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Hot answers tagged fuel-consumption
letting the car idle isn't good for the car, especially with the AC on. What you're basically accomplishing is aiding in the car wearing without racking up any miles. With the cylinders firing, you are using several electrical components, putting some small amount of stress on the belts, etc.
If you've ever seen ads for cars claiming high mileage but ...
No, the tachometer can not be related to fuel efficiency as the tachometer is measuring the amount of rotations per minute (RPMs) of the engine.
In the same gear and at the same speed your tachometer will always be at the same RPMs.
However, you can be at 2000 RPMs and be barely touching the gas pedal (or completely off of it) because you are coasting down ...
Holding the clutch in is generally not a good idea. The clutch is designed to be used for very short periods between gears, and for holding in first when you are about to pull away. So if you are wanting to coast you should definitely do it in neutral. The difference between these two from a fuel consumption perspective should be marginal.
From a safety ...
This is an easy experiment to do:
Fill your tank with unleaded.
Drive a well-known standard route. For example, my commute is almost always the same from day to day.
Drive to gas station and re-fill the tank with unleaded. Note amount filled and cost.
Take the total miles driven from steps 1 - 3 and divide by the number of gallons filled in step 3. ...
The key things you can to to keep your fuel economy:
Keep it tuned up: for spark plugs and wires, go with the manufacturer recommended brands/default ranges. Additionally, you'll want to make sure you change the oil regularly, as sludgy oil will rob your motor of efficiency. Finally, a clean air and fuel filter will also go a long way to imrpoving fuel ...
Any tyre design is a balance between cost, grip, longevity, water displacement and rolling resistance. Change one, and chances are you'll adversely affect the others...
Personally, I would always put grip and water displacement (which affects wet grip) above all the others on a priority list. The difference between those "fuel efficient" tyres and normal ...
As I said over here, mileage calculations are pretty easy:
Fill your tank.
Drive a well-known standard route. For example, my commute is almost always the same from day to day.
Drive to gas station and re-fill the tank. Note amount filled and cost.
Take the total miles driven from steps 1 - 3 and divide by the number of gallons filled in step 3. That's ...
The root problem here is that you are conflating several different terms. See Wikipedia for a calculation of horsepower from torque (tau) and rpm (f in this equation):
If you assumed a flat torque curve, you can see that peak horsepower would continue to increase with RPM. In fact, if you wanted to increase your marketing horsepower for a new vehicle, ...
Some good points have been given already especially as far correct spark plugs and correct fuel go. Some other points, unfortunately, I can only describe as regurgitated 'car-care' sales drivel. I'm almost surprised that no one has mentioned that you should wax your car more often.
Here is a list of things that are not worth your money and time:
Changing ...
Aside from financial and environmental considerations, U.S. and Canadian governmental agencies say that idling produces various negative effects on engine components.
During idling engine does not work at its most efficient mode, and the fuel combustion is incomplete. That leads to glazing of combustion chamber and reducing effectiveness of spark plugs in ...
As a bald indication without other context, no, the tachometer is insufficient to tell you much about fuel efficiency.
Your trip odometer and fuel gauge are your only truly useful (and built-in) measures. Reset the trip after a fill-up and make a mental note of when you hit the 3/4, 1/2 and 1/4 marks on the fuel gauge. While the fuel gauge might not ...
With regular driving the Air/Fuel ratio is kept constant at 14.7:1. So if a larger engine needs more air (more swept volume) per cycle then yes it will require more fuel.
So the question boils down to which engine has more friction per cycle, and which car has more weight to carry around. The friction is measured in FMEP (friction mean effective pressure) ...
Assuming the bus has a diesel motor, the answer is yes. As an old German Mercedes mechanic told me, "with a gas engine, the primary contributor to wear is hours of operation but with a diesel it is the number of times it is started".
What that really means is not the number of times you engage the starter motor but the number of times the motor is heat ...
This is more complicated than a simple ratio. I present as evidence exhibit A: the comparison between the BMW M3 and the Toyota Prius on the Top Gear test track.
In short, the Prius was driven at its top (not very high) speed and the M3 remained right behind it for ten laps. The resulting fuel economy results were:
17.2 mpg Prius
19.4 mpg M3
That's ...
The short answer is that yes, you can change your differential to optimize fuel efficiency. CAVEAT: it is almost certainly not worth it.
Here's a very high level discussion of why there are better ways to achieve the same goal (better fuel efficiency):
Think about how the air-fuel mixture in the engine is managed: for each revolution of the engine, a unit ...
Your question has a few unconnected points in it:
as jmosrt253 said, a Humvee engine is a large diesel engine - which means its torque is low down in the revs range
Humvee engines, like many large diesels, are not highly tuned. They are built to be robust and survive in extreme conditions
up to a point, horsepower is irrelevant for speeds. It is relevant ...
