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25 October 2026 · 8:16 · in Thai · Electricity prices & policy
Unfairness Compared: Thailand vs Bangladesh
ความไม่เป็นธรรมเปรียบเทียบ ไทย VS บังคลาเทศ
Summary
He compares household bills at 500 units a month: a Thai household pays about 2,111 baht (4.22 baht per unit), a Bangladeshi household about 1,406 baht (about 2.81 baht per unit).
Thailand buys surplus rooftop solar at 2.20 baht per unit for 20 years, while Bangladesh pays about 2.86 baht per unit for rooftop solar supplied with a battery.
He asks why Bangladesh, with cheaper electricity, still pays more for rooftop power than Thailand does.
His answer: Bangladesh wants homes and organisations to install rooftop solar quickly, to strengthen energy security and cut reliance on imported gas and LNG. Note that the Bangladesh rate covers solar with battery storage, which costs more to build than plain rooftop solar.
24 October 2026 · 5:41 · in Thai · Solar & batteries
People's solar: Thailand's plan compared with India's
เปรียบเทียบโซลาร์ภาคประชาชน รัฐบาลอนุทิน VS รัฐบาลอินเดีย
Summary
Thailand's plan gives each house a flat grant of 50,000 baht, for a 5 kW rooftop system.
India's scheme scales the grant to the size of the system: 30,000 rupees (about 10,660 baht) for 1 kW, 60,000 rupees (about 21,300 baht) for 2 kW and 78,000 rupees (about 27,700 baht) for 3 kW.
India uses net metering: every unit a house exports is swapped against a unit it buys, at the same price.
Thailand instead buys surplus power back at 2.20 baht per unit, which he notes is lower than the price the distribution utilities pay the generating utility for power.
20 October 2026 · 8:19 · in Thai · LNG, gas & oil
LNG Prices Soar After the US-Iran War: How Bangladesh Responds
He notes that eight months after the US-Iran war began, imported LNG prices have risen more than 220%, reaching about 1,010 baht per million BTU by 19 October, up from 448 baht in March.
Since one million BTU produces about 120 kWh, he calculates the gas cost alone at roughly 8.42 baht per kWh, while gas supplies about 62% of Thailand's electricity.
He says LNG imports cost Thailand about 1.06% of GDP in 2025, fifth highest in the world, and cutting them would directly support economic growth.
He contrasts Bangladesh, which buys rooftop solar-plus-battery power at evening peak for more than its retail tariff, with Thailand paying rooftop owners only 2.20 baht per kWh.
17 October 2026 · 7:32 · in Thai · Society & governance
Electric Rice Harvesters Fail the Energy Transition Test
รถเกี่ยวข้าว EV กับ การเปลี่ยนผ่านพลังงาน สอบตกในหลักคิด
Summary
He criticises a plan to buy about 500 electric rice harvesters, roughly 8,000 million baht in total, from the government's 200-billion-baht energy transition loan.
He argues every 100 baht spent should be judged by how many baht of LNG or crude oil imports it avoids each year; solar for large hospitals avoids about 35 baht and pays back in about three years.
He notes harvesters work only 35 to 50 days a year and sit idle around 320 days, about 14% utilisation, while Thailand already has around 100,000 harvesters.
He says Thailand imported about 160 billion baht of LNG in the first seven months of the year, and the loan should target cutting such imports rather than filling a budget.
He reports on a study released on 21 September by about 60 scientists that ranked the severity of the world's weather disasters, placing the 2025 southern Thailand floods sixth.
The ranking used deaths, people affected and economic losses; Indonesia, hit by the same November storm, ranked first, followed by Nigeria and Pakistan floods.
He notes Thai PBS reported 267 deaths in the south, 142 of them in Hat Yai, although the report did not yet attribute this flood clearly to global warming.
He cites modelling for Southeast Asia suggesting that under a moderate emissions path, extreme rainfall in some areas could rise up to 21% per 1°C of warming by the 2070s-2090s.
3 October 2026 · 4:38 · in Thai · LNG, gas & oil
Wind and Solar Saved the UK 260 Billion Baht in LNG
ลมและแดดช่วยอังกฤษลด LNG 2.6 แสนล้านบาท แล้วไทยละ
Summary
He cites a Carbon Brief analysis finding that wind and solar saved the UK nearly 6 billion pounds, about 260 billion baht, in gas imports since the US-Iran war began in late February.
He notes that in July the UK generated 23% of its power from wind and 15% from solar, up from 12% and 6% in 2017, with gas down to 22%.
By contrast, he says Thailand in April got only about 6% from solar and 1% from wind, while gas supplied about 71%.
He points out Thailand was the world's seventh largest LNG importer in 2024 and imported 156,776 million baht of LNG in the first seven months of 2026, and urges a fast policy shift to sun and wind.
25 September 2026 · 4:32 · in Thai · Solar & batteries
Solar Subsidy: How Will 1 Million Homes Be Chosen?
He discusses the reported plan to give 50,000 baht per household for rooftop solar on 1 million homes, about 50 billion baht from the 200-billion-baht energy transition loan.
He asks how the government will choose recipients if more than a million apply, noting that first-come online registration favours the digitally skilled and a lottery raises its own questions.
He questions whether enough installers exist to finish a million systems by the deadline, comparing Australia's home battery scheme, which installs around 2,000 units a day.
He warns that because all citizens repay the loan with interest, unclear selection risks benefits flowing to politicians' vote canvassers and local power families.
24 September 2026 · 5:32 · in Thai · Climate
Study Warns Super El Niño Could Cause 450,000 Heat Deaths
งานวิจัยคาด อาจมีคนตายกว่า 4.5 แสนคนจาก Super El Nino
Summary
He presents a Climate Impact Lab (University of Chicago) study released on 22 September projecting that super El Niño heat could cause more than 450,000 deaths worldwide between September 2026 and February 2027.
The study divided the world into more than 20,000 areas and combined past temperature, population and other data; Nigeria tops the list, and Thailand is projected at around 5,000 deaths.
He stresses preparation can reduce losses, including early warnings, cooling centres, protection for outdoor workers, water access and precise targeting of risk areas.
He explains El Niño does not add heat to the planet but moves ocean heat into the air, while the underlying warming comes from human greenhouse gas emissions.
21 September 2026 · 5:30 · in Thai · LNG, gas & oil
Why Worry About Solar Panel Imports but Ignore LNG?
ทำไมไม่สนใจการนำเข้า LNG
Summary
He questions why major TV channels highlighted solar panel imports of about 14,934 million baht in seven months, without saying how many MW, while ignoring far larger LNG imports.
He says Thailand imported about 156,776 million baht of LNG over the same seven months, with LNG reaching about 584 baht per million BTU in July.
He estimates that LNG used for roughly 42,000 million kWh of electricity implies a fuel cost of about 3.73 baht per kWh.
He argues LNG must be bought every month at war-driven prices, while solar panels are a one-off investment using free sunlight, provided allocation is fair and free of corruption.
19 September 2026 · 5:54 · in Thai · LNG, gas & oil
How Much Do Rising LNG Prices Raise Thai Power Bills?
ก๊าซ LNG ขึ้นราคาทำค่าไฟฟ้าไทยขึ้นเท่าใด
Summary
He reports that a PTTEP speaker at the Gastech conference cited a study finding that every 3 US dollars per million BTU rise in LNG lifts Thai electricity prices by about 5%.
Using Japan-Korea market data, he estimates LNG rose about 12 dollars per million BTU after the US-Iran war, implying a roughly 20% or 80 satang per kWh increase on a 4-baht tariff.
He says bills have not yet risen only because the government is shifting funds to subsidise them, and he finds it contradictory that the energy ministry hosts a gas conference while pledging to cut gas use.
He cites Vietnam's Vingroup, which proposed replacing a 4,800 MW gas power concession with renewables and batteries because of volatile LNG prices.
16 September 2026 · 3:52 · in Thai · Society & governance
Questions About Disaster Insurance for 30 Million Households
ข้อสังเกต ประกันภัย 30 ล้านครัวเรือน
Summary
He reviews the government's plan to pay a 500-baht disaster insurance premium for each of 30 million households, about 15,000 million baht a year, with total cover of about 75,000 million baht.
He notes the figures given for past annual disaster relief do not match: the prime minister cited about 45,000 million baht, while the disaster prevention department chief cited 30,000 to 40,000 million.
He says it seems implausible for insurers to accept 15,000 million baht while paying out 30,000 to 40,000 million, so spending must be split into property damage versus relief kits, food, shelter and medical costs.
He asks the government to publish 5 to 10 years of categorised data, since two or three years is too short for proper actuarial calculation and good governance.
11 September 2026 · 5:30 · in Thai · Climate
Scientists Say 2026 Will Be Hotter Than Record 2024
He cites climate scientist Dr James Hansen's forecast that 2026 will be hotter than 2024, the hottest year on record, and that 2027 will be hotter still.
He tracks 2026's year-to-date global temperature ranking: fifth after five months, third after six, tied second after seven and second after eight months.
He notes sea surface temperatures in the Niño 3.4 region of the Pacific are about 3°C above the 30-year average, beyond the 2°C level considered a super El Niño.
He stresses that El Niño only amplifies warming, while the real cause is greenhouse gases from burning fossil fuels.
8 September 2026 · 5:30 · in Thai · LNG, gas & oil
US-Iran War Costs Thais an Extra 90 Billion Baht a Month
Using energy ministry data, he says Thais paid about 90 billion baht a month more for imported oil and LNG in the first three months after the war, roughly 1,300 baht per person per month.
He explains that crude import prices rose from about 14 to 23 baht per litre, adding around 50 billion baht a month on roughly 4,500 to 4,600 million litres imported.
He says refiners raised refining margins from about 2.22 to an average 8.39 baht per litre, adding about 30 billion baht a month, while unidentified hoarders pushed prices up by as much as 4 baht in a day.
He adds that LNG import costs rose from about 14 to 24 billion baht a month, and argues solar plus batteries and EVs could cut these imports if the government commits.
4 September 2026 · 5:47 · in Thai · Climate
Extreme El Niño and the Bigger Problem Behind It
เอลนีโญรุนแรงสุดขั้วกับปัญหาที่ใหญ่กว่านั้น
Summary
Citing Dr James Hansen and colleagues, he asks why 2024 was the hottest year on record even though El Niño that year was only moderate.
He explains the key factor is the growing greenhouse gas blanket, with melting ice also reducing how much sunlight Earth reflects.
He says Earth's energy imbalance rose from about 1.1 to about 1.25 watts per square metre between 2015-2020 and 2020-2025, totalling around 638 terawatts, some 32 times humanity's energy use.
He notes about 93% of trapped heat goes into the oceans and El Niño only redistributes it, so the solution is cutting emissions through renewable energy such as solar and batteries.
1 September 2026 · 4:33 · in Thai · Solar & batteries
Why Pakistan Gets Over 35% of Its Power From Solar
ทำไมชาวปากีสถานผลิตไฟฟ้าจากโซลาร์ได้เกิน 35%
Summary
He notes Pakistan has joined mostly developed countries in a group generating over 25% of power from solar at times, reaching about 35% in February 2026, up from about 11% earlier.
He explains Pakistani tariffs rose about 41%, from 34 to 48 rupees per kWh (about 4.07 to 5.75 baht) over FY2023-FY2025, due to a weak rupee, costly imported fuel, high capacity payments and losses.
He stresses this solar boom was driven by ordinary people solving their own power problems, with little government involvement.
He contrasts Thailand, where solar is only about 6% and gas about 71%, and notes Pakistan even accepted penalties to cancel LNG cargoes.
26 August 2026 · 7:28 · in Thai · Solar & batteries
Which Countries Generate the Most Solar Power per Person?
Using Our World in Data, he compares solar output per person: Thailand rose from about 70 kWh in 2020 to 139 kWh in 2025, while Australia exceeded 2,000 kWh and South Korea reached 732 kWh.
He highlights Gulf oil exporters, with Saudi Arabia at 242 kWh and the UAE at 1,379 kWh per person, building huge solar and battery projects while selling fossil fuels to countries like Thailand.
Responding to MPs' concerns about solar waste in the loan decree debate, he says panels last 30 to 35 years and over 80% of materials can be recycled.
He argues projects should be judged by LNG imports avoided per baht invested; solar for large hospitals avoids about 35 satang per baht a year, paying back in about three years.
24 August 2026 · 7:00 · in Thai · Climate
NOAA Warns of Over 90% Chance of a Very Strong El Niño
โอกาสกว่า 90% แอลนีโญรุนแรงมาก คำเตือนจาก NOAA
Summary
He reports that NOAA's Climate Prediction Center warned on 13 August 2026 of a more than 90% chance of a very strong El Niño from late 2026 into early 2027.
He notes Niño 3.4 sea surface temperatures in August were about 2.7°C above the 30-year average, beyond the 2°C level used to define a super El Niño.
He explains ocean heat content in the top 2,000 metres has set records five years in a row through 2025, as about 90% of greenhouse-trapped heat goes into the oceans.
He warns El Niño releases this heat into the air, bringing storms, droughts, floods and food shortages, and calls for a global shift to cheaper clean energy.
18 August 2026 · 6:17 · in Thai · Solar & batteries
Four Ways the 50,000-Baht Rooftop Solar Grant Is Unfair
He reviews the Deputy Prime Minister's plan to give 50,000 baht free per household for rooftop solar from the energy transition loan, and asks how 0.5 to 1 million homes will be chosen from about 26 million households.
He argues it is unfair that future generations must repay the loan with interest, and that the 150,000-baht price set for a 5 kW system is high versus market prices of about 100,000 to 120,000 baht.
He also questions the 2.20 baht per kWh buyback rate when the Metropolitan Electricity Authority paid about 3.37 baht per kWh for power in 2024.
He proposes a revolving loan fund instead: 1% interest for vulnerable groups (3 kW with 15 kWh battery) and 2.75% for others (5 kW with 20 kWh battery), repaid from bill savings within 10 years.
9 August 2026 · 4:53 · in Thai · Solar & batteries
A People's Energy Fund Instead of 50,000-Baht Solar Handouts
อุดหนุนโซลาร์ 5 หมื่นบาทต่อหลัง จะคัดเลือกอย่างไร
Summary
He reports that on 7 August the Deputy Prime Minister announced a free 50,000-baht grant per household toward rooftop solar costing about 100,000 baht, with the rest financed by low-interest bank loans.
With roughly 17 to 20 million homes in Thailand, he asks how recipients will be chosen and warns that handouts tend to end up with political vote canvassers.
He proposes a 150-billion-baht People's Energy Fund lending solar with batteries: 100,000 baht at 1% for vulnerable households and larger loans at 2.75% for others.
