yang terpenuhi yaitu keamanan (dalam hal keuangan), sosial (keanggotaan kelompok tertentu) dan penghargaan (peningkatan strata sosial).Namun, sayangnya, langkah ini terhenti sebelum mencapai level tertinggi – aktualisasi diri.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dalam teorinya, Maslow menjelaskan bahwa aktualisasi diri merupakan proses pencarian seumur hidup. Mencari arti kebijaksanaan dan kebenaran akan terus bertumbuh seiring dengan perkembangan intelektual dan pengalaman hidup manusia.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dalam usaha mencapai pemenuhan kebutuhan aktualisasi diri, Agus harus menyadari dia adalah panutan, pemberi motivasi bagi para downline nya. Seperti manusia yang bertumbuh ke arah kedewasaan, muncul sikap untuk bagaimana selalau memberi bagi lain. Hal ini berkebalikan dengan sikap egosentris yang selalu mempertanyakan apa yang dapat orang lain berikan untuk diri kita.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Agus harus berproses untuk menemukan cara paling efektif memotivasi jaringan, meredakan konflik internal dan strategi pengembangan jaringan berkelanjutan (ke bawah maupun ke samping). Pola pemikiran beralih dari doer (pelaku) menjadi thinker (pemikir dan pembuat gagasan). Hal ini dapat dilakukan melalui penulisan artikel/buku, seminar motivasi juga konsultasi personal yang lebih berkualitas dengan para downline.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dunia bisnis terus berkembang dan berubah. Changes become common things. Strategi agar MLM dapat terus bertahan di tengah lingkungan bisnis yang turbulen, membutuhkan sebuah komitmen dari para leader. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Akhir kata, para leader bisnis MLM, anda adalah cermin dan panutan bagi semua downline. Visi hidup anda akan terefleksi dalam kinerja jaringan. Anda memikul TANGGUNG JAWAB untuk menjaga visi ini terus menyala. Siapkah anda?&lt;/span&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://youthelectric.blogspot.com/feeds/7989647271023188033/comments/default' title='Posting Komentar'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/3603889833414475085/7989647271023188033' title='0 Komentar'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3603889833414475085/posts/default/7989647271023188033'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3603889833414475085/posts/default/7989647271023188033'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://youthelectric.blogspot.com/2008/05/mlm-when-enough-is-enough.html' title='[MLM] When Enough is Enough?'/><author><name>benjamin&#39;s blog</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12010198044604820173</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='26' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyqLREUqLHfer5e_yjSbnR0Mi9Q9EZbkeQIOcT1qaiRdHVzycMUcx18SWXpMOIwsafqj_aT8sm9kw2COpks4aZtbRXalTt8ksIykKRSVmLRmol-tM6Tbq8baFSaH1DqQ/s220/kill+bill.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3603889833414475085.post-8422548559581788202</id><published>2008-05-24T03:04:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-06-17T08:11:41.773-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Office"/><title type='text'>[opini] Can We Change People?</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;Hi Readers, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;&quot;&gt;ada artikel dari seorang teman dan cukup menarik untuk disimak..&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;Bisakah kita mengubah orang ?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;Pertanyaan ini kerap muncul di kalangan para manajer yang dalam tugasnya sehari-hari me-manage orang-orang yang bekerja di bawah supervisi mereka. Tentu saja yang dimaksud dengan mengubah orang di sini bukanlah mengubah aspek fisik dari seseorang seperti mengubah seorang karyawan yang badannya gemuk menjadi berbadan langsing. Yang dimaksud di sini adalah mengubah aspek non-fisik seseorang atau aspek sikap, sifat, pendirian atau nilai-nilai yang dianut seorang karyawan dalam bekerja dengan tujuan agar dapat menunjukkan kinerja yang lebih baik atau lebih selaras dengan gerak laju perusahaan.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dalam konteks kompetensi, aspek non-fisik ini dapat disederhanakan ke dalam 3 golongan yaitu knowledge (K) atau pengetahuan, skills (S) atau keterampilan, dan attitude (A) atau sikap yang relatif populer disingkat sebagai KSA. Dalam bahasa awam, 3 golongan ini dapat juga disebut sebagai Tahu, Mampu, dan Mau.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sedangkan dalam konteks ilmu psikologi, aspek non-fisik ini dapat disebut sebagai aspek personality atau kepribadian dalam arti yang luas (kepribadian kadang diartikan dalam arti sempit seperti sikap atau manner dalam situasi-situasi sosial seperti tata cara berbusana, makan malam, dll.). Dalam arti luas, personality telah mencakup aspek kemampuan berpikir atau kecerdasan intelektual (IQ) yang dalam perkembangannya telah menjelma menjadi area tersendiri sehingga ruang lingkup IQ dapat dibedakan dari personality. Kemudian personality ini dapat diurai lagi ke dalam beberapa elemen seperti trait atau sifat (mis: pemarah, penyabar, penurut, pendiam, dll.), motif (mis: need for achievement, need for affiliation, dll.), self concept (mis:, minder, over confidence, dll.), dan values atau nilai yang dianut (mis, nilai-nilai moral, ideologi, norma sosial, dll.). Diskusi tentang aspek non-fisik seseorang ini dapat menjadi lebih luas lagi sehubungan dengan berkembangnya konsep tentang aspek spiritualitas atau fungsi luhur manusia yang dalam bahasa awam dikenal sebagai pembagian atas jasmani dan rohani.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Oleh karena itu ketika diajukan pertanyaan tentang &quot;Bisakah kita mengubah orang?&quot;, maka jawabannya adalah tergantung dari aspek apa yang ingin kita ubah. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;Mengubah atau menambah knowledge dan skills karyawan dari semula tidak tahu dan tidak terampil menjadi tahu dan terampil relatif mudah dilakukan melalui pelatihan-pelatihan yang sering diadakan baik oleh internal perusahaan maupun oleh training provider. Sedangkan mengubah attitude atau personality seorang karyawan agar lebih selaras dengan gerak laju perusahaan bukanlah perkara mudah. Beberapa ahli psikologi bahkan percaya bahwa beberapa trait dan value yang telah melekat atau dianut seseorang tidak akan berubah sepanjang hidupnya. Bahkan ada juga ahli yang berpendapat bahwa IQ seseorang tidak akan meningkat lagi setelah usia 20 tahun (kalaupun terjadi peningkatan, lebih pada pengembangan wawasan, kreativitas dan kematangan berpikir (wisdom) bukan pada kapasitas intelektualnya).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Namun demikian bukan berarti para manajer boleh pasrah dalam upaya mengubah sikap atau kepribadian karyawan. Paling tidak bila para manajer ingin mengubah sikap dari para karyawan atau bawahannya, ada beberapa isu yang dapat diperhatikan. Yang pertama adalah siapa diri kita. Kedua, seberapa kuat sikap tersebut. Ketiga, seberapa penting perubahan yang dituju dan keempat, teknik yang digunakan untuk mengubah sikap tersebut.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pertama, karyawan akan cenderung berespon positif terhadap upaya perubahan yang dilakukan oleh orang yang disukai, kredibel dan meyakinkan. Bila karyawan menyukai kita, mereka akan lebih mudah mengenali dan menerima pesan yang kita sampaikan. Adapun kredibilitas, mengandung arti trust, expertise, dan obyektivitas. Kita akan lebih mudah mengubah sikap karyawan bila karyawan melihat kita sebagai orang yang dapat dipercaya, memahami dan menguasai apa yang kita bicarakan, dan tidak bias dalam menyampaikan pesan. Pengubahan sikap juga akan lebih berhasil bila argumentasi perlunya perubahan sikap, kita sampaikan dengan jelas dan persuasif.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Kedua, akan lebih mudah untuk mengubah sikap karyawan bila mereka tidak terlalu kuat menaruh komitmen pada sikap tersebut. Sebaliknya, semakin kuat belief yang mereka pegang di belakang sikap tersebut, semakin sulit untuk diubah. Di sisi lain, sikap yang telah dinyatakan secara terbuka ke depan publik akan semakin sulit untuk diubah karena karyawan yang bersangkutan harus mengakui kesalahannya.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ketiga, akan lebih mudah mengubah sikap ketika perubahannya tidak terlalu signifikan. Sebaliknya untuk membuat karyawan memiliki atau menunjukkan sikap baru yang jauh berbeda dari sikap sebelumnya, perlu upaya lebih. Pentingnya sikap baru yang diinginkan juga akan mengurangi dissonance yang terjadi. Dan terakhir, teknik untuk mengubah sikap yang cukup sering digunakan dan relatif berhasil adalah oral persuasion.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Agus&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;e-mail : &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://id.f760.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=agus@coachingplus.co.id&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; ymailto=&quot;mailto:agus@coachingplus.co.id&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;agus@coachingplus.co.id&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</content><link rel="related" href="www.coachingplus.co.id" title="[opini] Can We Change People?"/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://youthelectric.blogspot.com/feeds/8422548559581788202/comments/default' title='Posting Komentar'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/3603889833414475085/8422548559581788202' title='3 Komentar'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3603889833414475085/posts/default/8422548559581788202'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3603889833414475085/posts/default/8422548559581788202'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://youthelectric.blogspot.com/2008/05/opini-can-we-change-people.html' title='[opini] Can We Change People?'/><author><name>benjamin&#39;s blog</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12010198044604820173</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='26' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyqLREUqLHfer5e_yjSbnR0Mi9Q9EZbkeQIOcT1qaiRdHVzycMUcx18SWXpMOIwsafqj_aT8sm9kw2COpks4aZtbRXalTt8ksIykKRSVmLRmol-tM6Tbq8baFSaH1DqQ/s220/kill+bill.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3603889833414475085.post-4983431932304131966</id><published>2008-05-24T02:54:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-06-17T08:03:38.267-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Opini"/><title type='text'>[opini] Romantika Bertetangga</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;Hi Pembaca!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;salah satu hasil perenungan saya..&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;“Don’t buy the house, buy the neighborhood”&lt;/em&gt; – kata bijak dari Rusia&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dari sebuah headline di surat kabar, terungkap bahwa pihak kepolisian telah menggerebek sebuah rumah yang dijadikan tempat produksi narkoba. Reaksi tetangga sangat terkejut dan tidak menyangka ada satu warga di lingkungan mereka yang terlibat tindakan kriminal. Rata rata keterkejutan dan ketakutan itu berakhir dengan komentar, “Abis kita jarang bertetangga sih, kapan ada waktu untuk ketemunya?”