Yes, gear ratios are the second largest influence on your fuel consumption. Number one being maladjusted timing. I always relay the story of my and my wife's cars: she has a 1.4 Opel Corsa and I have a 2.0 Turbo Coupe. While my car has more than twice the power of hers and weighs 350kg more, we get about the same consumption figures (she gets 12.5km/l and I ...
Anecdotally, I've seen a number of (and been in one) car(s) that has overheated while idling. Without airflow, you're depending on the fans and thermostat for more than if you were driving. If all's well with the car, you should be perfectly fine idling for some time. However, if the cooling system has an issue, or if the oil pump is getting weak, you may ...
I doubt it. The engine simply uses more fuel to maintain the current rotations per minute.
However, if you're at idle and you notice your revs dip and then come back up that's an indication that a load was just brought onto the motor (the motor would stall or lug if more fuel wasn't added).
I have a ScanGauge II and at proper operating temperature with AC ...
There are 4 major types of Evaporative Emissions from the fuel system of a car, these are:
Diurnal: Evaporation caused by the fuel tank being heated by the sun
Running Losses: Heat from the engine and exhaust system causes fuel vaporisation
Heat Soak: Once an engine is stopped heat from the engine and exhaust system causes fuel vaporisation
Refuelling: ...
It is possible that you have a brake or brakes that are dragging. After a 15 or 20 minute drive stop the car and check for a sticking caliper. Feel each wheel in the area of the lug nuts to see if one feels much warmer than the others. They should all feel warm but about the same temp when comparing both backs and both fronts.
its a combination of things:
the 1.6 engine is a common rail diesel turbo with a particulate filter, not sure if that makes a difference in itself.
tyres on eco models tend to be skinnier and of a harder compound meaning they cause less rolling resistance.
Eco models normally also have drag reducing features - such as filled in wheel trims and reduced ...
For the car, keep the tires set at the right pressure, check the alignment, check the brakes on a regular basis, empty any extra stuff out of the car. As a driver, there are many articles that can be googled on how to get better mileage through various driving techniques. Mostly they involve speed control and better planning ahead while driving. ...
I would get them changed straight away, not necessarily for the mpg, but in order to be safer on the road. In an emergency situation, where you need to brake really hard, there is a real chance that the car will pull uncontrollably to one side.
As sorting tires is cheap and quick, I would suggest doing it now.
And to specifically answer your question, the ...
I think this is going to be completely personal opinion. If it is less than 40F outside, I will go out 15-20 minutes before i need to leave in the mornings and let my truck idle, to warm up the block but also to warm up the cab so I'm not freezing while driving. When the summer rolls around and its over 110F and I will not be out of the truck for more than ...
You have a much higher probability of not having enough oil pressure at idle. If the engine has any issues - such as wear causing tolerances to be larger than initially engineered, or too thin of oil - the lack of oil pressure will be more exaggerated. Idling for long periods could be disastrously more damaging to your engine then the same amount of time ...
I think you need to define your terms. Efficiency could mean at least four things in this context:
Least fuel consumed per hour.
Most mileage covered per unit of fuel.
Most kinetic energy created per unit of fuel consumed.
Most acceleration created per second.
These four choices often destructively interfere with each other. Hitting some of the high ...
I can't speak to the Torque app, but in my experience the US Gov ratings are typically quite a bit lower than what you can expect to get in actual normal driving (Gov ratings seem to be based around someone that does 15mph+ over the speed limit all the time, launches from every stop light, does full-throttle passing, and doesn't see red lights until they ...
The engine type can definitely affect the price of a service job. Something like a timing belt service can be simple on one engine type and horrendous on another, due to things like accessibility of the components. A water pump could be directly accessible on one engine type, but require removal of the whole front bumper for access on another.
I think that the computer's fuel consumption statistics don't actually come from the tank float. The consumption estimate comes from the injector duty cycle and fuel pressure.
The computer probably has a map or graph between duty cycle and fuel pressure which tells how much fuel the injector will spray at any given cycle and pressure. Using this it ...
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Our original prototype training room uses a stock 60MHz Pentium processor in its host machine, although newer training rooms are coming on-line with Pentium 90MHz processors or better. There is a huge difference in processing speed between the older Pentium 60 models and the newer Pentium 90 units, although I have had great success with both systems. If you are still hesitant about obtaining a Pentium machine, a 486DX/100 unit will provide comparable performance.
For most training classes including X Windows and Motif, 16MB is adequate. Of course, greater performance can be obtained by simply upgrading to 32MB of RAM on the host. I recommend getting the full 32MB of RAM initially, rather than purchasing it later. While our MIS department has been quite accommodating to our hardware requests, your organization may not be as generous. If you have corporate red tape to cut through, request the 32MB up front.
