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Misled re Climate Change
We and our leaders have been consistently misled by the OPCC and the IPCC. By Katie Weeman, Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, and Patrick Lynch, NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center The rate of global sea level rise has been accelerating in recent decades, rather than increasing steadily, according to a new study based on 25 years of NASA and European satellite data. This acceleration, driven mainly by increased melting in Greenland and Antarctica, has the potential to double the total sea level rise projected by 2100 when compared to projections that assume a constant rate of sea level rise, according to lead...
Read MoreThe Very Model Of A Very Stable Genius
Song parody by Randy Rainbow Donald Trump’s brag that he’s a ‘very stable genius’ has long been nothing but a sad punchline. Now American comedian Randy Rainbow has taken the boast as the basis for a new song parody based on The Major-General’s Song from Gilbert and Sullivan’s Pirates of Penzance. It starts: ‘He is the very model of a very stable genius / of all the US Presidents he is the Mussoliniest. And makes jokes about the President’s ‘tiny penius’, Russian meddling in the election, and his notorious ‘grab em by the pussy’...
Read MoreChance
Hymn 1 Enter, rejoice, and come in. Enter, rejoice, and come in. Today will be a joyful day; enter, rejoice, and come in. Open your ears to the song. Open your ears to the song. Today will be a joyful day; enter, rejoice, and come in. Open your hearts ev’ryone. Open your hearts ev’ryone. Today will be a joyful day; enter, rejoice, and come in. Don’t be afraid of some change. Don’t be afraid of some change. Today will be a joyful day; enter, rejoice, and come in. Enter, rejoice, and come in. Enter, rejoice, and come in. Today will be a joyful day; enter, rejoice, and come in. Chance An unexpected event: risk: opportunity: possibility of something happening” (...
Read MoreFrying oil car conversions
A 1986 Mercedes 300D converted to run carbon neutral on filtered used frying oil allows the use of waste oil saves 7 tons a year of CO2 To get to 100% carbon neutral driving I looked online to find a car I could afford which would be a good car to convert to run carbon free on filtered waste oil I was looking for a car with a reputation for rugged simplicity and long life to realise the benefits. But many more modern cars have been converted with this kit – see later I chose a 29 year old Mercedes 300D with 175,000 miles on the clock, which I bought for $5,000. Then the conversion cost $2,757 Use of Vegetable Oils as Diesel Engine Fuel In Diesel Engines for Land...
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“An unexpected event: risk: opportunity: possibility of something happening” ( only the English language could use the same word to describe ‘risk’ & ‘opportunity’!) A chance where we have complete control A chance where we have no control A chance we can influence 1. A chance where we have complete control When we eat, What we eat – except where we have been ‘influenced’ by advertising – or sugar has been added to our food – (80% of supermarket products…) 2. A chance where we have no control Acts of God . … In insurance circles, an act of God is defined as any accident or event not influenced by man. They are accidents...
Read MoreInvestors & JV Partners sought.
Investors & JV Partners sought. Fresh water from Renewables2 1 The Sun – SunDew solar desalination – target 50 L/d – water 2 The Wind – WindWater wind powered desalination – water 3 Water currents – boatman – wind & water current powered desalination (pat’d ) – water 4 The Tide –...
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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. 