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bertetangga – tak berlebihan jika kita kategorikan menjadi hal yang langka bagi kita yang tinggal di Jakarta dan sekitarnya.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dengan semakin berkembanganya wilayah Jabodetabek dan kian macetnya lalu lintas, memaksa penduduk untuk berangkat lebih pagi dan pulang lebih malam. Praktis, interaksi fisik didominasi dengan kehidupan di dalam rumah dan kantor, hingga mengesampingkan urusan bertetangga.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Kapan kita akan bertandang dengan tetangga? Pertama, jika ada pertemuan RT/RW (maaf..jika sempat). Kedua, jika terjadi hal hal yang “memaksa” para penghuni berinteraksi, misalnya banjir – kebakaran – atau yang paling gawat, kerusuhan Mei 1998 lalu.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Penulis bermaksud menyampaikan ide – bahwa bertetangga kini tidaklah harus berinteraksi secara fisik. Semakin tingginya penggunaan Internet di Jabodetabek saat ini, dapat dijadikan media interaksi alternatif. Dewasa ini, makin menjamur penduduk Jakarta yang “Internet savvy” dengan akses via telepon kabel ataupun telepon genggam.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jika di formulir pendataan warga baru, salah satu isian wajib adalah alamat email, akan memudahkan pengurus RT/RW dalam berkomunikasi dengan warga. Mekanismenya, dengan membentuk email groups – yang beranggotakan para warga – membuat distribusi informasi semakin mudah dan efisien.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dari info sekitar lingkungan tempat tinggal (rapat rutin RT/RW, iuran keamanan &amp;amp; kebersihan, sampai ke berita aktual - tips - hobby pun bisa disebarluaskan via email groups. Tidak ada lagi kendala waktu dan jarak, karena masing masing dapat akses info sambl menjalankan aktivitasnya. Lebih lagi, jika fasilitas chatting diberdayakan, seorang dapat bergosip dengan tetanggal blok sebelah – sambil bermain dengan anak di rumah.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Penggunaan Internet akan menjembatani pergeseran era bertetangga secara fisik menjadi bertetangga di dunia maya. Beberapa perumahan dari pengembang tertentu bahkan telah menyediakan fasilitas Internet tanpa kabel (nirkabel) bagi para penghuninya. Konsep “web village” akan menjadi trend di wilayah Jabodetabek dalam waktu dekat.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Akhir kata, kendala waktu untuk interaksi fisik dengan tetangga kini akan terobati dengan hadinya Internet. Ingin mencoba di lingkungan tempat tinggal anda?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://youthelectric.blogspot.com/feeds/4983431932304131966/comments/default' title='Posting Komentar'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/3603889833414475085/4983431932304131966' title='2 Komentar'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3603889833414475085/posts/default/4983431932304131966'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3603889833414475085/posts/default/4983431932304131966'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://youthelectric.blogspot.com/2008/05/opini-romantika-bertetangga.html' title='[opini] Romantika Bertetangga'/><author><name>benjamin&#39;s blog</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12010198044604820173</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='26' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyqLREUqLHfer5e_yjSbnR0Mi9Q9EZbkeQIOcT1qaiRdHVzycMUcx18SWXpMOIwsafqj_aT8sm9kw2COpks4aZtbRXalTt8ksIykKRSVmLRmol-tM6Tbq8baFSaH1DqQ/s220/kill+bill.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3603889833414475085.post-3876379535521651573</id><published>2008-05-22T22:08:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-06-17T08:05:42.619-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Opini"/><title type='text'>[who&#39;s who] Debbie Gibson - Original Teen Queen</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;Hi bloggers, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;&quot;there is a world of endless resources&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;there is a mind full of outrageous dreams&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;there is a place where the 2 meets&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;anything is possible...&quot;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;Taken from Anything is Possible album of Debbie Gibson, one memorable teen queen. Marked as the youngest person in the world (till now!) to write, produce and sing the # 1 hit single &quot;Foolish Beat&quot; in 1988. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;Biography of Debbie Gibson, taken from her official website, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.deborahgibson.com/&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;www.deborahgibson.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;Full name: Deborah Ann Gibson&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;Date of birth: August 31, 1970&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;Deborah Ann Gibson was born in Brooklyn, USA. One of four girls born to Joseph and Diane Gibson. The Gibsons wanted to afford the opportunities to their children not presented to them while growing up. So among many other things they gave all of their children was classical music instruction. At the very early age of four it was obvious to family and friends just the type of music prodigy she was. It didn’t take much time for everyone she came in contact with to realize just the type of tremendous force they were encountering.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;Over the years the world became aware that Deborah had grown to be a multitalented influence in the entertainment industry. The &quot;Original Pop Princess&quot; Deborah exploded on to the pop music scene at the age of 16. An entertainment prodigy, Deborah became the youngest person ever to write, produce, and perform the number one single, &quot;Foolish Beat”, a record she holds to this day in the Guinness Book of World Records. Among Deborah’s many impressive career achievements include her album Electric Youth which soared to #1 on the pop charts and her #1 hit single &quot;Lost In Your Eyes&quot;. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;Over the past decade and a half, Deborah has had many album releases to both critical, and popular success some of these include 1990&#39;s Anything is Possible, 1993&#39;s Body Mind Soul, 1995&#39;s Think With Your Heart, 1997&#39;s Deborah, and 2001&#39;s &quot;M.Y.O.B.”, and her most recent release, 2003’s Colored Lights a collection of songs from various musicals. Deborah has sold over 16 million albums world wide.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;In 1992 Deborah set her sights on the theater. She immediately landed the role &quot;Eponine&quot; in the Broadway Production of Les Misérables to rave reviews. Upon completion of her run on Broadway she turned to London&#39;s West End, breaking Box Office records in the London Production of &quot;Grease&quot; as Sandy. She returned to the U.S. to the national touring companies of Grease and Funny Girl as &quot;Rizzo&quot;, and &quot;Fanny Brice&quot; respectively. Deborah triumphantly returned to the Broadway stage as ”Belle&quot;, in Beauty and The Beast, followed by the role of “the Narrator&quot; in Joseph and The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, then taking the leading role in the Broadway production of Rogers and Hammerstein&#39;s &quot;Cinderella&quot;. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;Being incredibly versatile, in October 2002, Deborah again graced the stage as &quot;Velma Kelly&quot; in Chicago, the temptress of prison row showing the world a completely new side to Deborah. Her favorite and most ambitious role to date was &quot;Sally Bowles&quot; in the Tony Award Winning revival of Cabaret at Studio 54, “Deborah portrays Sally with Gritty Gusto, Verve, and Self Possessed Ease&quot;. (Billboard magazine). Certainly her most challenging, and vampish performance to date&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;Most recently Deborah has been concentrating on television and composing. She was seen on Fox&#39;s “Skating With Celebrities” with Kurt Browning. She is also the composer and lyricist on two new musicals in pre-production for Broadway. &quot;Skirts&quot;, written by Hillary Carlip and Katie Ford, and &quot;The Flunky&quot;, written by Jimmy Van Patten. Deborah looks forward to seeing both productions on the Broadway stage in the near future. She is currently recording a new CD to be released soon. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;Among Deborah’s many philanthropic activities, she founded the Pustizzi Alzheimer&#39;s foundation in honor of her late Grandfather Albert Pustizzi. Additionally, Deborah lends her tireless efforts to numerous children&#39;s charities including the T.J. Martell Foundation, the Make a Wish Foundation, Pediatric AIDS. Deborah often performs benefit concerts to raise both money and awareness for these and various other charitable organizations&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;She is an inspiring and dedicating artist (from her teen until now)&lt;/em&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://youthelectric.blogspot.com/feeds/3876379535521651573/comments/default' title='Posting Komentar'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/3603889833414475085/3876379535521651573' title='1 Komentar'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3603889833414475085/posts/default/3876379535521651573'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3603889833414475085/posts/default/3876379535521651573'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://youthelectric.blogspot.com/2008/05/whos-who-debbie-gibson-original-teen.html' title='[who&#39;s who] Debbie Gibson - Original Teen Queen'/><author><name>benjamin&#39;s blog</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12010198044604820173</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='26' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyqLREUqLHfer5e_yjSbnR0Mi9Q9EZbkeQIOcT1qaiRdHVzycMUcx18SWXpMOIwsafqj_aT8sm9kw2COpks4aZtbRXalTt8ksIykKRSVmLRmol-tM6Tbq8baFSaH1DqQ/s220/kill+bill.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3603889833414475085.post-6933560436093382548</id><published>2008-05-20T16:33:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-06-17T08:06:27.095-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Opini"/><title type='text'>[opini] Di mana ke Indonesia an kita kini?</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;Hi Bloggers, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;&quot;&gt;titipan dari seorang teman...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;&quot;&gt;saya rasa tema nya pas dengan peringatan &quot;100 years of national awakening&quot;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;Siapa bilang orang Indonesia tidak ada yang pintar ?&lt;br /&gt;Siapa bilang blogger hanya bisa mengkritik dan menjelekan saja ?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 - 6 April 2008 baru saja Indonesia mememangkan medali emas pada olimpiade lingkungan hidup, tentunya berskala internasional. Dua orang putri Indonesia tepatnya yang masih duduk di bangku SMA memenangkan olimpiade tersebut. Judul penemuan mereka adalah menghancurkan sampah dengan sampah. