Re: [Biofuel] Help Wanted
What is your question? - Original Message - From: Philip Gwinnell [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: biofuel@sustainablelists.org Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2007 2:42 PM Subject: [Biofuel] Help Wanted Amongst all you smart people on the mailing list do we perchace have a mechanical engineer who can help me with a set of helical gears to drive a solar device I'm building? I know what it looks like but I need assistance on the technical front. All replies gratefully accepted. Best Regards, Philip Hainan Bioenergy _ Live Search: New search found http://get.live.com/search/overview ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
[Biofuel] Obesity Health Alert
Extracted from: http://www.abetterlife.info/home/msgobesityalert.html MSG Obesity Health Alert I wondered if there could be an actual chemical causing the massive obesity epidemic, so did a friend of mine, John Erb. He was a research assistant at the University of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada, and spent years working for the government. He made an amazing discovery while going through scientific journals for a book he was writing called The Slow Poisoning of America. In hundreds of studies around the world, scientists were creating obese mice and rats to use in diet or diabetes test studies. No strain of rat or mice is naturally obese, so the scientists have to create them. They make these morbidly obese creatures by injecting them with MSG when they are first born. The MSG triples the amount of insulin the pancreas creates; causing rats (and humans?) to become obese. They even have a title for the fat rodents they create: MSG-Treated Rats. I was shocked too. I went to my kitchen, checking the cupboards and the fridge. MSG was in everything! The Campbell's soups, the Hostess Doritos, the Lays flavoured potato chips, Betty Crocker Hamburger Helper, Heinz canned gravy, Swanson frozen prepared meals, Kraft salad dressings, especially the 'healthy low fat' ones. The items that didn't have MSG marked on the product label had something called ''Hydrolyzed Vegetable Protein'', which is just another name for Monosodium Glutamate. It was shocking to see just how many of the foods we feed our children everyday are filled with this stuff. They hide MSG under many different names in order to fool those who carefully read the ingredient list, so they don't catch on. (Other names for MSG: 'Accent' - 'Aginomoto' - 'Natural Meet Tenderiser' etc.) But it didn't stop there. When our family went out to eat, we started asking at the restaurants what menu items had MSG. Employees, even the managers, swore they didn't use MSG. But when we asked for the ingredient list which they provided, sure enough MSG and Hydrolyzed Vegetable Protein were everywhere. Burger King, Mcdonalds, Wendy's, Taco Bell, every restaurant, even the sit down ones like TGIF, Chilis', Applebees and Denny's use MSG in abundance. Kentucky Fried Chicken seemed to be the WORST offender: MSG was in every chicken dish, salad dressing and gravy. No wonder I loved to eat that coating on the skin, their secret spice was MSG! So why is MSG in so many of the foods we eat?.. Is it a preservative or a vitamin? Not according to my friend John. In the book he wrote, an expose of the food additive industry called http://www.spofamerica.comThe Slow Poisoning of America he said that MSG is added to food for the addictive effect it has on the humanbody. Even the http://www.msgfacts.com/facts/msgfact12.htmlpropaganda website sponsored by the food manufacturers lobby group supporting MSG explains that the reason they add it to food is to make people eat more. A study of the elderly showed that people eat more of the foods to which it is added. The Glutamate Association lobby group says eating more benefits the elderly, but what does it do to the rest of us? 'Betcha can't eat just one', takes on a whole new meaning where MSG is concerned! And we wonder why the nation is overweight? The MSG manufacturers themselves admit that it addicts people to their products. It makes people choose their product over others, and makes people eat more of it than they would if MSG wasn't added. Not only is MSG scientifically proven to cause obesity, it is an addictive substance! Since its introduction into the American food supply fifty years ago, MSG has been added in larger and larger doses to the pre-packaged meals, soups, snacks and fast foods we are tempted to eat everyday.The FDA has set no limits on how much of it can be added to food. They claim it's safe to eat in any amount. How can they claim it safe when there are hundreds of scientific studies with titles like these?: 'The monosodium glutamate (MSG) obese rat as a model for the study of exercise in obesity'. Gobatto CA, Mello MA, Souza CT, Ribeiro A.Res Commun Mol Pathol Pharmacol. 2002. 'Adrenalectomy abolishes the food-induced hypothalamic serotonin release in both normal and monosodium glutamate-obese rats'. Guimaraes RB, Telles MM, Coelho VB, Mori C, Nascimento CM, Ribeiro Brain Res Bull. 2002 Aug. 'Obesity induced by neonatal monosodium glutamate treatment in spontaneously hypertensive rats: an animal model of multiple risk factors'. Iwase M, Yamamoto M, Iino K, Ichikawa K, Shinohara N, Yoshinari Fujishima Hypertens Res. 1998 Mar. 'Hypothalamic lesion induced by injection of monosodium glutamate in suckling period and subsequent development of obesity'. Tanaka K, Shimada M, Nakao K, Kusunoki Exp Neurol. 1978 Oct. Yes, that last study was not a typo, it WAS written in 1978. Both the medical research community and food
[Biofuel] MSG is a health menace
It pays to read labels but tricks are used to hide MSG's presence. Hydrolyzed protein, textured vegetable protein are two ways to hide the MSG. MSG is a neurotoxin. It is commonly found in kimshi and I suspect it is why Koreans have an inordinate number of strokes and stomach cancers. Peace, D. Mindock -- With special thanks to: Wayne Erickson MSG Information Center Extracted from: http://www.msgmyth.com/brochure.pdfWhat is MSG? Current research links MSG to neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer's, Huntington's, Parkinson's, and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS). FDA records show that MSG was never actually tested, but it was given an automatic GRAS (generally regarded as safe) status as were salt and pepper in the 1950s. Children and elderly are most vulnerable to the degenerative effects of MSG. Here is a brief list of common effects of MSG and some curious statistics published by national organizations. Heart maladies- More than 70 million Americans have one or more forms of cardiovascular disease and 43% of all deaths in the U.S. are related to these problems. The number of cardiovascular operations went up 287% from 1980-1990. Alzheimer's disease, not an identifiable healthcare cost in 1980, now ranks third after cancer and heart disease among the most costly health problems in America. Four million people afflicted at a cost of $47,000/person/ year, is $188 billion/year in healthcare costs. Headaches Migraines- $2.2 billion/year are spent on drugs to treat headaches, with a 74% increase in these chronic conditions between 1980-1990. Asthma, which was on the decline until the mid-eighties, now shows a 100% increase in the death rate among children and seniors. Incidence has increased 600% in the last 10 years. The FDA recognizes that uncontrollable asthma can be caused by MSG, but stops there, unfortunately. Tumors- There has been an 88% increase in tumors since 1982. Birth Defects and Reproduction Disorders - MSG is a known mutagen (mutates fetuses) and causes significant damage to intellectual development, growth patterns, reproduction and gonadal functions. Neurological/Emotional Disorders - Lab studies show devastating effects on brain development including dyslexia, autism, attention deficit disorder, hyperactivity, schizophrenia, violent episodes (rage), panic attacks, seizures, paranoia, depression, and