We currently use the Adaptec 1542CF SCSI controllers. These are ISA-based cards which have been stable under Linux for quite some time. I have experimented with the Adaptec 2940 PCI-based controller, but it was a bit too squirrelly for my tastes. Even though the 1542 units are 16-bit ISA cards, my aim was stability first and foremost. A few other cards which I can personally attest to are the Future Domain 1680 series and the older Always IN-2000 cards.
Our first training room used an older 500MB IDE drive. While it served admirably and reliably, it also reached maximum capacity in a hurry. For a full install of Linux, complete with XFree86, I allow a liberal 200MB or so. However, some other storage requirements must be taken into consideration during the planning phase. For instance:
Motif—With the newer X11R6 distributions of SWiM, roughly 30MB of storage is needed for a full install from CD.
Student lab work—Plenty of storage must be set aside for student lab work. Some courses, such as the Shell Programming course, don't require much storage for student lab work. Other courses, like our X/Motif Development course, require quite a bit. For 8 students, I recommend having around 20MB or so available per student for their course work.
Linux kernels—If you plan on experimenting with newer revisions of the Linux kernel, plan on having a lot of extra room. I recommend having 20MB or so per revision.
Temporary storage—Plan on setting aside a liberal amount of storage for temporary files (i.e., the /tmp directory). In fact, I recommend that you make this directory a separate file system altogether. I like to have 100-200MB available for a typical temporary storage area.
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Of course, any good Linux system needs a CD-ROM unit attached. With most software packages shipping on CD-ROM these days (including Linux), it pays to have one of these drives in place. Should disaster strike, it's much easier to reload the base operating system from CD-ROM, rather than a tape backup unit. I have had great success with several models from NEC, Sony and Sanyo. Try to stay away from proprietary SCSI interfaces, such as come with some Compaq CD-ROM drives. That old single-spin, wonder unit in the attic may make a perfect candidate for this job, since it won't be used all the time.
These wonderful devices make perfect solutions for backups. These drives are so fast and quiet that I have actually performed system backups while a class was in session. Any major brand should work nicely, although I can personally attest to the 2GB and 4GB models from Colorado. Even if you have to perform backups on an older 120/250MB Colorado Jumbo, the issue of system and working backups should be addressed swiftly and immediately.
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fleafounder Fleaflicker Admin Aug 19 '09
You can now set the following.
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[Deleted User] Nov 21 '09
i like the alien flea better........it looks better, now a helmet on it would be nice too..........Darkseid is real good at that posting and pasting stuff, hire him..............bye
FantasyGuru1965 Oct 18 '09
I have a profile pic question... Is there any way to set it up to where you can have a different profile picture for each sport? Maybe add multiple profile pic boxes on the public profile page, one for each sport? I have a profile pic that is feared towards football and would like to use one I have that is geared towards basketball and baseball etc... Thanks
InSpades Oct 07 '09
Speaking of logos, I like the new Fleaflicker logo... kinda alien-looking but a good way to differentiate the old Fleaflicker from the new.
BoumtjeBoumtje Sep 25 '09
Any chance you could support small moving gifs? I have a great little avatar which is a moving picture. WHen I load it here, it just displays the first frame.
rlbryce36 Sep 06 '09
pictures gone
fleafounder Fleaflicker Admin Sep 06 '09
I've contacted the engineers responsible for maintaining those servers.
Because logos are cosmetic and don't affect gameplay I won't be escalating the issue and disturbing people on a holiday weekend.
As a result, this may not be fixed until tomorrow or Tuesday.
thekingofsecond Sep 07 '09
Thanks. Any chance of having them increase the size of the logos while they're at it? At least on the matchup page would be great.
Chiefdustin Sep 07 '09
Agreed, the box score screen should have logos the same size as the team page. Would be a very easy fix.
Chiefdustin Sep 08 '09
No, you're wrong Vince. It would be very easy to up the size of the logo on the "box score" section to match it in size of the team section logo.
fleafounder Fleaflicker Admin Sep 08 '09
This one was easy to do but VinceB128 is definitely right--a lot of requests appear easy but are very difficult.
Most software development is significantly more difficult than it first appears.
Junior_Lopez Sep 09 '09
Thanks for the upgrade and listening to our requests. Logos look great on the box score page!
ChadDidion Sep 01 '09
Just wanted to say I do love a lot of this site and what it has to offer, all for FREE!
I do like the added logo feature, but you can't see the team logo's at all.
Is there anyway they can be increased and is there any chance this happens this season?


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There are bands that make great music and others that make great videos. But there is a rare breed of act that makes both. Since their very earliest days, the Beastie Boys were in that latter category.
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With the passing of Adam Yauch (a.k.a. MCA) on Friday (May 4) at age 47 following a three-year battle with cancer, MTV News takes a look back at some of the trio's most beloved clips, as well as the ones directed by Yauch under his Swedish pseudonym, Nathaniel Hornblower.
