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https://mothership.sg/2020/12/large-tree-fell-on-car-toa-payoh/ At least one car badly damaged/crushed by the tree. Can claim from Nparks? Act of God. LPPL.

Dead Christmas Trees To Be Used In The Making Of Engine Oil? “Motor” oil is the lifeblood of any car – unless you drive one of those battery-powered slugs. The lubricating fluid has typically been made from crude oil found underground, or a man-made mixture that creates a synthetic oil. Now, your dead or dying Christmas tree might be the way of the future to create your next oil change. A company called Nexcel has developed a motor oil made entirely from waste, which includes chewing gum and Christmas trees. A myriad of waste items have been recycled in the lab to yield properties required for crucial chemical additives. If Castrol wants our old Christmas trees, will the company be paying a “core charge”? If so, we will need to pay an environmental deposit when we purchase a tree? Castrol innovation business, Nexcel, has produced automotive-grade engine oil using nothing but waste products. Chewing gum, used fryer oil, batteries, bathroom sealant, and even a Christmas tree have been recycled and have yielded vital properties for the ambitious program, which demonstrates the significant potential of re-refined oil. “The project showcases the sustainability potential of waste” says John Ward-Zinski, Nexcel’s sustainability director. “This was a hugely demanding project, completed over the last year. It’s one which we hope will open the public’s eyes as to the importance of recycling and sustainability. Few people would think that discarded Christmas trees and old chewing gum could have a commercial or environmental value, but our engine oil shows this is the case.” According to the press release we received, Nexcel’s ambitious project has been inspired by the company’s innovative sealed-oil cell, which provides vehicle manufacturers with efficiency benefits and promotes used oil collection and re-refinement. “Our system has already been utilized by our technical partner, Aston Martin, for use in the visceral Vantage AMR Pro at last year’s Goodwood Festival of Speed. At that event, the car became the first to tackle the legendary hill climb using re-refined oils,” continues Ward-Zinski. “In 2016, Nexcel and Aston Martin also achieved a podium finish in the competitive VLN Championship at the most arduous racetrack in the world: the Nürburgring. Sustainability, and therefore re-refinement, are of growing global significance; hopefully this project helps demonstrate the extent of what is possible.” Hopefully, the price of an oil change will decrease after Christmas because of a dead tree surplus. The most significant challenges of the project included the yielding of phenols and catechols from the waste to be used as antioxidants, forming the basis of the chemical additives required. Nexcel’s experts worked with a zero-waste goal, and after significant research, analysis of component properties and trial and error, the blend consisted of 180 chewing gum pieces, 500ml of used fryer oil, one gallon of RTV silicone sealant, 14 household batteries, 1-liter of used engine oil, and an old Christmas tree. Extraction of components from these waste items enabled Nexcel scientists to produce 1-liter of automotive engine oil. Finally, a good use for this stuff. “Re-refinement of used oil can create a high-quality product when blended with new additives, but bulk feedstocks made up of many different types of used oils can complicate the process and reduce the yield. Nexcel’s oil-management system avoids this by segregating used engine oil, keeping it in the cell during collection,” says Ward-Zinski. “For this particular project, we wanted to make the oil from waste materials, and the challenge lay in the creation of the chemical additives. However, with creative utilization of modern technology there is huge potential in recycling. It could even help prevent the traditional Christmas tree tip-run needle-drop, from which no car interior has ever recovered.” - https://www.turnology.com/news/motor-oil-trees/

Another topic got me to write this. Both my parents already dead and the missuses father as well so only the wife's mother still around. Although she's lost a lot of near term memory,slight dementia, her long term memory is amazing. So for a year or so we've been asking her to tell us about her forfathers and relatives. Based on this info we've drawn up my wife's family tree which is impossible to do without this memory. Most of this family tree has been confirmed with other relatives who couldn't remember to begin with but on prompting by my mil and chatting together they all remember. We've gone back to 1885 with a forfather who was born in Singapore although some of the older members were immigrants from China. We've discussed it all with many relations who have found it very interesting and many even the younger ones have asked for copies of the tree. Without the memory of my mil none of this would have been possible and who knows how much longer she'll be around. Maybe not many of you will be interested with your ancestors history, where they lived, when they moved here and where from, how they survived in the wars, WW1 and WW2 but it can be fascinating. If you are interested you should talk to your oldest family members asap because once that memory has gone it has gone you won't be able to get it back.

http://singaporeseen.stomp.com.sg/stomp/sg...e_onto_car.html One Golf GTI and Mit i almost become prata.........

Neon Trees is coming to Singapore! Any guys going down to catch them?

These kind of cases cannot claim insurance one hor? I could be wrong but always seems like the same few areas always got problems in thunderstorms? AMK, Yishun, Bedok, Braddell etc Soil problems, old trees? http://www.asiaone.com/News/AsiaOne%2BNews...410-272837.html

Those trees along expressway divider, are they really necessary? I feel that they are road hazard and waste of money to maintain it. I've encounter many times those broken tree branches on lane 1. Although the broken branches are not big, but not small enough to run over it. definitely dont want to risk running over it. There is a possibility that some cars suddenly change lane to avoid those broken branches and cause accident. Those tree at the most left lane, just like the CTE/SLE mandai area, might just fall and speeding cars in the expressway will be hard to react on falling trees. There should not be trees at the side of expressway. If wanna look green, just plant some bushes.

Just came through SLE \ TPE from Tuas. Several trees and its branches have fallen and lying across lane 1 and lane2 near woodlands ave 12. Initially, near woodlands ave 12 entry, spotted a fallen tree and within couple of one km, have spotted more than 4 trees have fallen in that stretch. At this time, LANE 1 is completely unusable and some places, only lane 3 is operational. please exercise extra caution. Few jokers, spotted the empty lane 1 and went up to the fallen trees and want to merge into the other lanes, they think people are in the queue are really stupid.

Heavy rain just started in city area(Orchard, Suntec) @ 9am...visibility is low. Please move ur cars to higher grounds n drive carefully!

This morning when going to work, just before driving off, I heard a few pop sounds coming from the bonnet. Went out and found that a few fruits had fallen and dropped right onto the bonnet. Then I also noticed that the car park ground was filled with these fruits. I already have a few dents on the bonnet and always wonder what caused them. So it's these damn fruits. Just wondering if HDB will entertain me if I complain to them and can PDR (paintless dent removal) fix these dents. So sim tia to see so many of these dents