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August 20, 2008
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renewable energy

Posted by grayglow on 8/18/2008 — Be the first to recommend this!

The Mantra of conservation is an endless hum of blame without any concern for progress or humanity. The global issues of energy are similar to the issues of hunger. We have plenty, we have what we need, we have enough for all and we have enough to spare. The problem is not the supply, the problem is the delivery and distribution.

The available amount of food produced is well within the needs of the entire world, with sufficient for stockpiling for future needs, the supply however needs to be distributed without the normal red tape of selfish countries and politically naive countries bent...

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August 19, 2008
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Everything that now goes to the landfill could be recycled Part #2

Posted by bill f. on 8/19/2008 — Be the first to recommend this!

Every plastic container that is produced and sold has these words” PLEASE RECYCLE” printed in plain sight.
I would guess that less than 5% are reused for something beneficial?

Drinking water bottles are a classic example because we may well run short on safe drinking water before we run out of oil! All plastics require oil for their production. One complaint involves how much space is required by landfills to dispose of this waste product. Bottled water is a good habit as you can easily measure your consumption by the bottles you dispose of; some day it may be the only safe potable...

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August 19, 2008
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Everything that now goes into the landfill could be recycled Part#1

Posted by bill f. on 8/18/2008 — Be the first to recommend this!

PLASTICS

Plastic containers are one of the easiest items to recycle once you know what to do with it. Even in my little City of under 7K, there are, paper and cardboard recycle bins around City Hall. There is no close place that we can take plastic unless we live in an area with recycle trucks.

Most folks think of plastic as just trash, I see fossil fuels refined to a high level and some filler materials. Slit that plastic into strips and any residue should dry up or wick into a homogenized mixture. The load would condense down to less than 1/10th it’s original size. If power...

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August 19, 2008
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ARE WE ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL or am I misinformed?

Posted by bill f. on 8/16/2008 — Be the first to recommend this!

While we talk about "GLOBAL FOOD PRICES & ENERGY SUPPLIES needing to be balanced" aren't the air lines trying to structure into just 3 major companies controlling 99% of the AIR TRADE ROUTES and with that 99% squeezing out everybody else?

Well if that is true, competition will be just about dead and service will degrade in the same flight path prices rise in!

Someone should tell them, the airlines, to rethink their way out of their fuel chrisis:

1. They should establish long term fuel contracts with what ever competition is left.
2. They also need to look at...

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August 18, 2008
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Change From a Payment

Posted by James in Victoria on 8/18/2008 — Be the first to recommend this!

*This does not strictly pertain to the current topic, but is an idea I would like to share in this forum.
A change in procedure when it comes to billing could be as effective in reducing energy consumption as government tax credits. Rather than being billed for energy consumption at the end of a given period, clients (companies, businesses, individuals) would pre-purchase the energy they require. Energy purchased in advance would be at a set rate, and could even be discounted by government, while overages in consumption would be penalized by a higher rate. Clients would have to analyze power...

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August 18, 2008
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Everything that now goes into the landfill could be recycled Part #3

Posted by bill f. on 8/18/2008 — Be the first to recommend this!

Every plastic container that is produced and sold has these words” PLEASE RECYCLE” printed in plain sight.

I would guess that less than 5% are reused for something beneficial?

That being the case, I have devised a way to also easily condense the size of other plastic containers to reduce recycle, trash truck and landfill space

Milk, Soap or other plastic bottles:
1. Rinse them out if they are destined for a recycle truck(clean=no bugs).
2. Cut the top or side out of bottles and jugs to form a receptacle that can then be filled just like it was invisible (clean plastics should not smell bad).
3. You may have a clean & green ratio of 10 to1 on some heavy containers?

This should definitely be greener than what we now do?

Thanks,

Texas Bill f.

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August 18, 2008
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End Results

Posted by James in Victoria on 8/18/2008 — Be the first to recommend this!

