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I come across this the other day and feel we should not pay monies to companies who are selling toxins to us consumers.
So this is a great video on toxins and the companies who try to sell them to us, you may find it very useful. Check it out at

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And I'm sure you will agree that when you have a company who has done all this plus a lot more it's worth a deeper look into…

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The following Global Reforestation and Revolving Loan Plan comes from the PRP and was originally prepared in 1999 by Dave Saunders, Father Alfredo Jaramillio, and Minister Stephen Fantl, based on the information provided by Mr. Tim Hall, Denny Beeson, and other qualifed experts in the field of Paulownia.

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A few hollows down the road from me there is a guy who has built his house in a novel way. For three years he spent his summers tearing down old out buildings on local farms. By saving all the lumber and some very creative use of a saw he built a house. Now there is nothing unusual in this you might say but this place is different. IT'S BEAUTIFUL! When I went to see it I was expecting this tumble down eco-cabin and was floored. As you drive up a short gravel drive-way you round a corner and see a natural wood structure that has the darkened appearance of old furniture achieved by an oil based stain (I know its not eco but it was used for a very valid reason... It preserves and waterproofs the wood beautifully and the idea is never to have to do it again) which was applied liberally over several years. The overall effect makes it look as though it grew from the landscape. He has used fruit trees and herbs along with such flowers as lavender and rose to achieve a garden as nice as any I have seen on HGTV.
Inside he didn't skimp on his flooring. Natural bamboo makes for one of the most beautiful floors I have ever seen (I am not sure what color stain he used but it looks deep red like cherry or rosewood). For his kitchen and bathroom tile he used, GETS THIS, old slate roofing tiles. They, due to age and damage, had to be cut in irregular shapes that make for a beautiful random patterns and look as nice as the $3.00/sq foot stuff at Home Depot. His kitchen counters are old bowling alley lanes cut to fit and make a fantastic overall look by lightening an otherwise dark space. Cabinets were taken fro a remodel of his neighbor and refaced to match the flooring. His fireplace is built of an assortment of foundation stones and river rock that, while cacophonous, is not unpleasing. He didn't skimp on windows... Pella double hung... or insulation. Keeping the house as energy efficient as possible was a priority. Now here's the rub... he didn't build the house as an eco project. He built it to save cost. This amazing structure (I only covered half of it) cost him less than $20,000 to build and looks nothing like an eco home is generalized to appear like.
I wanted to bring that up because it occurs to me that he did a fantastic thing that deserves mention (He asked that I omit any reference of his name or actual location.). I wonder if I could do that as well. It could be carried farther I suppose but it would, I think, compromise the overall look of the place.
Without meaning to he created a house that is over 70% recycled material and while other eco options exist that could be used in place of paints and stains I believe that the recycled material more than offsets the footprint. Further he did this project on the cheep and it was so successful he is doing his garage in the same manner.
Now that's solving a problem!

world without end,

sean

As if the recent spill on the Mississippi was not indication enough... As if, it was not acknowledged as the most fragile habitat on the planet... As if they could ever be satisfied ... The great bloated tic called OIL is at it again. Their most recent target... The Arctic Circle. That's right all you penguin lovers big oil's next move will be to destroy all life in the Arctic.
Supporters of the push for arctic drilling use the Alaskan pipeline as an example of how safe and efficient it will be. As usual big oil has ignored all scientific and ecological evidence of contrary opinion by using carefully selected statistics quoted out of context to support their claims. "There is enough oil there to support the world demand for three years..." one oil exec was quoted as saying.
Despite the fact that the same oil executive says that the technology to build these huge platforms is currently in the realm of science fiction it appears that plans to develop these areas are plowing ahead like a juggernaut.
So just to recap... Big Oil now wants to destroy our beaches, tear up the tundra, waste billions of tons of water extracting oil from shale (as much water per ton as Denver uses a day), and have no accountability for any ecological damage as demonstrated by the recent ruling on the Exxon Valdez debacle. At what point do we start to tell these colossus' NO! They have gotten their way for so long they no longer seem to recognize government regulations. For that matter government has forgotten that they can regulate big oil. Remember that big oil is counting on the majority remaining silent during this push to suck the last drops of oil from the earth's crust. We must act!
Wow, gee, Hey Mr. President, could I be on the Mars Mission since you plan to make the Earth uninhabitable.


world without end,

sean

While I must applaud GM's new concept car the "Volt" I await its release with some degree of trepidation. Ford now has a Hybrid SUV that uses soy based foam in its seat cushions.... Hey fabulous!