He calculates a 220,000-baht loan for 5 kW of solar and 20 kWh of batteries over 10 years leaves a household about 230 baht a month ahead at 4 baht per kWh, while the fund could roughly double.
5 August 2026 · 7:13 · in Thai · EVs & transport
Three Global Trends in Electric Vehicles
รถยนต์ไฟฟ้ากับ 3 แนวโน้ม
Summary
Citing the IEA, he says one in four new cars sold worldwide in 2025 was electric, displacing about 1.2 million barrels of oil a day, roughly 1% of global demand.
He notes global EV sales dipped in early 2026 in China and the US but rose 35% in the second quarter, with record sales in 50 countries amid the oil crisis.
He reports Europe was the fastest-growing major market, while Thailand's EV share of new car sales jumped from 1% in 2020 to 23% in 2025, and Norway reached 97%.
He highlights that the number of EV models keeps rising toward about 1,000, while combustion models have stalled at around 1,330.
2 August 2026 · 4:20 · in Thai · Solar & batteries
UK Allows Plug-In Balcony Solar From 27 August 2026
27 ส.ค. 69 ข่าวดีสำหรับผู้ใช้ไฟใน UK
Summary
He reports a new UK law, effective 27 August 2026, allowing households to install plug-in balcony solar without an electrician, passed within months to help with high power bills.
He notes Germany already has nearly 3 million balcony solar kits, which renters can take with them when they move, and the UK standard includes a fused safety plug.
He estimates an 800 W kit costs about 20,000 baht, paying back in about 2 to 2.5 years in the UK but around 4 to 5 years in Thailand because Thai tariffs are lower.
He says plug-in home batteries are expected next, and argues the Thai state protects power-sector interests instead of embracing such technology.
1 August 2026 · 5:44 · in Thai · Solar & batteries
Live View: What Powers Spain, Germany and Thailand?
ชมสดๆ สเปน เยอรมนีและไทยใช้อะไรผลิตไฟฟ้า
Summary
He uses the Electricity Maps website to show hour-by-hour generation, challenging the claim that solar and wind are too unstable to rely on.
He shows Spain at midday drawing about 60% of its power from solar and only about 9% from gas, with gas rising to about 37% in the evening and batteries helping.
He notes Germany reached about 65% solar at midday with gas near 4%, exporting or storing surplus, even though both countries have less sun than Thailand.
He contrasts Thailand, where solar supplied only about 12-13% at noon while gas supplied about 64%, arguing costly imported LNG should be saved for night-time use.
28 July 2026 · 7:21 · in Thai · LNG, gas & oil
Energy Update: Thailand's Import Bill Up 80 Billion Baht in Five Months
Using energy ministry data, he says Thailand's energy import bill in the first five months of 2026 rose about 12.5%, or 76,773 million baht, versus the year before the war.
He recalls that after the 2022 Russia-Ukraine war, Thailand's energy imports rose by about 873,181 million baht in one year, from about 1.3 to 2.13 trillion baht.
He says Thais actually pay even more because of oil hoarding, refining margins that jumped from about 2 to over 10 baht per litre, and unchecked marketing margins.
He argues the 21st century is shifting from digging fossil fuels from underground to harvesting energy from the sky, with batteries storing solar power like a refrigerator stores food.
26 July 2026 · 3:57 · in Thai · Electricity prices & policy
The Energy Minister's Vision: Looks Good, but How Long?
วิสัยทัศน์ รมต.พลังงาน ดูดี แต่ต้องรออีกกี่ชาติ
Summary
The energy minister, speaking on PDP 2026, pledged to cut LNG imports by about 2,100 million baht and CO2 emissions by 2.64 million tonnes, presumably per year.
Thailand imports 100,000–300,000 million baht of LNG a year, so at that pace he calculates it would take 48–143 years to end the imports.
The energy sector alone emits about 246 million tonnes of CO2 a year, meaning the promised cut would take around 93 years, while the net zero target is only 24 years away.
He argues the plan is not systematic and does not match Thailand's Paris Agreement commitments, leaving consumers with expensive gas-based power for decades.
24 July 2026 · 4:54 · in Thai · Climate
Beware of Media Blaming the Heat on El Niño
ระวังสื่อที่โหมข่าวเกินจริง
Summary
He warns that news coverage gives the false impression that El Niño, especially a super El Niño, is the root cause of global heating.
Citing a recent paper led by former NASA scientist Dr James Hansen, he explains that the extra heat comes from human greenhouse gas emissions trapping energy.
About 93% of the trapped heat goes into the oceans, 3% stays on land and 4% melts ice; El Niño redistributes ocean heat rather than creating it.
As of 20 July 2026 the Pacific monitoring region was more than 2°C above average, though a super El Niño is not official until a three-month average confirms it.
22 July 2026 · 4:13 · in Thai · Electricity prices & policy
Two Facts Thais May Not Know: Energy Imports and Debt
2 ความจริงที่คนไทยน่าจะไม่เคยรู้
Summary
Using Energy Ministry data, he shows energy imports rose from 2.4% of GDP in 1994 to 12.25% in 2022, before easing to 6.8% in 2024.
He cites Ember research saying Thailand spends about 8.6% of GDP on energy imports, among the highest in the world and above South Korea, Japan, the Philippines and China.
Household debt reached about 90.9% of GDP in late 2023, sixth highest globally, and average debt grew from 76,665 to 208,331 baht per household.
Over nearly 30 years imports grew about fivefold and household debt almost threefold; he argues costly energy and weak market competition are key factors.
17 July 2026 · 5:16 · in Thai · Climate
El Niño Update, July 2026: Heading Past All Records
อัปเดต El Nino ก.ค. 69
Summary
He reports that scientists now say this year's El Niño is likely to be stronger than the most intense one on record, in 1997–98.
The monitoring zone in the Pacific covers only about 1% of the Earth's surface, yet warming there reshapes winds and rainfall across the whole planet.
By July 2026 sea surface temperatures had overtaken the 1997 track and show no sign of falling; the 1997 event was linked to about 23,000 deaths worldwide.
He lists current impacts, including over 2,000 heat deaths in France, more than 800 fire spots in Canada, floods in China and nuclear plants struggling to cool.
9 July 2026 · 5:25 · in Thai · LNG, gas & oil
LNG Prices Drive Up Power Bills: How Other Countries Respond
He notes Asian LNG prices spiked to about 70 USD per million BTU during the war and were around 16 USD in 2026.
Since one million BTU of gas makes about 120 kWh in Thailand, he calculates fuel alone costs over 8 baht per kWh at 30 USD and about 4 baht at 16 USD.
Thailand was the world's seventh-largest gas importer in 2024, spending over 200,000 million baht on gas imports.
He contrasts Vietnam, Pakistan, Aruba, the UAE and India, which are shifting from LNG to solar, wind and batteries, with Thailand, which has no clear plan.
8 July 2026 · 6:54 · in Thai · Society & governance
Corruption Can Be Fixed: 26 Years of Evidence
คอร์รัปชันแก้ได้ 26 ปีพิสูจน์แล้ว
Summary
He rejects the idea that corruption is part of Thai culture, pointing to Transparency International scores from 1999 to 2024.
Georgia rose from 23 to about 53 points, South Korea from 38 to 63 and Vietnam from 26 to about 41, while Thailand moved only from 32 to 34 and recently slipped to rank 116.
He identifies three key ingredients: genuine political will, a strong civil society and media, and truly independent courts and prosecutors.
He also recommends digital government, open procurement and bidding, police and political reform, and less monopoly power.
7 July 2026 · 4:15 · in Thai · Electricity prices & policy
Thailand's Core Energy Problem: A Heavy Import Bill
ปัญหาหลักของพลังงานไทย คือ
Summary
He argues the main problem is how much Thailand pays for imported energy relative to national income.
Energy imports were 2.4% of GDP in 1994 and 7.6% in 2021, before the Russia–Ukraine war, compared with about 2% in the European Union.
Imports jumped to about 12.2% of GDP during the war and fell to about 7% in 2025, with the new war likely to push them up again.
He links this burden to high household debt and says leaders should tackle it rather than focus on minor tariff tweaks.
3 July 2026 · 4:55 · in Thai · Society & governance
Six Governance Indicators: Thailand Fails Them All
6 ตัวชี้วัดด้านธรรมาภิบาล ไทยสอบตกเรียบ
Summary
He notes Thais mostly watch the corruption perceptions index, where Thailand peaked at 38 and now scores about 32–33 out of 100.
The World Bank's Worldwide Governance Indicators, running for about 30 years, rate six dimensions on a scale from -2.5 to +2.5.
Thailand scores about -0.53 on control of corruption and -0.84 on political stability, its worst, while government effectiveness peaks at only about 0.5.
Rule of law has been negative since 2005, voice and accountability is negative, and regulatory quality has slid to about 0.1, showing a broad, worsening decline.
14 June 2026 · 5:06 · in Thai · LNG, gas & oil
Turn LNG We Burn Into Lasting Solar Assets
เปลี่ยนการเผา LNG เป็นสินทรัพย์ถาวร
Summary
He points out that imported LNG is simply burned, with imports of about 100,000 million baht in 2021 rising to about 270,000 million baht in 2022.
For 2026, with the US–Iran war, he estimates LNG imports at about 340,000 million baht based on roughly 1,500 million cubic feet a day.
At wartime prices of about 18–19 USD per million BTU, he calculates the gas fuel cost alone at about 5.18 baht per kWh.
Asia's solar output quadrupled in five to six years, yet Thailand still relies on gas for about 65% of power; he argues solar plus batteries would be cheaper and last 25–30 years.
8 June 2026 · 4:58 · in Thai · Climate
Tracking the Coming Super El Niño
เกาะติด Super El Nino
Summary
Speaking on 8 June 2026, he explains that El Niño is measured by Pacific sea surface temperatures compared with a 30-year average.
A rise above 0.5°C marks El Niño, above 1°C a strong event and above 2°C a super El Niño; some models forecast about 3.1°C by December.
Sea temperatures in the zone climbed from about 26°C in January to 29.4°C, the fastest rise in months, after 2024 became the hottest year on record.
He warns of drought, heatwaves, storms, crop losses and damaged power lines, noting that global warming makes the natural cycle more severe.
6 June 2026 · 4:29 · in Thai · Society & governance
The Landbridge Traffic Problem Nobody Mentions
แลนด์บริดจ์ในประเด็นที่ยังไม่มีการพูดถึง
Summary
He examines the Chumphon–Ranong Landbridge target of 20 million containers (TEU) a year by 2039 and asks what it means for road traffic.
If all cargo goes by rail, he calculates about 2,283 containers an hour, or about 23 trains of 100 containers each, one every 2.6 minutes.
A 700-metre train at 90 km/h takes about 28 seconds to pass a crossing, plus one minute of advance road closure.
At level crossings, roads would be closed about 34 minutes each hour, leaving only 26 minutes for cars, an impact he says has not been discussed.
31 May 2026 · 3:59 · in Thai · LNG, gas & oil
War Brings Oil and Gas Firms Soaring Windfall Profits
สงครามทำบริษัทน้ำมันก๊าซกำไรส่วนเกินพุ่ง
Summary
Three months into the US–Iran war, he cites a Guardian analysis that the 100 largest oil and gas firms made about 30 million USD an hour in excess profit in March alone.
The list is led by Saudi Aramco, followed by Chinese firms and Western majors, with Thailand's PTT ranked 18th worldwide.
Finance ministers from Germany, Spain, Italy, Portugal and Austria have urged the EU to impose a windfall tax; Thailand has seen calls but no such tax.
He quotes the UN climate chief's warning that fossil fuel dependence undermines national security and that solar is not exposed to chokepoints like Hormuz.
17 May 2026 · 6:43 · in Thai · Climate
Where Will 2026 Rank Among the Hottest Years?
ปีนี้โลกจะร้อนเป็นอันดับใด
Summary
He notes that the 11 hottest years on record all fall within the last 11 years, with 2024 first, 2023 second and 2025 third.
He highlights two main drivers: rising greenhouse gas concentrations, mostly CO2 from fossil fuels, and the natural El Niño cycle.
Real-time data for the Niño 3.4 region, judged on rolling three-month averages, show 2026 sea temperatures rising quickly and overtaking 2024.
He cites James Hansen's forecast that 2026 will be hotter than 2024 and 2027 hotter still, as El Niño builds late in the year.
15 May 2026 · 4:16 · in Thai · Solar & batteries
A Community Solar Co-Payment Plan for Vulnerable Communities
โครงการโซลาร์ชุมชนคนละครึ่งพลัส
Summary
He proposes community solar for vulnerable households whose homes are too weak for panels or who lack land rights, with panels sited anywhere on the grid.
In his example, 100 homes each using 200 kWh at 3 baht pay 600 baht a month, and a 200 kW system costing about 5 million baht covers their needs.
The government pays upfront and members repay about 2 million baht at 400 baht a month for about 50 months, then enjoy free power for 20–25 years.
Surplus power worth about 7,500 baht a month funds community activities; he argues this builds lasting strength unlike one-off handouts.
12 May 2026 · 4:08 · in Thai · LNG, gas & oil
Energy Transition Through Cutting LNG Imports
เปลี่ยนผ่านพลังงานโดยลดการนำเข้า LNG
Summary
He notes Thailand is the world's seventh-largest LNG importer despite ranking 31st by GDP, while Spain, ranked 15th, imports less.
The UK cut gas imports by about 1,700 million pounds, roughly 75,000 million baht, in the two months after the US–Iran war began by using wind and solar.
Thai LNG rose from 587 to about 1,100 USD per tonne after the Russia–Ukraine war, lifting the average tariff from 3.62 to 4.16 baht per unit.
He says a 5 kW home system cuts about one tonne of LNG a year, so a million homes would cut a million tonnes, far more than the government's roughly 1% plan.
10 May 2026 · 4:34 · in Thai · LNG, gas & oil
How War Affects Thai Electricity Costs
สงครามกับผลกระทบค่าไฟฟ้าไทย
Summary
To gauge the US–Iran war's impact, he looks back at the Russia–Ukraine war, noting LNG supplies about 30% of Thailand's electricity.
Before that war Thailand imported about 6.4 million tonnes at 587 USD per tonne; prices then nearly doubled to about 1,116 USD.
He calculates the LNG fuel cost per unit of electricity rose from 2.87 baht in 2021 to 5.45 baht in 2022, masked by subsidies and hydropower blending.
He says a 5 kW rooftop system cuts about one tonne of LNG a year, so a million homes could cut about 10% of imports, since sunlight cannot be blockaded.
3 May 2026 · 4:28 · in Thai · Solar & batteries
Comparing Power Generation in Thailand and California
ดูการผลิตไฟฟ้าไทยและแคลิฟอร์เนีย
Summary
Using real-time hourly data from 30 April to 3 May, he compares how Thailand and California generate electricity.