Pertaining to this discussion:
As stated in a previous post in this forum "Where Are the Cost-Benefit Analyses?", the use of biofuels should be decided on the basis of efficiency. Like the argument for vegetarianism wherein it is given that it takes more grain to feed a person meat than it takes grain to feed a person, it may very well be that producing a fuel source by agrarian means will consume as much or more energy than it ultimately yields. Despite the amazing efficiency of biotic solar systems (plants - photosynthesis), this does not necessarily translate once we have factored in costs such as generating fertilizer, operating farming machinery, transportation, and refining and distribution. The whole process is only efficient for petroleum products because oil starts in such a high energy state, whereas crops such as corn or sugar cane are in a much lower energy state. Imagine the fire from burning a field of dry corn versus burning an equal mass of petrol oil. There are, however, more efficient ways to produce a refined fuel from biomass, that also do not require the use of large areas of arable land. For either refining or producing a petrol substitute for combustion engines, or as a way of generating hydrogen, microbiological processes are already showing very promising results.
As for the non-industrial, gut reaction side of the debate; diverting our already limited resources for putting food in our mouths as a way to fuel SUVs? That has all the appeal of selling my fingers to buy a typewriter.

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August 17, 2008
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Solutions in New Direction - True Sustainable Development and Independence

Posted by MarieDevineDivineWay on 8/15/2008 — Be the first to recommend this!

Sustainable development and survival of the planet and species thereon (including us) are the primary goals. All other considerations have to do with money and money is the obstacle. Oil companies have investors that will need to reconsider their real needs.

If 40% more oil will be needed; we must consider how to reduce consumption. If the nations lift up “one day of no work for anyone” that will be a world wide reduction of 1/7th energy use. It will unify communities, reduce stress for better health and better family relations and put a quick halt to high energy prices that are...

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August 15, 2008
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Stop Controlling too much (Balancing our own hope and fear)

Posted by sanjeevmalhotra on 8/15/2008 — Be the first to recommend this!

Food and energy security or its insecurity, whether we have enough to meet the demand and then trying to any extent to control the demand supply gap. Trying to control too much with actions like food for fuel conversion, might increase imbalance which we think there is already. Humanity would survive taking clues from one's own individual lives. We are always not dying when we are sick, but too much treatment for sure creates a problem in future.
We need to check if we are balancing our hopes and fears and try not to control too much for our inbuilt human insecurity which is due to our over dependence on few things.

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August 13, 2008
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Global Food Prices and Energy Prices are regulated by the only balance " Supply & Demand".

Posted by bill f. on 8/13/2008 — Be the first to recommend this!

What do Rolling black-outs, Food Shortages and Airline Over-Booking have in common? Think about it, if you don't already have the answer.

They all can be solved by increased infrastructure and the added production that fills a need. Deregulating the industries has been tried and it did not work like was predicted; The reason is simple: The same money just went from the left pocket to the right in the same suit.

WHAT ELSE CAN BE TRIED?

A few years ago the Anti-Trust Lawyers from the Department of Justice broke up the largest phone company in the World. This let competition breathe again and our rates are cheaper today because of it.

Incidently Who said Humpty Dumpty could not be put back together again?

Name one major industry that isn't built to it's present market share by consuming most of it's competitors? Automotive, no; oil Companies, no; Utility Companies, No; Banks, no; Insurance Companies. no; appliance Manufacturers, no; Appliance Control Companies, no and you can go on an on.

How much electronics have been totally out-sourced Tv's, CD players, Tee-vos, computers, watches etc ............. Go figure.

All the rest of the world needs those things too they should make theirs and we should be able to make ours.

If we are in dire needs, it's from a lack of competition due to too many buy outs and then out sourcing as many jobs as possible to foreign interests in exchange for political funding.

There is my little fix courtesy of the Justice department's Anti-Trust group and the Federal (fair) Trade commission..

Thanks,

Texas Bill