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so this thread don turn to English lecture abi, na waa ooo

Congrats to her, but I hope the movie does not suffer from Identity crisis. I will like to see the movie to note her concept, how she enmeshes Nigerian culture with western culture, her motives for using mostly foreign actresses, and the interplay between Nigerian actresses with the western actresses as well as Nollywood with Hollywood. I am curious. She is an awesome lady.

As you guys know by now, maybe the money really disappeared. You know how money disappears in Naija.

Muzbo,

I feel you. I am sure Kobokunje would have said Nigeria should wait to have constant electricity before hosting the U-17 World Cup.

manny4life:
Good thing is that I'm a liar and I'm proud that I'm one no argument. If you could only accept the feat and just spend maybe a good amount of time on the Dept of energy I gave you, you would better educate yourself, oops I forgot, you cannot connect to the dept website let alone their database. Sorry man I won't even argue no further with you and don't forget to also visit some other useful website ok and perhaps a good keyword might be "average sunlight in Lagos"

I am good. My point is that during the dry season, Lagos gets intense sunlight (average of 7 hrs and on some days 8rs) which, if harnessed and stored, can provide a considerable amount of energy to power the electric vehicles. The threshold problem would be to implement high capacity storage solutions.

manny4life:
U.S reports are not made public, so u can do a good research on that on your own, u can start with the Dept of energy, or other web sources like CIA world factbook

If the U.S. reports are not made public, so you must have some privileged access to those reports. You are the one who adduced evidence about U.S. reports and, therefore, has the burden of proof. I say the  information about sunlight in Lagos does not exist in any U.S. report  and that you are a liar and fabricated the information from thin air. Please, for God's sake, prove me wrong.

manny4life:
That u was born and bred in Lagos have actually nothing to do with me man, I am telling you that your famous data is actually off from mine which I really trust as reliable and non bias. Furthermore, I really don't need anyone to educate me because I have both the hand and brains to read and educate me.

According to a U.S. report release by, between the months of November and May, the average sunlight is 5.6 and the average sunlight from June to October is 3.6, I guess if you take the both average to get an annual average, your number should be about 5.2hrs. I hope that helps ok.

Please provide a link to the U.S. report.

Aloy~Emeka:
I don't think solar panels necessarily require sunlight. They only need daylight in order to function properly and they can reserve energy that can run effectively for about 72 hours in the absence of daylight.

That has been my point all along. People are focusing on the generating part without talking about the storage. You can store energy from solar panels, and the technologies for storage solutions with respect to solar energy have improved significantly.

manny4life:
Really and where did you get that data from? Or is that self knowledge? Which is it? I ask because my own data from a reliable source reads differently.

So how many hours of sunlight did your reliable source tell you Lagos gets, then? Back up your talk with data.

manny4life:
Really and where did you get that data from? Or is that self knowledge? Which is it? I ask because my own data from a reliable source reads differently.

What are you talking about? I was born, bred, and raised in Lagos. You on the other hand are getting your info from a "reliable data." I am sure there lots of Lagosians on this thread who can educate you more about Lagos. Abeg

manny4life:
Really? How much sunlight do u think particularly Lagos have on an average day?

Lagos has at least 6-8 hours of sunlight during the dry season. Compared to tropical countries, Nigerian cities have more sunlight than them, which makes our country more amenable to solar panels.

bawomolo:
you do realize hydrogen fuel cars would require huge volume fuel tanks right?   I don't see how that would be visible.  The energy require to split hydrogen atoms from water is on the high side too.  Hydrogen cars are just as cost intensive as electric cars.

Nigeria is a country blessed with natural gas and coal reserves. that should be used instead.

Nigeria is also blessed with unforgiving sunlight, which is also free. It is still possible to tap into natural gas and coal reserves as well as sunlight.

Kobokunje,

Fashola is aggressively pushing for a rail network in Lagos. As a matter of fact, through the director of LAMATA, the state Govt. solicited bids from investors all over the world in an event that took place in London. As I recall, many private investors have submitted bids for a 25-year concession period within which the private investors will recoup their investment.

The electric vehicle plan is very feasible, of course contingent on the advances in solar technology. I know you guys will google solar panels and copy and paste or paraphrase what you read, but there are solar govt. solutions for solar panels which information may not be readily available through a plain google search.

My point, know the full details of the Fashola plan and the latest advances in solar technologies before coming to your conclusion. I don't think that's asking for too much. You guys are focusing on the solar panels with respect to electricity generation but not discussing it in the context of storage solutions, which is the key. The sun shines a lot in Lagos and if all the energy can be harnessed and stored during the day, I don't see why it is not a feasible plan

There  are too many cynics on this thread who are spewing conclusions without premises.  I'll keep it simple.

1) Why is Fashola implementing electric cars without electricity.
A stranger reading that would think Nigeria does not have electricity at all. Admittedly, electricity is not constant in all areas, but Govt. has a way of providing constant electricity if it wants to; for example, I know several NEPA officials who have 24-hr light; Aso villa has 24-hr light; the current U-17 World-Cup stadiums all have 24-hr uninterrupted power. Also, even though I am not a solar expert, none of these cynics are solar experts either. As per the electricity that will be used to power the vehicles, I know that solar electricity can be used to supplement the regular electricity that will be used to power the cars, or it may well be that solar energy can provide a substantial portion of the electricity needed for the electricity cars. Nonetheless, neither do I not these cynics know the full details of how Fashola would power these vehicles to make spew such conjectures.

2) That Fashola should wait for stable electricity before executing his electric vehicle plan
Do you guys realize that if every visionary waited for stable electricity before implementing their plan then nothing would happen at all? If that was the case then think about the ff:
a) The developer of palms plaza would not have constructed the mall because he would have been waiting for stable electricity. Back then, cynics told him that it was irrational to construct a mall without stable electricity since it will be--and it currently is--powered on generators.
b) All the new 3-5 star hotels in Lagos would not be constructed because of infrequent electricity and water. The hotel developers will be waiting on electricity and water to power their elevators.
In short, there is nothing preventing Fashola from contemporaneously implementing electric vehicles and attempting to solve the power problems. Additionally, since the FG has considerable leverage on the resources with which to effectively solve the power crisis, considering that the FG has more resources, Fashola is left to execute as many projects without waiting on the FG. If he waits, he may be waiting for another 30 years. I stand by him because it makes good sense to execute his electricity vehicle plan concurrently with trying to generate power, which he has included in his agenda, but building the infrastructure for electricity generation takes time, and he can't wait.

you guys keep forgetting that these German team is the reigning European U-17 champion, which means that they are not a weak team

3-3

3-3 not bad; no shaking; we just need to enter next round

NEPA don bring light ooo. ESPN don dey show am

this annoying NTA Broadcast make am look like say na camera phone dem take shoot the match

things cannot just go smooth in Naija; no interruptions during Egypt '09

nepa

Abi NEPA don take light; ESPN don interrupt broadcast

German Boyz are tired; they are no longer attacking

He's a miracle working God (2X)
He's the Alpha and Omega
He's a miracle working God

I am fasting and praying

3-3 Egbedi

ori  header

3-2

It is amazing that I am desensitized to the Eagles's failures. I am not even mad anymore, because I expect failure, just embarassed

Almost 4-0;

This is funny

Mannylex:
you guys shld not worry naija will win dis match 3-2 up NIGERIA go GOLDEN EAGLETS nd win the match.We se hosting to win.

she na Ciga you dey smoke, abi na palm wine you dey drink, abi na igbo you dey smoke wey you think sey Naij go win dis match