Now for the bad news...GM's the Volt is huge, way bigger than it needs to be. In fact it's the same size of some luxury sedans. While this will appeal to those of the mind set that bigger is better, it fails to recognize that bigger also means it requires more resource to build. Further, A GM executive was quoted, on N.P.R., as saying that it will cost $10,000 more than a normal car. Hmmmmm. Lets do some math. If the AVERAGE GM car runs around $30,000 and this car is going to cost $10,000 more... it quickly becomes apparent that the average Joe and his family will not be able to afford it. If most people cannot buy the car it solves nothing.
I mention this to notate that there is a car, called the "G-Wiz" available in England that runs around $18000 US, however, to the best of my knowledge; it cannot be purchased in the states. WHY! It occurs to me that this little love, by virtue of being more affordable, would go much further towards solving our energy crisis that the megalithic Volt.
Now we get to the new Ford Hybrid SUV (sorry I forget the name.) Great news! It gets a whopping 26 MPG highway. GRRRR! You know, back in the 1990's gas was relatively cheap. In this market of cheap gas there came unto the land a small car by an unheard of company called Geo. The car was the Metro 3cyl. It got 52 MPG and in its stripped down no option form ran about $6000-$7000. I know this because I bought another model that came out later called the Storm. I mention this because My 1991 Geo storm (that has had indifferent maintenance, random infrequent oil changes, and I don't remember the last time I checked the tires) get better Gas mileage than this new Hybrid. How does this solve anything?
Now the question becomes apparent why aren't the US car manufacturers applying their brain-pans to creating a car that could compete with the second hand market? If India can create a fuel efficient car for around $5000 I refuse to believe that our car manufacturers are unable to do the same with an electric or mega fuel efficient hybrid (perhaps go back to the 90's and revamp the metro 3cyl with a hybrid system).
Now it will seem to some of you that I am running down these efforts by US auto manufacturers and I am sure I will be vilified by some members for stating these facts while, in fact, I applaud GM's new concept car... they are currently in negotiation with the large electric conglomerates as to how to power them and new smart grid technologies that will assist in using the entire power production grid more efficiently. AWESOME! I applaud Ford whose Executive, at the recent celebration of the model T's 100th anniversary, stated that the electrification of the car is the next big step in automobile technology. FANTASTIC! But we must remember that all the technology in the world will not help if the people can't afford it. Again, I applaud the big three's efforts in this area but while they're working in this direction they need to think about small cheep options for people who mainly shop the secondary market, an ideology that Henry Ford himself would embrace as he demonstrated with the model T's being "cheap enough for a person making an average wage".
We won't be through this crisis until everyone is driving more efficient electric or hybrid cars. Hell, just bringing back the 3cyl metro would make a huge difference. There are currently foreign designs out there that could work that we cannot buy here. If they can do it so can we.

world without end,

sean

Hi all for those of you who don't know I'm in the middle of a fight for my right to speak. It's all very hush hush. However, has anyone heard of this plan the European Union has for using African deserts to generate solar power for Europe? If so could you please enlighten me?

world without end,

sean
ps... I'm all for it if Africa finally would get some of the relief they desperatly need, ie: some sheckles in the coffer....

If America is to achieve Energy Independence then we must allow small and moderate sized electricity projects that contribute to the electricity supply of our country.

Currently, each electricity provider has different procedures, requirements and pay rates.

We must begin to treat the Electricity grid as a national system. There must be a standard across the nation for interconnection as well as a National Electricity Backbone, that will connect the rural low electricity demand areas with their large and renewable resources in our countryside with our high electricity demand urban centers on the coasts.

splendidtable.publicradio.org/locavore_nation

better for the enviroment and healthier....I've been doing it for years....

going quiet for a while.waddle along without me.

sean

More news of Poo peeps. There was a great interview on N.P.R (National Public Radio for our friends to the north and south) from BBC about the new trend in fertilizer. That's right Guys...... Human waste as fertilizer. Now just to clarify I DON'T mean the kinda stuff that the Granola heads are doing with dry composting toilets but rather a great new addition of the huge problem of sewage treatment. It appears that after it has been treated what is left over, from the huge amount of poo and pee we generate each day, makes excellent fertilizer that is 99% sterile (that's the same as the organic fertilizer the granola heads tout.)
Now there does appear to be one small drawback..... It stinks. A problem that is easily rectified by immediately turning it into the soil according to one British farmer that uses it. It's so popular with brit farmers that apparently the waste treatment plants have sold all they have on hand this season....But the real problem appears to be us. The stigma attached to human waste is huge. Well for me pile it on them tomatos I got no issue with it....