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;Kalau menurut saya pribadi, penemuan ini merupakan penemuan yang sangat berguna bagi bumi kita. Di samping secara tidak langsung juga menginformasikan dampak negative penggunaan Styrofoam bagi kehidupan manusia maupun dampaknya terhadap lingkungan dimana kita ketahui bahwa Styrofoam merupakan bahan unorganik yang otomatis tidak dapat diuraikan oleh tanah. Dan bisa dibayangkan dengan dampaknya bagi tubuh saat kita menggunakannya sebagai pembungkus makanan secara langsung tanpa dialas dengan apapun. Karena dengan bertemunya secara langsung Styrofoam dengan bahan yang panas, Styrofoam tersebut dapat menguap dan bercampur dengan makanan yang kita pakai. Sebenarnya hal ini disebabkan oleh disfungsional dari Styrofoam itu sendiri. Fungsi utama dari Styrofoam sebenarnya apa ya ? yang jelas bukan sebagai pembungkus makanan. Ga percaya ? Tanya sama om Google deh J&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hal yang hendak dibahas di sini bukanlah mengenai Styrofoam, namun Sumber Daya Manusia Indonesia yang sebenarnya tidak kalah dengan bangsa lain. Salah satu bukti adalah dengan dimenangkannya medali emas dan perak pada olimpiade bertaraf internasional itu. Belum yang lainnya. Susi Susanti dan Alan Budikusuma, Martha Tilaar, Kebaya, Bali, Taufik Hidayat, Ruth Sahanaya, Glenn Fredly, Christin Hakim, Ayat-ayat Cinta, Peter Pan, dan lainnya yang tidak hanya dikenal di Indonesia. Namun sampai sekarang, bahkan di kantor saya sendiri banyak ditemui karyawan yang berasal dari luar negeri atau biasa akrab dengan sebutan ekspat.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;Dari beberapa survey (kecil-kecilan) yang dilakukan, alasan kenapa Indonesia masih mau menerima pegawai ekspat antara lain adalah sebagai berikut:&lt;br /&gt;- open minded atau berpikiran terbuka, mau menerima inputan atau masukan yang membangun.&lt;br /&gt;- on time&lt;br /&gt;- responsible&lt;br /&gt;- sportif&lt;br /&gt;- smart&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;Nah kalau di lihat dari beberapa alasan di atas, apakah tidak ada orang Indonesia yang berkriteria seperti itu ? ADA! Namun banyak di antara bangsa kita ini yang tidak mau untuk mempunyai kriteria seperti itu. Ini bukan berarti mau menjelekkan, hanya memberikan sedikit rangsangan kepada otak kita, siapa tahu dengan adanya segelintir orang Indonesia yang membaca ini, mau bangun dan bangkit dari tidurnya *ngareb*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;Banyak juga kok orang Indonesia yang diminta oleh bangsa lain tentunya dengan tawaran yang sangat wah untuk mau bekerja di negara mereka. Dan banyak juga yang sampai saat ini masih bekerja di sana. Ironisnya bangsa Indonesia sendiri lebih rela mempekerjakan bangsa lain dengan standar gaji dan fasilitas yang lebih dari yang diberikan kepada karyawan local (Indonesia). Nah kalau begini, siapa yang harus disalahkan? &lt;/span&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://youthelectric.blogspot.com/feeds/6933560436093382548/comments/default' title='Posting Komentar'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/3603889833414475085/6933560436093382548' title='4 Komentar'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3603889833414475085/posts/default/6933560436093382548'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3603889833414475085/posts/default/6933560436093382548'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://youthelectric.blogspot.com/2008/05/opini-di-mana-ke-indonesia-kita-kini.html' title='[opini] Di mana ke Indonesia an kita kini?'/><author><name>benjamin&#39;s blog</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12010198044604820173</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='26' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyqLREUqLHfer5e_yjSbnR0Mi9Q9EZbkeQIOcT1qaiRdHVzycMUcx18SWXpMOIwsafqj_aT8sm9kw2COpks4aZtbRXalTt8ksIykKRSVmLRmol-tM6Tbq8baFSaH1DqQ/s220/kill+bill.jpg'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3603889833414475085.post-3371547464467844713</id><published>2008-05-04T09:24:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-06-17T08:09:28.236-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Opini"/><title type='text'>[opini] Selingkuh - Pria Lebih Doyan?</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;Hallo pembaca, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;Dalam survey Kompas minggu ini, terhadap 450 responden yang berusia 17+ di wilayah Jakarta, disimpulkan bahwa:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;&quot;&gt;- 53% wanita bilang para pria suka berselingkuh&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;&quot;&gt;- 38% pria bilang bahwa laki laki suka berselingkuh, sementara 38% pria &quot;menuduh&quot; wanita juga doyan selingkuh&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;&quot;&gt;Walaupun ini hanyalah sebuah survey acak, yang tidak selalu tepat menggambarkan keadaan sebenarnya di lapangan, namun dapat menggambarkan sesuatu. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;&quot;&gt;Saya mendefinisikan, selingkuh itu adalah adanya hubungan khusus dengan pria atau wanita lain, yang dilakukan oleh orang yang sudah menikah. Hubungan ini, biasanya sudah memasuki tahap interaksi sex, sehingga menimbulkan ketegangan relasi dengan pasangan resmi di rumah tangga. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;&quot;&gt;Apa penyebab selingkuh?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;&quot;&gt;Menurut ku, karena adanya kejenuhan dalam komunikasi rumah tangga. Juga karena frekuensi interaksi yang kurang, dan komunikasi antar pasangan. Ada juga, karena sense of adventure dari orang tertentu - yang berpikir sex dengan orang lain di luar pasangan, lebih variatif :)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;&quot;&gt;Di luar itu, perkembangan budaya saat ini, dimana kawin cerai, pisah ranjang, one nite stand menjadi hal yang sudah wajar. Baik infotainment di media cetak dan elektronik, teman kantor, kampus, tetangga membuat selingkuh menjadi hal nggak aneh lagi.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;&quot;&gt;Kenapa pria lebih berpeluang selingkuh?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;&quot;&gt;Menjadi pembawaan lahiriah bahwa pria dapat memisahkan antara sex dan cinta. Keduanya bisa dilakukan terpisah. Sex bisa dilakukan tanpa harus ada cinta dulu, cinta (dapat) timbul tanpa sex. Hal ini, secara kodrati, kadarnya lebih rendah di kalangan wanita. Juga, kebebasan lebih banyak berpihak ke kaum pria, sehingga mereka punya &quot;room to excuse&quot; jika ketahuan selingkuh. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;&quot;&gt;Apakah selingkuh perlu dicegah?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;&quot;&gt;Semua berpulang kepada pengendalian diri dan emosi. Betapa pun kuatnya nilai etika yang ada di masyarakat, jika dari dalam sanubari sudah ada niatan, pasti ada jalan untuk mengimplementasikan. Saya lebih setuju, suara hati dan intuisi - merupakan pagar terakhir dalam menyeleksi apakah anda mau selingkuh atau tetap setia dengan pasangan. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;&quot;&gt;Ada tanggapan?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;&quot;&gt;Ben&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://youthelectric.blogspot.com/feeds/3371547464467844713/comments/default' title='Posting Komentar'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/3603889833414475085/3371547464467844713' title='4 Komentar'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3603889833414475085/posts/default/3371547464467844713'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3603889833414475085/posts/default/3371547464467844713'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://youthelectric.blogspot.com/2008/05/opini-selingkuh-pria-lebih-doyan.html' title='[opini] Selingkuh - Pria Lebih Doyan?'/><author><name>benjamin&#39;s blog</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12010198044604820173</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='26' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyqLREUqLHfer5e_yjSbnR0Mi9Q9EZbkeQIOcT1qaiRdHVzycMUcx18SWXpMOIwsafqj_aT8sm9kw2COpks4aZtbRXalTt8ksIykKRSVmLRmol-tM6Tbq8baFSaH1DqQ/s220/kill+bill.jpg'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3603889833414475085.post-5224350465368297545</id><published>2008-04-26T20:14:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-06-17T08:11:02.341-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Telco"/><title type='text'>[telco] Anda (sudah) punya 2 Hape?</title><content type='html'>Hi pembaca,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;menurut survey dari Telecom Asia, edisi April 2008, ternyata trend memiliki lebih dari 1 hape, menjamur di kawasan Asia Pasific.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hongkong: 1 Hp (60%) 2 Hp (31%) 3 Hp (9%)&lt;br /&gt;Taiwan: 1 Hp (56%) 2 Hp (31%) 3 Hp (12%)&lt;br /&gt;Aussie: 1 Hp (71%) 2 Hp (24%) 3 Hp (5%)&lt;br /&gt;Korea: 1 Hp (79%) 2 Hp (16%) 3 Hp (6%)&lt;br /&gt;Indonesia: 1 Hp (83%) 2 Hp (15%) 3 Hp (1%)&lt;br /&gt;China: 1 Hp (86%) 2 Hp (13%) 3 Hp (1%)&lt;br /&gt;Japan: 1 Hp (84%) 2 Hp (12%) 3 Hp (4%)&lt;br /&gt;Thailand: 1 Hp (87%) 2 Hp (11%) 3 Hp (2%)&lt;br /&gt;Vietnam: 1 Hp (94%) 2 Hp (4%) 3 Hp (2%)&lt;br /&gt;India: 1 Hp (96%) 2 Hp (3%)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Berdasarkan data ini, kecenderungan pemilikan lebih dari 1 hape, sangat menjamur di Asia.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Menurut saya, jika nanti model HP GSM-CDMA harganya sudah merakyat, trend pemilikan 2 hape akan cenderung menurun. Operator CDMA dan GSM dapat disatukan di satu handset saja.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ada yg mau comments? Monggo..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ben</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://youthelectric.blogspot.com/feeds/5224350465368297545/comments/default' title='Posting Komentar'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/3603889833414475085/5224350465368297545' title='1 Komentar'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3603889833414475085/posts/default/5224350465368297545'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3603889833414475085/posts/default/5224350465368297545'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://youthelectric.blogspot.com/2008/04/telco-anda-sudah-punya-2-hape.html' title='[telco] Anda (sudah) punya 2 Hape?'/><author><name>benjamin&#39;s blog</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12010198044604820173</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='26' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyqLREUqLHfer5e_yjSbnR0Mi9Q9EZbkeQIOcT1qaiRdHVzycMUcx18SWXpMOIwsafqj_aT8sm9kw2COpks4aZtbRXalTt8ksIykKRSVmLRmol-tM6Tbq8baFSaH1DqQ/s220/kill+bill.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3603889833414475085.post-9213412387040958544</id><published>2008-04-26T18:15:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-06-17T08:13:29.334-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Opini"/><title type='text'>[opini] Intuition - Something to Believe In</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;Hi bloggers, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;&quot;&gt;Based on book &quot;the power of intuition&quot;, authored by Gary Klein, intuition can be scientifically learned!