Jonathan Swift

The property owner must know he coul I guess I'm lucky in my apartment building, Ratchaprarop Tower Mansion, where there are notices on every floor stressing that AC should be cleaned regularly, and they have technicians on the premises that will do it free

Every country basically has the same sunlight, climate is not sunlight. This is a tropical climate. Any country that has clear skies can effectively use solar. But you're right about going solar. But to the credit of the Thais, Chulalongkorn University has an experimental solar project that is quite impressive, and there are some other examples. But the power industry needs to get on board and it's the government's job to encourage and subsidize the changeover. The US had and still has government subsidies for homes switching to solar. In the meantime, yes, private businesses need to begin to switch over. Government should help subsidize them as well, since this directly affects the tourism industry.

I've found that most of the time when they see I'm a farang they hold back and just let fly with a very small squirt. I didn't get "doused" once while I was out and about. So quite a few actually do think about it. But also, it's also fair for them to imagine we are better people and can take a joke. last time I checked getting a little wet is not fatal

He already paid 20,000 baht to the victim and will pay another 30,000 baht today. Read the original story again.

Makkasan - that's where I live, on Ratchaprarop.

And where do you get YOUR information? From experience? No, you didn't. You should know better than to give wrong information to people. Look it up before you speak. I've been filing online for at least 2 years. I just this month did my 90 day extension online on the exact due date and it was accepted and confirmed without problem. Given that, I seriously doubt that there is any problem doing this online within the 7 day grace period. It would serve no useful purpose for immigration to impose such a burden when the whole point of online reporting is to ease the burden and workload. But to anyone reading this, ask immigration, don't ask anyone here, you'll get as many different answers as there are members. And most will not be reliable, because most people really don't understand how the bureaucracy works. Attached emails are: The notice of due date sent to me on the due date; The receipt for my application online filed ON THE DUE DATE, and my notice of successful processing.

I can explain it to you, but I can't understand it for you. How about this for one: Renew once a year, not reapply, without having to worry about visa runs or other complications.

This story was negligent in not including that as well as the link to online reporting. Yes, I do online every time and it is easy. If I were you I would assume it to be 7 before and seven after. I miscalculated and I did mine on the very day it was due and had immediate confirmation. The big advantage is that once you've done it you will get email reminders of the next due date.

I'm not going to do your own work for you. Do you own research. You'll need a college course. You don't want to learn anyway, you'd rather argue.

For those of you inclined to argue, and who also find words a bit of a struggle, here are a couple pictures that might do the trick. But this is science now, and if you don't believe in science, just never mind. The first one is a global chart, the second one with the black background is for Southeast Asia.

You're asking a Thai Visa forum "what if global warming is here" when you won't get anything useful in response. This is not a forum of experts and scientists. Anyone at this point in time who has doubts about this is so far out of the information loop or so deeply in denial that no amount of information will likely be of any use. I'm no expert, but my opinion would be that it is difficult to say whether unusually hot weather in Thailand right now is directly caused by climate change. Statistically, given the average global rise in temperature, it is likely. But averages are of limited use, since some areas see a higher rise than others. But if you WANT to answer your questions, go to where the answers actually exist. Search generally on climate change Southeast Asia, You might try including the year 2023, You can compare seasonal temperatures going back 10-20 years using graphs, you can research the damage from tropical storms over the last 20 years and see whether they've gotten worse, you can search on general climate disruptions and catastrophes, Tsunamis, Hurricanes, over the last 20 years, THAT is the only way you will get reliable information - to research it yourself and draw your own conclusions. One factor that confuses people and is often used to deny climate change is the disruption of normal wind and ocean currents that occurs with overall warming. This has precipitated record high snowfalls in otherwise more temperate areas of the US. So then the deniers point and say "see! it's colder, not warmer". meanwhile the polar icecaps are melting at a record rate to the extent that polar bears are in danger of dying out through loss of habitat. The overall disruption of weather patterns is likely to become a catastrophe in and of itself. Here is one specific research report. Remember that a rise of a single degree on average may not sound like much, but the impact overall is huge. This is only one source out of many. If you want your questions answered accurately you will need to do some work. Try Youtube, maybe a visual explanation will be easier for you, but be sure of who you're watching because there are a lot of tinfoil hat climate deniers with youtube channels. I've attached a graph for the global trend, and the black one is southeast asia. here's the link. https://www.dni.gov/files/documents/climate2030_southeast_asia_pacific_islands.pdf

here's your natural cooling, I used a picture because it seems like big scientific words might only serve to confuse you. But if you ARE ambitious, here's a link to get you started. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate_change_in_Thailand