Around midday California produced about 67% of its power from solar, stored the surplus in batteries and used them to supply up to about 28% in the evening.
California used gas for only about 5% of daytime supply, rising to about 25% late at night when batteries run down.
In the same period Thailand relied on gas for about 73% of supply at 2 pm, with solar at only about 8%, which he attributes to a monopolised system.
2 May 2026 · 4:13 · in Thai · Solar & batteries
Refrigerators and Batteries: Alike and Different
ตู้เย็นกับแบตเตอรี่ ความเหมือนและความต่าง
Summary
He compares batteries to refrigerators: both store something essential, food or electricity, for later use.
Fridges have been household basics for 50–70 years, while batteries moved from niche uses like cars and phones into core grid infrastructure only in the last decade.
He argues the world adopted fridges as soon as they paid off, but cost-effective batteries still face policy and market barriers that protect fossil fuel interests.
Citing Ember research and projects in the UAE and India, he says solar plus batteries can supply power around the clock all year for about 1.80 baht per kWh.
1 May 2026 · 6:08 · in Thai · Solar & batteries
Seeing Through Electricity Myths: Lessons From Australia
แหวกม่านมายาเรื่องไฟฟ้า ดูตัวอย่างจากออสเตรเลีย
Summary
He challenges the myths that solar is unstable and expensive, pointing to Australia, a major gas and coal exporter that gets about 20% of its power from solar.
Thailand, which must import gas and coal, uses solar for only about 5% of its electricity, while Australia uses gas for about 16%.
Australia added about 4,445 MW of batteries in 12 months, equivalent to seven or eight large gas power plants, using them for 3–4 hours at the evening peak.
Real-time market data show solar as the cheapest source; he argues Thailand debates tariffs but never seriously tries to cut gas imports.
28 April 2026 · 4:28 · in Thai · Electricity prices & policy
New Electricity Tariff Structure: Good but Insignificant
โครงสร้างค่าไฟฟ้าใหม่ ดี แต่ไม่มีนัยสำคัญ
Summary
The Energy Ministry plans to change the 0–150 unit band at 3.22 baht to 0–200 units at no more than 3 baht, while users above 400 units would pay 0.5–1 baht more.
The aim is to push heavy users toward rooftop solar and cut LNG imports, whose fuel cost he puts at about 6 baht per unit in wartime, versus under 2 baht for Gulf of Thailand gas.
He calculates the planned 500 MW of solar yields about 700 million kWh, cutting LNG use by only about 1% of the roughly 60,000 million kWh made from LNG.
He prefers net metering for 3 kW rooftop systems, which across 3 million homes in four years would yield 4,200 million kWh, about 6.7%, with no new meters or batteries.
26 April 2026 · 5:01 · in Thai · Society & governance
The Logical Gap in the Landbridge Argument
ช่องว่างเชิงตรรกะ กรณีแลนด์บริดจ์
Summary
On 25 April the deputy prime minister argued the Strait of Hormuz crisis makes the Landbridge an opportunity for Thailand to link two oceans.
He points out that about 20% of the world's oil passes through Hormuz, and if the strait is closed, a Thai landbridge cannot help that oil leave the Persian Gulf.
He says the argument skips key steps: whether Thailand is truly affected, whether the project would help and whether it is worth the cost.
Noting that existing research found the project not cost-effective and risky, he urges the government to weigh alternatives, costs and environmental impacts based on evidence.
25 April 2026 · 4:42 · in Thai · Solar & batteries
Balcony Solar for Apartment and Condo Residents
โซลาร์ระเบียง สำหรับชาวหอพักและคอนโด
Summary
He explains that balcony solar is a small plug-in panel that renters can mount on a railing themselves and take with them when they move, with no roof or electrician needed.
He notes that dormitory tenants often pay 7 to 10 baht per unit, well above the normal rate of about 4 baht, so they gain most from generating their own power.
Germany, he says, unlocked the technology by allowing plug-in use without permits, setting limits of about 600-800 W with safe plug and inverter standards, and applying 0% VAT; over one million sets are installed.
He estimates an 800 W kit could yield around 80-100 kWh a month, roughly what a family fridge uses, and urges the government to act quickly to cut LNG dependence.
23 April 2026 · 4:21 · in Thai · Solar & batteries
Rooftop Solar with Net Metering or More LNG Imports
ให้โอกาสประชาชน หรือ พึ่งพาก๊าซ LNG ต่อไป
Summary
He argues that home solar pays off poorly because panels produce at midday when residents are usually away, unless surplus power can flow back to the grid and be drawn back at night.
In his example, a 3 kW system on a home using 450 kWh a month cuts the bill from about 1,960 baht to about 241 baht, saving roughly 1,719 baht a month or 20,631 baht a year.
With an upfront cost of about 80,000 baht, he says the system pays for itself in about 4 years, without needing a battery or extra meter.
He estimates one million such homes would cut LNG imports by about 30 billion baht a year, and urges the government to choose people's solar over imported gas.
22 April 2026 · 2:38 · in Thai · Electricity prices & policy
Global Electricity Trends and Where Thailand Stands
ไฟฟ้าโลก ไฟฟ้าไทย
Summary
He presents an Ember report released on 21 April that groups more than 200 countries by how they met rising electricity demand from 2022 to 2025.
According to the report, 74% of countries met most of their demand growth with clean energy, while 26% relied mainly on fossil fuels.
He notes that Thailand sits in the fossil-fuel group alongside oil, gas and coal exporters such as Saudi Arabia, Malaysia and Indonesia, even though Thailand must import its fuel.
He argues this choice leaves Thai power prices tied to volatile world markets, burdening households while a small group profits.
24 March 2026 · 4:34 · in Thai · LNG, gas & oil
How Heavily Thailand's Fossil Fuel Imports Weigh on Its Economy
เรื่องพลังงาน คนไทยทุกข์เป็นอันดับใดของโลก
Summary
Using Ember data, he measures energy hardship as fossil fuel imports relative to GDP, a ratio that reaches about 15% in the DR Congo, the highest shown.
He notes Thailand spent roughly 7-8% of GDP on imported fossil fuels in 2024, more than South Korea, Japan, India or China, which is around 3%, and this excludes electricity bought from Laos.
Imports rose from under 100 billion baht in 1994 to about 2.1 trillion baht in 2022, when Russia invaded Ukraine, equal to about 12% of GDP, before easing to about 1.3 trillion baht in 2025.
He contrasts this with Europe at about 2-3% of GDP, rising to around 4% in the crisis, and warns 2026 may be worse, urging Thais to push for alternatives.
13 March 2026 · 3:50 · in Thai · LNG, gas & oil
High Fuel Prices and the Refining Margin Problem
ปัญหาน้ำมันแพง
Summary
He focuses on the refining margin, the gap between the value of refined products at the refinery gate and the value of crude oil, which he says includes both costs and profit.
Using Energy Ministry estimates, he notes the margin averaged about 0.89 baht per litre before the 2022 Ukraine war and climbed to about 6.89 baht within a few months.
Before the US-Iran war that began on 28 February 2026, the 12-month average was about 2.03 baht per litre, but within 13 days it jumped to about 6.06 baht.
He argues refiners are profiting from the crisis and that Thailand, unlike the UK, Italy and other European countries, refuses to levy a windfall tax despite repeated proposals.
5 March 2026 · 3:13 · in Thai · Society & governance
Thailand's Household Debt Ranks Third in the World
หนี้ครัวเรือน
Summary
He presents Visual Capitalist data for the fourth quarter of 2025 that splits each country's debt into household, business and government shares of GDP.
Thailand's combined debt across the three sectors is about 223% of GDP, he notes, while Hong Kong and Japan top the overall ranking at around 380% and 372%.
On household debt alone, which economists see as the most dangerous kind, Thailand ranks third in the world at about 88% of GDP.
He lists slow income growth, easy credit such as zero-down loans, heavy car and consumer debt, and insecure work as the main causes, warning that this debt drags on spending and growth.
5 February 2026 · 4:20 · in Thai · Climate
Global Warming Is Widening the Gap Between Rich and Poor Nations
โลกร้อนกำลังเพิ่มความเหลื่อมล้ำทางเศรษฐกิจโลก
Summary
He reviews a 2019 Stanford study by Diffenbaugh and Burke in PNAS that analysed more than 160 countries over 1991-2010.
The study found that warming has already made hot, poorer countries poorer and cool, wealthier countries richer on average, he explains.
Reading the chart, he notes that some cool rich nations such as Norway gained per-capita GDP, while countries like Nigeria lost around 15% and Thailand roughly 12-13%.
He stresses the injustice that rich countries emit the most greenhouse gas while poor countries, which emit little, bear the economic losses, especially in farming.
27 January 2026 · 4:09 · in Thai · Solar & batteries
Solar Power Growth: Thailand Compared with Australia
ส่องดูการผลิตไฟฟ้าด้วยแสงอาทิตย์ไทย ออสเตรเลีย
Summary
Using the Electricity Maps website, he shows Thailand's grid emits about 470 grams of CO2 per kWh, far more than cleaner grids in yellow or green.
He notes that in New South Wales, Australia, solar supplied only about 1.9% of electricity in 2018 but rose to about 21% in 2025 and about 32% in the current month.
Thailand's solar share, by contrast, has grown only from about 2% to about 4.8% in 2025 over the same period.
He argues sunlight is free and needs no imports, yet Thailand keeps relying on costly, monopolised fossil fuels while Australia moves ahead.
10 January 2026 · 2:48 · in Thai · Solar & batteries
What Cheap Sodium-Ion Batteries Could Mean for Home Solar
ข่าวนี้บอกอะไรเรา?
Summary
He reports news from IRENA, released on 28 November 2025 during southern Thailand's severe floods, that sodium-ion batteries made from common salt could cut storage costs to about 40 US dollars per kWh.
He says these longer-lasting batteries are expected to reach the market from around the middle of the year onward.
By his calculation, a 5 kW rooftop system with a 10 kWh battery costing roughly 120,000-130,000 baht, counted over a 10-year battery life, would deliver power at about 1.86 baht per unit.
He compares this with about 4.20 baht per unit currently paid to the utility, and says many countries are moving fast while Thailand lags.
5 January 2026 · 2:42 · in Thai · Society & governance
Corruption Can Be Fixed If the State Is Serious
คอร์รัปชันแก้ได้ ถ้ารัฐ "เอาจริง" อย่าดีแต่ปาก
Summary
He cites Transparency International data on more than 180 countries showing Vietnam's transparency score rising steadily over 13 years to 40 out of 100.
Thailand, he notes, once scored near 40 but fell to 34 out of 100 in 2024, its lowest in about 13 years.
In surveys, 64% of Vietnamese saw public-sector corruption as a major national problem, compared with 88% of Thais.
He argues the near-unanimous Thai view shows corruption harms competitiveness and widens inequality, and that it can be solved if the government acts rather than just talks.
27 December 2025 · 2:35 · in Thai · Climate
Earth's Vital Signs at Their Worst on Record
สัญญาณชีพของโลกเลวร้ายที่สุด!
Summary
He compares the planet to an ICU patient, explaining that scientists track 34 vital signs of the Earth, as reported in BioScience in August.
According to the report, 22 of these 34 indicators are now at their worst levels since records began, including global air temperature.
He adds that other scientists project global temperature could reach about 1.7°C above pre-industrial levels by 2027.
He explains that warming feeds back on itself, with effects becoming new causes, so change accelerates like compound interest, and promises to cover the 22 indicators in later videos.
24 December 2025 · 3:21 · in Thai · Solar & batteries
Why Australia's Cheap Home Battery Scheme Took Off
He explains that Australia's Labor Party first proposed battery support for low-income families in 2019 and lost, then won elections in 2022 and again in 2025 by a wide margin.
The cheaper home battery program began on 1 July 2025 with discounts of about 30-40% for households and small businesses, aiming for one million installations by 2030.
Within 17 weeks about 100,000 batteries were installed, he notes, so in December 2025 the target was raised to two million homes by 2030 and the budget roughly tripled to over 7 billion Australian dollars.
He challenges Thai political parties to adopt such policies seriously rather than make campaign promises they never keep.
23 December 2025 · 2:51 · in Thai · EVs & transport
Electric Vehicles Are Rapidly Gaining Global Market Share
รถ EV บุกตลาดโลก สัดส่วนพุ่ง
Summary
He presents Ember research comparing electric vehicles' share of new car sales in 2019 and 2025 across many countries.
Norway's EV share rose from 57% in 2019 to 98% in 2025, while in 2025 the UK reached about 34%, Vietnam 38% and Singapore 46%.
He highlights Ethiopia at about 60%, though from a small number of cars, and the United States at only about 10%.
Thailand's EV share has reached about 22%, he notes, a shift toward clean technology that is shaking the fossil fuel industry.
19 December 2025 · 2:36 · in Thai · Climate
Global Average Temperatures for 2025, 2026 and 2027
อุณหภูมิอากาศโลกเฉลี่ยของปี 2568 2569 2570
Summary
He summarises a recent article by climate scientist James Hansen on global average temperatures relative to pre-industrial times.
According to Hansen, 2024 averaged about 1.57°C above pre-industrial levels, the highest on record, and 2025 is estimated at about 1.47°C, the second highest.
Hansen's model expects 2026 to be slightly cooler because of a weak La Niña, but forecasts 2027 to reach about 1.7°C.
He reminds viewers that the Paris Agreement aims to stay within 1.5°C by 2100, and warns that warming is accelerating because effects feed back as new causes.
6 December 2025 · 3:12 · in Thai · Climate
Rising Economic Losses from Natural Disasters Worldwide
ความสูญเสียจากภัยพิบัติทางธรรมชาติ
Summary
Speaking on 6 December 2025 after severe floods hit southern Thailand, especially Hat Yai, he reviews inflation-adjusted global disaster loss data from a major insurer.
He notes that average annual losses were about 2.69 trillion baht over 30 years and rose to about 3.43 trillion baht over the most recent 10 years, with later years higher still.
He says 2024 losses were especially high because El Niño drove droughts and wildfires, while 2025's first half included Myanmar's 7.7 magnitude earthquake, which killed about 4,500 people, and US wildfires that made up about 40% of global losses.
He cites the insurer's conclusion that climate change is real and is increasing the frequency and severity of disasters.
21 November 2025 · 2:16 · in Thai · Climate
When a Mathematician Speaks About Global Warming
เมื่อนักคณิตศาสตร์พูดเรื่องโลกร้อน
Summary
Speaking on 21 November, the final day of the COP30 climate conference in Brazil, he highlights remarks by Pope Leo XIV, who holds a degree in mathematics.