world without end,
sean

I just watched this great video in which activists helped a business improve its revenue while becoming more energy efficient. You can watch the video here, and I highly recommend you do. The group is called Carrotmob ("carrot," as in using carrots and not sticks). They're also hiring and looking for volutneers.   Read More »

Apperently the powers that be in the green industry are not interested in hiring anyone unless they have a PHD in applied sciences I have spent the last month looking into green jobs and have found that no one will hire you except in the feild of applied sciences.... Hell I was just looking into a job as a lab tech or something... no go. If the market rejects 90% of its potential human reasources before they have even applied then this movement has died before it began. I am very disillusioned....and still the bio-fuel industry talks corn corn corn... what happened to switchgrass. I think we are already failing.

oh well I'll still sign your damn petitions but I give up you all talk and do nothing.

sean

I've just created three new groups, and I hope members of this group will join them.   Read More »

Hey. The few of you who bother to read these posts may have noticed I havent been posting.... Anyone want to guess why?

Simply stated, the WATER FARM is a complex of interrelated systems utilizing many successful time-proven technologies that have been configured specifically to produce a single stand-alone system capable of being fully operational without any requirements for outside energy sources. It does this by utilizing almost 100% of the sun's radiant energy, processing and purifying literally millions of cubic feet of atmospheric air in a single day of operation, while extracting viable quantities of ultra-pure water in addition to a marketable surplus of electrical energy and other commercially viable products.   Read More »

I see as usual the veggies are on a rampage for thew abolishment of all meat eaters. Unsavory cusses trhat deserve all the health problems they will encounter. NONSENSE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! First and foremost let me state that in a minor way they're right but like all cultists they have taken a good idea and fallen off the brink of insanity into the abyss. YES, we eat way too much meat as a culture. YES, hormones in meat are a problem. YES, mad cow disease is horrible....(here's a weird thought.... QUIT FEEDING COWS OTHER COWS)! SIGH! Ok people lets try to get through this.... Look! The facts are that meat is not the only option and we dont need to eat meat with every meal (and I dont).but insted of just doing away with the jobs and economics of the meat industry and its by-products (like animal food, big hint: cats and dogs are CARNIVORES) why dont we look at it in a different light. Fast food chains are huge culprits. We should set higher regulations on how they raise their beefs (eg: let the cows develop to maturity without hormones, (the industry can afford to take the time to do this without raising prices they just want you to think that). We should require that the waste product (like POOP) is used to produce power( methane production could be used both for power and for running vehicles). Increase fines (and the power of the USDA) and introduce legislation that actually increases penalitiesfor animal cruelity to the point that these huge companies can't afford to treat animals inhumanly (eg: first offense huge fine, second offense = 75% of gross profit, third offense: you are out of business!) Institute policy whereby foriegn companies must comply with USDA regulations or they cannot import to us ( many other countries already have similar policy). America is not currently in an economic position to just destroy that many jobs. Further, Most doctors agree that while you can get protien from other sources there are other benefits to meat consumption that a vegan or even a vegetarian diet cannot supply....certian NATURALLY occuring hormones are nessessary to early childhood development (Scientific American, August 2005, New England Journal of Medicine, May 2006). This is a case where moderation in our consumption of a product could make a huge impact. Insisting on tough anti-cruelity laws and strict enforcment of them is the best option, especially in the case of Mad Cow disease where the cause is known and a simple solution is available; QUIT FEEDING COWS OTHER COWS. Take the time and effort to go to local farmers and buy your beef: I buy half a cow a year and get high end grass fed beef (ever get a grass fed steak in a resturant; pricey) that is tasty and I know exactly what its living conditions were.... The guy I deal with takes excellent care of all his livestock. This small and simple step takes approximatly 1 year to impliment (to grow the cow) and is a fantastic stimulant to local economy.... and I find a damn site cheeper. So long Wal-Mart world without end, sean

Well actually it is..... An open letter to NASA: To whom it may concern, For years now NASA has been refering to the concept of a full time Lunar base as impractical due to the enourmous cost of ferrying raw materials to the moon. Has it ever blinked through the American brain trust that you already have, both literally and figuritivly tons of material in orbit already? In fact is there not so much "space junk" currently in orbit it is begining to become a navagational hazard? Now I realize that computers become obsolete and solar pannels fail.....but isn't there plenty of steel, titanium, copper, wiring, gold foil, tubing,etc,etc up there that you could begin a major project. I mean how hard could it be to attach an unmanned booster to these "junk" satelites and shove them into a lunar orbit, where they could then be stockpiled then cannibalized for their raw materials? wouldn't that save billions? Hey were shooting for Mars and thats awesome but lets also think about a permant space station rather than sending a new one up every 15 years. this letter has also been sent to NASA and i encourage all of you to add your voice to it by sending your own e-mail. world without end, sean

Hey I have been touting the benifits of alge production for years so finally some one has written an informative blog on it...... Much thanks to team tree hugger... TreeHugger.com..........a very good resource for us granola heads. read and enjoy I'm off for a weekend of self-medication with 80 proof ethenol disguised as fruit juice.