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;&quot;&gt;What is intuition? Simply said, &lt;em&gt;intuition is what your feeling said&lt;/em&gt;. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;&quot;&gt;Intuition, once was very powerful and popular management tools, when businessman executed many deals based on it - sometimes not based on scientific facts. Traditional chinese traders are good intuition users. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;&quot;&gt;When Western influences came to Asian, intuition became a weird jargon, then sometimes being asked of its truthfulness. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On the other hand - many sucessfull business decision scrutinized by researchers, intuition involves in many parts.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;&quot;&gt;Time change - as well as the mindsets... &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;&quot;&gt;Western&#39;s thoughts, stressed on principles right - wrong, direct expression and assertiveness. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;&quot;&gt;Asian&#39;s mind game, believes yin &amp;amp; young (combination of masculine-feminin), good and bad relative rule - neither nor permanent good or bad - all depends on situation when decision made.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;&quot;&gt;The study of intuition, well known when &lt;strong&gt;Stephen R. Covey&lt;/strong&gt; in his 7habits. He stated we should &quot;sharpen our saw (saw = intuition) - by meditation, contemplation, praying and fasting. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Gary Klein&lt;/strong&gt;, in his book, said intuition is &lt;em&gt;learnable&lt;/em&gt;. You can learn it by always honest to your heart and do not always neglect it. Intuition is able to go beyond time and space - to enable a person to make &quot;peculiar decisions&quot; which not common in its market situation that time - however a really big proved business tactic afterwards. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;&quot;&gt;For instance when Lippo Group in Indonesia developed Karawaci - known distance&amp;amp;remote in 80&#39;s, became a prominent satellite city of Jakarta in 1990. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;&quot;&gt;The other one, when USSR (Russia) fell aparts into several counties, Oriflame kept decision to operate rather than dismantled its business. When the management executed a strange and people said &quot;stupid&quot; business deal during late of 80&#39;s - now - Rusia become a biggest Oriflame country in the world. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;&quot;&gt;Intuition enables us to do beyond our time and space boundaries - lets try to develop it. Not difficult, it starts from talking to yourself, trust your feeling and believe something more powerful beyond our physical and mental capabilities. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;&quot;&gt;Interested to develop your intuition? &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;&quot;&gt;Comments are welcomed. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;&quot;&gt;Ben&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://youthelectric.blogspot.com/feeds/9213412387040958544/comments/default' title='Posting Komentar'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/3603889833414475085/9213412387040958544' title='3 Komentar'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3603889833414475085/posts/default/9213412387040958544'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3603889833414475085/posts/default/9213412387040958544'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://youthelectric.blogspot.com/2008/04/opini-intuition-something-to-believe-in.html' title='[opini] Intuition - Something to Believe In'/><author><name>benjamin&#39;s blog</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12010198044604820173</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='26' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyqLREUqLHfer5e_yjSbnR0Mi9Q9EZbkeQIOcT1qaiRdHVzycMUcx18SWXpMOIwsafqj_aT8sm9kw2COpks4aZtbRXalTt8ksIykKRSVmLRmol-tM6Tbq8baFSaH1DqQ/s220/kill+bill.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3603889833414475085.post-2940820215763270779</id><published>2008-04-19T03:08:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-06-17T08:14:41.918-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Opini"/><title type='text'>[opini] Chin Ning Chu&#39;s Quotes</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;Hi bloggers, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;Quotes from Chin Ning Chu - the author of bestselling books &quot;Thick Face Black Heart&quot; and &quot;The Art of War for Women&quot;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;- To succeed in life in today&#39;s world, you must have the will and tenacity to finish the job.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;- A successful life is one that is lived through understanding and pursuing one&#39;s own path, not chasing after the dreams of others.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;- In spite of your fear, do what you have to do.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;- Without the strength to endure the crisis, one will not see the opportunity within. It is within the process of endurance that opportunity reveals itself.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;- If a fox is unable to befriend a tiger, then the fox should create an illusion of close association with the tiger by carefully trailing behind the cat while boasting of the deep friendship they share. In this way, he creates an impression that his well being is of great concern to the tiger.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://youthelectric.blogspot.com/feeds/2940820215763270779/comments/default' title='Posting Komentar'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/3603889833414475085/2940820215763270779' title='0 Komentar'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3603889833414475085/posts/default/2940820215763270779'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3603889833414475085/posts/default/2940820215763270779'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://youthelectric.blogspot.com/2008/04/opini-chin-ning-chus-quotes.html' title='[opini] Chin Ning Chu&#39;s Quotes'/><author><name>benjamin&#39;s blog</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12010198044604820173</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='26' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyqLREUqLHfer5e_yjSbnR0Mi9Q9EZbkeQIOcT1qaiRdHVzycMUcx18SWXpMOIwsafqj_aT8sm9kw2COpks4aZtbRXalTt8ksIykKRSVmLRmol-tM6Tbq8baFSaH1DqQ/s220/kill+bill.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3603889833414475085.post-3698034197680841067</id><published>2008-04-17T08:47:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-06-17T08:15:36.486-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Office"/><title type='text'>[office] Kenapa Karyawan Resign?</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;Hi Bloggers, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;a food for thought...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;WHY TO MOVE &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;Mengapa karyawan meningggalkan perusahaan (atau paling tidak sering ngedumel)? &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;Berikut ini petikan dari bukunya Haris Priyatna yang berjudul Azim Premji, &quot;Bill Gates&quot; dari India (terbitan Mizania 2007). &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;Azim Premji adalah milyuner muslim dari India yang telah menyulap Wipro, dari sebuah perusahaan minyak goreng menjadi konglomerasi perusahaan dengan salah satunya adalah Wipro Technologies yang merupakan ikon kebangkitan industri teknologi informasi di India. Dia urutan ke-21 orang terkaya di dunia versi Forbes 2007. Azim dikenal sebagai milyuner yang bergaya hidup sederhana. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;Berikut ini pandangan Premji tentang mengapa karyawan betah dan tidak betah dengan perusahaan. Wipro sendiri memiliki tinkat turn-over (kepindahan) karyawan yang sangat rendah, padahal gajinya tidak lebih tinggi dibandingkan perusahaan sejenis seperti Infosys dan TCS. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;Mengapa KARYAWAN meninggalkan perusahaan? Banyak perusahaan yang mengalami persoalan tingginya tingkat pergantian karyawan. Betapa orang mudah keluar-masuk perusahaan itu. Orang meninggalkan perusahaan untuk gaji yang lebih besar, karier yang lebih menjanjikan, lingkungan kerja yang lebih nyaman, atau sekedar alasan pribadi. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;Tulisan ini mencoba menjelaskan persoalan ini. Belum lama ini, Sanjay, seorang teman lama yang merupakan desainer software senior, mendapatkan tawaran dari sebuah perusahaan internasional prestisius untuk bekerja di cabang operasinya di India sebagai pengembang software. Dia tergetar oleh tawaran itu. Sanjay telah mendengar banyak tentang CEO perusahaan ini, pria karismatik yang sering dikutip di berita-berita bisnis karena sikap visionernya. Gajinya hebat. Perusahaan itu memiliki kebijakan SDM ramah karyawan yang bagus, kantor yang masih baru, dan teknologi mutakhir, bahkan sebuah kantin yang menyediakan makanan lezat. Sanjay segera menerima tawaran itu. Dua kali dia dikirim ke luar negeri untuk pelatihan. &quot;Saya sekarang menguasai pengetahuan yang paling baru&quot;, katanya tak lama setelah bergabung. Ini betul-betul pekerjaan yang hebat dengan teknologi mutakhir. Ternyata, kurang dari delapan bulan setelah dia bergabung, Sanjay keluar dari pekerjaan itu. Dia tidak punya tawaran lain di tangannya, tetapi dia mengatakan tidak bisa bekerja di sana lagi. Beberapa orang lain di departemennya pun berhenti baru-baru ini. Sang CEO pusing terhadap tingginya tingkat pergantian karyawan. Dia pusing akan uang yang dia habiskan dalam melatih mereka. Dia bingung karena tidak tahu apa yang terjadi. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;Mengapa karyawan berbakat ini pergi walaupun gajinya besar ? Sanjay berhenti untuk satu alasan yang sama yang mendorong banyak orang berbakat pergi. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;Jawabannya terletak pada salah satu penelitian terbesar yang dilakukan oleh Gallup Organization. Penelitian ini menyurvei lebih dari satu juta karyawan dan delapan puluh ribu manajer, lalu dipublikasikan dalam sebuah buku berjudul &lt;strong&gt;First Break All the Rules&lt;/strong&gt;. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;Penemuannya adalah sebagai berikut: Jika orang-orang yang bagus meninggalkan perusahaan, lihatlah atasan langsung/tertinggi di departemen mereka. Lebih dari alasan apapun, dia adalah alasan orang bertahan dan berkembang dalam organisasi. Dan dia adalah alasan mengapa mereka berhenti, membawa pengetahuan, pengalaman, dan relasi bersama mereka. Biasanya langsung ke pesaing. Orang meninggalkan manajer/direktur anda, bukan perusahaan, tulis Marcus Buckingham dan Curt Hoffman penulis buku First Break All the Rules. Begitu banyak uang yang telah dibuang untuk menjawab tantangan mempertahankan orang yang bagus - dalam bentuk gaji yang lebih besar, fasilitas dan pelatihan yang lebih baik. Namun, pada akhirnya, penyebab kebanyakan orang keluar adalah manajer. Kalau Anda punya masalah pergantian karyawan yang tinggi, lihatlah para manajer/direktur Anda terlebih dahulu. Apakah mereka membuat orang-orang pergi? &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;Dari satu sisi, &lt;strong&gt;kebutuhan utama seorang karyawan tidak terlalu terkait dengan uang&lt;/strong&gt;, dan lebih terkait dengan bagaimana dia diperlakukan dan dihargai. Kebanyakan hal ini bergantung langsung dengan manajer di atasnya. Uniknya, bos yang buruk tampaknya selalu dialami oleh orang-orang yang bagus. Sebuah survei majalah Fortune beberapa tahun lalu menemukan bahwa hampir 75 persen karyawan telah menderita di tangan para atasan yang sulit. Dari semua penyebab stres di tempat kerja, bos yang buruk kemungkinan yang paling parah. Hal ini langsung berdampak pada kesehatan emosional dan produktivitas karyawan. Pakar SDM menyatakan bahwa dari semua bentuk tekanan, karyawan menganggap &lt;strong&gt;penghinaan di depan umum adalah hal yang paling tidak bisa diterima&lt;/strong&gt;. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;Pada kesempatan pertama, seorang karyawan mungkin tidak pergi, tetapi pikiran untuk melakukannya telah tertanam. Pada saat yang kedua, pikiran itu diperkuat. Saat yang ketiga kalinya, dia mulai mencari pekerjaan yang lain. Ketika orang tidak bisa membalas kemarahan secara terbuka, mereka melakukannya dengan serangan pasif, seperti: dengan membandel dan memperlambat kerja, dengan melakukan apa yang diperintahkan saja dan tidak memberi lebih, juga dengan tidak menyampaikan informasi yang krusial kepada sang bos. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;Seorang pakar manajemen mengatakan, jika Anda bekerja untuk atasan yang tidak menyenangkan, Anda biasanya ingin membuat dia mendapat masalah. Anda tidak mencurahkan hati dan jiwa di pekerjaan itu. Para manajer bisa membuat karyawan stres dengan cara yang berbeda-beda: dengan terlalu mengontrol, terlalu curiga, terlalu mencampuri, sok tahu, juga terlalu mengecam. Mereka lupa bahwa para pekerja bukanlah aset tetap, mereka adalah agen bebas. Jika hal ini berlangsung terlalu lama, seorang karyawan akan berhenti - biasanya karena masalah yang tampak remeh. Bukan pukulan ke-100 yang merobohkan seorang yang baik, melainkan 99 pukulan sebelumnya. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;Dan meskipun benar bahwa orang meninggalkan pekerjaan karena berbagai alasan, untuk kesempatan yang lebih baik atau alasan khusus, mereka yang keluar itu sebetulnya bisa saja bertahan, kalau bukan karena satu orang yang mengatakan kepada mereka, seperti yang dilakukan bos Sanjay: Kamu tidak penting. Saya bisa mencari puluhan orang seperti kamu. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;Meskipun tampaknya mudah mencari karyawan, pertimbangkanlah untuk sesaat biaya kehilangan seorang karyawan yang berbakat. Ada biaya untuk mencari penggantinya. Biaya melatih penggantinya. Biaya karena tidak memiliki seseorang untuk melakukan pekerjaan itu sementara waktu. Kehilangan klien dan relasi yang telah dibina oleh orang tersebut. Kehilangan moril sejawat kerjanya. Kehilangan rahasia perusahaan yang mungkin sekarang dibocorkan oleh orang tersebut kepada perusahaan lain. Plus, tentu saja, kehilangan reputasi perusahaan. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Setiap orang yang meninggalkan sebuah korporasi akan menjadi dutanya, entah tentang kebaikan atau keburukan&lt;/strong&gt;. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;Demikian pesan Azim Premji. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;Bagaimana pendapat Anda (sebagai bawahan maupun atasan)? Ada comments?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://youthelectric.blogspot.com/feeds/3698034197680841067/comments/default' title='Posting Komentar'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/3603889833414475085/3698034197680841067' title='5 Komentar'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3603889833414475085/posts/default/3698034197680841067'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3603889833414475085/posts/default/3698034197680841067'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://youthelectric.blogspot.com/2008/04/office-kenapa-karyawan-resign.html' title='[office] Kenapa Karyawan Resign?'/><author><name>benjamin&#39;s blog</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12010198044604820173</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='26' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyqLREUqLHfer5e_yjSbnR0Mi9Q9EZbkeQIOcT1qaiRdHVzycMUcx18SWXpMOIwsafqj_aT8sm9kw2COpks4aZtbRXalTt8ksIykKRSVmLRmol-tM6Tbq8baFSaH1DqQ/s220/kill+bill.jpg'/></author><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3603889833414475085.post-3186131545541032399</id><published>2008-04-17T08:41:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-06-17T08:17:30.878-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Office"/><title type='text'>[office] Love Your Job, Not Your Company!</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;Hi bloggers, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;&quot;&gt;sebuah artikel dari rekan kantor saya, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;LOVE YOUR JOB BUT NEVER FALL IN LOVE WITH YOUR COMPANY &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;Seorang CEO sebuah perusahaan IT dari India berbicara dalam sebuahsesi dengan para karyawan tentang filosofi ini. CEO tersebuttermasuk dalam 50 orang paling berpengaruh dalam dunia bisnis diAsia(dirilis oleh majalah Asiaweek).I&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;NTINYA CERITANYA ADALAH :“CINTAILAH PEKERJAANMU, TAPI JANGAN PERNAH JATUHCINTA KEPADA PERUSAHAANMU, KARENA KAMU TIDAK PERNAH TAHU KAPANPERUSAHAANMU BERHENTI MENCINTAIMU”- Narayana Murthy.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;Bagi yang tertarik membaca pandangan dia secara mendalam, berikut kutipan kata-katanya:“Saya sering menjumpai orang-orang yang bekerja selama 12 jamsehari, 6 hari seminggu, atau lebih. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;Beberapa diantaranya melakukanhal tersebut karena diburu-buru oleh deadline, memenuhi target yangtelah ditetapkan. Bagi mereka, waktu-waktu panjang yang penuhlembur hanyalah bersifat sewaktu-waktu saja. Adapula yangmenjalani jam-jam panjang dalam hari-hari mereka selamabertahun-tahun: entah karena orang-orang ini merasa telahmengabdikan diri sepenuhnya kepada pekerjaan, atau bisa jugadisebut workaholic.Apapun alasan yang orang buat untuk bekerja lembur, kondisitersebut berpengaruh TIDAK BAIK kepada orang yang menjalani maupunorang-orang sekitarnya. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;Berada dalam kantor selama berjam-jam dalam rentang waktu yang lama, bisa menimbulkan potensi yang cukup besarbagi yang menjalaninya untuk membuat kesalahan. Rekan-rekan sayayang saya kenal sering bekerja lembur, sering membuat kesalahankarena faktor kelelahan. Membetulkan kesalahan-kesalahan ini tentusaja membutuhkan waktu dan tenaga tidak saja dari dirinya sendiri,melainkan orang lain yang secara langsung maupun tidak langsungbekerja bersamanya.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;Masalah lain adalah orang-orang yang bekerja pada perusahaan yangmenetapkan waktu kerja yang ketat seringkali bukanlah orang-orangyang secara pergaulan menyenangkan. Parakaryawan dari perusahaandengan tipe seperti ini sering mengeluh atau komplain mengenaiorang lain (yang tidak bekerja sekeras mereka). Mereka menjadimudah tersinggung, dan mudah marah. Orang-orang lain menjauhimereka. Perilaku semacam ini secara organisasi tentunya merupakanmasalah besar: hasil besar akan dicapai oleh sebuah organisasiapabila ada jalinan harmonis dalam kerja sama tim antarkaryawannya, bukannya bekerja sendiri-sendiri dan saling menjauhi.Sebagai seorang manajer, saya harus membantu orang lain untukmeninggalkan kantor tepat waktu. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;Langkah pertama dan terpentingadalah saya lah yang harus memberi contoh dan pulang ke rumah tepatwaktu. Saya bekerja dengan seorang manajer yang menyindirorang-orang yang bekerja lembur terlalu lama. Ajakannya menjadikehilangan makna ketika orang-orang menerima emailnya dan melihatjam email tersebut dikirim ternyata jam 2 pagi. Untuk mengajak orang melakukan suatu hal, langkah terpenting adalah memberi contohdengan melakukannya sendiri.Langkah kedua adalah mengajak orang untuk menjalani hidup yangseimbang. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;Sebagai contoh, berikut ini adalah langkah-langkah yangmenurut saya cukup membantu:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;) Bangun pagi, sarapan dengan menu yang baik, lalu berangkatbekerja.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;2) Bekerjalah dengan keras dan pintar selama 8 atau 9 jam sehari.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;3) Pulanglah ke rumah&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;4) Baca buku atau komik, menonton film yang lucu, kumpul-kumpuldengan rekan-rekan.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;5) Makan yang sehat dan tidur yang cukupLangkah-langkah ini disebut sebagai recreating. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;Mengerjakan langkah1, 3, 4, dan 5 akan memungkinkan langkah 2 dilakukan secara efektifdan seimbang.Bekerja secara normal dan mempertahankan hidup yang seimbang adalah konsep yang sederhana. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;L&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;angkah-langkah tersebut mungkin akan sulitdilakukan oleh sebagian orang karena orang tersebut akan menganggapperlunya perubahan mendasar yg bersifat personal pada dirinya.Sebenarnya langkah-langkah ini memungkinkan untuk dilakukan olehsetiap orang, karena kita memiliki kekuatan untuk memilih apa yangakan kita lakukan.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;&quot;“LOVE YOUR JOB BUT NEVER FALL IN LOVE WITH YOUR COMPANY”. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;&quot;&gt;Ada tanggapan?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://youthelectric.blogspot.com/feeds/3186131545541032399/comments/default' title='Posting Komentar'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/3603889833414475085/3186131545541032399' title='6 Komentar'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3603889833414475085/posts/default/3186131545541032399'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3603889833414475085/posts/default/3186131545541032399'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://youthelectric.blogspot.com/2008/04/office-love-your-job-not-your-company.html' title='[office] Love Your Job, Not Your Company!'/><author><name>benjamin&#39;s blog</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12010198044604820173</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='26' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyqLREUqLHfer5e_yjSbnR0Mi9Q9EZbkeQIOcT1qaiRdHVzycMUcx18SWXpMOIwsafqj_aT8sm9kw2COpks4aZtbRXalTt8ksIykKRSVmLRmol-tM6Tbq8baFSaH1DqQ/s220/kill+bill.jpg'/></author><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3603889833414475085.post-5762976765915484165</id><published>2008-04-13T02:17:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-06-17T08:19:00.974-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="SingleHappy"/><title type='text'>[Single&amp;Happy] Living Alone Abroad</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;Hallo Readers!