He notes the Pope said climate change is happening faster than political will to address it.
The Pope also stated that one third of the world's population lives in conditions of extreme vulnerability to climate change, according to Vatican News.
As a mathematician himself, he argues that solving the problem requires action faster than the rate of change itself, a lesson he likens to calculus.
19 November 2025 · 4:52 · in Thai · Solar & batteries
Eight Years of Stalled Energy Reform in Thailand
8 ปีพลังงานไทยไม่คืบหน้า มาดูของประเทศอื่นดีกว่า
Summary
Using Electricity Maps data, he notes Thais spend about 950 billion baht a year on electricity, yet coal and gas still supplied about 84% of power in 2025, down only from 86% in 2017.
Thailand's solar share grew only from 2.5% to 4.6% over those eight years, even as solar costs fell sharply.
In contrast, he says Pakistan raised solar from 0.6% to about 17.5% and cut coal and gas from 46% to 38%, while the UK doubled solar from 3.5% to 7.9% and cut coal and gas from about 49% to 27%.
He notes the UK plans to limit unabated gas to 5% by 2030, and argues Thailand lags because of vested interests, not because renewables cannot work.
14 November 2025 · 3:58 · in Thai · Electricity prices & policy
Why Thai Dams Generated More Power When Water Was Low
He notes Thailand spends about 950 billion baht a year on electricity at high rates, and examines 12 months of national generation data.
In March 2025, with reservoirs only about 60-77% full, dams produced about 700 million kWh, but in October, with reservoirs about 85-98% full, they produced only about 267 million kWh.
Meanwhile gas supplied about 65-69% of electricity, and he says floodwater was released from dams without generating power.
He asks whether take-or-pay contracts with gas power plants are forcing this, and notes installed capacity of about 56,000 MW against a peak of about 34,000 MW, questioning the push for new plants.
8 October 2025 · 3:39 · in Thai · Solar & batteries
Australia and Thailand: A Tale of Two Energy Paths
ดูเขา ดูเรา ออสเตรเลีย ไทย
Summary
He notes Australia is the world's third-largest LNG exporter, earning about 1.6 trillion baht, yet more than 4 million Australian homes, about 40% of rooftops, have solar.
Thailand, by contrast, imported natural gas worth about 280 billion baht in 2024 for power generation, while few Thai homes have installed solar.
At noon on 8 October 2025, he says, Australia drew about 59% of its electricity from sunlight and less than 1% from gas, while Thailand drew only about 7% from solar and about 71% from gas.
He argues Thailand's energy policy is a root cause of the country's poverty and its household debt, which ranks among the highest in the world.
5 October 2025 · 3:51 · in Thai · Electricity prices & policy
Ember's Research on Thailand's Power System
ผลงานวิจัยเรื่องระบบไฟฟ้าไทย โดย EMBER
Summary
He introduces a study by Ember, a UK non-profit energy think tank, that analysed Thailand's draft PDP2024 power plan, which has since been cancelled and is to be redrafted.
The study's executive summary says solar power and batteries, now much cheaper, are key to supporting the growth of electric vehicles and data centres in Thailand.
He explains that adding more solar and batteries to the plan would cut system costs and gas imports substantially while keeping greenhouse gas emissions in check.
He says this view differs sharply from that of Thai academics and politicians, and promises further episodes on the study's details.
22 September 2025 · 4:34 · in Thai · Solar & batteries
How Far Other Countries Have Gone with Solar Power
ประเทศอื่นเขาไปถึงไหน ไฟฟ้าจากโซลาร์เซลล์
Summary
He responds to claims by Thai leaders that solar power is scarce, unstable and expensive by comparing grid data from the Electricity Maps website.
He notes Thailand's grid emits about 488 grams of CO2 per kWh, while Pakistan, which has lower income per person, emits about 282 grams and drew about 28% of its electricity from solar in March.
South Australia, with under 2 million people, got about 36% of its power from solar and 37% from wind in December or January, with gas at only about 14%.
Thailand, despite strong sunshine, got under 5% from solar and relies mostly on imported gas; he argues the official claims are untrue.
20 September 2025 · 3:33 · in Thai · Solar & batteries
Sun Day: A Global Celebration of Solar Power
SUN DAY ที่ไม่ใช่ Sunday
Summary
He explains that Sun Day, held on 21 September 2025, is not about Sunday but a day of action celebrating the power of the sun and clean energy.
Groups across the United States, including a university sustainability office, planned events such as new solar installations, e-bike rides and heat-pump tours.
Organisers stress that solar, wind and batteries are now the cheapest energy sources, and sunlight carries around 10,000 times the energy humanity uses in a year.
He notes that fossil-fuel interests and some politicians, Thailand included, still try to slow the shift to clean energy.
9 September 2025 · 4:40 · in Thai · Climate
Global Warming Means Longer Rain Spells and Heatwaves for Thailand
He presents new modelling research showing that if global warming reaches 2-3°C, Thailand's longest continuous rain spell each year would become almost three times longer.
Each 1°C of warming lets air hold about 7% more moisture, so rain falls harder in localised bursts, raising the risk of floods and mudslides like those seen around Mae Sai.
The same study finds that prolonged hot spells would double in most regions except the south, harming health, outdoor work and farming.
He urges the public to watch Thailand's emissions-reduction plan, due at COP30 in Brazil in November and not yet approved by cabinet.
6 September 2025 · 4:55 · in Thai · Solar & batteries
24/365: Solar Plus Batteries Can Power Almost Every Hour
"24/365" : รหัสไม่ลับจากสวรรค์
Summary
He explains the code 24/365: in sunny locations, solar panels paired with a large battery can now supply electricity almost every hour of the year.
Studies cited show coverage of about 99% of hours in Oman and 92% in the Philippines, at roughly 3.20 baht per kWh, below the 3.98 baht Thai users pay before tax.
Solar-plus-battery costs fell 28% over 2019-2023 and a further 21% in 2024 alone.
He questions why Thailand's draft PDP still adds gas plants, warning consumers could face take-or-pay charges for at least 25 years.
20 August 2025 · 4:31 · in Thai · Electricity prices & policy
Thailand's Three Decades: Rising Debt and Energy Dependence
สามทศวรรษประเทศไทย 2536–2566
Summary
He shows that Thai household debt rose from 42% of GDP in 1993 to 92% in 2023, or from about 60,800 to 560,000 baht per household.
Energy imports grew from 2.7% to 10% of GDP over the same period because Thailand relies on fossil fuels it cannot produce enough of.
National energy spending rose from 11% to 15% of GDP, while energy self-sufficiency fell from 75% to 32%, dipping to 16% in 2022 after Russia invaded Ukraine.
He asks why this happened despite the 1997 and 2017 constitutions calling for a sufficiency economy and sustainable development.
10 August 2025 · 4:10 · in Thai · Solar & batteries
Power from Heaven vs Power from the Devil
พลังจากสวรรค์ VS พลังจากปีศาจ
Summary
He contrasts free, clean solar energy with polluting, monopolised fossil fuels, using hourly generation data from California, Pakistan and Thailand in August.
At 1 p.m. California got 63% of its power from solar and only 16% from gas; Pakistan got about 10% from solar and 23% from gas.
Thailand, despite stronger sunshine than Pakistan, got only 8% from solar while gas supplied about 72%, rising to around 76% in the evening.
He argues that adding solar and cutting expensive imported LNG would lower Thai electricity bills, as other countries are already doing.
8 August 2025 · 4:04 · in Thai · Solar & batteries
The Lost Power from Heaven: Thailand's Wasted Sunshine
พลังจากสวรรค์ที่สูญหาย
Summary
He compares three days of modelled hourly power data for California, with 40 million people, and Thailand, with 70 million.
California harvests around 200 million kWh of solar electricity per day, while Thailand collects only about 13 million kWh.
Instead, Thailand generates roughly 360 million kWh per day from natural gas, much of it bought at high prices.
He argues that mixing in more free solar would lower bills, and that vested interests explain why the government has not done so.
4 August 2025 · 4:02 · in Thai · Electricity prices & policy
Australia's CSIRO: Renewables Cheapest, Small Nuclear Most Expensive
อย่ากระพริบตา
Summary
He reviews research by Australia's government science agency CSIRO comparing electricity costs in 2024 with projections for 2030.
By 2030, solar and wind firmed with batteries are the cheapest option, at about 100 US dollars per MWh or roughly 3.40 baht per kWh, cheaper than coal even in coal-rich Australia.
Small modular nuclear reactors (SMRs) remain the most expensive, with costs only falling to around 300-400 dollars per MWh.
He warns that Thailand's new PDP plans to include two SMR plants, which he says would saddle future generations with needless costs.
29 July 2025 · 4:53 · in Thai · Solar & batteries
Eight Years of Data: Who Leads on Fossil Fuels and Solar
8 ปี ใครนำเรื่องฟอสซิล โซลาร์ และลดโลกร้อน
Summary
Using an online real-time electricity map, he compares 2017-2024 power data for Spain, the UK, Vietnam and Thailand.
Spain raised solar from about 5% to 18% and halved fossil use, cutting emissions to about 124 g CO2 per kWh; the UK cut fossil power from 49% to 26% and quit coal.
Vietnam went from almost no solar to 8.8%, while Thailand's solar share barely moved from about 2.5%.
Thailand still relies on fossil fuels for about 86% of power at roughly 409 g CO2 per kWh, which he says keeps electricity expensive and uncompetitive.
20 July 2025 · 3:41 · in Thai · Solar & batteries
Real-Time Power Data Thais Rarely Get to See
ข้อมูล Real Time ที่คนไทยไม่มีโอกาสได้ดู
Summary
He notes that EU law requires electricity generation data to be published in real time, while Thailand has no such rule, so he uses an independent electricity-map website.
Around 1 p.m., solar supplied about 22% of Vietnam's power and about 18% of Cambodia's.
Small Singapore got around 11% from solar, while Germany, despite its cold climate, reached about 71% on 19 July.
He says solar is now cheaper than other sources worldwide and urges Thais to share such data so policy can change.
19 July 2025 · 4:37 · in Thai · Solar & batteries
How Rooftop Solar Kept New England's Lights On in a Heatwave
เรื่องดีๆที่คนไทย(ควร)รู้และเข้าใจ
Summary
He reports that six New England states with about 15 million people faced a heatwave above 38°C, with record demand on 24 June.
Rooftop solar owned by households, peaking around 26,000 MW, helped prevent blackouts when air-conditioning demand surged.
By cutting demand at the most expensive hours, when wholesale prices topped 1,000 US dollars per MWh, it saved about 19.4 million dollars (around 640 million baht) in one day.
He stresses that the savings reached every customer in the region, not only those with solar panels.
15 July 2025 · 2:54 · in Thai · Solar & batteries
Solar Power in Vietnam, Germany and Thailand Compared
ผลิตไฟฟ้าจากแสงแดด เวียดนาม เยอรมนี ไทย
Summary
Using electricity-map data for 14 July 2025, he compares solar's share of power at its daily peak in three countries.
Vietnam reached about 23% solar around midday, and Germany, with far less sunshine, reached about 45%.
Thailand peaked at only 8% solar while gas supplied over 70%, even though Thailand produces only about half the gas it uses and imports the rest.
He says Germany changed its laws to cut fossil imports, and argues Thailand could become self-reliant in energy too.
14 July 2025 · 4:26 · in Thai · Electricity prices & policy
Energy Data Rights Europeans Have but Thais Lack
สิทธิที่ชาวยุโรปมี แต่คนไทยยังไม่มี
Summary
He explains that EU consumers have a legal right to real-time, transparent data on energy prices, usage and carbon emissions, which Thailand does not provide.
On 13 July, solar met about 8% of Thai demand in the afternoon, against 22% in Vietnam and 66% in Germany, even though Thailand's sunshine was stronger.
In the evening, gas supplied about 73% of Thai power while the gas fleet ran at only about 47% of its capacity.
He argues that EU consumers can use such data to choose their supplier, while Thais must simply buy whatever power they are given.
12 July 2025 · 4:09 · in Thai · Solar & batteries
An Unstoppable Trend: Solar Becomes Europe's Top Power Source
กระแสที่มิอาจปิดกั้นได้
Summary
He cites the non-profit Ember, which reported that in June 2025 solar became the EU's largest electricity source for the first time, at about 22%, ahead of nuclear, wind and gas.
California's solar also overtook gas in April, and countries such as Chile, Australia and Germany now get double-digit shares from solar.
Thailand gets only about 3% of its power from solar, less than Cambodia and Vietnam.
Thailand still relies on fossil fuels for about 85% of electricity, mostly gas, and he urges policy change toward cleaner, cheaper power.
10 July 2025 · 4:40 · in Thai · Electricity prices & policy
Germany's Power Plan Needs Parliament; Thailand's Doesn't
He finds it strange that Thailand's power development plan needs no parliamentary approval, even though electricity costs the country over 900 billion baht a year.
Germany sets renewable targets in law through its Renewable Energy Sources Act (EEG), first passed in 2000 and updated repeatedly since its 1991 origins.
Germany reached 57% renewable electricity in 2024, beating a 50%-by-2030 goal early, and parliament then raised the target to at least 80% by 2030.
The German law declares renewables an overriding public interest and vital to national security, a principle he says Thailand should study.
3 July 2025 · 3:49 · in Thai · Climate
Will This Year Break the Global Temperature Record?
ลุ้น อุณหภูมิอากาศโลกปีนี้จะทำลายแชมป์เก่าหรือไม่
Summary
He tracks daily global temperature data to see whether 2025 will beat the record set on 24 July 2024, when the global average reached about 17.1°C.
He estimates that July's global average rose from about 15.5°C in 1950 to about 16.9°C, an increase of 1.4°C, close to the Paris Agreement's 1.5°C limit.
In the tropics, temperatures peaked near 27°C in April 2024, and he calculates a rise of about 2.6°C there over 74 years.
He notes Thailand has been rainy rather than hot this year, yet some areas have flooded three or four times, showing the need for joint global action.
29 June 2025 · 4:54 · in Thai · Solar & batteries
A 2-Dollar Power Bill: Here Comes the Sun
ค่าไฟฟ้าบ้าน $2 ต่อเดือน Here Comes The Sun
Summary
The video shares accounts from homeowners across the United States describing life after installing rooftop solar to cut their bills.
One homeowner reports that their latest electricity bill came to just 2 US dollars.
He links the story to the 1969 song Here Comes the Sun as a symbol of solar's arrival.
27 June 2025 · 5:06 · in Thai · Solar & batteries
Solar Plus Batteries: A Game Changer for High Power Bills
โซลาร์ + แบตเตอรี่ คือตัวเปลี่ยนเกมค่าไฟฟ้าแพง
Summary
He discusses new research reported by Carbon Brief showing that in sunny countries, solar with batteries can meet demand almost around the clock all year.