cerebral palsy. Humans are 5 times more sensitive to MSG than rats which were used in tests. Obesity is one of the most consistent effects of excitotoxin exposure and is a growing problem, nationwide, that knows no age or sex boundaries. In fact, scientists feed glutamate to young laboratory animals as a reliable way of inducing obesity. MSG triggers an insulin/adrenalin/fat storage/food craving response. This depletes seratonin levels which trigger headaches, depression, fatigue, and leads to more food cravings. Fibromyalgia is a growing epidemic. Fibromyalgia patients who eliminated MSG and aspartame during a study conducted by the University of Florida reported complete relief of symptoms (2001). Parkinson's, ALS, MS, and Huntington's diseases, like Alzheimer's, are all progressive neurogenic diseases showing brain/nerve cell damage. Other symptoms of MSG sensitivity include: swollen throat and tongue, racing heart, joint pain, vertigo, skin disorders, sleeping disorders, burning, tightness or redness on face, and gastrointestinal complaints. Tests and Misinformation Dr. Adrienne Samuels (Ph.D. in Research) in a 1999 industry journal (Accountability in Research) stated that human tests of MSG, . were often poorly designed, included inaccurate data and came to misleading conclusions. She wrote, flawed research, suppression of facts and dissemination of inaccurate information are all tools that are used by special interest groups to misle ad the public and government agencies. Her research showed that all tests to date have been funded by or had ties to the food industry. These lobby groups are comprised of the largest food companies in America who profit from MSG use. ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
Re: [Biofuel] Mass-Produced Electric Cars
Darryl: I mention the Prius merely as an example of a vehicle much vaunted for environmental reasons; but in part also to draw attention to the way cars are becoming less like Meccano and more like jigsaw puzzles. The correlation between technique and sensitivity to economies of scale is not very widely understood. Contrary to popular belief the effect of economies of scale is not constant but dependent on the techniques employed. Making jigsaw-puzzle-like cars is much more sensitive to economies of scale than making Meccano-like cars. That is, making the former in small numbers results in a far greater unit-cost increase than making the latter in small numbers. There are all kinds of reasons the motor industry favours the jigsaw-puzzle approach, many of them somewhat ignoble. Classic cars, apart from the fact that they have already been made and therefore do not have huge organizations riding on the activity of making them, also tend to be more Meccano-like than current models, depending on the age and exact model. For instance, a first-generation BMW M3 is a lot more jigsaw-puzzle-like than a Frazer-Nash Chain Gang. But thousands of the former and only about 350 of the latter were made, even though the BMW was more expensive in real terms. Cities are constantly rebuilding themselves. There is a lot homeowners can do to improve the predominant urban form: lobby local authorities to allow smaller land parcels, zero street and side setbacks, and ground-floor commercial in residential suburbs. Better still, lobby them to sell off bits of road reserve to adjacent homeowners so they can build over colonnaded sidewalks. It'll be a battle, though, most places: I'll be facing one soon with the house I'm planning to build. The first thing is to challenge people's perceptions, so they stop objecting to the wrong things. I've given a lot of thought to this: if you would like to swop ideas, e-mail me at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Keith: The trick is not to eliminate unnecessary motor-vehicle trips, but unnecessarily motor-vehicle trips. There really are very few of the former, and way too many of the latter; en dis waarom die Kaap nie heeltemal in die haak is nie... -Dawie - Original Message From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: biofuel@sustainablelists.org Sent: Wednesday, 7 February, 2007 11:08:16 PM Subject: Biofuel Digest, Vol 22, Issue 24 ... Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Precedence: list MIME-Version: 1.0 To: biofuel@sustainablelists.org Date: Wed, 07 Feb 2007 14:48:46 -0500 Reply-To: biofuel@sustainablelists.org Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; DelSp=Yes; format=flowed Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Mass-Produced Electric Cars Message: 7 It's not as if we really have any mass-produced electric cars to take issue with at this point. Pity that's a problem we don't have. (The Prius is NOT an electric car. It is an electric-assist gas car.) I'm not going to argue against walking or cycling. I spent three years lobbying my provincial government to legalize electric-assist bikes here. Finally won that one, temporarily at least, last fall. So, I do know something about the issue of current legislation, and I'm currently beating my head against another regulatory bureaucratic brick wall. If we want to talk about energy and environmental impact, let's put the zero-emissions (point of use), up to 80% efficient electric bike up against the 20% efficient (best case) meat engine that produces greenhouse gases (CO2), liquid and solid waste products. Where the electricity comes from is a matter of personal choice. I buy Green Tags so that the equivalent of the electricity I pull from the grid is produced from wind power. It takes food to fuel the meat engine, and we have discussed food-miles here previously. I'm all in favour of better designed communities and public transit services that actually serve the public. Not something I have much personal experience with, I'm sorry to say. That's from someone who does walk and cycle to local shops and rides the local bus system most days. It has taken North America about 60 years of conscious community design to get us to the point that urban sprawl is the norm, and we are so car dependent. That's not going to get fixed overnight. Just now, it's a bit chilly hereabouts (-23 C when I went out the door this morning, ignoring wind chill). My son is still up to cycling in this weather, but I prefer a bit more protection from the elements any more under these conditions. For many of us, working within walking distance of home simply isn't an option - our cities are designed to segregate places of work from residential areas and there is often a goodly distance in between. Further, transit systems often don't cater to even the majority of residents. So, if I need to travel 30 km or
[Biofuel] Your Genetic Code Is Not Carved in Stone
Your Genetic Code Is Not Carved in Stone By Al Sears, MD New research is revealing how your environment actually changes your genetics - and it's putting you in the driver's seat. In November, the Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute released the results of their groundbreaking study. They found that a mother's diet during pregnancy not only affects her child, but also her child's offspring. This means that the lifestyle choices a woman makes can affect several generations of children - a revolutionary idea that flies in the face of conventional wisdom. For more than 150 years - since the time of Darwin - scientists have believed that any changes to an organism cannot be passed on to the next generation. According to strict Darwinism, if you were to change your diet, lose weight, and become super-fit, your children would not benefit from your efforts. But we now know there is something more at play: the epigenome. The epigenome plays a powerful role in your health... and could make the difference between whether or not you inherit heart disease or diabetes or something else. Scientists in an emerging field of research - epigenetics - have discovered that your genes are only 15 percent of the total genetic material you get from your parents. For example, your genes give you many