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;Continued topic of Single&amp;amp;Happy..&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;I met many friends - colleagues and old friends, who got a problem - &lt;strong&gt;&quot;loneliness&quot;&lt;/strong&gt;. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;Most of them are male, with good education background and strong dedication to job and working abroad. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Do they satisfy enough with their salary?&lt;/em&gt; Most of them said - Yes!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Do they have got working experience and exposure for multicultural office environment?&lt;/em&gt; Of course! Few from them are allocated from one country to other ones. Hence, travel to many interesting places on each country they ever stayed.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;What triggered factors make them lonely?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;First thing came to my thought - perhaps, they are shy guys. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;Observing personalities of them, honestly saying, they have potentials to attract women/man to be friends. Warm characters enable them to make relationship with colleagues and neighbors - in order to survive. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;Further mind, since they are living abroad - sometimes, different cultures make barriers to do further relationship - either with man or woman. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;Take examples of a friend of mine lives in a country with stick culture to religion and faith - make him difficult to establish friendship with locals (his faith is different from natives). &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;Another friend, lived in very liberal &amp;amp; individualistic culture where everybody only thinks about him/her self. Hard to find someone to rely on.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;What decision they make?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;They want to go back to home land - stay close to families and relatives. Some of them did it, some of them are still on planning.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;What comes to my mind afterwards&lt;/em&gt;..&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;- No man is an island - everybody needs another and relationship (either marriage, lover or just friendship) &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;- People prefer to stay close with family and relatives&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;- Culture sometimes create barriers to establish close relationship&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;- Man is less adaptable to loneliness - rather than women .. just a personal opinion :)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;Anyone wants to place comments?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;Ben&lt;/span&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://youthelectric.blogspot.com/feeds/5762976765915484165/comments/default' title='Posting Komentar'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/3603889833414475085/5762976765915484165' title='3 Komentar'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3603889833414475085/posts/default/5762976765915484165'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3603889833414475085/posts/default/5762976765915484165'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://youthelectric.blogspot.com/2008/04/single-living-alone-abroad.html' title='[Single&amp;Happy] Living Alone Abroad'/><author><name>benjamin&#39;s blog</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12010198044604820173</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='26' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyqLREUqLHfer5e_yjSbnR0Mi9Q9EZbkeQIOcT1qaiRdHVzycMUcx18SWXpMOIwsafqj_aT8sm9kw2COpks4aZtbRXalTt8ksIykKRSVmLRmol-tM6Tbq8baFSaH1DqQ/s220/kill+bill.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3603889833414475085.post-6729798854848572204</id><published>2008-04-12T02:05:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-06-17T08:16:15.341-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Office"/><title type='text'>[opini] Seberapa Pentingkah Anda buat Perusahaan?</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;Hi bloggers,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;&quot;&gt;sebuah renungan dari boss saya, semoga bisa berguna buat kita juga neh..&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;Apakah perusahaan menganggap anda sebagai aset penting? &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;Mungkin pertanyaan itu agak mengada-ada. Tetapi, mari kita merenungkan pertanyaan itu. Alasan mengapa kita dipekerjakan adalah karena perusahaan mengira bahwa; dengan mempekerjakan kita, roda bisnis diperusahaan akan menjadi semakin kokoh. Sebab, jika perusahaan tidak berpikir demikian, pasti bukan kita yang menduduki posisi itu saat ini. Oleh karenanya, jika kita tidak benar-benar bisa berkontribusi sesuai dengan harapan perusahaan, maka tidak ada lagi alasan bagi perusahaan untuk terus mempekerjakan kita. Bukan begitu? &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;Seorang profesor hebat membimbing saya mempelajari Startegy Mapping. Atas bimbingan beliau, saya bisa merangkum keseluruhan konstruksi strategi perusahaan yang rumit dan kompleks hanya dalam satu bidang datar yang mudah untuk dilihat. Seperti kita melihat peta dunia melalui satelit. Lalu, sebuah kata sakti meluncur dari bibir Sang Profesor: &quot;Remember!&quot; katanya. Tentu saja saya memasang telinga lebar-lebar karena tidak ingin kehilangan kesempatan mendengar nasihatnya.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&quot; When you develop your corporate staretgy map, you have to make sure that you are in the map,&quot;&lt;/strong&gt; lanjutnya. Kamu harus memastikan bahwa dirimu ada dalam peta itu. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;Meskipun Sang Professor mengatakannya dengan nada setengah guyon, namun makna dari pernyataan itu membekas dalam dihati saya. Tiba-tiba saja saya teringat bahwa kita mempunyai peribahasa yang berbunyi; &lt;strong&gt;pergi tak ganjil, datang tak genap&lt;/strong&gt;. Jika anda mempunyai sebuah kelompok yang terdiri dari beberapa orang. Setiap orang dalam kelompok itu memberikan kontribusinya masing-masing untuk kemajuan kelompok. Ketika salah satu anggota menghilang, maka ada yang &#39;kurang&#39; dalam kelompok itu. Seandainya kedalam kelompok anda dimasukkan satu orang anggota baru. Namun, orang baru ini sama sekali tidak memberikan kontribusi. Jadi, ketika orang itu ada, kelompok anda tidak mendapatkan manfaat apa-apa. Dan ketika orang itu tidak ada, kelompok anda tidak rugi apa-apa. Sungguh, pergi tak ganjil, datang tak genap.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;Jika hal itu berlaku bagi sebuah kelompok, maka tentu lebih penting lagi maknanya bagi organisasi bisnis alias perusahaan. Pastilah perusahaan hanya menginginkan orang yang bisa berkontribusi sesuai dengan apa yang diharapkan. &lt;strong&gt;Jika kita tidak bisa memberi kontribusi bermakna bagi perusahaan tempat kita bekerja; kelihatannya, kita mesti bersiap-siap untuk dipersilakan pergi. Cepat atau lambat&lt;/strong&gt;. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;Mungkin ada orang yang berpikir; &quot;Alaaaah, tenang saja. Perusahaan gue besar banget. Untung terus. Market leader pula. Nggak mungkin pake pehaka orang segala. Tenang saja!&quot; Anggapan seperti inilah yang sering membuat orang terlena. Mereka lupa, bahwa perusahaan yang benar-benar dikelola dengan baik tidak akan menunggu bangkrut dulu untuk menendang keluar orang-orang tak berguna. Justru mereka akan setiap saat mengawasi dan menemukan siapa yang layak dihadiahi penghargaan, dan siapa yang harus dikasih pesangon. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;Dalam konteks perusahaan mem-phk karena kebangkrutan itu lain soal. Orang-orang hebat pun bisa terkena dampaknya. Tetapi, konteks kita adalah; ditendang dari perusahaan hebat hanya karena kita tidak memberikan cukup andil dalam pengembangan bisnis perusahaan. Ini tragis bukan? Sungguh, ketragisan seperti ini hanya bisa dihindari jika kita bisa memberi arti bagi perusahaan. &#39;Arti&#39; yang saya maksudkan sama sekali tidak ada kaitannya dengan jabatan. Melainkan dengan peran yang kita mainkan. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;Jadi, apakah anda seorang direktur atau seorang janitor; saya tidak mau ambil pusing. Peran anda bagi perusahaanlah yang menjadi sudut pandang penting bagi saya. Tidak terlalu berarti jika kita menduduki jabatan penting – Direktur, Manager, Supervisor, Koordinator, Apa saja - kalau kontribusi kita kepada perusahaan lebih kecil dari bayaran yang kita terima. Toh perusahaan akan cepat atau lambat mempertimbangkan untuk mengganti kita dengan orang lain. Dan kita semua sudah tahu; bahwa yang sering sekali diminta perusahaan untuk berhenti adalah mereka yang punya posisi. Sedang para office boy, jarang diberhentikan. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;Anda tahu mengapa? Karena &lt;em&gt;para petugas kebersihan dan pesuruh dikantor jelas-jelas memberikan kontribusi yang sangat penting bagi perusahaan&lt;/em&gt;. Bisakah anda membayangkan sebuah perusahaan besar berkantor megah dan mewah. Menggaji mahal para managernya. Tetapi, WC dikantor itu tidak pernah dibersihkan. Gelas-gelas tidak dicuci. Lantai tidak disapu. Adakah klien yang bersedia datang kesana untuk menandatangani kontrak bisnis bernilai jutaan dolar? Tidak diragukan lagi, peran mereka yang biasanya bergaji rendah itu sangat penting. Kita semua memang sama pentingnya bagi perusahaan. Masalahnya adalah; semakin tinggi posisi yang kita pegang, semakin besar pula tuntutan perusahaan. Sangat jarang perusahaan yang mempertimbangkan untuk menghire janitor baru supaya lantai kantor mengkilat seperti kaca. Sebab, sehebat apapun seorang janitor; tidak akan mampu mengepel lantai marmer menjadi semengkilat berlian. Tak ada gunanya mengganti janitor lama dengan orang baru. Tapi, para eksekutif seperti kita? Mungkin saja kita sudah menunjukkan performa yang tinggi. Tetapi setinggi apa? Jika perusahaan pesaing kinerjanya lebih tinggi, maka perusahaan kita tidak akan pernah berhenti untuk mengejarnya. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;Bagaimana seandainya perusahaan menyimpulkan bahwa kekalahan dalam bersaing itu disebabkan karena eksekutifnya kalah kualitas dengan para eksekutif kompetitor? &lt;strong&gt;Mungkinkah perusahaan menghire ekesekutif hebat untuk menggantikan kita?&lt;/strong&gt; Saya memohon agar anda tidak salah faham. Saya sama sekali tidak hendak menggugat kontribusi siapapun bagi perusahaan. Konteks kita sekarang adalah untuk melakukan sedikit perenungan tentang diri kita sendiri. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;Dengan perenungan ini, kita bisa menemukan dua manfaat. Pertama, &lt;strong&gt;memeriksa kalau-kalau memang kita belum berkontribusi tinggi&lt;/strong&gt;. Maka penemuan ini hendaknya menyadarkan kita bahwa begitu banyak potensi diri yang kita sia-siakan. Mulai saat ini; mari kita gunakan potensi diri itu, untuk organisasi dan diri kita. Pada akhirnya, toh organisasi akan memberi kita imbalan yang pantas karena kinerja istimewa kita.Kedua, &lt;strong&gt;memastikan bahwa memang kita sudah memberi kontribusi maksimal&lt;/strong&gt;. Maka, pastilah kita tidak disia-siakan. Karena kita adalah aset penting bagi perusahaan. Tapi, hendaknya kita terbebas dari kekeliruan kebanyakan orang. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;Mereka mengira bahwa orang-orang yang berprestasi harus mendapatkan promosi. Ini tidak selalu betul. Sebab, &lt;strong&gt;penghargaan tidak harus selalu berupa promosi jabatan&lt;/strong&gt;. Jadi, meskipun setelah bertahun-tahun anda bekerja dan berkontribusi namun tidak kunjung dipromosikan; itu tidak berarti perusahaan meremehkan anda. Sebab, posisi yang lebih tinggi tidak selalu ada. Dan kalaupun posisi itu ada, tidak mungkin cukup untuk semua. Belum tentu pula kita adalah orang yang cocok untuk jabatan itu. Misalnya, jika kita seorang salesman yang hebat; yang selalu bisa menutup target dengan memuaskan. Apakah itu berarti bahwa kita, harus dipromosikan menjadi seorang Sales Manager? Lagi pula, hal terpenting yang perlu kita pikirkan bukanlah perlakuan perusahaan kepada kita, melainkan seberapa tinggi kemampuan kita dalam berkontribusi. Selama kontribusi kita tinggi, nilai kita tinggi. Dan setiap perusahaan bagus; sangat ingin mempekerjakan orang-orang bagus, yang bernilai tinggi. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;Jika saat ini anda sudah bekerja diperusahaan yang hebat, maka memiliki nilai yang tinggi akan memastikan bahwa anda; ada didalam peta strategi bisnis perusahaan itu. Artinya apa? Artinya, anda akan selalu diterima untuk tetap berada dalam gerbong bisnis perusahaan. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;Dadang Kadarusman&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;http://www.dadangkadarusman.com/&quot; href=&quot;http://www.dadangkadarusman.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;http://www.dadangkadarusman.com/&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;u&gt;Catatan Kaki: &lt;/u&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;Kadang-kadang, nilai seseorang tidak terasa ketika dia ada. Tetapi, ketika orang itu pergi, kita merasakan ada yang kurang. Itulah cara sederhana untuk menilai; apakah seseorang mempunyai arti penting bagi perusahaan atau tidak. Jadilah orang yang penting itu. Maka tidak peduli apapun jabatan anda, pastilah anda menjadi aset penting bagi organisasi.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;&quot;&gt;Bloggers, ada comments?&lt;/span&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://youthelectric.blogspot.com/feeds/6729798854848572204/comments/default' title='Posting Komentar'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/3603889833414475085/6729798854848572204' title='0 Komentar'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3603889833414475085/posts/default/6729798854848572204'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3603889833414475085/posts/default/6729798854848572204'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://youthelectric.blogspot.com/2008/04/opini-seberapa-pentingkah-anda-buat.html' title='[opini] Seberapa Pentingkah Anda buat Perusahaan?'/><author><name>benjamin&#39;s blog</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12010198044604820173</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='26' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyqLREUqLHfer5e_yjSbnR0Mi9Q9EZbkeQIOcT1qaiRdHVzycMUcx18SWXpMOIwsafqj_aT8sm9kw2COpks4aZtbRXalTt8ksIykKRSVmLRmol-tM6Tbq8baFSaH1DqQ/s220/kill+bill.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3603889833414475085.post-3183483847684594835</id><published>2008-04-06T00:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-06-14T21:18:28.793-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="MLM"/><title type='text'>[MLM] Apakah Profesi Idaman Anda?</title><content type='html'>Hi MLMers!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sebuah jajak pendapat di Kompas, Minggu - 6 April 2008 yang dilakukan oleh Litbang Kompas terhadap 503 responden berusia minimal 17 tahun menunjukkan:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pekerjaan yg diimpikan:&lt;br /&gt;26% - pegawai kantoran&lt;br /&gt;24,9% - pengusaha/wiraswasta&lt;br /&gt;11,5% - lainnya&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Namun, di sisi lain, walaupun pekerjaan sebagai pegawai kantoran menduduki posisi terfavorit - hasil survey menyebutkan:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;19,5% - responden tidak menginginkan jadi orang kantoran&lt;br /&gt;8,9% - ogah jadi pemulung/tukang sampah&lt;br /&gt;3,2% - tidak mau jadi teknisi/montir/pekerja tambang&lt;br /&gt;1,8% - tidak bersedia jadi pembantu rumah tangga&lt;br /&gt;58,4% - tidak tahu&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dari survey singkat ini, nampak penurunan minat generasi muda untuk bekerja kantoran. Di sisi lain, wirausaha semakin dilirik, karena menjadikan kesuksesan yang lebih (beserta resiko nya!)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yang menyedihkan, 58% menjawab tidak tahu- survey menyebutkan apakah karena mereka tidak mengerti &quot;what they want&quot; atau karena banyak nya pengangguran - boro boro mikir profesi idaman - dapat kerja aja sudah untung!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Banyak nya generasi muda yang masih mencari kerja - atau kehilangan kerja (di wilayah DKI Jakarta) - saya pikir, sebuah ladang dimana MLM masih punya banyak ruang...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Any comments?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ben</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://youthelectric.blogspot.com/feeds/3183483847684594835/comments/default' title='Posting Komentar'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/3603889833414475085/3183483847684594835' title='6 Komentar'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3603889833414475085/posts/default/3183483847684594835'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3603889833414475085/posts/default/3183483847684594835'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://youthelectric.blogspot.com/2008/04/mlm-apakah-profesi-idaman-anda.html' title='[MLM] Apakah Profesi Idaman Anda?'/><author><name>benjamin&#39;s blog</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12010198044604820173</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='26' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyqLREUqLHfer5e_yjSbnR0Mi9Q9EZbkeQIOcT1qaiRdHVzycMUcx18SWXpMOIwsafqj_aT8sm9kw2COpks4aZtbRXalTt8ksIykKRSVmLRmol-tM6Tbq8baFSaH1DqQ/s220/kill+bill.jpg'/></author><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3603889833414475085.post-9177026009974008989</id><published>2008-04-05T23:30:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-06-17T08:19:49.948-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Telco"/><title type='text'>[Telco] Indo Telco Price War - Stop False Advertisements!</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;Hi bloggers,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;based on recent survey by Information Communication Telecommunication (ICT Watch), published by Media Indonesia, Friday, April 4, 2008 - on 4.888 respondents in Jakarta:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Advertisement Concept&lt;br /&gt;53% respondent said the ads are false and no educational content&lt;br /&gt;29% of them stated the ads are not clear - confusing&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Price War Ads&lt;br /&gt;42,4% said they are false and not fully disclose&lt;br /&gt;38,4% - they are exaggerating!&lt;br /&gt;9,3% - they are useful&lt;br /&gt;7,3% - neutral&lt;br /&gt;2% - no idea&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ads same with reality?&lt;br /&gt;51,9% - they are false!&lt;br /&gt;27,5% - ads are implemented in reality&lt;br /&gt;12,1% - did not understand how to measure it&lt;br /&gt;8,5% - no idea&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Service improvement along with the ads?&lt;br /&gt;50,7% - same&lt;br /&gt;29% - better&lt;br /&gt;19% - worse&lt;br /&gt;1% - no idea&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Most interested ads:&lt;br /&gt;34,8% - XL&lt;br /&gt;26% - Telkomsel&lt;br /&gt;11,3% - Indosat&lt;br /&gt;8,9% - Bakrie Telecom&lt;br /&gt;6,5% - 3&lt;br /&gt;6,2% - Telkom Flexi&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My conclusion:&lt;br /&gt;Spending a lot of &quot;cheapest rate&quot; ads - in reality - most of subs do not really believe the contains are true!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I think the operators should give &quot;real benefits&quot; to subscribers - like&lt;br /&gt;- SMS bonus, free data access, free talk (on net/sesama or off net /antar operator), both for prepaid and postpaid users&lt;br /&gt;- longer active period for prepaid vouchers&lt;br /&gt;- improve quality of service - cut drop call rate!&lt;br /&gt;- expand the coverage areas&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Any idea, bloggers?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://youthelectric.blogspot.com/feeds/9177026009974008989/comments/default' title='Posting Komentar'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/3603889833414475085/9177026009974008989' title='0 Komentar'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3603889833414475085/posts/default/9177026009974008989'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3603889833414475085/posts/default/9177026009974008989'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://youthelectric.blogspot.com/2008/04/telco-indo-telco-price-war-stop-false.html' title='[Telco] Indo Telco Price War - Stop False Advertisements!'/><author><name>benjamin&#39;s blog</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12010198044604820173</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='26' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyqLREUqLHfer5e_yjSbnR0Mi9Q9EZbkeQIOcT1qaiRdHVzycMUcx18SWXpMOIwsafqj_aT8sm9kw2COpks4aZtbRXalTt8ksIykKRSVmLRmol-tM6Tbq8baFSaH1DqQ/s220/kill+bill.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3603889833414475085.post-2653272970795296652</id><published>2008-04-05T05:42:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-06-17T08:20:45.610-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="SingleHappy"/><title type='text'>[Single&amp;Happy] Are U (still) single, are U happy?</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;Hi Bloggers, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;If you are (still) single and I would like to ask you, are you happy? If you say, Yes I am Happy - I think, we are in a same track. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;&quot;&gt;For those ones are still in doubt to answer, meaning, you are in &quot;unhappy&quot; or &quot;less happy&quot; ... don&#39;t let this feeling control you. Do not worry be happy, even you are still single!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;&quot;&gt;Why?