The study finds coverage of about 96% of hours in Mexico and 92% in the Philippines, and he argues Thailand's sunshine is similar or slightly better.
A house near Bangkok with 3.1 kW of solar and a 15 kWh battery produced 14 kWh by late afternoon on 19 June, more than it used, with stored power left for the night.
Using AI-assisted estimates, he puts the cost at about 1.60 baht per kWh at utility scale and nearly 3 baht for small rooftops, and questions building more fossil plants.
He summarises a recently updated RethinkX report arguing that solar, wind and batteries (SWB) can give the world abundant, clean and very cheap energy without fossil fuels.
The sun delivers in one hour roughly the energy humanity uses in a year, and SWB costs have fallen by about 80% over ten years.
The lowest cost comes from a balanced mix, and overbuilding by about 20% more investment can roughly double output, creating a cheap energy surplus.
For the US, the report estimates investing about 1% of GDP for ten years would be enough, and he suggests abundant energy could reduce wars over resources.
22 June 2025 · 4:49 · in Thai · Society & governance
He introduces precision fermentation, in which genetically modified microbes are programmed with cow genes to produce real milk proteins without any animals.
The products already sold in some markets contain protein and calcium but no cholesterol, and people allergic to cow's milk may be able to drink them, though prices are still high.
RethinkX expects such products to be 5-10 times cheaper than cow's milk by 2030, as they need no land, water or animal feed and can be made close to consumers.
He compares this to solar power, whose falling costs are pushing fossil fuels out, pointing to a future of abundant cheap food and energy.
17 June 2025 · 3:08 · in Thai · Solar & batteries
Asking AI About Power Generation and Prices in South Australia
คุยกับ AI เรื่องการผลิตและราคาไฟฟ้าในรัฐออสเตรเลียใต้
Summary
He uploaded a single chart of South Australia's daily generation to ChatGPT, and it correctly identified the solar, wind, battery and gas output and summarised prices.
The chart shows that free solar and wind are used first during the day, with gas plants running at low output.
Batteries discharge at the expensive evening peak because they respond within milliseconds to keep the grid stable, then recharge when power is cheap.
He notes batteries can sell at around half a dollar per kWh at peak, and presents the exercise as an example of AI's usefulness.
15 June 2025 · 4:04 · in Thai · Solar & batteries
Home Batteries Could Be an Issue in Thailand's Next Election
He notes that Australia's Labor Party won a landslide, 94 of 150 seats, with energy as a central issue, while its rivals proposed seven nuclear plants that CSIRO and experts questioned.
Labor's policy subsidises 30% of home battery costs from 1 July 2025, aiming for one million homes in five years with a budget of about 56 billion baht.
Australia already has about 4 million homes with rooftop solar among 27 million people, but few have batteries, which currently pay back in about 12-13 years.
He predicts home battery policies will feature in Thailand's next election, given high power bills and falling battery prices.
11 June 2025 · 4:06 · in Thai · Society & governance
José Mujica: The World's Poorest President
ประธานาธิบดีที่จนที่สุดในโลก
Summary
He pays tribute to former Uruguayan president José Mujica, who died in May 2025 at the age of 89 and is remembered for simplicity, honesty and compassion.
He notes that Mujica gave away about 90% of his roughly 12,000-dollar monthly salary, drove an old 1987 car and lived in a modest farmhouse instead of the official residence.
He explains that Mujica supported the energy reform that brought Uruguay to about 98% renewable electricity.
He highlights Mujica's warning that the world cannot copy rich-country consumption, such as German levels of car ownership in India, without harming the planet.
11 June 2025 · 5:36 · in Thai · Electricity prices & policy
Energy Crisis Response: Uruguay Acted Fast, Thailand Did Not
เปรียบความไวในการแก้วิกฤตพลังงาน อุรุกวัย VS ไทย
Summary
He explains that droughts in 2006 and 2008, plus a doubling of oil prices, cost Uruguay about 500 million dollars or 1% of GDP and triggered public demands for energy self-reliance.
He notes that within about 10 years Uruguay reached roughly 98% renewable electricity from hydro, wind and biomass, halving generation costs and creating jobs for about 3% of the workforce.
He contrasts Thailand, where extra energy imports cost about 296,000 million baht (3.1% of GDP) in 2008 and about 873,000 million baht (4.9% of GDP) in 2022.
He argues that Thailand still relies on gas and coal for about 85% of its power because, unlike Uruguay, it never turned crises into cross-party policy and legal reform.
4 June 2025 · 4:44 · in Thai · Society & governance
Corruption Perceptions Index 2024: Thailand Versus Other Countries
ดัชนีการรับรู้การทุจริต CPI
Summary
He explains the Corruption Perceptions Index by Transparency International, which scores countries from 0 (highly corrupt) to 100 (very clean) based on surveys of businesses and organisations.
He notes that Thailand scored 34 out of 100 in 2024, with a slight downward trend since 2012.
He points out that Uruguay, a country with almost fully renewable electricity, scored 76 and ranked 13th, ahead of the United States and on par with Germany at 75.
He compares other scores such as Australia 77, Japan 71, South Korea 64 and India 38, and remarks that South Korea has improved and can jail corrupt leaders.
2 June 2025 · 4:14 · in Thai · Solar & batteries
California Now Generates More Power From Sunlight Than Gas
รัฐแคลิฟอร์เนียผลิตไฟฟ้าด้วยแสงแดดมากกว่าจากก๊าซ
Summary
He compares California's hourly power generation on the same day in 2021 and 2025, showing that electricity from natural gas fell by more than half in four years.
He notes that solar produced about 149 million kWh in a single day, supported by rooftop systems on more than 2 million buildings.
He explains that batteries, absent in 2021, stored about 25 million kWh of midday surplus solar in 2025 for use at night.
He contrasts this with Thailand, which he says spends about 400,000 million baht a year, around 2% of GDP, on gas for power generation.
31 May 2025 · 5:05 · in Thai · Solar & batteries
Ethiopia and Saudi Arabia Could Both Reach European Energy Levels
โถ ใครจะเชื่อ
Summary
He compares neighbours across the Red Sea: Ethiopia with a GDP per person of about 1,350 dollars and about 142 kWh of electricity per person, and Saudi Arabia with about 30,000 dollars and nearly 13,000 kWh.
He presents a May 2025 RethinkX study finding that both countries have world-class sunshine for solar, wind and battery (SWB) systems.
He notes that investing about 338 dollars per person a year in Ethiopia (about 25% of GDP) and 307 dollars in Saudi Arabia (about 1% of GDP) for 20 years could give both European-level energy by 2040.
He argues that cheap solar, wind and batteries could reduce global energy inequality, while noting that Thailand was not included in the study.
26 May 2025 · 4:51 · in Thai · Solar & batteries
The Age of Abundant, Cheap Clean Energy Has Arrived
He presents a May 2025 RethinkX study of 17 countries finding that solar, wind and batteries alone (100% SWB) could replace oil, gas, nuclear and hydro by 2040.
He notes that the energy humanity uses in a year equals the sunlight reaching Earth in about one hour, out of 8,760 hours in a year.
He cites estimates that Germans would invest about 130 baht per person per day for 20 years, Brazilians about 66 baht and Indonesians about 75 baht, after which energy would be nearly free and far more plentiful.
He argues that energy should be treated as a human right linked to Article 25 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, not as a monopolised commodity.
25 May 2025 · 4:40 · in Thai · Society & governance
Is This What We Call Development? UN Population Data
นี่หรือที่เขาเรียกว่า การพัฒนา
Summary
He reviews a UN report that groups countries into four income levels and tracks their population shares from 1950 with projections to 2100.
He notes that low-income countries held about 4.5% of world population in 1950, roughly doubled that share by 2025 and are projected to exceed four times it by 2100.
He points out that the share living in high-income countries is shrinking, from about 27 to 28% in 1950 to about 15% today and about 12% by 2100.
He questions what kind of development leaves poor countries poor and growing, citing Pakistan's projected rise from 15th to 3rd most populous country by 2100.
23 May 2025 · 3:42 · in Thai · Solar & batteries
South Australia Shows Solar Power Costs Less Than Half of Gas
He uses a week of hourly generation data from South Australia, a state of under 2 million people, to show solar and wind covering daytime demand while gas mainly fills the night.
He notes that the cost of solar power there was about 0.08 dollars per kWh, compared with about 0.17 dollars for gas-fired power.
He argues that claims about solar being expensive and unstable are mere rhetoric, since several countries already run on large shares of solar and wind.
He suggests Thailand, which uses imported gas for about 60% of its electricity, should use sun and wind first and save costly gas for nighttime.
22 May 2025 · 4:54 · in Thai · Solar & batteries
How Pennsylvania Schools Cut Power Bills With Solar
โซลาร์เซลล์โรงเรียนในรัฐเพนซิลเวเนีย
Summary
He reports that 124 schools in Pennsylvania, about 10% of the state's schools, have installed solar, totalling about 45 MW, up from about 13 MW over roughly 10 years.
He notes that one school could claim a 37% tax credit on its installation and expects about 7 million dollars in electricity savings over 20 years.
He argues that Thai schools also have suitable roofs and could use savings to fund student meals and school development.
He points out that without net metering in Thailand, power produced on weekends and school holidays flows into the grid unpaid, which he blames on the power-sector monopoly.
20 May 2025 · 3:53 · in Thai · Electricity prices & policy
The World's First Two SMR Nuclear Plants and Thailand's Plan
โรงไฟฟ้านิวเคลียร์ SMR 2 โรงแรกของโลก
Summary
He reports that Thailand's Energy Ministry plans to include two small modular reactors (SMRs) of about 300 MW each in the new power development plan (PDP), which has been in draft for three years.
He notes that only two SMRs operate worldwide in 2025, one in Russia and one in China.
He explains that Russia's floating 70 MW unit took about 13 years from the start of construction in 2007 to operation in 2020, at a cost of about 7 million dollars per MW.
He questions why Thailand would choose nuclear when solar, wind and batteries (SWB) are, in his view, much cheaper.
17 May 2025 · 4:38 · in Thai · Solar & batteries
Negative Electricity Prices in Europe at Sunny Hours
เชื่อไหม ในยุโรปค่าไฟฟ้าบางเวลาติดลบ
Summary
He shows live day-ahead price data indicating that electricity prices in Germany, Spain and Belgium turn negative for some hours around midday in late spring and summer.
He explains that prices fall below zero because solar output exceeds demand, so users with the right contract are paid to consume power, for example to charge an electric car.
He notes that German prices were forecast at around minus 1 cent per kWh at 2 pm, compared with about 13 cents in the evening.
He explains that this requires smart meters and dynamic hourly contracts, which have pros and cons, and contrasts it with Thailand's monopolised power system.
He narrates an animated ranking of solar electricity generation by country from 2007 to 2023, comparing it to a horse race.
He notes that Germany, Spain, Italy and Japan led in the early years, before China took first place around 2015 and pulled far ahead.
He points out the rise of the United States and India, which overtook Japan, and of Vietnam, which climbed quickly into the upper ranks.
He observes that Thailand slipped from the middle of the ranking and dropped out of view by the final years.
13 May 2025 · 3:49 · in Thai · Solar & batteries
Solar Power as Farmers' New Cash Crop
ผลผลิตใหม่ของเกษตรกรคือไฟฟ้าแสงอาทิตย์
Summary
He presents 2025 research published in Nature Sustainability on agrivoltaics, which combines solar panels with crops and livestock on the same farmland.
He notes the study found that such mixed farms could earn up to about 25 times more than conventional farming while reducing water loss.
He explains that the research drew on about 25 years of experience in California and that similar work is under way at a Thai university.
He argues that Thai farmers cannot benefit because the state offers no net metering and buys power at low rates, a policy he says favours fossil fuel interests.
12 May 2025 · 3:38 · in Thai · Society & governance
Thomas Fuller: The Unschooled Calculating Genius
Thomas Fuller อัจฉริยะด้านคำนวณของคนไม่รู้หนังสือ
Summary
He tells the story of Thomas Fuller, an African man born around 1710 and sold into slavery in Virginia at age 14, who never learned to read or write.
He explains that Fuller could rapidly compute in his head, such as the number of seconds in a year and a half, in under two minutes.
He recounts that when asked how many seconds a person aged 70 years, 17 days and 12 hours had lived, Fuller correctly included leap years that the questioner had overlooked.
He notes that Fuller's story was used as evidence against slavery and shows that intellectual ability does not depend on race or formal schooling.
12 May 2025 · 5:10 · in Thai · Climate
Global Warming Could Cut Average Incomes 19% by 2049
In a radio interview, he discusses a Potsdam Institute study published in Nature in April 2024 estimating that warming will cut average world income per person by 19% by 2049 compared with no warming.
He notes this is far higher than earlier estimates of about 7 to 8%, and that the model used 40 years of climate and economic data from about 1,600 regions.
He explains that only a handful of cold countries such as Canada, Russia, Finland and Norway are expected to gain, while nearly all others lose.
He highlights the injustice that poor countries with low emissions suffer much larger losses, while Russia, emitting about 18.5 tonnes per person, may gain.
7 May 2025 · 4:15 · in Thai · Climate
The Climate Crisis and the Four Giants
วิกฤตโลกร้อนกับยักษ์ 4 ตน
Summary
He previews his talk at a national public seminar on 14 May on energy transition for climate justice, which he titled the climate crisis and the four giants.
He describes the first giant as the Capitalocene, the idea that the capitalist era is the main driver of environmental crisis, ecological change and structural inequality.
He describes the second giant as consumers, who hold great power but are often lulled by the first giant, though some are beginning to wake up and protest.
He illustrates the idea with a cartoon of people rowing a boat and says he will reveal the other two giants later.
3 May 2025 · 4:16 · in Thai · Society & governance
Why Thailand's Parliament Has No Solar but Seeks Lavish Budgets
He criticises Thailand's parliament secretariat for requesting hundreds of millions of baht for meeting rooms, a cinema room and stage decoration instead of solar panels.
He notes that the House of Representatives alone spends about 166.6 million baht a year on electricity, while its large flat roofs remain unused.
He estimates that a similar budget could install about 6 to 8 MW of solar producing about 8 to 9 million kWh a year.
He points out that parliaments in Pakistan (since 2015), Israel, the United States and Singapore already use solar, and calls for a renewed sense of public responsibility in Thai government.
2 May 2025 · 5:09 · in Thai · Solar & batteries
Pakistan's Bottom-Up Solar Revolution
การปฏิวัติพลังงานแสงอาทิตย์ในปากีสถาน
Summary
Citing a CNN report, he explains that solar's share of Pakistan's electricity jumped from about 4% in 2021 to about 14% in 2024, with nearly 17 GW of panels imported from China.