TreeHugger Founder Graham Hill Reveal...
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Green Star Creates Breakthrough Micronutrient that Boosts Algae Growth
by Michael Graham Richard, Gatineau, Canada on 05.22.08
Science & Technology (alternative energy)
First Generation Biofuels Need to Go
While an almost universal scientific consensus is developing around the downsides of first generation biofuels (f.ex. corn ethanol), entrepreneurs and scientists are working on biofuels that require less energy inputs to make and don't compete for agricultural land with food crops. One of the most promising feedstocks is algae, with which biodiesel can be made.

One of the companies working on making algal fuels viable is Green Star, and they just announced the creation of a new micronutrient that can help boost algae daily growth rate by 34% and "increase the total biomass quantity in a harvest algae growth cycle by well over 100%."

Researchers Want to Make Biodiesel form Algae
Research took place in Biotech Research's lab facility at the UABC University in Ensenada, Mexico.

The UABC testing has shown that 1:10,000 nutrient dilution rates were very productive (i.e. one gallon of MMB mixed with 10,000 gallons of water). Even at 1:20,000 dilution levels, the MMB was still effective.
Green Star will make available 12-oz sample bottles to all universities [either at no cost or with $50 shipping fees], research institutes and commercial facilities for testing on their specific strains of algae.


This is quite a smart move. This way they can find quickly which kinds of algaes work with the micronutrient, and their product will get more scientific scrutiny from many unbiased observers.

Biofuels are Entangled in Politics
The fast second generation biofuels come to market, the faster we can convince politicians that they should drop all those counter-productive corn subsidies. The farm lobby will fight back, but if it is publicly known that a viable alternative that is both greener and doesn't make food prices shoot up exists, their position will be a lot harder to defend.

We havent been paying much attention to the small fry lately. So here we go. Has anyone noticed the growing number of smaller dairy farms producing power from the methane from their cow poop production. Its true.....further its a great way to offset the impact the co2 produced from our huge consumption of meat.... (Hey I like dead cow as much as anyone but we do eat too much) I mean heres this power supply that just grows and grows its a free byproduct of the meat industry that, so far, has been reletivly untapped.... We should collectively pester the large factory meat producers to adopt this practice. Aproach them with this arguement; "If a company's basic goal is to produce money for their stockholders, then think of all the extra money freed up if your power bill were zero or the power company owed you money? A small initial investment could save/make these larger companies millions and reduce dependence on fossil fuels which also qualifies them for larger tax breaks, and makes them look good to us tree hugging types." whew!!!!

world without end,

sean

Hmmmm, Hemp for victory.... WWII? NORML? CAN? Well I be Dipped in tar baby.... I thought that yous peeps dropped off the planet. Hehehehe J/K. In actuallity everything that I've read from these guys is true: from hemp oils to bio-fuel, paper products to bio-plastics, rope to rastas it is all true.... the reason hemp (mariauajuana) is illegal is more tax issue than medical ones (Hooked: Illegal Drugs and How They Got That Way... History channel documentary from 2004 or 06 ) BUT........ IT IS ILLEGAL! While you are touting the benifits of the cannibis plant consider this, IT MUST STILL BE CULTIVATED! Not the most efficient method to produce a bio-fuel. Now consider the lowly switch grass plant. Grows anywhere without cultivation, drought resistant (cannibis is not), and can produce all the products that your precious cannibis sativia can cheeper and way more efficiently. NOW if you want to make an arguement that cannibis has relevance in the world as a safe, useful, and profitable product, tout its benifits to chemotherapy patients, glaucoma sufferers, and as a safe and natural analgesic. Try the arguement that tobacco is way more harmful to the enviroment and the human body and should be made illegal, mariauajuana legalized, and the tobacco industry given the mariauajuana concession, with its by-products used to increase bio-fuel production, paper production, or just composted and I'll be 100% behind it. But as a plant for bio-fuel production it is found wanting. Even for paper it is more inefficient than bamboo which can make a better weave cloth that cannibis as well. Sorry to rain on the parade guys but go the medical route it makes way more sense and has a proven track record that has been scientificly studied with empirical data that can be quoted. (Available references through the University of California Berkley). Nevertheless it is AN alternative. Just dont use sophistry to belabor the point.

world without end,

sean