individualizing traits like blue eyes or brown hair. The remaining 85 percent - the epigenome - is a scaffolding of proteins that surround your DNA's double-helix pattern. As it turns out, this scaffolding functions as an interface that interacts with your environment. Based on the lifestyle choices you make, the epigenome has the power to turn genes on or off, changing the way your body translates your genetic coding into the proteins that make up YOU. The Children's Hospital Oakland study, lead by Dr. David Martin, split genetically identical pregnant mice into two groups. The mice had been bred in a way that gave the scientists the ability to monitor a gene that determined both the color of their coats and their tendency to develop chronic disease. So, by tracking coat color, they were able to follow the effects of vitamin supplementation across two generations of offspring. The first group of mice received a standard diet. The second group received the same diet, with the added benefit of supplemental vitamin B12, folate, choline, and zinc. When the babies were born, the females from both groups were mated and fed identical diets with no supplements. When the offspring gave birth, Dr. Martin's team discovered that the original mice that had the diet with extra vitamins passed the benefits on to both their children and grandchildren. Findings like these have powerful implications in both directions. It means that, by making healthy choices, your efforts can have a positive effect not only on your children but on your grandchildren as well. On the other hand, a diet of fast food and sodas will not only wreck your own health, it could predispose future generations to chronic diseases like obesity, diabetes, and heart disease. That helps to explain why so many schoolchildren suffer from high blood pressure and low HDL (good cholesterol). The poor dietary choices their parents made are coming home to roost. This discovery gives us new insight into a long-standing debate between Charles Darwin and a guy you may never have heard of - French naturalist Jean-Baptiste Lamarck. Darwin's theory, which has been shaping the direction of modern science, can be summed up in a few words: Genes cannot be affected by the outside world. In other words, your lifestyle choices have no effect on your genetic code or how those genes are expressed. But Lamarck believed that if an organism changes during its life in order to adapt to its environment, those changes would be passed on to its offspring - and Dr. Martin's study is one of several that are proving he was correct. So, guess what? It looks like you're no longer a victim of your genetic programming. If, for example, if you decide to exercise vigorously to develop new muscle, it now appears that it's possible for you to pass on a predisposition to build muscle with exercise to your children... and perhaps even further down your line of descendants. Conscious decisions to improve your health will interact with your epigenome. In turn, the proteins in your epigenome can turn off genes that would have otherwise expressed themselves as disease in your descendents. Instead of the old model, think of your genetic code as a library. You have thousands of choices, but you never check out all of the books. The epigenome interacts with your environment and your choices to determine which books to read. Your Genetic Code Is Not Carved in Stone Vitamins like E, C, and A send messages to your genes that normalize cell division. This alone can aid in preventing many forms of cancer. For vitamins E and C, I recommend taking
[Biofuel] Terror of Pediatric Medicine
Terror of Pediatric Medicine IMVA Publications Dear IMVA, I am very pleased to announce the free e-book The Terror of Pediatric Medicine (350 pages), which is the first of a series of books on medical truth from the newly formed publishing company inside the IMVA. Anyone who wants to read about the dangers of vaccines and other horrific medical practices aimed at the very young will find this book medically and scientifically informative as well as inspirational. Early on I say in the book by the time you finish reading this book, you will understand the title. I was on the radio tonight speaking in no uncertain terms about the terrorism of the Federal Drug and Food Administration (FDA) and the big pharmaceutical companies who are into the culture of poisoning people and calling that medicine. Helping children by poisoning them is not a viable option or even medically sane though the medical community thinks so. Pediatrics is in general inhumane. It's a group of men and woman specially trained to terrorize newborns and young ones and their families and to feel good about it in the process. If that is not the truth I would like to hear about it! Of course I would concede the many exceptions, the courageous ones that step out from the herd but that is almost impossible for an American pediatrician to do unless he or she retires. This is an updated version of my early work in the vaccine field, a widely published mini book: Cry of the Heart. The new book covers in-depth the vaccine controversy, pediatric dentistry, oncology as well as childhood psychiatry and psychology. The book format is in beautiful html and offers us hope and solutions for a world of medicine gone mad and is especially timely considering the recent information on the state legislators, backed heavily by the pharmaceutical companies and political groups, who are attempting and succeeding in making mandatory the new and unproven HPV vaccine against cervical cancer for all girls at age 11. Link to the book download: http://www.imva.info/books.shtml You have to send in your name and email address to access the download but I will make sure that you do not receive duplicates of our newsletter. I am off tomorrow into the interior of Brazil for two weeks to my retreat center that I hope to turn into a sanctuary for my friends. Also I want to open up options for my family's future. With massive climate changes in the offering I want to have two entirely different environments to choose from. I presently live in a modern city on the coast but want my hands in a pristine area at the far end of the world in the interior highlands. Drinking the water as it comes out of the mountain side is highly appealing to me. I have been getting a few letters in protest against my political writings and some people just do not get it. In a world of separation we have become terribly fragmented in our thinking when in reality everything converges and has an effect on every other thing. Principles of Oneness translate into the reality that global warming will greatly impact our health. It is already killing many people and will kill millions and millions more in the coming years. So will the insanity of the president of the United States if he starts yet another war. Medicine and health are not separate from politics or even economics as many millions will soon learn. Even the housing bubble http://www.marketoracle.co.uk/Article303.html will affect the health and happiness of millions. The economics of medicine as well as the financial fundamentals of the world, especially the United States, are on incredibly shaky grounds. Mark Sircus Ac., OMD Director International Medical Veritas Association http://www.imva.info ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
[Biofuel] Public hearing on DU conversion in OH KY
It seems that we've had incidents in the USA where large amounts of DU have been released. Would you believe that 12 tons of DU were released in just incident in Ohio? It is in the PDF file link below. - - - Draft Environmental Impact Statements For the Construction and Operation of Depleted Uranium Hexafluoride Conversion Facilities at the Paducah, Kentucky and Portsmouth, Ohio Sites - - - PUBLIC HEARING JANUARY 7, 2004 - - - http://web.ead.anl.gov/uranium/pdf/transwaverly.pdf ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
[Biofuel] Vitamin C + Sodium Benzoate = Benzene - A Proven Carcinogen!