He lists the causes: expensive grid power relative to incomes, extreme heat driving demand for air conditioning, and very cheap panels and equipment.
He describes a utility death spiral, in which companies raise tariffs as customers leave for solar, pushing even more people to install it.
He contrasts this with Thailand, where solar's share fell after 2021 and the state signed 25-year purchase deals at about 2.17 baht per kWh without bidding.
1 May 2025 · 3:01 · in Thai · EVs & transport
Global EV and Solar Data: China Dominates
ข้อมูล EV และ PV ในโลก จีนครองโลก
Summary
He shows that electric cars rose from almost zero of global car sales in 2010 to about 2 to 3% in 2020 and more than 10% today.
He notes that in Norway about 95% of new cars sold are electric, and that the global share is expected to reach about 50% by 2030, rapidly cutting oil demand.
He explains that China made and installed about 250 GW of solar at home and produced about 180 GW for export, while less than 50 GW was made outside China.
He questions trade-war tariffs given how cheap panels have become, and wonders when Thailand's plans for local solar manufacturing will materialise.
28 April 2025 · 4:12 · in Thai · Climate
When Was the Last Month Earth Was Cooler Than Average?
จำได้ไหมว่า ปีใดที่โลกยังเย็นอยู่
Summary
Using NOAA data from 1950 to December 2024, he asks when the global average temperature was last below the 20th-century (1901 to 2000) average.
He notes that February 1977 was the last such month, at about 0.01 degrees Celsius below average, and every month since has been warmer.
He points out that 2024 was the hottest year on record, ahead of 2023 and 2016, and that carbon dioxide levels keep rising even when La Niña briefly cools things.
He argues that we are the first generation to feel the impacts of global warming and the last that can still fix it, by cutting emissions and pushing for policy change.
26 April 2025 · 5:21 · in Thai · Climate
Global Warming and Future Income: Thailand Hit Harder
โลกร้อนกับรายได้ต่อหัวของประชากรโลกในอนาคต
Summary
He presents a Potsdam Institute study in Nature finding that by 2050 warming will reduce average world income per person by 19% compared with no warming, and Thailand's by about 20 to 25%.
He notes that Thailand, emitting about 5.8 tonnes per person a year, loses more than average because of its geography and reliance on agriculture.
He explains that damages by 2050 would be about six times the cost of investing to limit warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius.
He adds that losses from heat, heavy rain and heatwaves could reach about 38 trillion dollars a year by 2050, around 70 times Thailand's GDP.
21 April 2025 · 5:24 · in Thai · Solar & batteries
UK Generates Over 250 Million kWh from Sun and Wind in Under Two Days
Using the UK's live Energy Dashboard for 20-21 April 2025, he shows solar and wind running at full output while gas only fills the gaps.
At midday he notes solar supplied about 10,000 MW against roughly 4,500 MW from gas, with gas rising at night when there is no sun.
Carbon intensity fell to about 92 grams of CO2 per kWh during sunny hours, versus roughly 400 grams per kWh in Thailand, he says.
He explains that UK policy aims to cut gas to just 5% of generation by 2030, keeping it only as backup when sun and wind are absent.
19 April 2025 · 4:16 · in Thai · Electricity prices & policy
Vietnam's Updated Power Plan, and What It Means for Thailand
ดูแผนผลิตไฟฟ้าเวียดนาม แล้วย้อนมาดูของไทย
Summary
He reports that Vietnam announced an Adjusted PDP8 on 16 April 2025, only about two years after the original PDP8 of mid-2023.
The plan assumes GDP growth of about 10% a year in 2026-2030 and 7.5% afterwards, with tens of thousands of MW of new wind and solar.
For energy security he notes it targets about 20,000 MW of pumped-storage hydro and 96,000 MW of batteries by 2050.
Vietnam aims for 50% of office buildings and homes to have self-use rooftop solar by 2030, while Thailand's PDP drafting, begun in 2022, is still unfinished, which he urges consumers to watch.
18 April 2025 · 4:54 · in Thai · LNG, gas & oil
Thailand Spends 400 Billion Baht on Gas While Australia Uses Sun, Wind and Batteries
He notes Thailand spends about 400 billion baht a year on gas for power, around 60% of its generation, out of roughly 900 billion baht for the whole power system.
Australia already relies heavily on rooftop and utility solar, wind and batteries, keeping gas mainly as backup for when sun and wind are low.
Citing the market operator AEMO, he says Australia expects 31% solar, 48% wind and 10% batteries by 2050, and rejects nuclear as too expensive.
He criticises Thailand's plan to import about 1 million tonnes of US LNG a year and its stalled PDP, arguing vested interests block a cheaper renewable path.
14 April 2025 · 6:16 · in Thai · Solar & batteries
How Australia Uses Sun and Wind First and Gas Only When Needed
Using Australia's public electricity data for 8-15 April, he shows that rooftop solar, solar farms and wind are dispatched first, while coal and gas ramp down during the day.
He notes rooftop solar had the lowest average price, utility solar and wind were somewhat higher, and gas cost roughly double or more per MWh.
He contrasts this with Thailand, which uses gas for about 60% of its electricity, far above the world average, and spent about 400 billion baht on gas during the Ukraine war.
He argues that relying on imported gas exposes Thailand to price swings and is a main reason for high electricity bills.
9 April 2025 · 6:47 · in Thai · Electricity prices & policy
Energy Self-Reliance: What Thailand Can Learn from the UK
การพึ่งตนเองด้านพลังงานของประเทศ
Summary
He argues that Thailand's power plans never address national energy self-reliance, linking it to the resilience principle of the sufficiency economy philosophy.
He describes the UK's clean power plan, written after the Russia-Ukraine war caused a cost-of-living crisis, which aims to cut gas from about 35% to 5% of generation within five years.
Citing Energy Ministry data, he says Thailand's energy import bill rose from about 2.7% of GDP 32 years ago to 12.3% in 2022 and 8.7% in 2024.
He notes Thailand uses gas for about 68% of power versus 22% globally, and solar only about 2.6%, calling this a policy failure.
7 April 2025 · 4:54 · in Thai · Climate
Comparing the Force of an Earthquake with Global Warming
เปรียบความรุนแรงของแผ่นดินไหว VS ความรุนแรงของโลกร้อน
Summary
He notes that experts compared the 28 March 2025 earthquake to the energy of about 334 nuclear bombs.
Citing climate scientist James Hansen in 2009, he explains that heat trapped by greenhouse gases then equalled about 400,000 Hiroshima bombs per day.
With the Earth's energy imbalance rising from about 0.6 to 1.33 watts per square metre and CO2 from 391 to 427 ppm, he estimates today's figure at about 900,000 bombs a day.
He notes about 93% of this heat goes into the oceans, which shields us for now, but warns the impact will be severe once the oceans can absorb no more.
7 April 2025 · 5:30 · in Thai · Solar & batteries
Boosting GDP with Rooftop Solar Instead of a Casino
เพิ่มจีดีพีได้โดยไม่ต้องทำกาสิโน
Summary
Responding to the government's claim that a casino would bring about 3,264 million baht a year, he proposes rooftop solar as a way to add about 20 billion baht a year to GDP.
He calls for net metering so homes can export daytime surplus to the grid and use it at night, plus low-interest loans for 1.5 million homes to install 3 kW systems within three years.
He estimates a 3 kW system produces about 4,200 kWh a year, cutting LNG imports that cost about 3.2 baht or more per kWh of power.
For a home using 400 kWh a month, he calculates a 90,000-baht system cuts the yearly bill from about 22,010 to 2,637 baht, paying back in about 4.6 years, similar to the UK's 1.5-million-home target.
27 March 2025 · 5:46 · in Thai · Solar & batteries
The UK Government's Bold Response to High Electricity Prices
ความกล้าหาญของรัฐบาลอังกฤษกรณีค่าไฟฟ้าแพง
Summary
He reports that the UK government is spending nearly 8 billion baht to install solar on 200 schools and 200 hospitals, each saving about 1-2 million baht a year.
Schools are to reinvest the savings in education, green skills and renewable-energy careers for students, he notes.
The programme is run by GB Energy, a new state-owned company whose law passed Parliament on 25 March 2025, set up to speed clean, home-grown power after the Ukraine war.
He contrasts the UK's target of 5% gas by 2030 with Thailand's 53%, arguing Thai leaders lack the courage to challenge fossil-fuel interests.
22 March 2025 · 5:09 · in Thai · Electricity prices & policy
Does Thailand's Energy Plan Protect Consumers?
มีไหม การปกป้องผู้บริโภคพลังงานในแผนของรัฐบาลไทย?
Summary
He notes Thais spend about 950 billion baht a year on electricity, a cost that feeds into the price of almost every other product.
Having followed Thai power plans since 2000, he says none has ever committed to permanently protecting energy consumers, unlike the UK's 2024-2030 plan.
He argues Thai plans focus on large power plants and take-or-pay contracts that force consumers to pay even for unused capacity, while the state still owes EGAT and PTT nearly 200 billion baht.
He questions how Thailand can promise tariffs of about 3.70-4.50 baht per kWh while relying on imported LNG, instead of its abundant solar resource.
21 March 2025 · 4:55 · in Thai · Electricity prices & policy
Thailand's Draft Power Plan: Naive or Deliberately Misleading?
ไร้เดียงสาหรือตั้งใจจะหลอกลวง?
Summary
He compares Thailand's draft PDP, started in 2022 and still unfinished, with the UK's Clean Power 2030 Action Plan released in December 2024.
Thailand used gas for 57% of power in 2023 and targets 53% by 2030, while the UK cut gas to 35% and aims for 95% clean power and only 5% gas by 2030.
He notes imported LNG spiked to over 1,000 baht per million BTU during the Ukraine war, versus about 200-250 baht from the Gulf of Thailand.
He questions how the plan's goal of an appropriate tariff can be met while the government already owes PTT and EGAT over 100 billion baht, and urges public scrutiny.
19 March 2025 · 5:03 · in Thai · Solar & batteries
The Answer Really Is Blowing in the Wind and Sunshine
เชื่อไหม คำตอบนั้นอยู่ในสายลมและแสงแดด
Summary
He challenges the common claim that solar and wind are scarce, unstable and expensive, using data from South Australia for the second half of 2024.
He notes the state, with nearly 2 million people, got about 78% of its power from solar and wind combined and about 20% from gas, while Thailand relies on gas for over 60%.
Converted to baht, he says solar power there cost about 0.52 baht per kWh and wind under 2 baht, versus about 10.56 baht for gas-fired power.
He argues that batteries can cover gaps, and that Thailand's monopolies over self-reliant energy are a root cause of household debt.
17 March 2025 · 5:36 · in Thai · Solar & batteries
How Solar Power Could Raise Thailand's GDP by 1%
เราสามารถเพิ่มจีดีพีประเทศได้ 1% ด้วยแสงแดด
Summary
He notes the government's multi-hundred-billion-baht cash handouts lifted GDP by only about 0.3%, while replacing imported gas with solar could add about 1%.
Thailand generates about 68% of its power from gas versus a world average of about 22%, and solar only about 2.6%, while Australia's solar share has grown to about 17%.
He estimates Thailand spends about 0.9 trillion baht a year on electricity, about 5% of GDP, including nearly 0.4 trillion baht on gas, so 1% of GDP is about 180 billion baht.
Citing Australian data, he says solar costs about half as much as gas power, and Australia's 26 million people now get about 70 billion kWh a year from solar and wind.
16 March 2025 · 3:26 · in Thai · Climate
The Missing Cartoon from the World Consumer Rights Day Talk
He reshows a cartoon slide that failed to appear in the recording of his Consumers Talk on 14 March 2025, part of World Consumer Rights Day events.
The cartoon shows a person breathing through a tube from a potted plant to escape polluted air, which he links to PM2.5, dust and airborne microplastics.
He says such individual adaptation is technically possible but uncomfortable and leaves everyone to fend for themselves.
He argues people should instead seek shared solutions through public policy driven by and for the public, and promises more on the talk's themes later.
12 March 2025 · 4:39 · in Thai · Climate
Only 7 Countries Met the WHO PM2.5 Standard in 2024
PM2.5 ในปี 2024 ผ่านเกณฑ์เพียง 7 ประเทศเท่านั้น
Summary
He reports on a new air-quality survey showing only 7 countries met the WHO annual PM2.5 guideline of 5 micrograms per cubic metre in 2024.
He notes these countries, including Australia, New Zealand, Estonia and Iceland, have just 34 million people, about 0.4% of the world population, while Thailand averages about 37.
The most polluted countries listed include Chad, Bangladesh, Pakistan, the Democratic Republic of Congo and India, and only about 17% of cities passed.
He adds that air pollution, mostly PM2.5, is linked to about 7 million deaths a year worldwide.
11 March 2025 · 4:58 · in Thai · Climate
How Billionaires' Excessive Luxury Is Harming the Planet
He discusses an Oxfam report from December 2024 on carbon inequality, focusing on superyachts and private jets owned by the ultra-rich.
He notes one superyacht emits on average about 5,672 tonnes of CO2 a year, equal to about 860 average people, and around 150 more are added each year.
Private jets of 23 billionaires each emit about 2,074 tonnes a year, he says, while global temperatures are rising at an accelerating pace.
Citing Oxfam, he says if everyone emitted like the top 50 billionaires from yachts and jets alone, the 1.5°C budget would be used up in about two days.
8 March 2025 · 3:57 · in Thai · Solar & batteries
One Turn of a Wind Turbine Can Power an EV for 180 km
ใบพัดหมุน 1 รอบ ได้ไฟฟ้าพอสำหรับ EV 1 คันแล่นได้ 180 กิโลเมตร
Summary
He cites a 2022 TED talk by a wind-blade expert who said one rotation of a large turbine yields enough electricity to drive an EV about 180 km.
He says he checked the claim and found it plausible for a turbine of around 6 MW at sufficient wind speed.
He notes the UK now gets about a quarter of its electricity from wind, at a lower cost than gas.
Drawing on his own research with a vertical-axis turbine on a three-storey building, he argues Thailand also has enough wind to use, so the answer truly is in the wind.
5 March 2025 · 3:21 · in Thai · EVs & transport
Almost Half of New EU City Buses Were Zero-Emission in 2024
ปี 2024 รถบัสใหม่ใน EU 49% เป็น Zero-Emission
Summary
He reports that 49% of new buses sold in the EU in 2024 were zero-emission, up from about 36% the year before.
Of that 49%, he notes 46% were battery-electric and about 3% used hydrogen fuel.
