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transportation To/From First Tower.
BTS
BTS is the Sky train. The nearest station is on Sukumvit - The Plonchit Station. You can even choose to board the Nana station. Both are in a walking distance of about 5-10 minutes. You can speed your reach by using the motorbike service. Click here for the BTS web site
MRT
MRTA is the underground train. The nearest station is at Asok. You can get there by using the BTS or Motorbike or even Taxi. Map of MRTA train system
Taxi
If you need a Taxi you have a few choices:
- You can call and order by yourself.
- You can ask the security guard to order it for you.
- You walk to Bamrungrad Hospital Taxi stand.
- You walk a little more to Soi 3 and easily stop a Taxi.
Bus
Most buses are on Sukhumvit road. At least one bus no 62 has a
stop in from of Bamrungrad Hospital on Soi 3 and it can take you
all the way to immigration building in Silom Soi 3.
Boat
Yes, we even have a boat pier right next to our building on Klong
Saan Saab. The ride is very cheap and even adventurous but it bit any
traffic jam, therefore bring you to your destination faster. I starts
not far from Kao San Road, has a big stop on Patunam and it continues
through our stop, Nana Nua, all the way to The Mall Bag Kapee.
Motorbike
There are motorbike services on both ends of soi 1 making it real easy to access the main road Sukhumvit and the BTS. You can even take the ride beyond Soi 1 directly to your destination to avoide the trafic jam.
Transportation News
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New Fuel Made With Wastewater Drastically Reduces Emissions
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A team of Taiwanese researchers has combined industrial wastewater and petroleum oil to make a new fuel that could largely eliminate the costly treatment of industrial air emissions from boilers, is an environmentally-friendly way to treat industrial wastewater, and could increase fuel efficiency by 14%.
Worldwide, many industrial processes depend on steam boilers that are powered by what’s called heavy fuel oil (HFO). In the US, where coal and natural gas are plentiful, boilers are not typically run on HFO, but many homes in the Northeast US are still heated with furnaces that use HFO. These boilers are notorious for spewing out toxins into the environment when untreated.
Read more of this story »  01/05/2009 04:25 AM
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Husqvarna Shows New Solar/Battery Automower at CES
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Husqvarna is showing its new Automower Solar Hybrid at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. The Solar Hybrid is a fully robotic lawn mower powered by a combination of batteries and a solar panel. 01/05/2009 03:09 AM
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Report: Poop-Powered Hydrogen Cars Show Promise
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New research from Kajima, a Japanese company, and Tokyo University, suggests that microbes from human waste could be a good source for hydrogen fuel cell cars. According to a report yesterday on Japan’s Nikkei, the company has produced a fuel cell that has generated 130W from each cubic meter of waste. Kajima believes it will take another decade to commercialize the product.
Researchers from the University of California, and administrators at California’s Orange County Sanitation District, appear to be further along. Last fall, they installed an $8 million fuel-cell device to convert human waste into hydrogen fuel. In an interview with the Orange County Register, Scott Samuelsen, director of UC Irvine's National Fuel Cell Research Center who helped develop the device, said, "The waste stream from society is being turned around, and providing energy and transportation fuel for the society. "
Idaho cows.
The Sanitation District has used methane gas from sewage to power its systems for years, but the new device—built by Air Products of Pennsylvania and FuelCell Energy of Connecticut—is able to separate the methane into three streams of energy: one to help heat the sewage, one to generate electricity, and one for storage tanks ready for use in hydrogen cars. (Of course, the cost of a practical hydrogen car will be prohibitive for many years.) read more 01/05/2009 02:07 AM
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Study Concludes That Climate Change Alone Could Erode US Improvements in Ground Level Ozone Events Resulting from Reduced Emissions
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Differences in the average (June-August) MDA8-O3 mixing ratios (ppbv) in the surface layer (984-934 hPa) corresponding to (a) climate change under present emissions; (b) A2 emissions change under present climate; (c) climate change under A2 emissions; (d) B1 emissions change... 01/05/2009 01:59 AM
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Ford poised for hybrid leadership?
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 New hybrids, plug-in hybrids and EVs by 2012
We've heard it before. Ford was going to become a hybrid leader, then they weren't. Of course, now there is also a new sheriff in town with new rules and new plans.
Ford's new CEO, Alan Mulally, achieved much success striving for efficiency while at Boeing. Can he do the same with the only US automaker not to yet need any government loan help thanks to Mulally's restructing efforts after taking over Ford's helm?
That's what many are wondering thanks to a recent statement Ford made when it announced new plans for hybrids, plug-in hybrids and EVs by 2012, which are to be elaborated upon at NAIAS.
In the past, I would have poooh-pooohed such news as just greenwashing, but considering the engineering success of the Ford Fusion hybrid and its new hybrid powertrain, there is reason to be hopeful.
Still, is this all just PR and congressional-pointed propaganda, or do you think Ford is ready to become a real leader in hybrid and EV technology? And, I define real leadership as not just technology, but significant sales. Can Ford become a hybrid sales leader within the next five years? 01/05/2009 01:57 AM
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