I slipped up and bought some stuff from what I thought were responsible companies. But lo and behold I found sodium benzoate along with fruit juice which could lead to benzene being present. The moral of the story is that no matter what you may think of a given company, read the label and be prepared for a shock. It seems that the bean counters are in control of most companies these days. Peace, D. Mindock === Vitamin C + Sodium Benzoate = Benzene - A Proven Carcinogen! Categories Health through Nutrition Practical Health This alert clearly demonstrates how chemicals in processed foods, while considered safe on their own can create havoc when mixed with even safe nutrients like Vitamin C. Action to take: This is not a small thing, although the so-called experts will try to tell you that there's no harm at these benzene levels. But there is no safe level of benzene. And no one is talking about how it reacts with other carcinogens in your body, which could be a serious problem. We already know it reacts with healthy substances like vitamin C. There is a solution. Eliminate all processed foods and unnatural drinks. All processed foods have chemicals in them for preservation. And many of these preservatives can damage your health. As usual the FDA re-opens probe into benzene contamination of soft drinks after the fact! Chris Gupta See also: FD C Dyes Sickness 'Ban artificial food colourings' Violence And Nutrition ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
[Biofuel] Sugar and pancreatic cancer
High consumption of Sugar causes pancreatic cancer, thought to be the worst form of cancer. Myself, I would avoid all refined sugars including dextrose, fructose, sucrose, glucose, etc., just to be safe. Even potatoes, white bread and white rice are instantly converted into glucose, so avoiding simple carbohydrates is a good thing to do. Peace, D. Mindock === Here is more evidence, as if more was needed, for a no sugar, http://www.newmediaexplorer.org/chris/2003/11/21/dr_jan_kwasniewskis_diet_is_not_atkin_dietupdate.htm low carb http://www.newmediaexplorer.org/chris/2003/11/21/dr_jan_kwasniewskis_diet_is_not_atkin_dietupdate.htm diet. The high consumption of sweetened food and drink increases the risk of developing pancreatic cancer. According to a new study from Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden, the following picture emerges: Most at risk to develop pancreatic cancer were those men and women who consumed high quantities of added sugar, http://www.newmediaexplorer.org/chris/2007/01/04/vitamin_c_sodium_benzoate_benzene_a_proven_carcinogen.htmsoft drinks, and sweetened fruit soups or stewed fruit. The study concluded: High consumption of sugar and high-sugar foods may be associated with a greater risk of pancreatic cancer. Ref: http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/abstract/84/5/1171American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Vol. 84, No. 5, 1171-1176, November 2006 The researchers have now been able to show that the risk of developing pancreatic cancer is related to the amount of sugar in the diet. Most at risk were those who drank high quantities of fizzy or syrup based (squash) drinks. The group who said that they drank such products twice a day or more ran a 90% higher risk than those who never drank them. People who added sugar to food or drinks (e.g. coffee) at least five times a day ran a 70% greater risk than those who did not. People who ate creamed fruit (a product resembling runny jam) at least once a day also ran a higher risk -- they developed the disease 50% more often than those who never ate creamed fruit. It is perhaps the most serious form of cancer, with very poor prognoses for its victims. Since it's difficult to treat and is often discovered too late, it's particularly important that we learn to prevent it, she says. Note: This story has been adapted from a news release issued by Karolinska Institutet. Extracted from: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2006/11/061108100540.htmScience Daily November 8, 2006___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
[Biofuel] Who are we to hate these days?
