By Medal for Excellent Performance in Industrial Economy Field Awarded, Science & Technology – Engr. (Tun)
TO enable the fast development of the nation, the Prime Minister has granted loans in the form of a revolving fund to implement agriculture & livestock breeding, small-scale irrigation activities, co-operative activities, rural development and emerald green project in Kayin State, Chin State, Taninthayi Region, Mon State, Naga, Danu, Pa-O, Palaung, Kokang and Wa Self-Administered Division and Zones. The issuance of loans can be attributed to the farsightedness of the Prime Minister.
Such an action by the head of state can be viewed as granting freedom and independence to the local administrators from the regions concerned so that the latter can get the local people united in the implementation of the respective development projects. From another point of view, such an action on the part of the Prime Minister can be regarded as training of the public so that they can contribute their part towards the establishment of the democratic federal union. Additionally, such an action can be considered to be letting people from different regions participate in labour emulation with respect to the implementation of the development activities.
Issuance of the revolving fund can be likened to the injection of the booster into the people who will participate in the implementation of the respective regional development projects. The term ‘booster’ was used by the Prime Minister himself. Following the steps of the head of state, the writer of this article would also like to use the term ‘multivitamin’. As electric vehicles (EVs), Solar EVs and Fully Solar EVs are vital to national development, I would like to call them multivitamins. As multivitamin tablets are vital to the health of the people, EVs, Solar EVs and Fully Solar EVs are all vital to national development because they cannot only reduce production costs but also preserve the natural environment.
The rural people account for 70 per cent of the population of Myanmar. Therefore, it goes without saying that providing technical assistance and monetary assistance in the form of a revolving fund will contribute dramatically towards the development of rural areas. In this regard, it is of utter necessity to provide modern technology to farmers so that they can produce agricultural goods effectively and efficiently. As known to all, the raw materials and the finished goods are being transported from region to region, and people are also travelling across the nation either on business or on vacation. This being so, it is of utmost importance to improve the transportation sector to ensure the safe and smooth flow of commodities. In this regard, it is needed to construct roads linking the villages. Furthermore, it is also essential to build small-scale dams and/or irrigation networks. In so doing, it is highly important to save costs as well as to protect the natural environment against degradation. There comes the role of EVs, Solar EVs and Fully Solar EVs to reduce not only the production and/or construction costs but also to preserve and protect the natural environment. The farmers are needed to encourage the use of renewable energy. In this regard, the instruments of production are required to be energy-efficient and cost-saving in addition to being eco-friendly. I would like to suggest using Solar-powered Small Electric Vehicles, medium-sized EVs and solar energy recharging stations. For EVs, batteries are important, and naturally, as they need recharging, we need to build recharging stations. It is, therefore, necessary to calculate the requirements of lead-acid batteries so that rural farmers can be provided with such batteries. Additionally, the power requirements are also needed to be calculated. Then, there also arises the need to help the less affordable farmers to buy solar energy apparatuses. The farmers should be allowed to pay in instalments so that they can purchase solar power implements. Instead of using Lithium-ion batteries that are powerful and costly, LiFe PO4 batteries should be used together with lead acid batteries. One disadvantage of Li-ion batteries is that they can cause an outbreak of fire when overheated.
Solar Energy Pumping System is needed to be introduced in carrying out the agricultural and livestock breeding activities. For transportation purposes, we should resort to electric-solar passenger cars and electric cars. In this regard, it will be wise of us to replace the ICE vehicles with EVs, EV-Solar Hybrids and Fully Solar EVs to reduce the foreign currency requirements.
These vehicles should be permitted to import so that the need to import fuel oil can be reduced while environmental pollution can be reduced. As we are only at the beginning stage, we do not need to construct the power refilling stations across the country. For example, we can identify and select the interval positions along the Yangon-Mandalay Highway. The refilling stations should be built at the places like the bus terminals, the terminals en route, the food courts, coffee shops, motels and hotels, chain stores, supermarkets, hyper-marts, offices, schools, hospitals and banks etc. With rapid technological advancement, the EVs of nowadays are using the latest batteries such as LiFePO4 batteries, sodium batteries, solid-state batteries, nanodiamond batteries, grapheme batteries and the Boro phene batteries which have a longer life and higher energy storage. And what is more, self-charging (quantum) batteries are now being used by EVs and fully solar energy EVs. This being so, if we now construct power refilling stations everywhere, spending huge amounts of money, it will be a great waste of money. Therefore, the plan for the construction of the refilling stations ought to be formulated with the above-mentioned facts taken into consideration.
It is, therefore, suggested that plans for the construction of the recharging stations be formulated by the village elders and the responsible personnel from the rural area development departments concerned because they are best aware of the geographical locations, the local requirements and the overall situations concerning the agricultural and livestock breeding activities. Starting from the rural areas, the EVs will be widely used in towns and cities, and with the passage of time, the EVs will need repairing and maintenance. In that case, the system the EVs are using will play an important part in repair and maintenance.
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