"(You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (To Party)"
This is the one that launched MCA, Ad-Rock and Mike D to global stardom. The party anthem was accompanied by a very literal video in which, well, the fellas throw a crazy party and trash the joint.
"No Sleep Till Brooklyn"
Young, wild and free, the Boys lampoon heavy-metal knuckleheads after a cheesy club promoter turns them away when they show up with their "instruments" (i.e. scratch-ready records). Wearing metal wigs and Poison-worthy spandex, they soon strip down to their streetwise uniforms and start raising some hell and engaging in the kinds of shenanigans they became infamous for when they hit the road with Madonna on their first major tour. It's silly and amateurish, but then again, so were they at that time.
"Hey Ladies"
In one of the first of many clips in which the trio would slip into a number of alternate personas, this video from Paul's Boutique had it all: sushi chefs, eight-track tapes, disco dancing, human clocks, cowbells, pimp suits, a mariachi band, fake mustaches and goatees, scuba diving, Afro wigs, "Saturday Night Fever" homages, a "Free James Brown" subliminal message, a 1970s Vincent Van Gogh and the original appearance of booty pads.
"So What Cha Want"
They weren't all high-concept. Yauch was behind the lens for this 1992 mind-tripper, which simply tracked the three MCs as they flexed and rapped their way through a forest tricked out with negative-image special effects intercut with ominous nature footage.
The ne plus ultra of Beastie videos, this '70s cop-show spoof directed by pal Spike Jonze is one of the funniest and most creative clips in music-video history. Action-packed and simultaneously utterly ridiculous, the mini-movie finds the Boys cruising the streets of San Francisco in a late model sedan while chasing the bad buys in an increasingly ridiculous series of wigs, mustaches and costumes. Yauch appears as the dapper Sir Stewart Wallace, as well as Nathan Wind playing Cochese.
Filmed by Hornblower, this classic spoof of Japanese monster movies from 1998's Hello Nasty is again awash in absurd costumes as Yauch makes popping, locking killer robots look expensively cheap. Between shots of the haz-mat-suit-wearing MCs posing and rapping in Tokyo subway stations and streets into a fish-eye lens, we see their scientific alter egos trying to save their giant robot from getting short-circuited by a sea creature.
"Body Movin' "
Yauch/Hornblower went highbrow with the video for this Hello Nasty single, which was inspired by the beloved cult 1968 Italian cat-burglar caper "Danger Diabolik." Once again, Yauch dressed himself and his partners-in-crime in absurd outfits and had them act out everything from laughable sword fights (complete with a bloody Yauch beheading) to catapult escapes, helicopter vs. car chase scenes and midair parachute wrestling matches.
"Ch-Check It Out"
Not as well known, this kinetic Hornblower clip from 2004 is another mix of aggressive into-the-camera rapping, with bits of everything from "Star Trek" homages and swamp airboat chases to the Boys in old-lady drag throwing fish across the avenue at their male counterparts.


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What To Bring (And What Not To Bring)
For Living In The Residence Halls
What To Bring
All residence hall rooms are furnished with a bed, desk, dresser, lamp, and chair, and wastepaper and recycling baskets. We suggest coordinating with your new roommate(s) for certain items, including televisions, carpets, and printers.
- Clothes for all climate types, including rain gear
- Bathrobe or something to wear to the community bathroom
(Note: Cuarto and Primero Grove residents' bathrooms are in their suites) - Warm coat or parka
- Waterproof shoes or boots
- Coat hangers
- Toiletries, mirror
- Bedding: sheets, pillows and pillowcases, mattress pad, comforter and/or bedspread, blankets
- Washcloths and towels
(Note: Shower curtains are provided in Primero Grove bathrooms) - Telephone (most students use their cell phones)
- Alarm clock (preferably with a battery back-up in case of power outages)
- TV, radio, video and music players, video games, movies and music, other electronic entertainment; Energy Star rated is preferred
- A few eating utensils (coffee mugs, silverware, plates, glasses)
(Note: Primero Grove residents may want to bring additional items, including pots and pans, small appliances, towels, and containers) - Items to decorate your room, such as pictures, posters and plants
(Note: Students may NOT nail or screw items into walls; poster putty, thumb tacks and push pins are okay) - Computer - See the UC Davis computer ownership website for recommendations; Energy Star rated is preferred
- Computer cable lock to secure computer to your desk
- Computer needs, such as a surge protector, flash drive, mousepad, and small screwdriver
- 25-foot Ethernet Cat-5 cable with RJ45 connector (to connect to the data-port)
(Note: some Primero Grove residents may prefer a 50-foot cable for even greater flexibility) - Printer and extra ink cartridges
(Note: our computer center offers free printing up to 250 pages per quarter) - Coaxial Cable (long) for television
- Calculator
- First aid kit
- Flashlight
- Bicycle, bike lock, light for nighttime riding and basic tools
- Sports equipment: rollerblades, basketball, tennis racquet, snowboard, etc.