On a daily basis, we hear from a variety of sources that our world is turned upside down, evil exists everywhere, and terrorism is a way of life. People seem determined to kill each other in increasingly violent ways, while young children are recruited to become suicide bombers in the name of God. Radio, television and online news outlets dispense an endless cascade of man's inhumanity to man, family members gone berserk, teenagers on killing rampages in their schools, and terror cells rocking Earth's consciousness everywhere from train stations to places of worship. I could go on describing the ways in which we're continually bombarded by the media, but I'm going to stop because I'd be violating the central premise of this chapter. The point I'm making here is that we seem to live in a totally out of balance world where our desires for feeling peaceful are challenged by the myriad non peaceful energies that are considered newsworthy. But we do have a choice in this mater. And we can choose to realign ourselves energetically with our desire to live in this world peacefully, regardless of what's going on around us, and in spite of the non peaceful energy we're often subjected to. We can begin by deciding to maintain a tranquil existence within ourselves even when others promote fear, anger, and hatred about this violent planet. After all, a massive collective effort throughout the history of humanity - by those in positions of authority - has taught individuals whom to fear, and even worse, whom to hate. If we'd been alive in America back in the 1750's, we'd have been told that it was our patriotic duty to hate the French as well as the Native Americans. Twenty five years later, we'd have been told that it was ok to stop hating the French, but that we were obliged to hate the British. Now fast forward 87 years, and if we lived in the South, we'd be told to hate those in the North, and Northerners likewise were required to hate Southerners, even if they were related by blood. (And by the way, it was no longer a requirement that we hate the British). Now move ahead 34 years, and it wasn't necessary to hate the Spanish, plus it was acceptable once again to love those who lived in a different latitude in our own country. Twenty years later, it was fine to love the Spanish, but compulsory to hate the Germans, and in just a few decades the Japanese would be added to our required hate list. Then it became all right to stop hating the Germans and Japanese, but we had to hate the Communists, be they in North Korea or North Vietnam several years later. In other words, there's always been a collection of people being added to or deleted from the hate inventory. For a long time we were required to hate Russians, then Iranians; we could love the Iraqis, but only for a short time. Then we reversed those on the hate list: We were obliged to hate the formerly loved Iraqis, and it was okay to love the Iranians that only ten years before we were told to hate. Then came the Taliban, and even more obscure categories such as terrorists whom we used to call insurgents, whoever they are now, became mandatory targets of our hate. On and on goes this litany of hate! The faces change but the message remains: we're told whom to hate, never for a moment recognising that the enemy we're supposed to hate isn't a nationality - the enemy is hatred itself! From Being in Balance Wayne Dyer ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
[Biofuel] More on mandatory vaccinations
It seems that if you're a young girl, your body is not safe from Big Pharma. Is this just the tip of an incoming iceberg in Amerika? This has to be nipped in the bud! We need to wake up as another right is to be stripped away, all to protect us. Our bodies will no longer be under our personal dominion but belong to the state. First mandatory vaccinations, then chipping, scheduled medical exams, etc. Big Pharma and the AMA have control of the government and the government has control of us. What ever happened to the quaint notion that the government is in place to serve us, not control us? D. Mindock Virginia Legislation Updatefrom Health Freedom: http://www.healthfreedom.net/index.php?option=com_contenttask=viewid=20Itemid=49 Virginia Legislative Activity in February 2007 (good and bad) The American Association for Health Freedom (AAHF) is pleased to announce that both the Virginia House and Senate have passed Abraham's Law. This new law is an important advance for the rights of parents together with mature older children to make informed medical choices. A second law passed by the Virginia Legislature this week, however, takes away the right of families to make medical choices. This week the Virginia House and Senate became the first state legislature to require that school age girls to be vaccinated against the human papillomanavirus (HPV). With these laws the Virginia State Legislature is the first in the United States to approve such laws in both chambers. The right of families to make informed medical decisions (Abraham's Law). In the past few weeks, AAHF has been working with Virginia legislators and others in support of Abraham's Law (HB 2314 /SB 905) on the rights of parents and a mature child to make informed medical decisions. Abraham's Law is named for a Chincoteague, Virginia youth whose parents faced a widely publicized legal custody battle in the courts during the summer of 2006 just as their son was undergoing cancer treatment for Hodgkin's disease. After Abraham Cherrix and his parents declined to undergo additional high-dose cancer treatment, the parents became the subject of a medical neglect case initiated by Child Protective Services. In July 2006 Abraham told the press, I think it's my body. I can choose what's best for my body. If I don't have the right to do that, then I don't have any rights at all anyway. This is an important bill for health freedom in the State of Virginia and could become the model law for other states. Abraham's Law would allow parents to refuse a certain medical treatment for a child and not face charges of neglect on four conditions: ++ that the parents and child make the decision jointly; ++ the child is sufficiently mature to have an opinion on his or her treatment; ++ the family has considered other treatment options; ++ and the parents believe in good faith that the decision is in the child's best interest. Mandatory HPV vaccination for sixth grade girls That's the good, now here's the bad news. Unfortunately, Virginia legislators have also passed a bills (HB 2035/SB 1230) to require all girls entering the sixth grade to receive a vaccine for the sexually transmitted virus that causes cervical cancer. The bill was passed in two versions. The House bill give parents the right to review information about the vaccine and file a form to exempt their daughters from requirement. The Senate version of the bill has no parental opt-out provision. According to the Washington Post, Merck Co., maker of the Gardasil HPV vaccine, has provided an undisclosed amount of funds for lobbying efforts in at least 18 states where lawmakers are considering whether to require the vaccine. Two sponsors of the Virginia bill received sizable campaign contributions from Merck, according to the Virginia Public Access Project, which tracks campaign finances in the state. The House bill's sponsor, Del. Phillip Hamilton, R-Newport News, chairman of the House Health, Welfare and Institutions Committee, received $10,000 from the pharmaceutical company over the last decade. The Senate sponsor, Sen. Janet Howell, D-Fairfax County, has received $4,100 from the drug maker since 1998. Last week. The new HPV vaccine announced in June 2006 is one of several recent advances in efforts to reduce rates of cervical cancer. The American Association for Health Freedom believes a mandatory HPV vaccination requirement for girls represents a setback for health freedom. To contact Virginia Legislators go to http://legis.state.va.us/ and click on House of Delegates or Senate. To call the House of Delegates: (804) 698-1500 or the Virginia Senate: (804) 698-7410. Jim Fussell Campaign Manager Health Freedom Foundation and American Association for Health Freedom 4620 Lee Highway, Suite 210 Arlington, VA 22207 1.800.230.2762 Fax: 703.294.6380 www.healthfreedom.net P.S. Don't forget to JOIN, DONATE, TAKE ACTION, and
