Why I won’t get a hybrid car

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Why I won’t get a hybrid car
Columnists :: Oon Time By Oon Yeoh

WE’VE all heard of hybrid cars. They are supposed to be ecologically friendly, producing far less emissions than normal cars. They are also supposed to help you save on petrol. So, why don’t we see more hybrid cars on the road?

In a word: Price. Hybrid cars are expensive. OK, so they don’t cost as much as a sports car but they are by no means cheap, though they should be.

And the choice is limited in Malaysia. Basically, if you want one it’s either a Honda Civic Hybrid or a Toyota Prius. I’ve been inside both and they are marvels of technology. As a tech-centric guy, I love the idea of driving a hybrid. But I won’t be getting one because they are still too costly.

If the government really wants to be environmentally friendly and to reduce people’s dependence on petrol (and thus not have to spend so much on subsidies) there are a number of things it can do. But before we get into that, let me explain what a hybrid car is.

The typical car that you and I drive is powered by petrol. The engine turns a transmission which turns the wheels. A fully electric car has batteries that power an electric motor which turns a transmission which turns the wheels.

The petrol-electric car is a hybrid of the two. There are two types of hybrids: Parallel and series.

The parallel hybrid involves both a fuel tank (to supply the petrol to the engine) and batteries (to supply electricity to the motor). Both the engine and the electric motor can turn the transmission at the same time, which then turns the wheels.

In a series hybrid (which is less common) the petrol engine turns a generator which charges the batteries. These batteries then power an electric motor that drives the transmission.

Both the Civic Hybrid and the Prius use a form of the parallel hybrid system although they are different in terms of complexity.

Let’s start with the Civic Hybrid, which uses what is commonly referred to as a "mild" hybrid system that involves only a modest degree of hybrid technology. They are sometimes called "power assist" hybrids because the engine is still the primary source of power. Propulsion cannot be accomplished on electric power alone.

The Prius uses a full hybrid system which is sometimes referred to as a "strong" hybrid. As its name implies, it can be powered by just the petrol engine, just the electric motor, or a combination of both. Not surprisingly, high-capacity batteries are needed for this system. The vehicles also need to have a power split device that toggles between mechanical and electrical power.

Whether you choose a Civic Hybrid or a Prius, you will get lower emission and fuel savings. There’s no doubt about that. But both cars are well over RM100,000. To be more precise, the former is slightly under RM130,000 while the latter is slightly under RM180,000.

Cost is a major barrier to adoption. If the government is serious about encouraging hybrids, it should exempt excise duties for all hybrid cars. That would encourage other brands to bring in hybrids. Competition will drive prices down even further.

Another thing the government could do, especially in the beginning to encourage uptake, is to impose a lower road tax. It can also allocate special parking spaces in cities for hybrids.

There are numerous incentives the government could do if it wanted to encourage hybrids. But until it does so, hybrids are going to be a rarity when they should be common place. Imagine if Malaysia had the highest number of green cars per capita in the world. Now that’s a No. 1 spot worth having.

Oon Yeoh is a new media consultant. Comments: letters@thesundaily.com

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Kesimpulannya : Bukan semua online video itu selamat, berhati-hati. Zaman sekarang - kebaikan itu masih ada tapi bukan pada semua , kerana ada diantaranya "bermakna"
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Unhide files hidden by virus

So ..recently i told you that you can used
1. attrib command (dos command )  c:\attrib -r -a -s -h  [pendrive]:\*.*
2. used attribute changer

do we have a very, very, very simply ways ?
emmm .. yeah, we have it
try this one ....

just one click .. you can download here .... http://www.megaupload.com/?d=38UYR4AN

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Remove Virus Shortcut From Your Computer System

Method : Manual - With the manual.  ( Taken From info-antivirusblog )

1. Turn off system Restore.
2. Turn off the virus by using wscript.exe tool CProcess or CurrProcess (click on link). Run Crocess, search tab on the process name wscript.exe then right click on the name of the file and click kill procesess selected.
3. Open Windows Explorer, click the tool menu option, folder option, view, click show hidden files and folders, click / uncheck the Hide extensions for known file types and Hide protected operating system files.Klik OK.
4. Open my documents. Delete the file database.mdb.
5. Click the Search button. Click All Files and Folders. In the All or part of the file name type: thumb.db, in the Look in a click. Delete all files that have been found. Repeat the steps above and delete all files that are found again.
6. Click the Search button. Click All Files and Folders. In the All or part of the file name type: Autorun.inf, Look at the click in my computer. Delete all files that have been found. Repeat the steps above and delete all files that are found again.
7. In step 6 virus is actually missing or no longer active but still have the rest of the shortcut duplicate folders created by malware earlier.
8. If you also want removed, you must be careful once the shortcut is created by the virus with a shortcut to the default windows. The shortcut of the folder is created by the virus that is when we refer to the folder will appear in the link from the shortcut to the windows/system32. That we should be clear.
9. How to find the folder shortcut: Click the Search button. Click All Files and Folders. In the All or part of the file name type: *. lnk, Look at the click in my computer. You must choose from based on the characteristics of a folder shortcut is created by the virus at the top of the line.
10. You can delete the registry made by the virus earlier by using the tool HijackThis. (You can download HijackThis 2.0.2 here). Click Scan system and only looking at the HKCU \ ... \ ... database.mdb, HKLM \ ... \ .... relating to the WindowsXP cd (I forget the name length, and for that sometimes there is also sometimes not), and HKCU \ ... \ .... disableregedit = 1. click the button fixed.
11. Now restart your computer.

In fact, if we do not delete the registry before (step 10) is not a problem, but at the restart windows will appear 2 text box that the first search for the file dialog database.mdb we remove earlier, the second prompted enter cd WindowsXP (this show is that there are also who does not). click Ok. Regedit and then it is likely we will didisable by the virus earlier. This also ga not problem if your brain is often especial registry windows.


Method to prevent the virus come again:

Virus this work if we click the folder shortcut new harry potter ... lnk, microsoft. Once we click the folder shortcut its so activated wsript.exe will find a file that is located in the folder windows system32 folder. Wscript.exe actively with the virus will begin to spread. So the key is that the virus is active on the file wscript.exe. For that we must kill wscript.exe way change of the name.

Open Windows Explorer, click the tool menu option, folder option, view, click show hidden files and folders, click / uncheck the Hide extensions for known file types and Hide protected operating system files.Klik OK.

Open the folder C: \ Windows \ system32 \ dllcache. This folder is collection of files from the backup files in the system32 folder. Find the file and click the right wsript.exe rename a wscriptx.exe for example. And open the C: \ Windows \ system32, find the file and click the right wsript.exe rename wscriptx.exe also be, for example.

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