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<rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Thailand news</title><link>https://aseannow.com/rss/44-thailand-news.xml/</link><description>National and regional news from all around Thailand</description><language>en</language><item><title>Young Man Killed by Lightning While Using Phone</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1395751-young-man-killed-by-lightning-while-using-phone/?do=findComment&comment=20531025]]></link><description>Off topic posts removed   @Bday Prang discuss the and not just troll your own political agenda.</description><pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2026 05:20:54 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Young Man Killed by Lightning While Using Phone</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1395751-young-man-killed-by-lightning-while-using-phone/?do=findComment&comment=20531024]]></link><description>correction    "electrician"     random dude who will borrow ( and either break or lose) your screwdriver</description><pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2026 05:20:53 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Trump Calls U.S. Court System &#x2018;Rigged&#x2019; After Setbacks</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1395761-trump-calls-us-court-system-rigged-after-setbacks/?do=findComment&comment=20531023]]></link><description>His master's voice.....</description><pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2026 05:20:02 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Israel is Losing America</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1395303-israel-is-losing-america/?do=findComment&comment=20531022]]></link><description>Stop over reacting . We were talking about 1 single particular  person and I will not be attacking anyone</description><pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2026 05:19:29 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Young Man Killed by Lightning While Using Phone</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1395751-young-man-killed-by-lightning-while-using-phone/?do=findComment&comment=20531020]]></link><description>A lightning strike on the house unleashes a phenomenal amount of electricity    getting badly burnt is as much of a problem</description><pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2026 05:17:29 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>The Left Over played their hand,Turned into a sick cult,News</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1395255-the-left-over-played-their-handturned-into-a-sick-cultnews/?do=findComment&comment=20531019]]></link><description><![CDATA[Perfectly sums up the left, Their Blue cities &amp; States are a criminal hell hole. Years &amp; years of the same systemic  progressive initiatives, with more &amp; more crime.]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2026 05:17:14 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Razor blades 2026</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1395626-razor-blades-2026/?do=findComment&comment=20531018]]></link><description>No I am NOT Aussie, Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire,England to be precise.  So you think BowGo is easier to say than BogOff.  Where is the FREE bit in BOGO?</description><pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2026 05:16:38 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Trump snubs Vance regarding MAGA succession</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1395740-trump-snubs-vance-regarding-maga-succession/?do=findComment&comment=20531017]]></link><description>Well they picked a bigger fool last time around!</description><pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2026 05:16:04 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Tehran attacks US base</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1395731-tehran-attacks-us-base/?do=findComment&comment=20531016]]></link><description>And you are consistent with your usual ad hominem nonsense.</description><pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2026 05:16:01 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Shocking Report about the IDF&#xB4;s Torture and Rape Methods</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1393130-shocking-report-about-the-idf%C2%B4s-torture-and-rape-methods/?do=findComment&comment=20531015]]></link><description>There are only 2 words needed to describe your posts.... Zionist hasbara.</description><pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2026 05:15:31 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Bill Gates Carefully Crafted Image Crumbles Under Epstein Shadow</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1395774-bill-gates-carefully-crafted-image-crumbles-under-epstein-shadow/?do=findComment&comment=20531013]]></link><description>His business history may have been a clue to his real character.  Windows interface was taken from Xerox, Excel copied from Lotus 123, PowerPoint copied from Harvard Graphics, Word from Corel Word Perfect.  Invented nothing, copied everything.</description><pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2026 05:13:34 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Thailand Extends Alcohol Sales Hours Nationwide</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1395665-thailand-extends-alcohol-sales-hours-nationwide/?do=findComment&comment=20531012]]></link><description>Well, TIT = wannabe seen to have fair strict laws / rules. Felt</description><pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2026 05:12:47 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Word Association - 2026</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1383425-word-association-2026/?do=findComment&comment=20531010]]></link><description>Parts</description><pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2026 05:12:30 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Israel is Losing America</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1395303-israel-is-losing-america/?do=findComment&comment=20531009]]></link><description>Good luck attacking every racist person you meet.  