[Biofuel] Bayer defends genetic contamination as Act of God
Maybe Bayer should just stick with what it knows best, its aspirin. Peace, D. Mindock = Bayer defends genetic contamination as Act of God 06 February 2007 HYPERLINK http://www.greenpeace.org/international/news/act-of-god-060207You Yes folks it seems that according to Bayer, God hasn't been dealing with the big issues lately. Instead of answering millions of prayers, stopping wars or ending famines, God has left all the important things to gather dust in the heavenly inbox whilst ensuring Bayer's unapproved variety of genetically engineered (GE) rice goes forth and multiplies around the world instead. According to documents submitted to the court by Bayer, last year's massive contamination of US rice with an unapproved, experimental variety of rice called LL601 was due to 'acts of God' or the rice farmers themselves. Pushing the blame onto the rice farmers is no surprise as the farmers are the ones suing Bayer for millions of dollars of lost income. The price of US rice plummeted last year, immediately following the discovery of the GE contamination in rice exported to Europe and Japan, where consumer resistance to Bayer's less-than-divine intervention in their food is strong. The LL601 rice was originally grown as an experimental field trial all the way back in 1999-2001. The trial ended with no approval for growing the strain commercially. That should have been the end of LL601 for good. But five years later, testing of US rice imports across Europe and Japan showed the experimental LL601 very much alive and contaminating. Bayer is aggressively pursuing commercial approvals for its GE rice globally, including in Europe and Brazil, yet refuses to accept responsibility for the major financial damage its unauthorized GE rice has caused in the US and elsewhere. Indeed, Bayer is blaming hardworking farmers or 'acts of God' for these problems when all signs point to Bayer being at fault, said Adam Levitt, a partner in the law firm of Wolf Haldenstein Adler Freeman Herz - one of the law firms leading the prosecution of these cases against Bayer. Shifting the blame isn't new for big business trying to avoid responsibility for their mistakes. But God as scapegoat? That's probably a new low in the GE industry's pursuit of the almighty dollar. ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
[Biofuel] No Law To Mandate Dangerous, Untested HPV Vaccine
No Law To Mandate Dangerous, Untested HPV Vaccine Media hoax fools parents into thinking Merck shots are mandatory, big pharma laughs as obscene profits roll in Prison Planet | February 6, 2007 Paul Joseph Watson Alex Jones A media hoax has fooled parents in Texas and other areas of the country that the HPV vaccine, which experts have slammed as untested and has already been linked to dangerous side-effects, is now the law and young girls must take it. Merck Pharmaceuticals are set to capitalize on this fraud by making obscene profits from a crony deal with Governor Rick Perry, while children are put at risk. Perry issued an executive order Friday requiring girls to be vaccinated against the sexually transmitted HPV, or human pappilomavirus. Doctors, scientists and experts were not consulted before the sweeping mandate was put in place. Several Texas lawmakers, including Sen. Jane Nelson, have petitioned for a reversal of the decision but the Legislature has no authority to repeal Perry's executive order. RELATED: Printer Friendly Version According to the Associated Press , Perry has close ties to Merck, having received money from them for his re-election campaign . He also has ties to Women in Government, a Merck-funded advocacy group made up of female state legislators around the country. His current chief of staff's mother-in-law, Texas Republican state Rep. Dianne White Delisi, is a state director for the group, reports the AP. Perry's former chief of staff Mike Toomey is on the Merck payroll as a lobbyist. Almost immediately following Perry's announcement, newspapers and TV stations began to report that it was the law that parents had to have their child vaccinated. This reflects a national and international hoax that is repeatedly being perpetrated shortly before school terms begin each year. There is no law in America, aside from those applying to medical workers, that says you or your child has to take any vaccine whatsoever, no matter what any executive order, requirement, mandate or policy dictates, there is no situation where you can go to prison for refusing a government vaccine under the U.S. constitution and the law of the land. As in the case of all other vaccines, Perry's executive order merely states that the vaccine is recommended, yet the mass media drumbeat constantly conditions people to believe that if they don't take their shots they will be kicked out of school, arrested and thrown in jail. This trick will continue to hoodwink Americans into taking all manner of dangerous and untested vaccines, the number of which rises every year, until they realize that there is no law that forces them to take any vaccine . This issue is of vital importance not just to Texans but to everyone across the country, because all fifty states have been the target of Merck Pharmaceutical's biggest lobbying effort ever to get this vaccine mandated throughout the nation, by paying off Governors and other officials to curry favor. Merck were unable to sell the benefits of the vaccine to make enough profit out of it, so instead they turned to state legislature to force eleven year old girls (and in other states children as young as eight) who aren't even sexually active to take the shot. A lot of states have rejected Merck's advances outright but Texas could provoke a chain reaction that would influence other areas to submit to big pharma's agenda. What is actually in the vaccine? Live genetically engineered cancer virus. As the vaccine spreads in use, reports of horrible side effects are already starting to proliferate. Negative side effects of Gardasil, a new Merck vaccine to prevent the sexually transmitted virus that causes cervical cancer, are being reported in the District of Columbia and 20 states, including Virginia. The reactions range from loss of consciousness to seizures, reports the Washington Times . Young girls are experiencing severe headaches, dizziness, temporary loss of vision and some girls have lost consciousness during what appear to be seizures, said Vicky Debold, health policy analyst for the National Vaccine Information Center, a nonprofit watchdog organization that was created in the early 1980s to prevent vaccine injuries. The report quotes physicians who debunk the claim that the HPV vaccine even prevents cervical cancer, as is claimed by Merck and the FDA. There is no proof Gardasil will stop cervical cancer, said Clayton Young, an obstetrician/gynecologist in Texas, They haven't been studying it long enough to make that claim. CLIP: Alex welcomes the President of the Texas Eagle Forum, Cathy Adams, to discuss Perry's executive order and the HPV vaccine. Merck makes 360 dollars per shot, equaling billions of dollars in fat profits from bullying or paying off legislatures to mandate the vaccine. Media