- Laundry supplies, iron, laundry bag or basket
- Checkbook and/or bank card
- Health insurance card and other forms of identification (e.g., driver's license)
- Names, addresses and phone numbers of your bank and credit card companies
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- A car (Note: residence hall students may not purchase a parking permit)
- Large stereo equipment
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All throughout the party, the teenagers tweeted about what they were doing and posted pictures of themselves online.
Yet Holloway's response was classy and kind. He created a website in an attempt to reach out to the teens and show them there are better ways to spend their time than drinking and vandalizing. He invited them to a picnic and gave them the opportunity to return to his home to help clean up the mess they'd left behind.
Of the 300 who trashed his home, only one returned. The others? Their parents reacted by hiring lawyers to go after Holloway for reposting their children's pictures -- the same ones they initially posted on social media themselves -- on his website.
Seems to me there are 299 teenagers and even more parents who need to be lined up for public humiliation. That something like this could happen and the parents not react with horror to what their children did is not only outrageous, it's frightening. What kind of monsters are we raising?
Seems like we don't need less shaming, we need more. And not just for children, but for grown-ups as well.
Someone should alert those who started the dogshaming site and let them know it's time to expand.
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Ethics - CORRUPTIONYOU CAN SAY NO TO IT!
by Swati Chopra
Do you think you never have enough, no matter how hard you work? You may have unconsciously fostered a 'poverty mentality' in your life that will forever keep you imprisoned within
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Let me begin with a confession. It is precisely to avoid writing about issues like corruption that I did not join mainstream journalism. And the going has been good. A bit of tai chi, a dash of yoga with walking meditation thrown in, and I was well on my way to nirvana. Or so I thought.
universe, with characteristic irreverence, moved on its well-oiled joints to burst
my self-righteous, 'Oh-I-am-so-spiritual-and-therefore-so-perfect' bubble. Seeing
a babu in a government office counting soiled fifty rupee notes in full view of
all and sundry did for me what all the grainy Tehelka tapes could not. It brought
home the sordid reality that is corruption. Corruption that is all
around us, omnipresent, almost like a distorted, antithetical version of God for
the New Millennium.
Says Aresh Shirali, the thirty-something executive
editor of A&M magazine: "Like most people of my age group, I am nauseated by the
epidemic proportions corruption has acquired in India. It is literally
under every stone you turn." It is also in every alley you turn into, every nook
and cranny you might care to peep into. It happens as much in broad daylight as
it does behind closed doors. It is as much a part of my life as it is of yours.
It may be as much because of you as it is because of me.
personality Priya Tendulkarwho became a household name in the 1980s with
her portrayal of a middle class woman up in arms against corruption in
the popular teleserial Rajnisays: "If there is corruption
in society, each one of us is responsible. It is wrong to blame the system. Why
do we separate ourselves from the system? Don't we vote the corrupt to power?
Don't we endlessly suffer from all deprivations and refuse to raise our voice?
And then when it becomes too much, we crib."
G.R. Khairnarwho as the deputy municipal commissioner of the Brihanmumbai
Municipal Corporation earned for himself the epithet 'demolition man' due to his
penchant for razing unauthorized constructionsbegs to differ: "I don't think
the common man is responsible. I don't blame the man who shells out money so that
he doesn't have to spend half his day in a queue at the municipal office. Is it
not more pertinent to ask how these serpentine queues are created? Are we short
of staff in an overpopulated country with a large section educated but unemployed?
This theory that people feed the monster of corruption is eyewash."
The fact remains that the individual can certainly not shirk responsibility.
For the individual is the smallest unit in this complex web of interrelationships
we call 'society'. If we are all interconnected, how can a minority (or a majority,
as the case might be) only be responsible for a phenomenon as widespread as corruption?
While culpability might be a debatable issue, what causes corruption
to spread its tentacles in society is not. S.K. Sharma, managing trustee of People
First, the advocacy wing of the NGO Development Alternatives, categorically states:
"Corruption is the symptom of a disease that has as its progenitors over-centralization
of power, non-transparency in all government functions and lack of accountability."
Lack of transparency gets majority votes for being the single
largest factor that provides an ideal breeding ground for corruption. Crores
from development projects are siphoned off annually to Swiss bank accounts before
anybody notices anything amiss.
Says Aresh Shirali: "Corruption
thrives on opacity. To give an example, people marketing computer networking software
found that 'corporate transparency' is not the sales pitch that works with the
top bosses. But the same people are more than willing to invest in networking
if told that it would help them manipulate information. This sort of a mindset
is ingrained in us in the form of a belief in an 'information pyramid' that causes
information to move according to hierarchy. In my view, the information revolution
is all about flattening this pyramid and providing access to information for as
many people as possible."
the information pyramid is something H.D. Shourie, founder of Delhi-based Common
Cause, has been trying to do. Shourie is a man with a mission that refuses to
let him retire in peace even at the ripe old age of 90. Among other things, he
has been campaigning incessantly to bring a semblance of transparency in the dealings
of political parties. "I think political funding is at the root of all corruption.
