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doodles by Charlie
When things happen or situations crop up that raise an eyebrow, or cause a smile or simple appreciation, they are often the catalyst for one of Charlie’s doodles. He finds putting writing them frees his mind to get on with something...
Read MoreThe question
If our mum was born with about 300 eggs and a Dad during his life makes half a trillion sperm & if to make one of us it took one of each - then the chance of our existence at all Is 1 in 1.5×10^9 .. add in the ‘not tonight dears’ the near-miss we had when learning to drive & that swim taken in water later found to house crocodiles… Then the chance of us even getting to read this page is microscopically small let’s say a fifth of that number 1 in 7.8*10^9 Now the chance for a pensioner in the US getting Covid is 1 in 19 million and the chance of getting struck by lightening there is 1 in 1.1 million So we are each far more...
Read MoreTwo hands Distractions
To read about a strange leader in a country riddled with Covid or watch impotently as Brazil looks to overtake the USA. Why when I’ve never been to Brazil and I’m not about to change how the US runs itself. More CO2 was emitted here this year in a single bushfire season than Australia emits in an entire year. 80 percent of the Blue Mountains protected area were burnt areas that have clung on since the age of the dinosaurs. National conversation about climate change never happened. We remain in suspended animation waiting for the Covid health crisis to pass. Meanwhile a group of Australian scientists have made an alarming revision of temperature...
Read MoreThe SolAir plan
Climate change is real, cut vehicle emissions completely > solar powered car conversions. SolAir. I plan to get a 10 year old diesel ute, convert its engine into a 2 stroke air motor by altering its camshaft, then from cylinders in its tray, run it without emissions, from compressed air cylinders in its tray. Then put PVs on the garage roof, powering a compressor inside filling spare cylinders during the day. So when commuters get home at night, they can fill up their car’s cylinders from the garage cylinders – ready for the next day’s emissions free commute. Please contact me on charlie.madden@internode.on.net if you can...
Read MoreSolAir – Home compressed-air car conversions
Cars are changing. Electric cars are becoming more common. And the Hyundai hydrogen car comes out next year as is the Tonnsley hydrogen station in Adelaide. We are developing a conversion for commuters’ cars to run with no emissions of fuel costs on home solar compressed air. Please contact me if you are interested on charlie.madden@internode.on.net.
Read MoreVegetable oil as fuel
Rudolf was right back in 1900 – fuel can be grown, & it can be carbon neutral. Diesel said that “In 1900 a small Diesel engine was exhibited by the Otto company which, on the suggestion of the French Government, was run on arachide [peanut] oil, and operated so well that very few people were aware of the fact. The motor was built for ordinary oils, and without any modification was run on vegetable oil By converting my Mercedes to run on vegetable oil I have saved 10 tons of CO2 in 5 years – a ball 68’ in diameter, and $5,000 in diesel cost. The 1986 Mercedes 300D Bought 5 years ago for $5,000, she had ~ 175,000 miles on her clock – which promptly...
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Water boatman is a unit on the water, that takes in polluted or sea water, distills it & either stores the pure water – or pumps it ashore. Water boatman is a unit on the water, that takes in polluted or sea water, distills it & either stores the pure water – or pumps it ashore. 
