藍天有多藍？How blue is the sky?

墾丁的藍天有多藍？
以下一段短片，是用手機在墾丁沿途拍的。墾丁國家公園，是在台灣最南端的地方。這一個藍天，香港人是很少見的。未免是少見多怪了。手機可以一直拍下去，真是捨不得放手呢。
(請把滑鼠拖往下邊，看看「台灣油價」圖中的藍天(其實己經非常美了，那是高雄市內的藍天。)
但高雄市內的藍天，仍比不上墾丁的藍天。


比較：
高雄市內的藍天：

「為甚麼要知道，天是真的？」

2 已針對您的文章「為甚麼要知道，天是真的？」留下新意見：

有數問, 待解答:

中國傳統是不是真的沒有所謂正義公義,另傳統的善惡觀念在現代化的中國有幾大積極作用?,香港人上街,大多掩面遮頭,因為他們只相信自己是受害人,出來是申冤,怕被人笑為『硬膠』而不是爭取公義. 『人同此心心同此理』,毓民經常掛在口, 大概此亦代表大部份中國人的思想, 沒有公義,但有公道?大概問心就是中國人的公理所在吧?又或者金庸在笑傲江湖後記所論,好人與壞人,就是指加惠和損害的人數多少而決定...

對閣下論莊著作有看一遍, 理論別樹一幟, 倘若心靈自由能帶來人心超越, 那麼我們如何讓下一代知道, 心靈自由的結果就是善與惡呢? 莊子又怎樣看善與惡? 和孔孟有多少同異嗎?

這是我連日來的疑惑, 也許是古今極少數人也想過的問題.


李察回應：

親愛的 2 君：

你的問題，是李察近來所遇見的少數精彩問題。

莊子並無論及善惡。但莊子的系統裡，己有蘊含了這重要的問題。
而孔孟的性善論，則是否定了人的抉擇自由。人性本善之說，以
為人始終是會選擇善的。而且這是人的唯一選擇。所以，孔孟以
為，必須灌輸以某種特定的倫理，例如忠君，愛國，忠孝，節義
，貞婦，以至三從四德等等，就是善。而如果有人選擇了惡 ，
就是沾染了惡習，或者是灌輸的力度不足。孔孟是否定人的選擇自
由的。

李察謹上

高雄的玫瑰聖母堂

高雄的玫瑰聖母堂

台灣的油價因何便宜？

台灣油價

這一張圖片，可以看到台灣的油價，比香港便宜得多。
香港人付出，比台灣油價貴兩三倍。

不知誰可以解釋？

其中的數字22.6 是台幣。折合港幣應為

22.6 除以 4.3 等於 5.25

台灣人正在享受每公升 5.25 港元的油價。
為何我們不能？

是不是香港油價被人為抬高了？
立法局的議員們，有何話說？

為甚麼動物不會犯罪？為甚麼只有人才會犯罪？

睇報紙,見到以前教我數學的小學老師.
他被控告與未成年少女性交.

究竟為何必需要16歲以上?
12歲思想不成熟,難道20多歲的阿嬌就成熟嗎?
明知犯法仍要做,慾火蓋過理智,怎麼辦?
言行身教,是不是我老師的老師沒有做足呢?

就算有,天性這回事是無法拋掉的
即使控制得了行動,仍控制不了思想
男人總是透過幻想去侵犯得不到的愛人

這是罪嗎?是男人的原罪?

我想過將來會從事教育,我可能會面對這問題
是否重男輕女不教女生?那我還能賺錢過活嗎?

Victoria

李察回應：

「創世紀」是一個智慧的寓言。裡面的比喻，
是很值得細心思量的。

而「創世紀」的教訓，跟「莊子」竟然非常
接近。

問題是：為甚麼動物不會犯罪？為甚麼只有
人才會犯罪？

因為，動物是不能抉擇的。動物是不由自主的。
但是，人卻是可以抉擇的。人是可以自己決定
做甚麼不做甚麼的。

犯罪，就是抉擇錯了。

而我們是不能保証，自己是永遠正確的。
但可以知道的是：當自己錯了，回頭再想的
時候，或者是能夠看到自己的錯誤的。
這就是「懺悔」。而能夠懺悔，就可能使
自己的智慧提昇，下一次的抉擇，正確一些。

親切的台灣同胞

（李察在「出火」處燒爆谷。只要一分多鐘，爆谷就會爆炸。炸出來非常可口的爆谷。）（點擊一下照片，就
可以放大，看到這火堆清楚一些。）




（李察和賣爆谷的老伯）


在台南的墾丁，有一處名勝叫做「出火」。其實是
一處小小的天然氣礦藏。氣在地底噴上來，好像是
在噴火。這一位老伯，就是在這出火口賣煨番薯的。
李察買了一個爆谷，自己在火上燒。也很好玩的。
只要燒一分鐘多些，爆谷就爆開了。