He says some countries such as Finland, Iceland and the Netherlands reached 100%, while Spain and the UK were around 50%.
Citing the group Transport & Environment, he notes new zero-emission bus sales could reach 100% by 2027, giving cleaner and quieter cities.
5 March 2025 · 5:13 · in Thai · Solar & batteries
Even a Gas-Exporting Country Uses More Solar Than Thailand
แม้เป็นประเทศขายก๊าซ ยังใช้แสงแดดมากกว่าเรา
Summary
He notes the UAE, a major gas exporter, cut gas from nearly 100% of its power in 2000 to about 72% in 2023 by adding solar.
Thailand still uses gas for about 68% of power versus a world average of about 22%, though most of its gas is imported.
He says Thailand's solar share barely moved from about 2% in 2016 to 2.8% in 2023, while Vietnam rose from almost zero to about 11%.
Pakistan jumped from about 1% to 10% solar in one year, driven by tariffs rising 1.5 times in two years and cheap imported panels, which he contrasts with Thailand's monopoly-driven reliance on gas.
4 March 2025 · 4:25 · in Thai · Climate
Your Smartphone Would Have Been Worth Billions 50 Years Ago
After discussing climate decline the day before, he turns to technological progress, from steam engines and cars to computers and solar-generated electricity.
Citing Moore's law, he notes a 1982 portable computer was far larger, heavier and slower than a 2007 smartphone, and today's phones embody at least six Nobel Prize-winning advances.
He estimates a modern phone's capability would once have cost at least 10 billion baht, yet it now sells for about 10,000 baht.
He argues that phones give everyone two-way communication power, which consumers should use to push society to tackle global warming.
3 March 2025 · 3:16 · in Thai · Climate
The First Generation to Feel Climate Change, and the Last That Can Fix It
He presents global temperature data showing 1977 as the last year cooler than the long-term average, with warming accelerating ever since.
He links the rise to carbon dioxide from burning fossil fuels trapping heat around the planet.
He discusses a quote by an American politician, later made famous by Barack Obama, that ours is the first generation to feel climate change and the last able to stop it.
He explains that warming builds like a snowball rolling downhill, so it must be braked early, and says he shares this view.
23 February 2025 · 4:00 · in Thai · Solar & batteries
Golf Courses Could Host Huge Amounts of Solar and Wind
สนามกอล์ฟกับโซลาร์เซลล์
Summary
He responds to critics who say there is not enough land for solar panels and wind turbines, citing new research in Environmental Research Communications.
The study found the 10 countries with the most golf courses could install about 1.5 million MW of solar and wind on that land.
He notes the US alone has about 16,300 golf courses covering over 8,000 square kilometres, and that Thailand also has many courses, though it is not in the top 10.
He adds that golf courses consume large amounts of water and chemical fertiliser, harming the environment.
20 February 2025 · 5:34 · in Thai · Climate
UN Review: Only 17% of SDG Targets on Track After 9 Years
He reviews the UN's 2015-2024 assessment of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals, which found only about 17% of targets on track and roughly a third stalled or going backwards.
He notes that ending hunger (Goal 2) and protecting ocean life (Goal 14) deteriorated the most, with more than 100 million additional people pushed into hardship after COVID and disasters.
Clean, affordable energy (Goal 7) and sustainable consumption (Goal 12) performed best thanks to growing renewables, although fossil fuel subsidies remain high.
He stresses that climate action (Goal 13) has no target on track, around a third have worsened, and global CO2 emissions are now higher than in 2015.
18 February 2025 · 4:41 · in Thai · Solar & batteries
Which Fuel Powers California Most, Even in Winter?
Using California's hourly grid data for 17 February, he shows that even in winter, solar was the state's largest single source of electricity that day.
He notes solar supplied about 118 million kWh in one day versus about 98.8 million kWh from natural gas, with gas ramped down whenever the sun was up.
Surplus midday solar was stored in batteries for the evening, while wind and solar ran at full output and controllable plants filled the gaps.
He contrasts this with Thailand, which relies on gas for around 60-70% of its power despite lacking enough domestic gas, and urges Thais to push for the same approach.
Citing the UK prime minister at COP29, he argues there can be no national, economic or global security without climate security, and that real progress needs genuine political will.
He notes 2024 was even hotter than record-setting 2023, and that only a handful of countries, including Thailand, Laos and Vietnam, felt cooler this January.
He contrasts Israel, which actively encourages households to install rooftop solar, with Thailand, where solar provides only about 2.6% of power while Vietnam exceeds 10% and the Netherlands nears 20%.
He criticises Thailand's climate plan as the slowest in ASEAN and mentions a leading former NASA scientist who now calls the 2°C goal dead.
11 February 2025 · 6:26 · in Thai · Climate
Climate Justice: Who Emits, Who Pays, and What's Missing
ความเป็นธรรมด้านสภาพภูมิอากาศ
Summary
At a public forum on climate justice, he notes about 75% of greenhouse gas emissions come from energy and asks who bears the cost of shifting from fossil fuels to renewables.
He argues comparisons should be per person: Thailand emits about 0.95% of global greenhouse gases with only 0.86% of the world's population, and now emits more per head than the UK.
Citing Oxfam, he highlights how the world's richest billionaires emit vastly more than ordinary people and says excessive emitters should face public disapproval.
He says the technology is ready, with recent solar tenders in the UAE and India priced well under 1 baht per kWh, and the only missing ingredient is political will.
8 February 2025 · 4:20 · in Thai · Climate
Why January 2025 Was Hotter Despite La Niña
นักวิทยาศาสตร์งงกับเรื่องโลกร้อน
Summary
He notes that natural disasters have intensified, from floods in deserts to severe drought on the Amazon River.
January 2025 occurred under weak La Niña conditions (ONI about -0.53), which normally cool the planet, yet it was warmer than January 2024 under a strong El Niño (ONI about 1.8).
He explains scientists are puzzled and debating causes such as melting ice reducing the Earth's reflectivity and changes in shipping fuels.
He warns that without cutting emissions, disaster losses could exceed the income future generations earn.
7 February 2025 · 4:35 · in Thai · Climate
January 2025 Sets a New Global Temperature Record
อุณหภูมิโลกเดือน ม.ค. 68 สูงทุบสถิติ
Summary
He reports that while Thais enjoyed an unusually cool January, the global average temperature for January 2025 was the highest on record for that month.
He notes 2023 set an annual record, 2024 beat it, and 2024's average was already about 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels.
The global map showed only a few regions cooler than the 30-year average, while areas around Greenland were extremely warm.
He cites a renowned former NASA climate scientist who now says keeping warming below 2°C by 2100 is no longer possible.
4 February 2025 · 4:17 · in Thai · Climate
Thailand Must Take Greater Responsibility for the Climate
ปัญหาโลกร้อน เราต้องมีความรับผิดชอบในโลกมากขึ้น
Summary
He recalls King Rama IX's 4 December 1989 speech urging greater responsibility toward the world, a date that later became Thailand's Environment Day.
He criticises a Thai minister's claim at a global forum that Thailand emits under 1% of world greenhouse gases, noting Thailand has 0.86% of the population but about 0.95% of emissions.
Citing UNDP data, he notes Thailand ranks high in climate vulnerability, so cutting emissions under the Paris Agreement serves its own interest.
He asks whether cutting emissions will make energy dearer or cheaper, and whether a country that cuts should earn global respect.
He explains that the oil marketing margin is the station's revenue per litre, which covers wages, rent and utilities before becoming profit, as defined by the Ombudsman.
Crude oil fell from about 117 US dollars per barrel in May 2022 to about 74 dollars, yet retail margins rose instead of falling.
On 3 February 2025 the E85 margin reached 7.35 baht per litre, and all petrol grades exceeded the Energy Ministry's benchmark of around 2.40 baht.
With Thais using about 40 million litres of petrol a day, he argues the excess margin is a large transfer from consumers due to weak state oversight.
29 January 2025 · 5:55 · in Thai · Climate
Doomsday Clock Moves Closest to Midnight in 78 Years
He explains the Doomsday Clock, created by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists in 1947 with Einstein among its founders, which warns how close humanity is to self-made catastrophe.
The clock began at 7 minutes to midnight, was furthest at 17 minutes after the Cold War, stood at 90 seconds in 2024 and moved to 89 seconds in 2025.
He notes the three main risk factors considered are nuclear weapons, climate change and artificial intelligence.
He links the 2025 setting to the Russia-Ukraine war, record global temperatures and disasters, and rapid AI developments.
28 January 2025 · 5:06 · in Thai · Climate
Trump Quits the Paris Agreement, a Billionaire Steps In
On 23 January 2025 President Trump signed the US withdrawal from the Paris Agreement and halted funding to the UN climate body UNFCCC.
Michael Bloomberg, former New York mayor and media-finance businessman, pledged to cover the US contribution, as he did in 2017 with about 15 million US dollars.
He notes the US normally funds about 22% of the UNFCCC budget, while its share of global emissions fell from nearly 24% in 2000 to about 14% in 2023 with only about 5% of world population.
He welcomes private American support for climate action and argues modern clean technology makes cutting emissions achievable.
27 January 2025 · 4:31 · in Thai · Society & governance
He defines disruption as new ideas, products or services that weaken an existing system until it collapses, sometimes described as creative destruction.
He cites New York streets full of horse carts in 1900 that, about 13 years later, were dominated by cars.
He notes each wave is faster: US landlines took about 80 years to reach 95% of the market, mobile phones about 20 years, and smartphones rose from 3% to 81% in about 9 years.
He explains that such adoption follows an S-curve, slow then rapid then levelling off, as seen with COVID spread, EV uptake in Norway and digital cameras replacing film.
25 January 2025 · 4:28 · in Thai · Solar & batteries
Countries Running Almost Entirely on Wind, Water and Sun
อยากจะตะโกนให้โลกรู้ ว่า
Summary
He cites new research finding that in 2022 ten countries generated about 99.5-100% of their electricity from wind, water and solar, and 64 countries got at least half from these sources.
Most of the ten rely mainly on hydropower, but he notes one small island nation gets about 91.6% from solar alone.
The study reports no blackouts or extra costs from 100% clean power, and he notes California has already had many days fully covered by renewables.
Showing a California day where solar surplus charges batteries for the evening, he asks why Thailand keeps paying for expensive, price-volatile imported gas.
24 January 2025 · 5:54 · in Thai · Electricity prices & policy
Britain's Exit from Coal: Lessons for Thailand
โรงไฟฟ้าถ่านหินในอังกฤษ บทเรียนที่คนไทยควรรู้
Summary
He notes Britain opened the world's first coal power plant in 1882 and in 2024 became the first major economy to close all of its coal plants.
Its December 2024 plan targets at least 95% clean power by 2030, with solar rising from about 14 billion kWh to nearly 50 billion kWh despite weaker sunshine than Thailand.
Britain plans to cut gas-fired generation from over 100 billion kWh to about 15 billion kWh, while Thailand burns gas for over 110 billion kWh, much of it imported.
He says Britain's aim is to shield consumers from volatile fossil fuel prices and strengthen energy security, and urges Thais to push for similar policy.
23 January 2025 · 5:23 · in Thai · Climate
Canada Forecasts 2025 Among the Three Hottest Years
He cites Canada's weather service forecasting 2025 global warming of about 1.35-1.45°C, placing it among the three hottest years on record.
It would be the 12th consecutive year more than 1°C above pre-industrial levels, and in the first 15 days of 2025 the global average beat 2024 on all but one day.
He explains Thailand and the tropics feel nearly 1°C cooler than last year due to cold air from China, even as the global average keeps rising.
He argues meeting Paris goals, tripling renewables and doubling energy efficiency by 2030, would also cut PM2.5, lower energy prices and create jobs.
21 January 2025 · 5:23 · in Thai · Society & governance
Treating the Sea Like a Fish Bowl: The Draft Fisheries Act
เขามองทะเลราวกับเป็นขวดปลากัด: (ร่าง) พ.ร.บ.ประมง
Summary
He discusses Section 69 of Thailand's draft Fisheries Act, already passed by the lower house, and officials' argument that anchovies live about a year, so not catching them is an economic loss.
He argues this treats the sea like a fish bowl, ignoring a food web that runs from phytoplankton to zooplankton, small fish and larger predators.
He notes only about 10% of energy passes to each higher level, so removing small fish starves larger species and pushes the ecosystem down the food chain.
He says sustainable fishing should target larger fish and cites a veteran fisherman's warning that light-luring with fine nets will leave the sea empty.
20 January 2025 · 5:00 · in Thai · Society & governance
The State of Global and Thai Fisheries
สถานการณ์ประมงโลก ไทย
Summary
Citing leading fisheries scientist Dr Daniel Pauly, he defines a fishery as collapsed when catches fall to 10% of former levels, and notes about a third of the world's fisheries have collapsed.
Pauly projects that all global fisheries could collapse by around 2048, leaving little more than plankton as seafood, and proposes banning fishing on the high seas.
Thai trawl surveys show catch rates falling from 100% in 1963 to about 5.5% by 2006, meaning Thai fisheries collapsed around 1989 by this definition.
He argues Thai fishing now survives on government subsidies such as fuel support, but says the sea can recover if people act together.
19 January 2025 · 4:21 · in Thai · Society & governance
Why Fishing Net Mesh Size Matters More Than We Think
ขนาดตาอวนสำคัญกว่าที่เราเข้าใจ
Summary
Focusing on mesh size in Section 69 of Thailand's draft Fisheries Act, he describes a UK trial by fishermen and scientists comparing 8 cm and 9 cm trawl nets on the same boat.
Widening the mesh by just 1 cm cut unwanted catch by about half and reduced fish under 5 cm long from about 500 to about 100.
The total number of fish caught fell from about 11,700 to about 4,600, roughly 60% fewer, because water pressure and clogging make nets catch fish smaller than the mesh.
He argues fine-mesh nets destroy many juvenile economic fish that would be worth far more if allowed to grow.
19 January 2025 · 6:20 · in Thai · Solar & batteries
Australia Proves Coal Plants Can Ramp Down for Solar
การผลิตไฟฟ้า หยุดหลอกกันได้แล้ว
Summary
Using Australia's real-time grid data for 12-19 January, he shows rooftop and utility solar dominating daytime generation while coal and gas plants throttle down.
He notes Thai engineers once told a parliamentary subcommittee that coal plants cannot be turned down by day, but Australia does exactly that and ramps up again at night.
Daytime solar hours show lower carbon emissions and prices, with utility solar about half the cost of coal and around a third of the cost of gas.
He argues that sunshine is cheap, clean and spread everywhere, enabling energy democracy, while Thailand still relies on gas for about 60% and coal for about 20% of power.
