Letters to the editor
Encouraging entrepreneurs
Sir,
Entrepreneurial ability is of notable worth where there are opportunities and substantial catalysts available to translate dreams and visions into reality. Bangladesh is a country which is full of unutilised and underutilised resources, which are waiting to be tapped in an ever-beneficial way that profits both society and the entrepreneur himself.
If we consider the energy sector we have resources that can wipe out the energy shortage in our country; the primary requirement is a bunch of dedicated entrepreneurs who devote their infinite capabilities in translating these raw resources into usable energy. Human beings are catalysts that can turn a handful of sand into a handful of pearls, but converting the sand into pearls requires focused attention and a motivation to do so.
Asif Iqbal, Dhaka
Clean coal is a myth
Sir,
Coal is the dirtiest, most lethal energy resource we have as the carbon problem is too big. Chinese cities are polluted with smog produced by the coal ash particles that are suspended in the air.
President Obama announced that by June 2014 the Environment Protection Agency (EPA) would draft new rules that would put an end to limitless dumping of carbon
pollution from our power plants. The rules would be issued under the Clean Air Act, a law inspired in part by the disaster in Donora. The law has been used to drastically reduce the emission of sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides and soot particles from American power plants. But carbon dioxide, the main cause of global warming, is a problem on an entirely different scale.
The carbon problem is just too big. In planning for coal power plants we ought to observe all precautions or we would be contributing to global warming and extreme weather problems that are already being manifested in the world.
Arifa, Chittagong