李察想起不久前的想法：利用這相同的原理，製做
一種爆炸品，把能量儲藏起來、、、只是，紙上談
兵，這一種想法，很快，就會忘記了。

老伯的笑容很燦爛。這種笑容，很不容易看到的。

在台灣拍門

李察和太太在高雄海邊
落日的餘暉，倒是溫暖的。



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一位台灣朋友，為李察去拍一家大出版社的門。

兩吋厚的一部「莊子原理和莊子原著」送進去。

他們只需要幾分鐘。

大約連一分鐘都不需要。

己經知道了，這一本書，是不適合他們出版的、、、

(記憶中，名著 Longitute 的作者，拍了十九家
出版社的門。一家？太少了。

(記憶中，「本草綱目」的作者，共花了十年時光去
拍門。只拍了幾天，算不了甚麼的、、、

是否中國人特別喜歡作假？

未留名者 已針對您的文章「是否中國人特別喜歡作假？」留下新意見：

首先，要定義中國人跟孔子其實不容易，如果兩者所指是華夏地區傳統對現世人影響，我覺得比較具體點。

所謂傳統，小弟覺得係一小部份人，的一種主張或習慣，而該種主張或習慣，同時會有其對立面存在，

而人類歷史在生存環境的洗禮下，選擇出當下影響著我們的傳統

其中，個人的力量其實十分有限，但是基於言語上限制，我們往往以人／某團體的主張，解釋傳統的由來


李察回應

謝謝你的意見。

你可有錯過了這精彩的一百年？問到底專欄1999.1.1-3

Leechard,

I have two questions on the wonderful 100 year essay you wrote long ago. Can you answer these?

First, why do you say Churchill (邱吉爾) and Deng xipang (鄧小平) can only pave the way rather than guiding us the direction?

Second, why Grandi (甘地) can only offer confidence to us, but not other things?

It is the time for us to answer these questions to prepare for a disastrous decades ahead.

I am glad to hear comment from you on that.

Best wishes,
william

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好擔心自己的文化會消失

nightingale 已針對您的文章「為甚麼要誠實？」留下新意見：

　　儒家思想太烏托邦式，又虛無，使人們欠缺獨立性。如果以基督教的愛作為基礎，儒家應該更接近真理。
　　中國人歧視中國人，己經使社會失去和諧。我地只係一味抽水，一D都唔理佢地的感受。最後我地會失去文化的多樣性。我都好擔心自己的文化會消失。


李察回應：

對的。你的觀察是對的。
小愛導致偏狹和仇恨。
大愛才能導致寬宏的真理。
天主教、基督教、佛教，都是主張大愛的。

Great works on theory of Zhuang Zi

yoshiko 已針對您的文章「莊子真的是會「飛」嗎？」留下新意見：

Great works on theory of Zhuang Zi!
I really learn somethings on your leading and explanation.

Leechard's Feedback

Thanks

Yesterday was Beethoven's birthday, I thought Leechard might reflect some experience regarding this great composer.

From someone:


Yesterday was Beethoven's birthday, I thought Leechard might reflect some experience regarding this great composer.

Perhaps you can choose five rarely heard, personal recommendation for new audiences? , I thought Leechard
might reflect some experience regarding this great composer.

Perhaps you can choose five rarely heard, personal recommendation for new audiences?

Leechard's feedback:

Thanks for the good idea. But it is not an easy job.
my preference in choosing music is that I ought to have
special feelings on that item by that moment, then I will
write something on it. It is painful if I have no feeling
when it is needed to write on the block.......

貼錯稿

上星期二太忙，寫完稿，就以為是己經貼出。明天也沒有細看。
一場虛驚，十分抱歉。

李察會在下周往台灣一行。從二十四日到二十九日，共六天。
只希望到時的稿子，會如常貼出。

在台灣，貼稿是不成問題的。
但是，如果去大陸，恐怕就會斷稿了。

李察寫於十二月十三日午夜。

又一種新的石油代替品面世 another new fuel produced......do you know what does that mean?

Synthetic e. coli could build a better biofuel

another new fuel produced......

do you know what does that mean?

it means:
people in the West is working round the clock crazily.....
they tried hard on the new fuel.... anything that can replace oil.....


see for your self:


http://uk.news.yahoo.com/18/20081208/tsc-synthetic-e-coli-could-build-a-bette-e123fef.html?printer=1

Monday, December 8 10:47 pm


a letter from our reader:


Leechard,

Modified E-coli, like the fungus, could also be another source of fuel

Such scientific breakthorugh is credited to the effort of US researchers. They are the one in Los Angles laboratory of University of California.

How can it occur ? E-coli must be turned into generator of fuel by genetic engineering. Chromosome is inserted into E-coli DNA, and altered its basic genetic structure. Then E-coli could be able to make alcohol consisting of 8-carbon atoms. A 8-C hydroncarbon could pack a lot more energy than ethanol that we are now using. Due to its high viscosity, it can easily be separated from water. Hence, it could be an ideal biofuel.

Also it is a remarkable event in biochemical history. It is the first time of human-synthesizing long-chain alcohol. In theoery, many long-chain alcohol can be produced through this method. So, we can make more biochemical-made alcohol with e-coli as our factory.

The consequence of this event shall be seen in many sectors.