I have been campaigning for transparency in this. According to Section 13 (A)
of the Income Tax Act, every political party is expected to maintain accounts
of their income and expenditure and get them audited regularly. Some time back,
I wrote to all the parties questioning them about this. So far, I have received
only four replies-two from hill parties, an acknowledgment from the Congress and
an affirmative reply from the Samata Party, which has since become meaningless
in the light of the Tehelka expose."
has given the call to all Indians to join hands with him in demanding clean politics:
"The voice of the common man must rise. Hit out at political corruption
because the largest quantum of money is transacted there. You can write letters
to the Prime Minister and also to your MPs and MLAs. Strike at them directly and
let them know how you feel. Fight to effect changes in the funding system, for
example. I feel that a person should be able to make an income tax exempted donation
to a political party, just as you can donate money to the Prime Minister's relief
fund. That will discourage bribery in the name of 'party fund'."
Corrupt politicians often found themselves at the receiving end in the late Behram
Contractor's popular 'Busybee' column. In one of his columns, he wrote with characteristic
wit: "Good harvest, bad harvest, they are the cause. If an ambitious project
for public welfare fails, what did you expect with such politicians in charge.
If money for a project disappears, it is because they have lined their pockets
with the money. If the flyovers are not coming up at an appropriate pace, blame
the politicians. If they are coming up too fast and there are too many, suspect
the politicians. Sometimes it seems they cannot do anything right."
While our politics may be the dirtiest, the very structure of our polity is top
heavy, thereby concentrating too much power in too few hands. This increases the
chances of power being misused and manipulated for vested interests, totally bypassing
the greater common good. One practical alternative, according to S.K. Sharma,
is to: "Decentralize. In urban areas, implement the much talked about Bhagidari
system. Enact a law to make the neighborhood committee the first municipality.
Give them the power to collect dues and empower them to be the first authority
to sanction any building alterations. Empowering the people and putting them in
charge of their own neighborhood will reduce corruption as well as make
administration effective because that is where the administrators themselves live."
Giving an example, Sharma says: "In Kolkata's Salt Lake City, if any
building work begins, all the women of the area collect and do not let the work
proceed until they are shown all the building permits. As a result, no unauthorized
building work can take place there. That is the power of collective action. If
the electricity and water system is also given over to the neighborhood committees,
it will significantly reduce kickbacks and thefts and also make everything so
much more efficient. But the politicians and bureaucrats will not allow this.
Can you guess why? Because it is bread and butter for them. They would become
useless if the Bhagidari system were to work!"
the system of effective governance through least interference is advocated in
the Tao Te Ching, the Bible of Taoism, which says: 'Ruling a large kingdom
is indeed like cooking small fish' (the less one handles them the better).
The following paragraph, quoted in The Way and its Power by Arthur
Waley, elucidates this further:
The adherence of all under heaven can only be won by letting alone.
How do
I know that it is so?
By this.
The more prohibitions there are, the more
ritual avoidance,
The poorer the people will be.
The more sharp weapons
there are,
The more benighted will the whole land grow.
The more cunning
craftsmen there are,
The more pernicious contrivances will be invented.
The more laws are promulgated,
The more thieves and bandits there
Therefore, a sage has said:
So long as I 'do nothing' the people will
of themselves be transformed
So long as I love quietude, the people will of
themselves go straight.
So long as I act only by inactivity the people will
of themselves become prosperous.
So long as I have no wants the people will
of themselves return to the 'state of the Uncarved Block."
The less governance model of the third century BC Taoists seems to be what 21st
century India needs to move towards. According to Ashok Khosla, the other managing
trustee of People First, the exploitative nature of contemporary Indian polity
is alien to us. India has a healthy 4,000-year-old tradition of egalitarian democracy
where governance did not mean some top boss lording it over you from Delhi but
a series of 'concentric governments' that had the village at its center. Rejecting
it and adopting a socialist-capitalist mishmash only gave us a slothful government
where getting anything done for the common man without 'speed money' has become
next to impossible.
Says Khosla: "Overawed by 'modernity', we rejected
our egalitarian ethos when our salvation lay in reconnecting with our heritage."
The great spiritual master, Sri Aurobindo has interpreted egalitarianism to mean dharma. Says
he: "Both rights and duties are European ideas. Dharma is
the Indian concept in which rights and duties regain their deep and eternal
unity. Dharma is the basis of democracy."
