Wednesday 25 June 2008

Mair Blue Energy

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In an attempt to rectify the discreditation heaped upon him, maverick inventor Djoko Suprapto's invited people to his house to once again demonstrate the power of “Blue Energy”.

While the Jakarta Post quoted that “It was an auspicious moment for the 48-year-old Djoko, a man of dubious educational background, to prove in public his controversial "blue energy" invention was no hoax” the reality is probably more like Bullshit second time around..

This time he changed his tune saying “it wasn't blue energy but rather an alternative energy mix which was 70 percent water and 30 percent diesel.”

The crowd which had gathered did not include any “experts, rather a mix of journalists and laymen who have obviously displayed talent in the “arse from elbow” school of thought.

I am surprised that anyone was there at all as Djoko had moved the showing from 2 p.m. to 9 a.m. It seems that Pak Djoko was trying to avoid enquiries he did not want to answer.

Here goes the Jakarta Post report…Classic Stuff

“As Djoko started the long-awaited demo, all eyes were set on a red rectangular box -- the infamous "Jodhipati" -- which Joko said could power an electric drill and light up bulbs using his fuel. With six 1.5 volt batteries attached, the drill and lights did indeed start up and then remained working after the batteries were removed a few minutes later. The generator is able to produce 10,000 watts of electricity, according to Djoko.

"After the generator starts, it doesn't need an external source of energy. It will work independently," he told his audience.

Knowing his public expose was a "success" he became agitated. He turned to a certain Pak Fuckwit, an academic representing Yogyakarta's Muhammadiyah University, which used to finance his research, and shouted at him, "Fuckwit, please explain all this to the audience and don't dare to intimidate me and never call me a liar again."

"Touch the inside of this box and see if you can get electrocuted."


(While reading this I rolled around on the floor expecting the report to continue with “a volunteer from the audience quickly proved that this was true”)

Initially, the invention had been hailed as a mighty example of Indonesian Innovation and the Muhammadiyah University had spent Rp 1.5 billion (about US$ 166 thousand) on further research only to discover that it was an elaborate hoax. The university has filed a claim for repayment off the investment money.

The university's rector also resigned last week over the scandal. One wonders how they could have approved the investment in the first place and also, given that their gullibility has been exposed, what level of education do they provide.

Getting back to one off the guests, Pak Fuckwit seems to have been the one who asked Djoko to conduct the demonstration for the public and journalists.

Acknowledging he was impressed, Fuckwit said he would ask Djoko to let all the equipment be tested by scientists from such institutions as the Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI), the National Atomic Energy Agency (Batan) and the Agency for Research and Application of Technology (BPPT).

It really does not get any better than this….

6 comments:

  1. in his initial presentations, Djoko referred to his 'discovery' as the 'eye-of-the-heart energy' - energi mata hati.

    boy, wouldn't that solve all our ills..

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  2. You've been gazzed, you'd b3ta check your messages

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  3. fantastic stuff you got here. so sorry i have been missing it.

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  4. I look forward to the day when Indonesian everywhere are far removed from poverty by the almight "Djoko power" Rups. Same as the middle east and its petrodollars.

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  5. And getting electrocuted would mean that it was blue energy?

    I think he called it blue energy just to satisfy the ego of Muhammadiyah whose colour of choice is blue :D

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  6. I prefer pink energy derived from internet scud sites.

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