OPINION

No pollution vision

Re: "No need for power priority", (Editorial, June 30).

One innovative suggestion should help reduce air-pollution which is to take agricultural waste from farmers and use it as fuel to generate electricity -- so long as it is not burnt to pollute.

However -- how do these smart-aleck ideas men suggest the vast quantities of agricultural waste be collected and delivered to power-stations? Fleets of polluting lorries?

Were the canals dual purpose, ie suitable for navigation as well as flood alleviation and irrigation, then such waste could be transport cheaply in large quantities rather like they used to do in the UK and still do in Europe, but they are not due to successive short-sighted planners.

There's no doubt that the conflict of interests played a huge role in the notorious hit-and-run case involving Vorayuth "Boss" Yoovidhya that caused the death of a police officer on Sept 3, 2012. The Thong Lor police officers had to deal with the Yoovidhya family and empire which had made it possible for Boss to flee Thailand in 2017. The rest is history, with several police officers being disciplined. Readers could guess what went on between police agency and this powerful family.

Come on, Yoovidhya family. It's time you get together and seriously consider and discuss, with good conscience, your "accountability" to the Thai society and people who have unknowingly contributed to your family's wealth through Red Bull's drinks business.

If not and Boss is not brought to justice, your whole family (including younger ones) will suffer mentally and live with this lifelong sin for the rest of your lives.

Re: "Indonesian fishermen rescue 100 Rohingya", (BP, June 27).

It's heartening to see that in this era of xenophobia, racism, nationalism and isolationism, there are still individuals and communities with a genuine sense of compassion and kindness for disadvantaged people.

The Aceh fishing community that defied authorities and insisted on helping bring sick and hungry Rohingya refugees ashore and give them assistance should be highly commended.

The world needs far more such expressions of humanity and caring for people in need.

We might all ask ourselves, "If faced with a similar situation, would my community be as caring and compassionate as that Indonesian fishing village?"

John Herbert (Postbag, June 27) misses the point when he says white lives also matter. We already know that.

But considering America's history of committing atrocities against Native Americans and black Americans, it's obvious that many people do not understand that black lives matter too.

With Thailand's main GDP component of tourism virtually dead at this point in time due to Covid-19, how can the baht still be so strong? Is it being kept artificially strong by the Thai banking system and government?

I think that the people who are interested in what happened to pro-democracy activist Wanchalearm Satsaksit should print up hundreds of small brightly coloured stickers that could be placed on telephone or electric poles or other surfaces all around Bangkok to continually remind the authorities that we haven't forgotten him and that they shouldn't either.