Perhaps it is the loss of this sense of dharma that has rendered values
in public life redundant. Nothing is sacred anymore. We have polluted our land,
air and sea, and we did not stop at that. The external pollution seems to be spreading
inwards. We have lost respect for life, and somewhere, for ourselves too. In the
noisy global marketplace, our conscience is up for grabs, stacked in neat rows
somewhere between the aisles stocking genetically modified food and cloned Hollywood
Tendulkar believes corruption has only increased with economic privatization that
has engendered a materialistic lifestyle: "You have so many satellite channels
bombarding millions of Indian households with pictures of goodies they cannot
buy. Today, the reality is that there is mass unemployment and voluntary retirement
schemes. The Americans are sending our professionals back. It is a situation eminently
conducive to corruption. Moreover, the speed with which we are distancing
ourselves from our culture and values makes us more vulnerable to these temptations."
One finds
individual attitudes becoming increasingly opportunistic. D.R. Karthikeyan, former
director of the CBI and director-general of the National Human Rights Commission,
who is now actively engaged in spreading awareness of spiritual values, says:
"Because of the erosion of religious and moral values, somehow corruption
has become acceptable. Let's face it, there are no role models any more in public
life. The fear of God is gone, and so is the fear of law. Few are caught and fewer
convicted-of every 100 corruption related crimes, only about six are finally
convicted. All this has made corruption a 'high-profit low-risk business'".
in these bleak times, there are some who have refused to take the easy way out.
Priya Tendulkar did it by resisting pressure to pay 'speed money'. Recounting
her experience, she says: "Some years ago, I was producing a serial for Doordarshan,
the Indian national television chanell. Regulations required separate approval
for each episode. This was post-Rajni, so people knew me. I would go to
the director at Mandi House (Doordarshan headquarters in Delhi, India) and collect
my approvals. Some officials who actually signed the documents tried to delay
my work. They were unhappy that they could not extract anything from me for their
labor. So they tried every trick to make me shell out. I remained firm on my resolve
not to bribe. Then they sent a middleman to me who volunteered to solve my problems.
I complained to the director who instructed that the man not be entertained any
more. This middleman then took to making threatening calls from public phones
in my locality, hurling the choicest of abuses.
"So you see, it is possible. We can contribute our bit by not being cowed down by the mean ways of small men." He
sums up his life in one sentence: "Today one does not have to be a revolutionary
to create a storm. Being honest is enough."
What makes these people virtually incorruptible? What gives them the conviction
that we lack to swim against the tide? On being asked about what motivated him
to set up Common Cause, H.D. Shourie says: "It had to be done and I did it.
It is as simple as that."There
are others like Aresh Shirali for whom a corrupt choice is never the option: "I
don't even consider the possibility. If ever confronted with a proposition of
unethical gainsand being an editor one does come across thesesomething
akin to a 'moral reflex' comes into play. I also know that sticking with my morals
has some constraints, for example, that I may never be very rich. But that is
fine by me. I believe in the MAD logic, which stands for a Mutually Assured Destiny
that we are all a part of. Everyone is connected with everyone else. Being corrupt
and self-serving can only be termed as a shortsighted and irrational act."
Hear 'corruption' and we either become extremely moral, lambasting
all those who indulge in it, or we are resigned to it being a part of life. Just
this once, let's make an effort to actually care, and more than that, to explore
the avenues of action available to us.
Transparency International is
a global organization that seeks to empower civil society to participate in efforts
to fight corruption. Here are some ways advocated (and implemented) by
this nonprofit organization with which we can make a difference:
Many of us may feel inhibited discussing corruption issues.
To overcome this, we can generate a debate within our community, whether at home
or at work, regarding the corrupt practices we come in contact with. Ask yourself
and your friends why things seem to be going wrong, and how they might be corrected.
Have brainstorming sessions to come up with ideas as to how systems can be made
more transparent and accountable. Write letters to newspapers, but try to suggest
improvements, not just complain about the way things are at present. It is small
steps like these that snowball into movements that change society.
can also join organizations like Common Cause and the Indian chapter of
Transparency International, which are committed to combating corruption.
are campaigning for access to official information. Once legalized, get information
of, for example, small-scale development projects at the village level, take it
into the villages, and inform the people there. They are the ones who know who
has really been paid, and how much. At village meetings, officials may be asked
to explain why the money has not gone where it should have, and can be shamed
into changing their behavior in future.
The most effective thing that individuals can do is to
complain when they see corrupt acts occurring. This can be difficult when your
superiors are the ones who are misbehaving! Make sure there is no innocent explanation
of the activities you see happening because what less senior people see is not
necessarily the whole story. You don't want to confront an honest boss with a
complaint that they are corrupt! Yet unless people have the confidence to raise
their concerns with people they trust and are in a position to do something about
it, nothing is ever going to get better.