[Biofuel] Greenest and meanest of the year
Sigh... (once again) http://www.greenercars.com/12green.html GreenerCars.com: The Greenest Vehicles of 2007 http://www.greenercars.com/12mean.html GreenerCars.com: The Meanest Vehicles for the Environment in 2007 ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
[Biofuel] Warm Lessons from the North - Toronto Star - 2007.02.08
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/article/179329 Tristan Pearce Ruth DeSantis Inuit in the Canadian Arctic have long warned that the climate is changing. In Nunavut an Inuit hunter clings onto broken ice, desperately fighting not to slip into the frigid waters, his heart pumps furiously as he scrambles, boots slipping on the wet ice, gravity pushing him closer to the open water, to reach safety. His snow machine, the only means of transportation he has during the long winter months, sinks quickly but he somehow manages to stay dry and seek refuge on stable ice; others have not been so lucky. His story, like others before him, fails to make the news. It is a story that has become all too common across the Canadian Arctic and has been too easily forgotten. Last Friday, scientists from around the world gathered in Paris to release the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report. This is the fourth IPCC report since 1990 and convincingly reaffirms that climate change is caused by the human burning of fossil fuels. In the wake of the IPCC report ? and the daily reality of living with a changing climate ? Canadian voters are making the environment a top priority. We in southern Canada are finally accepting what Inuit in the North have been trying to tell us for the past two decades: The climate is changing! Despite early warnings from the Arctic, we ? individuals, households, communities, businesses and governments ? have taken, at best, limited action to address climate change. As a result, we have committed the Earth to some degree of future warming despite even the most aggressive reductions in greenhouse gas emissions. While Ottawa scrambles to assemble a federal climate change plan muddled in partisan politics, Inuit in Canada are moving ahead and are already leading climate change adaptation planning for the Arctic. The Nunavut government recognizes that climate change poses major economic, environmental and social challenges to the people of Nunavut and is committed to working with communities to develop adaptation plans that will address the impacts of climate change on social, environmental, economic and health sectors. Workshops have been held in communities across the North documenting local experiences coping with climate change. The challenge now is to incorporate climate change adaptation into community planning and decision making. The following is a list of key aspects of adaptation planning that have been learned in the North and have application for climate change adaptation planning in southern communities: Community engagement in adaptation planning is essential. The effects of climate change are highly localized and will be conditioned by local factors including economy, geography, resource-dependence and infrastructure. Local and scientific knowledge can contribute to adaptation planning. Climate change will be experienced together with other stresses already present in a community. It is therefore essential to consider multiple drivers of cumulative change in adaptation planning. Adaptation planning should, when possible, be linked with existing policy processes and/or evolve within existing institutions. Adaptations to climate change will not necessarily be in response to climate change alone but may be in response to stresses already present in the community. These elements of climate change adaptation planning are already being recognized in the Arctic, where Inuit leaders in Nunavut have taken the initiative to prepare their communities to deal with future climate change. It is time for southern Canada to stop pondering what to do about climate change, take ownership of the problem, and address it. This involves implementing international agreements that work to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions and working with communities across Canada on climate change adaptation planning. As Canada formulates its approach to dealing with climate change, we can learn from adaptation experiences already underway in the Arctic. -- Darryl McMahon It's your planet. If you won't look after it, who will? The Emperor's New Hydrogen Economy http://www.econogics.com/TENHE/ ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
[Biofuel] Blackspot Shoes
Does anyone have direct personal experience with Blackspot shoes? I became aware of them for the first time this week as something real. It seems like a good idea, and I'm contemplating getting a pair. I just thought I would see if anyone here has tried them, and if so, what they think. http://adbusters.org/metas/corpo/blackspotshoes/ -- Darryl McMahon It's your planet. If you won't look after it, who will? The Emperor's New Hydrogen Economy http://www.econogics.com/TENHE/ ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
Re: [Biofuel] Mass-Produced Electric Cars
No, no compost anymore, sadly. We had a decent bin going at our last house six years ago, but we never had the time or need to get one started here. Maybe that's a project for this year. -Kurt Who is off to work for 13 hours, ferrying people about between cities and later keeping drunks off the road. Keith Addison wrote: Dawie Coetzee wrote: The bulk of one's effort should be oriented to developing a living environment in which driving is unnecessary, and walking supported by public transport is the obvious way to get from A to B. Given that, the entirely subsidiary project of designing cars and fuels concerns not so much cleaner cars and cleaner fuels, but types of vehicle and fuel best suited to manufacture for a very-low-demand scenario. I love it when people promote public transportation like this. Of course, I may be biased, being a driver for a no-fare public transportation service, but still... I'll take all the advertisement I can get! -Kurt :-) A man for our times - you'll go straight to heaven Kurt. Um, you don't also happen to make compost, do you? You get to go to heaven for that too. If you do I suppose you'll just have to go to heaven twice. Best Keith ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
[Biofuel] All Terrain Cabin