I'm not going to do your work for you. Put your own time in, go and seek out your own research and statistics. I'm not being paid to be anyone's tutor. And I don't mean just cherry pick that which supports your preconceptions, I mean a real education. You'll likely need a college course in it. No offense. It's complex stuff if you really want to understand it. I've done my studying over the last 40 years. I'm glad I did. That's the problem, you want to argue just for the sake of arguing in a wholly inappropriate news (not science) forum on a subject you have no expertise in rather than do the actual necessary work to learn and educate yourself. If you knew anything about this, you likely wouldn't be discussing or arguing about it here at Aseannow. So, no, go ahead and believe what you want. You will anyway, nobody can force education on anyone. I just happened to see the title of the article and was curious as to why anyone would ask the question that was asked. And I told the questioner that he needs to go elsewhere, he won't find anything useful in this forum. I provided him with some useful links and a summary on the science. AND, I'm done.

here's a general wikipedia link. But remember, this is only a start, if you want to know about this it will take some serious learning: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate_change_in_Thailand

You're asking a Thai Visa forum "what if global warming is here" when you won't get anything useful in response. This is not a forum of experts and scientists. Anyone at this point in time who has doubts about this is so far out of the information loop or so deeply in denial that no amount of information will likely be of any use. I'm no expert, but my opinion would be that it is difficult to say whether unusually hot weather in Thailand right now is directly caused by climate change. Statistically, given the average global rise in temperature, it is likely. But averages are of limited use, since some areas see a higher rise than others. But if you WANT to answer your questions, go to where the answers actually exist. Search generally on climate change Southeast Asia, You might try including the year 2023, You can compare seasonal temperatures going back 10-20 years using graphs, you can research the damage from tropical storms over the last 20 years and see whether they've gotten worse, you can search on general climate disruptions and catastrophes, Tsunamis, Hurricanes, over the last 20 years, THAT is the only way you will get reliable information - to research it yourself and draw your own conclusions. One factor that confuses people and is often used to deny climate change is the disruption of normal wind and ocean currents that occurs with overall warming. This has precipitated record high snowfalls in otherwise more temperate areas of the US. So then the deniers point and say "see! it's colder, not warmer". meanwhile the polar icecaps are melting at a record rate to the extent that polar bears are in danger of dying out through loss of habitat. The overall disruption of weather patterns is likely to become a catastrophe in and of itself. Here is one specific research report. Remember that a rise of a single degree on average may not sound like much, but the impact overall is huge. This is only one source out of many. If you want your questions answered accurately you will need to do some work. Try Youtube, maybe a visual explanation will be easier for you, but be sure of who you're watching because there are a lot of tinfoil hat climate deniers with youtube channels. here's the link. https://www.dni.gov/files/documents/climate2030_southeast_asia_pacific_islands.pdf

Debatable by the uneducated or those in denial for various reasons, most of them crooked and political. No debate among experts. The evidence is incontrovertible, if you're educated enough to understand it. That's not meant as in insult, it's just that this is not simple science, it's quite complex on many levels. But the science has been done. Problem is a lot of people overestimate their grasp of such things. Splitting hairs over blame doesn't matter at this point anyway, if we let it continue we're headed for catastrophe after catastrophe, and a lot of loss and suffering.

You're right. I recently saw Chinese battleships conducting military exercises in the Chao Praya River. Not.

Hopefully Bolt and others will drive these scammers out of business.

Bolt is fantastic

I think the question you should be asking is why you are attracting these kinds of encounters. Any good therapist would start exactly there. The mirror. I've been living here 10 years and find most people to be interesting and full of Joie de vivre. As far as the general human race, the same cross section applies anywhere, there are going to be a certain percentage of dysfunctional ones, and Thailand in its unique way will attract some of those for specific reasons.

I tell people over and over that trying to avoid red tape and bureaucracy by using unofficial channels opens one up to unnecessary risks. This is but one example. The proliferation of visa services, which bend if not outright breaking the rules, including falsification and money laundering of the 800,000 baht requirement, serves to make people vulnerable to these scams.

I'm with you brother, I escaped the US 10 years ago.

"Mammary"? Is the word "breast" illegal? Or are they calling her an animal?

there probably is a video and that would be how they were caught.

I believe so according to the original story in the Mail