18 January 2025 · 5:20 · in Thai · Solar & batteries
Six Nobel Prizes Behind Cheaper Electricity
6 ผลงานรางวัลโนเบลทำให้ค่าไฟฟ้าถูกลงได้อย่างไร
Summary
He traces six Nobel Prize-winning discoveries behind cheap power, starting with Max Planck's quantum theory (1918) and Einstein's photoelectric effect (1921), the basis of solar cells.
He adds the transistor and semiconductors (1956), superconductivity, the blue LED (2014) that enabled efficient white lighting, and the lithium-ion battery (2019).
He notes battery costs have fallen by more than 90% and storage is forecast to cost about 75 satang per kWh by 2030, excluding the solar panels.
Citing RethinkX, he says electricity from solar, wind and batteries could cost about 1 baht per kWh almost everywhere by 2030, and urges people not to let fossil interests block it.
17 January 2025 · 6:05 · in Thai · Electricity prices & policy
Thai Electricity Has Bigger Problems Than High Prices
ไฟฟ้าไทย ไม่ได้มีปัญหาแค่ราคาแพง แต่...
Summary
Responding to the regulator's proposed 3.98 baht tariff and a 3.70 baht pledge, he argues the deeper problems are outdated technology, unfair monopolies, falling self-reliance and climate responsibility.
He notes energy imports rose from about 2.7% of GDP in 1993 to about 10%, meaning Thailand's energy self-reliance has fallen roughly threefold in 30 years.
He cites global solar costs dropping about tenfold from 15 baht per kWh in 2010 to about 1.50 baht, and an Indian solar-plus-battery tender at about 1.44 baht in August 2024.
He criticises a PDP that stalled solar for seven years and a reserve margin of about 49% against the 10-15% needed, calling for a full overhaul of the system.
15 January 2025 · 4:58 · in Thai · Solar & batteries
He argues Thai power is expensive because monopolistic policy blocks the sun, and contrasts this with California, a state of about 40 million people.
Comparing the same June day, he shows California's solar output roughly doubling between 2019 and 2024 to about 206 million kWh, reaching about 71% of demand at 1 pm.
Surplus solar charges about 7,600 MW of batteries, roughly equal to nine Thai power plants, which supply the evening before gas is ramped up.
Using Thailand's fuel cost of about 2.74 baht per kWh, he estimates that much solar would save over 500 million baht a day, noting California now has nearly 2 million solar rooftops.
14 January 2025 · 5:25 · in Thai · Electricity prices & policy
Why Today's Energy and Transport Systems Will Be Obsolete by 2030
ทำไมระบบพลังงานและการขนส่งจะล้าสมัยภายในปี 2030
Summary
He revisits a 2016 talk in Thailand by a well-known futurist who argued that falling clean-energy costs will make today's energy and transport systems obsolete by 2030.
He notes battery costs have fallen by roughly 80-90% in a decade, putting the cost of storing solar power at about 0.74 baht per kWh.
He contrasts India's August 2024 solar-plus-battery auction at 1.44 baht per unit with Thailand's plan to buy solar power at 2.17 baht per unit for 25 years.
Using Thailand's late-2022 tariff of about 4.71 baht, with fuel at 2.74 baht and plant capacity costs at 0.80 baht, he argues the whole system needs rethinking.
13 January 2025 · 5:06 · in Thai · Solar & batteries
The Sixth Wave of Innovation: Renewable Energy and Who Leads It
He outlines six waves of human innovation since about 1800, from the industrial revolution, steam and steel, electricity, oil and petrochemicals to software.
He notes Britain led the first two waves and the United States led the next three.
He explains the sixth wave, starting around 2020, is renewable energy such as solar, wind and biomass combined with efficient resource use and electrification.
He points out China has out-invested the US and EU in clean energy since 2018, and argues consumers can push politics to capture this wave's benefits.
11 January 2025 · 6:30 · in Thai · Climate
2024 Was the Hottest Year on Record, Thailand Saw 300+ Heat-Stress Days
He reports the EU's Copernicus climate service finding that 2024 was the warmest year on record, about 1.57°C above pre-industrial levels (1850-1900).
He notes this is the first calendar year above the Paris Agreement's 1.5°C limit, although the target is judged on long-term trends, which could cross it in the 2030s.
He points out 2024 was about 0.12°C warmer than 2023 even though El Niño lasted only around four months of the year.
He highlights that Thailand experienced heat stress, a felt temperature above 32°C including humidity, on 300-325 days in 2024, far more than Japan, China or Australia.
10 January 2025 · 5:33 · in Thai · Solar & batteries
Wasted Sunshine: Lessons from Australia's Rooftop Solar Boom
เสียดายแดด! ดูตัวอย่างจากออสเตรเลีย
Summary
He compares solar output per person: in 2015 Australia produced 260 kWh, but by 2023 it reached about 1,780 kWh, while Thailand rose only from 34 to 70 kWh.
He notes Australians install around 5,000 solar systems a week, added about 30,000 home batteries in the first half of 2024, and have solar on about 3.74 million rooftops.
He says most Australian solar sits on house roofs, and households report payback in about 3-4 years thanks to good sun and high tariffs.
He urges Thais to press the government to support rooftop solar with batteries, arguing that free sunlight is the only way to lower power bills permanently.
8 January 2025 · 5:16 · in Thai · Electricity prices & policy
Scrap the PDP 2018 Now to Cut Electricity Bills Significantly
He notes that on 1 January 2025 another large private power plant of about 700 MW came online, despite Thailand already having excess generating capacity.
He says demand forecasts under the current PDP 2018 overshot reality by nearly 10% in 2023 and likely 13-14% in 2024, yet about 1,800 MW of new capacity is added each year.
He points out fossil plants turn only about 30% of fuel energy into electricity, and imported gas prices leave tariffs exposed to external shocks.
He argues Thailand should drop PDP 2018, renegotiate signed contracts, and adopt a new plan built on solar, wind and batteries, as Vietnam and the UK have done.
7 January 2025 · 5:38 · in Thai · Solar & batteries
Vietnam's Power Plan: An Example Thailand Should Follow
แผนผลิตไฟฟ้าของเวียดนาม ที่ไทยควรดูเป็นตัวอย่าง
Summary
He reviews Vietnam's eighth power development plan, which aims to cut coal from about 28% of capacity in 2022 to zero by 2050 while raising solar and wind shares.
He notes Thailand led ASEAN in solar in 2013 with about 1.3 GW but reached only about 3.1 GW by 2023, while Vietnam jumped from almost zero in 2018 to about 17 GW.
He says per-person solar output is now about 70 kWh in Thailand, around 260 kWh in Vietnam, and over 200 kWh as a world average.
He highlights Vietnam's goal of solar on 50% of homes and office buildings by 2030, with up to 20% of capacity allowed for sale, and urges Thailand to restructure.
6 January 2025 · 4:27 · in Thai · Electricity prices & policy
A Thought Experiment on Electricity Prices: 3.70 Baht or 1 Baht?
กระตุกต่อมความคิด เรื่องค่าไฟฟ้า
Summary
He responds to a proposal by Thaksin Shinawatra to cut tariffs to 3.70 baht per unit by trimming waste from the power system.
He uses a math puzzle: one satang doubled daily grows to about 5.37 million baht by day 30, beating a one-off gift of 1 million baht.
He compares a fixed 3.70 baht tariff with a possible 1 baht per unit by 2030 from a system of 100% solar, wind and batteries.
Citing Stanford-linked research, he notes solar costs fell 82% and batteries 87% in a decade, with power at about 3 US cents per unit possible almost everywhere by 2030.
5 January 2025 · 5:54 · in Thai · Solar & batteries
How California Runs Its Grid on Sun, Wind and Batteries
ดูรัฐแคลิฟอร์เนียผลิตไฟฟ้า คนไทยตาสว่างเสียที
Summary
He challenges the claim that solar and wind are too unstable for power, using real-time data from California's grid operator, which serves about 40 million people.
He shows that on a winter day solar and wind ran at full output in daytime, cutting gas generation from about 4,300 MW at night to about 2,800 MW at midday.
He explains surplus daytime power charged batteries of nearly 6,000 MW, which then discharged in the evening before gas was ramped up.
He notes the UK, with less sun but strong wind, also meets a large share of demand from solar and wind, and argues Thais have been misled.
4 January 2025 · 5:25 · in Thai · Electricity prices & policy
Thai Power Is Expensive Because It Lacks Energy Democracy
ค่าไฟฟ้าไทยแพงเพราะ ไม่เป็นประชาธิปไตยพลังงาน
Summary
He argues Thailand's power system is centralised in generation, fuel supply and gas pipelines, locked in by take-or-pay contracts, while technology now allows decentralised supply.
He defines energy democracy by five pillars, 1F2E2L: flexibility, efficiency, low carbon, local control and benefit, and fairness in pricing.
He notes that of 100 units of fossil energy only about 34 reach the home, while rooftop solar delivers power on site without fuel costs or pollution.
He urges consumers to push for a PDP based on energy democracy, saying solar with batteries can deliver stable power at around 1 baht per unit within a few years.
3 January 2025 · 5:54 · in Thai · Electricity prices & policy
Why Thai Electricity Is So Expensive
ค่าไฟฟ้าไทยแพงเพราะอะไร?
Summary
He notes Thai spending on electricity rose from about 3% of GDP in 1993 to about 5.3% in 2023, citing Energy Ministry data.
He cites a joint IEA and Thai Energy Ministry study naming two core problems: excess reserve capacity and no technical or contractual flexibility, including take-or-pay gas and power deals.
He calculates a reserve margin of about 49% in September 2024, from roughly 54,700 MW installed against a peak near 36,000 MW, versus an international norm of 10-15%.
He adds that new Thai plants run only about 56% of the time against an 85% norm, and 7 of 13 large private plants sit idle.
2 January 2025 · 7:00 · in Thai · Solar & batteries
A Nobel Laureate's Prophecy and the Road to 1-Baht Electricity
He tells the story of John Bardeen, who shared the 1956 Nobel Prize for the transistor, joked he would bring his children next time, and won again in 1972 for superconductivity theory.
He recalls that in 1973 vacuum-tube calculators were quickly displaced by cheaper, better semiconductor models, which he witnessed as a young lecturer.
He explains semiconductor science underpins solar cells, and combined with batteries it can supply continuous power, with battery storage now about 0.69 baht per unit.
He argues today's power technology faces the same disruption, pointing to India's 1.44 baht solar-plus-battery price and a possible 1 baht per unit by 2030.
1 January 2025 · 4:54 · in Thai · Society & governance
2025: Unleash the Power of a Smile
2025 จงปลดปล่อยพลังของการยิ้ม
Summary
For New Year 2025 he shares an article on smiling, noting that smiles make people look and feel better and tend to spread to others.
He cites studies: over 30% of people smile more than 20 times a day, under 14% smile fewer than 5 times, and babies smile even in the womb.
He mentions a study of 1952 baseball cards finding that players who smiled lived about seven years longer than those who did not, who averaged 73.
He urges viewers to smile with hope rather than resignation, saying technology to solve high energy prices and global warming is ready but blocked by certain interest groups.
30 December 2024 · 5:37 · in Thai · Solar & batteries
How Other Countries Handle Solar Compared with Thailand
เรื่องโซลาร์เซลล์ ประเทศอื่นเขาทำกันอย่างไร
Summary
He reviews 2023 global solar generation rankings, noting Thailand sits around 27th and, alongside war-torn Ukraine, showed no growth, while countries like Israel and Hungary grew strongly.
He says Thai solar is dominated by large solar farms, while in the UK about 75% of new installations go on house roofs, mostly systems of about 4-5 kW.
He highlights Vietnam's power plan targeting solar on 50% of homes and offices by 2030 and its new direct PPA law letting private parties trade power.
He criticises Thailand for buying expensive farm power while hindering households, and urges consumers to keep demanding change.
29 December 2024 · 5:37 · in Thai · Climate
A Hidden Climate Impact: Rice Is Losing Its Nutrients
ผลกระทบจากโลกร้อนที่(ผม)ไม่เคยรู้มาก่อน
Summary
He discusses a 2018 article by a University of Washington health professor explaining that higher CO2 speeds plant growth but dilutes nutrients drawn from the soil.
He describes a field trial in Japanese rice paddies exposed to about 568 ppm of CO2, compared with roughly 426 ppm in the air today.
He reports the trial found four B vitamins fell by 13-30%, protein by about 10%, and zinc by about 5%, with iron and calcium also lower.
He notes rice-eating Asians face the greatest risk, and the effect may ripple through food chains, from pandas' bamboo to insects.
29 December 2024 · 5:29 · in Thai · Solar & batteries
Solar, Wind and Batteries at 1 Baht per Unit by 2030?
He contrasts Thailand's plan to buy solar at 2.17 baht per unit from 2026 with India's solar-plus-battery price of 1.44 baht.
Citing RethinkX research, he says solar, wind and battery costs have fallen so far that most places could produce power at about 3 US cents, roughly 1 baht, by 2030.
He explains the 'Super Power' idea: building a little extra capacity yields large surpluses at near-zero marginal cost, and a California study found about 20% more investment yields about 92% more energy.
He argues this surplus could power EVs, desalination, recycling and industry, and says vested interests are the main obstacle.
27 December 2024 · 5:42 · in Thai · Electricity prices & policy
Thailand's New Renewable Purchase Could Cost Consumers 65 Billion Baht Extra
He criticises the Energy Regulatory Commission's renewable purchase scheme, which picks a limited list of firms without open bidding, starting with about 1,580 MW of solar plus wind.
He says the scheme uses 2022 reference prices about 30% above current costs, adding roughly 65,000 million baht to consumer bills over 25 years.
Citing IRENA's 2023 data, he notes solar costs about 1.53 baht per unit versus the 2.17 baht offered, and wind costs about 1.73 baht in Vietnam and 2.40 baht in Turkey versus Thailand's 3.10 baht.
He adds that India's solar-plus-battery auction cleared at 1.44 baht, and a Chinese producer told him prices there are about 1.40-1.50 baht.
27 December 2024 · 4:49 · in Thai · Solar & batteries
From Superman to 'Super Power': Cheap Clean Energy Is Near
จาก Superman สู่ Super Power ที่ใกล้ความจริง
Summary
He uses the Superman comic as a hook to present research on 'Super Power', a state of abundant, very cheap clean energy.
He says India's 1.44 baht solar-plus-battery auction convinced him, contrasting it with Thailand's plan to pay 2.17 baht per unit from 2026.
He explains California research suggesting about 20% more investment in solar, wind and batteries could yield around 200% more energy, at near-zero marginal cost.
He argues the surplus could power EVs, desalination, recycling and steelmaking, but fossil-fuel interests allied with politicians are slowing the shift.