Firstly, it is at the market of ethanol. The e-coli-manufactured alcohols are new source of alcohol. Due to the production cost, were the price of large-scale bacteria-produced alcohol to be lower than that of corn-produced, there is a room for downward shifting of ethanol prices. Many people could pay less than now to enjoy ethanol and its derivatives.

Moreover, There will be a fall in price of raw materials making ethanols. There will be less demand for making ethanols from corns were the large-scale ecoli-made ethanol to be available in market. Then, more corns will be supplied to meet the large world demand for it. Compared with present, more people can buy corns in a larger quantity for their eat in a lower cost.

What is more, it, like many discovery made recently, has proved again that there is the will, there is the way. What people need is a new manufacturing mechanism of materials essential in human life. E-coli alcohol, fungus fuel, witricity. They have given us a message that we can survive, and even live, better than we are, were we to use the present materials wisely and effectively, guided by new light of science and technology.


Best regards,
william

你說要有心，就是有了心。

567 已針對您的文章「 怎樣使沒心人變成有心人？」留下新意見：

看來只有一死了事.
李察的文章給我很多啟示,
但我有心的時候總是不能長久,
好像虛火一樣.
不久就熄滅了.
怎麼辦.
很不對勁....



李察回應：

親愛的567朋友，
「神光和尚」的故事，有看過嗎？
你的心是屬於你的。你說要有心，就是有了心。
你說要燃亮，就是燃亮！


李察謹上

Do you know what is glyerol?

A bright prospect of turning by-product of producing biofuels source of fuel, and many important matters is seen now.

The problem arises from glyerol, the by-product of biofuel production.

Though some of it could be food and pharmaceutical industry source, most of glycerol is disposed of incineration.

Now British researchers has discovered a chemical way to change glycerol into hydrogen gases. Under controlled pressure and temperature, with presence of catalyst, the glycerol is mixed with steam to generate hydrogen gas.

Hydrogen gas is a fuel for motors powered by hydrogen-oxygen battery. Such a process of making hydrogen from glycerol is another new application of glycerol. We could hardly do that before discovery is made due to technical problems, .

To make polymers from glycerol is another application . Cardiff University researching team is working on this project. Were the experiment of polymerisation from glycerol to be successful, there could be another ingredient for making polymers, the plastic bags.

It can be expected that the people's reliance on heavy-carbon faction of oil shall diminish. Glycerol is cheaper than oil, in terms of extraction prices.

Thus the price of making polymers shall drop with an increase in supply of polymers. But arising is the environmental pollution problem which more plastic bags will be thrown as they are cheaper than now

The guardian report on that is here:

Sweet answer to a fuel problem

Scientists are developing techniques to turn waste glycerol from biofuels into high-value hydrogen gas

Michael Pollitt
The Guardian, Thursday December 4 2008


http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/dec/04/biofuels-glycerol-green-
technology.





Thanks to William who had made an effort to make the points very clear for us:


Glycerol-Summary

Where does it comes from?
By-product of biodiesel production

What is its present use?
Some of it can be food and pharmaceutical industry source, while most is disposed of incineration.

What could be its new application?
Generating hydrogen gases and making plastic bags and other things useful.

How can it generate hydrogen gases?
Under controlled pressure and temperature, the glycerol is mixed with steam to generate hydrogen gas with presence of catalyst.

What is the significance of conversion of hydrogen gases from glycerol?
Compared with methane, the present ingredient for making hydrogen gas, glycerol has a higher hydrogen content. Glycerol has a formula of C3H5(OH)3. That is, it is a molecule of three carbon atoms with eight hydrogen and three oxygen atoms. Methane, however, consists of a carbon atom with four hydrogen atoms. So, conversion of hydrogen gases from glycerol could be a new supply source of hydrogen gas, that is in high demand in fuel-cell and fuel

How can it produce plastic bags and other daily necessities?
Glycerol can be converted into valuable monomers for plastics production, biodegradable solvents and even fragrances

What is the significance of production of necessities?
Bio-degradable polymers or paints solvents may be produced. This could be an alternative to present plastic bags, paints and many things not degenerated in natural means. With the introduction of these materials, it could save the environment from further contamination.

Moreover, the human over-reliance on petrochemical products, the materials for plastic bags, paints, shall no long exist. Human has become more sensitive with the environmental impact brought by these materials. They shall prefer a environmentally friendly material to contaminating one for use in handbags, paints..

「一條蚯蚓斬開兩段, 咁佢個靈魂點?」

匿名 已針對您的文章「 怎樣使沒心人變成有心人？」留下新意見：

靈魂或者心靈
是可以一分為二的嗎?

這是我在網上看到的問題

「一條蚯蚓斬開兩段,兩段都唔會死
咁佢個靈魂點?」

我覺得很有趣,特來分享


李察回應：

這是一個很有趣的問題呢。

如果要從外在看，蚯蚓不錯是分為二。或者，這也是蚯蚓的特殊生殖法，
那是兩個軀體了。或者，是一母一子了？？

有趣！

但從人看，每人都有兩個腦。一左一右，是否有兩個靈魂？

更奇怪的可能是：在超自然的數學裡，是沒有數目的。
問題只是：有沒有靈魂，而不是有多少個靈魂？

這是很有趣的想像呢。

李察上