General trends are more useful to observe anyway. Mamdani is anti Zionist. All the billionaire Zionists trying to smear him and failed.  Remains to be seen if he will do anything to oppose Israel while in power.   According to this, Israel does fear him. But again, no time to watch it all.</description><pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2026 05:12:01 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Bill Gates Carefully Crafted Image Crumbles Under Epstein Shadow</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1395774-bill-gates-carefully-crafted-image-crumbles-under-epstein-shadow/?do=findComment&comment=20531008]]></link><description>would i trust him with my wife ?  i think so!          with my grandkids ?  hmmmmm</description><pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2026 05:10:47 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Young Man Killed by Lightning While Using Phone</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1395751-young-man-killed-by-lightning-while-using-phone/?do=findComment&comment=20531007]]></link><description>He was connected to the house's wiring by the phone, and was a median, so the phone can not get damaged but bypassed if he was touching the charger wire. Through him to the ground. There isn't any other way to get electrocuted inside a house besides taking a shower or washing, through the water and possible metal pipes into a person besides the rare occurrence through concrete and rebar and bare feet.</description><pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2026 05:10:31 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Thailand Extends Alcohol Sales Hours Nationwide</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1395665-thailand-extends-alcohol-sales-hours-nationwide/?do=findComment&comment=20531006]]></link><description><![CDATA[ThaiBev would not be giving a flying &lt;deleted&gt; about the 11am.  Locals can still buy their product anyways!]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2026 05:08:54 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Shocking Report about the IDF&#xB4;s Torture and Rape Methods</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1393130-shocking-report-about-the-idf%C2%B4s-torture-and-rape-methods/?do=findComment&comment=20531005]]></link><description>This forum will be awfully boring if it didn't offer and outlet to vent the shortcomings of many of the members here: so I searched and gathered few choice words to describe how I feel about your posts:  (now. I'm expecting a fierce rebuttal and plenty of red thumbs down, so do not disappoint me ok?)  disgusting, awful, horrible, sickening, hideous, shocking, obnoxious, obscene, offensive, dreadful..nasty, evil, repugnant, appalling. abominable, repulsive..loathsome, odious, revolting, distasteful, gross, horrid, horrific, terrible, scandalous, horrendous noxious, repellent, nauseating, vile, foul, disturbing, rancid noisome, hateful, objectionable, detestable, monstrous, unwanted, despicable.. I have more, but I'll keep them for later.</description><pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2026 05:08:45 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Electric Vehicles in Thailand</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1257405-electric-vehicles-in-thailand/?do=findComment&comment=20531004]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's fundamentally false, let me explain to you why, please read on.   The claim that LFP will outlast NMC by "2 to 5 times" in a modern passenger EV is fundamentally false when evaluating current-generation battery packs under real-world operating conditions. Here is the cold engineering teardown of why that forum statement falls apart under analysis.  1. The Single-Crystal Cathode Revolution (The Cycle-Life Gap Has Closed) The "2-5X" narrative is an outdated holdover from early-generation lithium-ion chemistries. The Old Baseline: Early NMC batteries used polycrystalline cathodes. As lithium ions moved in and out during high-load cycling, the individual microscopic crystals suffered from isotropic volume changes, leading to intergranular cracking. This fractured the electrical pathways and caused rapid degradation after 800 to 1,200 full cycles. The Modern Reality: Premium EV packs (like the CATL 100 kWh pack in the IM5) now utilize single-crystal NMC particles. Because the cathode particle is a single solid grain, it eliminates intergranular micro-cracking entirely during phase transitions. Under proper thermal management, modern single-crystal NMC cells easily hit 2,000 to 2,500+ full equivalent cycles to 80% State of Health (SOH). Since modern automotive LFP typically achieves 3,000 to 5,000 cycles, the actual cell-level cycle life difference is closer to 1.5X to 2X at most, not 5X.   2. The Depth of Discharge (DoD) &amp; Capacity Paradox A battery's cycle life is non-linearly dependent on its Depth of Discharge (DoD). By executing your strategy of keeping the NMC pack within a 15% to 85% window (70% DoD), you prevent the mechanical stress associated with phase changes at extreme states of charge. Furthermore, you must account for the capacity-to-cycle translation: To drive 300,000 km, a standard 66 kWh LFP pack must cycle through its entire capacity roughly 1,100 times (accounting for real-world efficiency losses). To cover the exact same distance, a 100 kWh NMC pack only needs to process its energy throughput roughly 700 times. Because the NMC pack has a larger baseline capacity, it undergoes significantly less cycling stress to accomplish the same mileage. This completely neutralizes LFP’s raw cycle-count advantage.  