Initiate discussion, within
your own organization and with your friends about how existing complaint mechanisms
are working (or not), and see whether there is room for any of you to take an initiative to improve them.
you are working in a department with a reputation for corruption, form
an 'integrity circle' with like-minded colleagues. Each member makes a pact with
all the others that he/she will not be involved in corrupt activities and will
support each other if anyone has any problems over this refusal. Declare your
office a 'Corruption-free zone'. You may also put up signs saying 'Please
do not offer bribes as we do not accept them' or 'Bribes are unnecessary-we are
paid by the state to serve you'. Encourage friends in other departments to do
the same. Inject a seed of integrity into the administrative body and see how
effective it is. Get your managers' support for your endeavor in writing.
When you see opportunities to remove unnecessary blockages
in systems that serve no useful purpose but which create opportunities for bribes
to be extorted from the public, write to ministers, MPs, MLAs, newspapers, drawing
attention to the reforms needed.
The National Chapters of Transparency International
are building coalitions to strengthen integrity systems in their countries. The
framework for strengthening integrity systems is set out in TI's National Integrity
Source Book. This describes practical reforms that can be taken in each sector
of society.
This project also includes creating an international framework
against corruption that will ensure that the agendas of international organizations
give high priority to curbing corruption. Intergovernmental agreements are being
developed to fight corruption in an internationally coordinated manner.
Both the TI Secretariat and TI National Chapters around the world actively monitor
the implementation of such agreements by the signatory countries. This includes
monitoring international conventions concluded within the framework of the Council
of Europe, the European Union and the Organization of American States.
Most anti-corruption drives or remedial measures taken are geared towards taking
stringent steps to punish those who are corrupt or to instill fear in them. As
Indian Election Commissioner T.S. Krishnamoorthy says: "I think the fear
of detection is the most effective weapon we have against corruption. Singapore
has ruthlessly enforced anti-corruption laws and that is what we too need
to do. Doing this requires giving precedence to strength of character over everything
However, unless the decision comes from within the depths
of one's being, true transformation is impossible. This is borne out by Kohlberg's
theory of moral development, according to which moral conduct is based on
the choice that we make when faced with a dilemma. This theory classifies conduct
based on avoidance of punishment and deference to power at the lowest rung of
moral development, called the 'pre-conventional level'. The highest rung is called
the 'universal and ethical principle orientation' where 'right is defined by the
decision of conscience in accord with self-chosen ethical principles appealing
to logical comprehensiveness, universality and consistency'. These principles
are abstract and ethical and are not concrete moral rules like the Ten Commandments.
Essentially, these are universal principles of justice, of the equality of human
rights, and of respect for the dignity of human beings as individual persons."
This level of making choices may be achieved only after one does some serious
and honest soul-searching. Let's do just that.
First of all, you and I need to get off our moral high horses and shake off
the complacence that comes with 'dispassionate discussion' or, in other words,
pointing fingers at others. Let's face it, that's what we have been doing for
the past 3,500 odd words since this article began. We have examined society and
people, but what about our own selves? For every finger that we have pointed at
politicians or bureaucrats or the government (or the babu in a certain daftar
[office] counting soiled fifty rupee notes), four fingers have pointed right back
at us. It is time to turn the light, and the microscope, inwards.
We might begin
by asking ourselves: Am I incorruptible? If an opportunity comes
my way, would I desist? It is easy to be a person of steadfast integrity
until a temptation presents itself. What if... will I... may be... only
if nobody got to know... only if I needed the money for something urgent...
only if it were a life-and-death matter... Carry on.
Some of the answers might surprise you for you may not really be who you
think you are. I, for one, discovered that although I might be impervious to the
lure of lucre, I would not be averse to bribing my way through for a driving license.
And this, when I believe both the giver and taker of the bribe to be equally guilty
of corruption. Another young person who claimed a absolutely impeccable
moral standards admitted to giving up a 'tip' to a clerk at a land records office.
Getting rid of the kind of hypocrisy that keeps us from judging ourselves of what
we believe to be incorrect in others may perhaps change the mindsets that let corruption fester.
Reader's Comments
Subject: Corruption - 30 June 2012
It is a very good article and I'm taking its essence for my childs essay.
by: Subida subash
Subject: corruption - 11 January 2012
Iam a corruptor but Anna hazare zindabaad!!!!!!!!!
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Subject: english - 4 January 2012
i believe corruption because if there corruption in our society, each of us is responsible.
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Most of the communities in the entire Indian sub-continent(such as Bengali) succumbed in Culture of Poverty'(Oscar Lewis), irrespective of class or economic strata, lives in pavement or apartment. Nobody is genuinely regret ed or ashamed of the deep-rooted corruption, decaying general More...
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A Woman's View - Goethe Institut Hanoi
Dinh Thi Tham Poong Maritta Nurmi Nguyen Huu Tram Kha Nguyen Thi Chau Giang Nguyen Thi Chinh Le Phi Phi Oanh Vu Kim Thu |
Goethe Institut 56-58 Nguyen Thai Hoc Str. Hanoi, Vietnam |