Interesting Things

This morning I feel somewhat sobered.  My wife came to me and said, “I feel like I’m mourning.”  I asked her why and she explained that this economic crisis and the condition of our nation make her feel like someone great has died.  She is very concerned about what will happen next and as to what our children will be facing.

I, too, feel this burden.  It seems that we have made the full transition from the world superpower to the world’s super-farce.  I indeed hope that this is temporary, but the only way that it can be temporary is if we make some changes. Read the rest of this entry »

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This article is excellent news for those of us who live in this climate region. I was very excited to see this and have already started spreading the word to those who may be able to take advantage of such things in order to make our lives a bit more efficient in such uncertain times.

I’m grateful to see people sharing this information and as you browse this and other sites you can find a lot more information on energy efficient home building. One that really caught my eye a couple years ago was straw bale building. Some of these techniques can bring you close to underground home building efficiency.

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Yahoo!!! Very exciting indeed: we may see our obsession with gas guzzling vehicles and non-U.S. oil problems come to a form of resolution. This startup says that it can make ethanol for $1 a gallon and without corn AND CAN DO IT NOW (not in 5 years).

Wouldn’t it be nice if we could actually place these genrative devices at gas stations around the country with storage compartments in place so that each gas station could produce and sell its own ethanol at reduced rates???

Wow, in this model, the gas stations would actually make more money than they currently are making and provide a very high degree of self sufficiency for our fuel needs without ticking off the auto industry. At least we could now have a few winners with the only losers being the oil providers and shippers. That’s a big win for everyone in light of today’s crisis!

The other really big win is for farmers. I am all too familiar with this crisis as the smart ones are moving to haylige rather than trying to deal with current corn prices. This could save the corn market and really reduce some serious stress on the agricultural industry.

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Digg: OPEC to Abandon Dollar Sounds like a WHEN not an IF this will happen

Perhaps this is not as serious as the original poster on digg.com makes it appear, but it got my wheels turning.

Should this and essentially all of the issues surrounding petroleum be considered a national security concern for the United States? It seems that the president should be making interdependency issues such as this that are having such an adverse affect on the constituents of the country, not only a high priority issue, but indeed an issue that must be hoisted above issues that are affecting extranational issues more than intranational.

If we had a more sound, solid and guarded economy internally insomuch that we did not rely so much on the outside world, it would then be much more feasible to extend ourselves outward in helping other countries and world crises. At the moment we simply do not have a sustainable ecosystem within our country and that must be repaired prior to extending out in all of the other endeavors with which we’re involved.

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I’m so glad to see my previous post pondering the possible validity of burning salt water seeing some proof and actual advancement!

Here’s some text from engadget.com:
http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/11/can-saltwater-be-burned-as-fuel/

“A gentleman from Erie named John Kanzius made a somewhat “shocking” discovery while he was working on a radio-wave generator he had developed for the treatment of cancer. While attempting to desalinate sea water using radio frequencies, he noticed flashes, and within a few days, had saltwater burning in a test-tube as if it were a candle. The discovery spawned interest from the scientific community, mostly concerned with whether or not the water could be used as a fuel, and of course, healthy doses of disbelief. Last week, a Penn State University chemist named Rustum Roy held a demonstration proving that the science is sound, noting that the water doesn’t burn, though the radio frequencies weaken the bonds holding together the salt, releasing hydrogen which is ignited when exposed to the RF field. Mr. Kanzius and Dr. Roy say the question now is the efficiency of the energy, and are presenting the technology to the US Department of Defense and Department of Energy to investigate how useful the technology will be. Of the plentiful maybe-fuel (which apparently burns so hot it can melt test-tubes) Dr. Roy says, “This is the most abundant element in the world. It is everywhere,” and (without recognition of the poetic irony, as far as we can tell), “Seeing it burn gives me chills.” Check the TV report after the break to see the water in action.”

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I recently had a friend send me this segment from what appears to be from back in May of 2007 on a Cleveland television station news. I thought that it was quite interesting and am curious if others have any news or information on this. I also heard news of someone doing something similar in a nearby state that recently died mysteriously… Anyone know anything?

 

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