3. The Tropical Calendar Aging Equalizer In high-ambient thermal environments like Southern Thailand (where ambient garage and road temperatures consistently hover between 30°C and 40°C), calendar aging (degradation over time, independent of usage) becomes a primary driver of capacity loss. Calendar aging is governed by the Arrhenius equation, where the rate of chemical degradation (specifically the growth of the Solid Electrolyte Interphase [SEI] layer on the anode and transition metal dissolution) accelerates exponentially with temperature.   While LFP is chemically more stable when sitting at a high State of Charge (SoC), high ambient heat accelerates parasitic electrolyte side-reactions in both chemistries. Over a 10-to-15 year timeline in the tropics, calendar aging acts as a macro-level equalizer, drawing down the SOH of both packs at a rate that diminishes the impact of LFP’s superior theoretical cycle life.  4. The Functional End-of-Life Buffer If a vehicle's battery degrades below 70–80% SOH, the usable application life depends entirely on the remaining absolute capacity. Scenario A (80 kWh LFP Pack): If it degrades by 15% over a decade, you are left with 68 kWh of usable capacity. Scenario B (100 kWh NMC Pack): If it suffers worse degradation and drops by 20%, you are still left with 80 kWh of usable capacity. Even with a higher degradation rate, the NMC vehicle outlasts the LFP vehicle in terms of functional range and utility because it started with a much larger physical reserve.  The Summary VerdictMost people confuses industrial grid-storage longevity with passenger vehicle lifespan. If you were designing a stationary solar storage array that completes two full 100% DoD cycles every single day for 20 years, LFP is the undisputed winner. But inside an 875V premium passenger vehicle driven 30,000 km annually within a disciplined 15-85% SoC window, the mechanical components, suspension, inverters, and interior electronics of the car will long wear out before either battery chemistry hits its true chemical death.  The claim of a 2-5X lifespan advantage in a modern EV is a mathematical fiction.]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2026 05:07:58 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Phuket Airport Seizes 38 Phones From Foreign Trio</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1395703-phuket-airport-seizes-38-phones-from-foreign-trio/?do=findComment&comment=20531003]]></link><description>wives and mia nois first</description><pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2026 05:07:29 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Thailand Extends Alcohol Sales Hours Nationwide</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1395665-thailand-extends-alcohol-sales-hours-nationwide/?do=findComment&comment=20531002]]></link><description>Me thinks the reason are not based on a few foreigners be it long stayers or tourist`s. Alcoholism and drug addiction between the locals are actually a big problem in Thailand. Of course, neither ThaiBev nor Mr. Cannabis Pm would admit that.  Felt</description><pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2026 05:07:08 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Young Man Killed by Lightning While Using Phone</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1395751-young-man-killed-by-lightning-while-using-phone/?do=findComment&comment=20531001]]></link><description>AI Why mobile phones are safe during lightning Mobile phones do NOT attract lightning.   Lightning follows the tallest object or conductive paths like metal structures, wiring, plumbing, or phone lines&#x2014;not small battery&#x2011;powered devices.  Cordless/mobile phones are safe indoors.   The CDC explicitly states that cell phones are safe to use during a storm as long as they are not connected to a charger.  The real danger is wired connections.   Landline phones and any device plugged into the wall can conduct a lightning surge into your body.</description><pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2026 05:06:13 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Israel is Losing America</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1395303-israel-is-losing-america/?do=findComment&comment=20531000]]></link><description>I was referring to one particular person actually , so, I wasn't trying to put a spin on anything .    Whether a person is  troll or an anti semite . I am going with the latter</description><pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2026 05:04:09 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Tehran attacks US base</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1395731-tehran-attacks-us-base/?do=findComment&comment=20530999]]></link><description>Seems as a few on this forum have forgotten how it all started.</description><pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2026 05:02:38 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Brit Taken Off Life Support After Pattaya Truck Fall</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1395552-brit-taken-off-life-support-after-pattaya-truck-fall/?do=findComment&comment=20530998]]></link><description>If gofundme said he was brown bread the donations would dry up !</description><pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2026 05:02:36 +0000</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