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;&quot;&gt;Being single or get married, it is really your own decision. Both are good - as long as you take responsibility with your choice.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;&quot;&gt;In Asian mindset, sometimes if we have been around 30ies and your career/business is ascending, people keep on asking when will you get married. People will judge, you are still not &quot;complete man/woman&quot;. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;&quot;&gt;Get married - I think most of us has plan to get it. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;&quot;&gt;However, the decision should come from your own - and do not sourrondings force you down. Better to get married little bit late, rather than divorce or suffered problems due to &quot;pre-mature execution&quot; :)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;&quot;&gt;It is your basic right - to determine what your life will be - by your own!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;&quot;&gt;By this blog, I would like to ask you to share opinion, ideas, feelings - &lt;strong&gt;(still) single and happy&lt;/strong&gt;!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;&quot;&gt;Put in your comments, I am waiting it!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://youthelectric.blogspot.com/feeds/2653272970795296652/comments/default' title='Posting Komentar'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/3603889833414475085/2653272970795296652' title='4 Komentar'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3603889833414475085/posts/default/2653272970795296652'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3603889833414475085/posts/default/2653272970795296652'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://youthelectric.blogspot.com/2008/04/single-are-u-still-single-are-u-happy.html' title='[Single&amp;Happy] Are U (still) single, are U happy?'/><author><name>benjamin&#39;s blog</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12010198044604820173</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='26' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyqLREUqLHfer5e_yjSbnR0Mi9Q9EZbkeQIOcT1qaiRdHVzycMUcx18SWXpMOIwsafqj_aT8sm9kw2COpks4aZtbRXalTt8ksIykKRSVmLRmol-tM6Tbq8baFSaH1DqQ/s220/kill+bill.jpg'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3603889833414475085.post-3374298514375612526</id><published>2008-04-01T16:33:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-06-14T21:19:00.137-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="MLM"/><title type='text'>[MLM] Fakta atau Fiktif?</title><content type='html'>Hi bloggers,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Saya yakin, banyak dari kita sudah akrab dengan istilah Multi Level Marketing (MLM). Menjual barang dengan cara distribusi langsung - person to person. Cara ini diyakini merupakan salah satu alternatif penjualan yang efektif, dimana brand and product awareness dibangun lewat jaringan individual distributor yang memenuhi pasar.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Banyak industry yang mengadopsi MLM sistem ini unuk memasarkan produk, baik dari bidang obat/farmasi, cosmetics/toiletries, kesehatan dan lainnya. Banyak orang yang sukses karena MLM, namun tidak sedikit yang menghujat dan curiga.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Apakah kesuksesan di MLM ini fakta atau sekedar tipuan marketing saja?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Saya bukan seorang distributor MLM perusahaan tertentu, harap ini dijadikan catatan dalam mengkaji artikel ini. Jadi tidak membawa pesan sponsor dari manapun :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pengalaman bekerja di management sebuah MLM, membuat saya menganalisa, apakah kesuksesan yang ditawarkan MLM ini bisa direalisasikan atau hanya sebuah isapan jempol.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Kebanyakan distributor MLM memulai bisnis, ketika mereka terlilit kesulitan keuangan (banyak hutang), fresh graduate yang sulit mendapatkan kerja kantoran, bahkan korban2 PHK. Dalam kurun waktu berapa tahun, mereka bisa sukses, setidaknya terlepas dari masalah kurang uang. Saya analisa, bonus bulanan mereka kian lama makin bertambah.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Di sisi lain, banyak pula individu yang memulai bisnis MLM dengan sejuta impian, akhirnya kandas, bahkan bersikap skeptis/sinis terhadap MLM bisnis.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;* MLM masih menjanjikan kesuksesan? PASTI!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;* MLM dapat dijadikan profesi yang menghasilkan? Ada ribuan distributor yang menggantungkan hidup mereka dari bisnis MLM. Kalau kita dengar testimoni para distributor bagaimana MLM mengubah hidup mereka, wah, pasti panjang banget untuk diungkapkan di artikel ini.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Kenapa ada orang yang berjaya di MLM dan yang lain keok?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Analisa singkat saya, ini semua bergantung pada &lt;strong&gt;&quot;3 Tepat&quot;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1. &lt;strong&gt;Tepat Pribadi&lt;/strong&gt; - apakah anda type seorang penjual (sales). Karena syarat mutlak bisnis ini, anda benar2 seorang yang tahan banting, tahan mental, tahan stamina fisik dan tahan malu - dalam hal mencari downlines&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2. &lt;strong&gt;Tepat Visi&lt;/strong&gt; - apakah MLM merupakan bagian vital dari visi hidup anda? MLM membutuhkan pembangunan jaringan distributor, dimana sebagai upline, harus dapat menularkan visi bisnis dan hidup anda ke para downlines. Visi untuk terus berkembang, tidak mudah puas diri, dan berpikiran positif. Sikap hidup yang berdasarkan pada &quot;proses&quot;, dimana tidak ada kesuksesan tanpa disertai kerja keras&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3. &lt;strong&gt;Tepat Waktu dan Tempat&lt;/strong&gt; - apakah anda membangun bisnis MLM di waktu yang tepat? pasca krisis ekonomi 1998 merupakan momentum kebangkitan MLM di Indonesia.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;apakah tempat yang dipilih tepat? pilihlah daerah di mana banyak dijumpai orang2 yang membutuhkan income tambahan, terutama di luar pulau Jawa - menurut saya banyak menghasilkan leader2 MLM baru.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;* &lt;em&gt;Apakah kesuksesan MLM berlaku untuk semua orang? Saya pikir TIDAK&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tidak semua orang cocok berbisnis di MLM, kecuali jika ada punya karakter dan visi seorang penjual.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Akhir kata, MLM merupakan salah satu alternatif pencarian nafkah - daripada korupsi atau manipulasi kan?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ada komentar? Feel free to put in&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ben</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://youthelectric.blogspot.com/feeds/3374298514375612526/comments/default' title='Posting Komentar'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/3603889833414475085/3374298514375612526' title='9 Komentar'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3603889833414475085/posts/default/3374298514375612526'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3603889833414475085/posts/default/3374298514375612526'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://youthelectric.blogspot.com/2008/04/mlm-fakta-atau-fiktif.html' title='[MLM] Fakta atau Fiktif?'/><author><name>benjamin&#39;s blog</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12010198044604820173</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='26' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyqLREUqLHfer5e_yjSbnR0Mi9Q9EZbkeQIOcT1qaiRdHVzycMUcx18SWXpMOIwsafqj_aT8sm9kw2COpks4aZtbRXalTt8ksIykKRSVmLRmol-tM6Tbq8baFSaH1DqQ/s220/kill+bill.jpg'/></author><thr:total>9</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3603889833414475085.post-5847802566561903879</id><published>2008-03-30T00:50:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-06-17T08:22:29.681-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Telco"/><title type='text'>[Telco] Indian Telco - Merger or Die!</title><content type='html'>Hi Pembaca,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Saya baca Telecomasia, edisi Maret 2008 yang menyebutkan bahwa industri telco India, juga serupa dengan di Indonesia.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;India, dengan 8 operators (6 GSM dan 2 CMDA), sedang dalam tahap persaingan harga yang sangat ketat. Bharti Airtel, operator terbesar di India, menurunkan tarif percakapan prepaid dari $ 5 cent ke $ 2,5 cent per menit. Hal ini juga diikuti oleh Reliance, operator kedua terbesar di negara itu.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;India memiliki 237 juta subscribers, dimana 90% adalah prepaid subscribers, dimana Bharti dan Reliance menguasai 40% pasar seluler.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dengan strategi harga murah akan berdampak pada turunnya ARPU (Average Revenue Per User). Hal ini, menurut pengamat, akan menyulitkan posisi pemain pemain baru di dunia telco negeri Mahatma Gandhi ini. Bahkan, diprediksikan, merger antar pemain baru, akan terjadi sekitar akhir 2008 dan awal 2009.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sebagai catatan, beberapa operator international sudah menancapkan kuku di sana, seperti SingTel, Vodafone, Telecom Malaysia, Maxis, Shyam (Russian Operator) dan Virgin Mobile (expected to collaborate with Tata Teleservices).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pengamat berkata, konsolidasi akan terjadi, ketika subscriber base berada di angka 400 juta.Yang cukup menakjubkan, jumlah subsriber rata2 meningkat sebesar 8 juta tiap bulan nya!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jika dihubungkan dengan industri telco di Indonesia, situasi nya sama, dimana banyak pemain baru dan perang harga sedang berlangsung panas.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Apakah akan ada merger di antara operator di bumi Indonesia ini? Kita lihat saja tanggal mainnya..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ben</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://youthelectric.blogspot.com/feeds/5847802566561903879/comments/default' title='Posting Komentar'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/3603889833414475085/5847802566561903879' title='1 Komentar'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3603889833414475085/posts/default/5847802566561903879'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3603889833414475085/posts/default/5847802566561903879'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://youthelectric.blogspot.com/2008/03/telco-indian-telco-merger-or-die.html' title='[Telco] Indian Telco - Merger or Die!'/><author><name>benjamin&#39;s blog</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12010198044604820173</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='26' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyqLREUqLHfer5e_yjSbnR0Mi9Q9EZbkeQIOcT1qaiRdHVzycMUcx18SWXpMOIwsafqj_aT8sm9kw2COpks4aZtbRXalTt8ksIykKRSVmLRmol-tM6Tbq8baFSaH1DqQ/s220/kill+bill.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry></feed>