Tyre Asia – May-June 2018

Tyre Asia April/May 2018 11

AI and human

intelligence

T

here is a lot of talk about

Artificial Intelligence

taking the place of normal

human intelligence! One

wonders how this is possible

in a country like India

where millions depend

on labor to make a living,

bringing in robots to do

their job will only lead to a

serious confrontation. The

arguments that humans

will still be needed to get

the robots running does

not stand. It is only a flimsy

attempt to appease workers.

Even in IT sector

retrenchments are creating

big issues of workforce

resentment. When that

happens in manufacturing

industries, the crisis will only

be more serious. Of course,

automation is a future

reality. But somehow that

will have to strike a balance

with human needs.

James Antony

Mumbai

Dealing with

waste tyres

W

aste tyres, like nuclear

waste, can never

be destroyed for good.

They remain to make life

miserable to one and all.

There are many ways to

make use of used tyres, but

even then, the use ends at

one point of time and the

tyre remains. One reads

about huge tyre dumps and

landfills in many countries.

The size and number of such

dumps are hard to believe.

It is like new mass graves

being discovered in war

zones with thousands of

dead bodies buried in it.

There has to be a way to

recycle every tiny bit of

a tyre into some useful

material. Experts must focus

on finding working ways to

solve this problem. At the

same time tyre recycling

industry must get more

promotion and support from

governments. Recycling of

all similar wastes must be

made mandatory.

George Joseph

Kolkata

Fuel

prices and

e-mobility

F

uel prices in India are

skyrocketing at an

unprecedented rate at a time

when in the international

market it is at a much lower

level. There seems to be

no full stops in this totally

unchecked hike. The Prime

Minister was said to be

commenting on this saying

who wants petrol and diesel

vehicles anymore as we will

have only electric vehicles

in the near future. That is

interesting.

There was also news

that petrol and diesel

vehicles will be steadily

banned to bring in more

environmentally friendly

cars and other vehicles. It

is easier said than done, but

the concern and the effort

are support-worthy. There

are far too many vehicles on

the road than what the road

can contain.

Santosh

Kochi

SIDEWALL

LETTERS

Regulations

brings in level

playing field

N

ew regulations and

mandates in the tyre

industry has made tyre

testing more important

part of the industry. This

will do a lot of good to tyre

testing companies. Tyre

manufacturers are also

giving more attention to the

testing part as tyres need

to be made without any

flaw. The regulations being

implemented in various

countries have suddenly put

the industry on alert.

Regulations, will make the

market a level field for all.

This will nullify the impact

of the so called cheap tyre

dumping because whichever

tyres are dumped need to

be good and if the tyres are

good then the game is fair.

The irony is that they rule all

markets across the world.

SP Barua

New Delhi