Thought this might be of interest. http://www.barkbark.ca/projects_atc.html http://www.metronews.ca/uploadedFiles/PDFs/20070208_Ottawa.pdf (go to page 11) The cabin has a composting toilet. There are two large holding tanks for water. The filtration system consists of UV light to kill bacteria and microfilters to pull out sediment. There are plans to add an awning to catch rainwater for the tanks. Energy and heat for the exhibit are provided by a biodiesel generator and by large photovoltaic panels which are also used to recharge batteries. It can house a family of four in 480 square feet. For travel, it compresses into 1/3 that footprint (6 ft x 20 ft - ISO shipping container dimensions). Clearly designed for fair-weather use, but some interesting ideas I think. Deployable emergency housing? No need for grid, compact, portable, can be moved like a shipping container, set up quickly. Put a container garden on the fold out deck and plant something that produces food quickly (radish, leaf lettuce, sprouts, spinach) if climate is favourable. Perhaps supply coldframes or mini-greenhouses if not. Darryl -- Darryl McMahon It's your planet. If you won't look after it, who will? The Emperor's New Hydrogen Economy http://www.econogics.com/TENHE/ - End forwarded message - -- Darryl McMahon It's your planet. If you won't look after it, who will? The Emperor's New Hydrogen Economy http://www.econogics.com/TENHE/ ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
[Biofuel] Pre-Emptive Strike Against Chirac
http://www.ichblog.eu/content/view/424/2/ Pre-Emptive Strike Against Chirac Wednesday, 07 February 2007 Frenzy in France Over Iranian Threat By Diana Johnstone For a long time, there has been an unwritten law that only Jews (at risk of being called self-hating) may criticize Zionism. But things have gone too far. This aggressive paranoia of Israel is not just a Jewish question, it is dragging the whole world into disaster. 02/07/06 Counterpunch --- - Four years ago, French President Jacques Chirac saw the Iraq disaster looming and openly warned against it. It was by far the best thing he ever did in his political life, and he is not to be allowed to do it again. Today another, potentially even greater disaster is looming as Israel and the United States ostentatiously prepare to bomb Iran on the pretext of preventing a second holocaust. But this time around there is a curious absence of the public opposition and mass protest demonstrations that preceded the 2003 invasion of Iraq. It is as though the enormity of events and the comforts of daily life have caused the Western world to give up thinking about grave matters and to take refuge in officially inspected and approved platitudes. Debate is replaced by an alarm system that sends up cries of scandal at any deviation from the accepted discourse. In France, where people pay a lot of attention to words, the denunciation of verbal heresy even goes so far as enacting laws punishing politically incorrect speech. But the more commonplace type of censorship was illustrated this week by an essentially trivial incident. During a presidential press briefing at the Elysée palace devoted to the Paris conference on climate change, a New York Times journalist changed the subject to ask the French President about the Iranian nuclear threat. Chirac began with the standard official International Community line, namely that Tehran's refusal to give up its uranium enrichment program was very dangerous. But then, Chirac (thinking, he explained later, that he was speaking off the record) gave in to the temptation to speak honestly. For Iran to have a nuclear weapon was not really so dangerous, he said. To make his point, he asked rhetorically what good it would do Iran to have a nuclear bomb, or even two. Where would it fire that bomb? At Israel? It wouldn't have traveled 200 meters through the atmosphere before Tehran would be razed. The real danger was nuclear proliferation, he added. Chirac even went so far as to suggest that Iran had a motive for its nuclear research, including its fear of being challenged or threatened by the international community. And the international community, who is that? It's the United States. The alarm bells went off. The scandal of Chirac's politically incorrect remarks was the top front page news story in both U.S. and French newspapers. In themselves, Chirac's remarks hardly merited such a fuss. But the reaction was significant. First of all, it showed that the French President, a lame duck in the midst of an election campaign to replace him, is too isolated to be able to oppose war against Iran as he opposed war against Iraq. The media are there to shoot him down before he gets off the ground, first of all the newspapers that continue to enjoy the label leftist, left-leaning or center-left -- mainly Libération and Le Monde -- but which in reality have become the guardians of Atlanticist orthodoxy (devotion to a European unity closely tied to the United States). Chirac's own political party was snatched away from him by his ambitious enemy Nicolas Sarkozy, who has publicly criticized Chirac's departure from the American fold over the war against Iraq. Sarkozy's demonstrations of devotion to Washington and Tel Aviv have won him the enthusiastic support of the organized Jewish community, increasingly inspired by the U.S. pro-Israel lobby. Deeply distrustful of Gaullism, the French Jewish community has traditionally been close to the Socialists. It was indeed a Socialist government whose secret cooperation with Israel's nuclear program was discovered, and terminated, by de Gaulle when he took office in 1958. But Ségolene Royal was not the Socialist Party candidate favored by major Jewish organizations (they preferred the very pro-Israel Dominique Strauss-Kahn) and will have a hard time competing with Sarkozy for their favors on the Middle East issue, even though she has declared that Iran has no right not only to a nuclear bomb, but even to civilian nuclear power plants. The Socialists can find nothing better to do than to crow over Chirac's blunder. The French left in general has never seen the point of supporting Chirac's action in keeping France out of the Iraq quagmire. From the viewpoint of the sectarian left (and the French left, in its countless splinters, is incurably sectarian), what matters is not to do the right thing but to do whatever one does for the
Re: [Biofuel] From Afghanistan to Iraq: Connecting the Dots with Oil
Hi Frank Hi Keith, Very interesting and comprehensive. But, I wonder where the Israeli-Lebanese-Hezbollah dots fit in in Behan's plot? Here maybe, in the blind-spot: http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/msg35017.html [biofuel] Oil and Israel 27 May 2004 By the time we finished discussing it half the contributors had called the other half Jew-hating Nazis and we only barely survived a hacker attack on the list by Mossad or someone like them (no kidding, we traced it). Which rather proved the point - being that that's what happens to you if you say true but unkind things about Israel. Hence the widespread blind-spot. This was the, um, culminating post (I'm told it's worth a read): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/msg35355.html Re: [biofuel] Re: Oil and Israel - Keith Anyway, now the whole smear-and-fear pro-Zionist apparatus is falling apart, it seems, one hopes, in a rising tide of protest, largely led by Jews. Following Bob Dreyfuss's piece and the other rumblings mentioned in the thread, Mearsheimer and Walt published The Israel Lobby last March http://www.lrb.co.uk/v28/n06/mear01_.html generating more and bigger ripples, and Jimmy Carter's book Palestine: Peace not Apartheid is making real waves, in spite of a storm of the usual attacks, and it might even have done the job bar the shouting (LOTS of shouting). Maybe even in time to stop the US and Israel nuking Iran. Where there's life there's hope. Well, you did ask... Anybody know if there are any cool green boots for kicking holes in blind-spots? Real leather only please, vegetarian leather's for sissies. Best Keith On 2/5/07, Keith Addison mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED][EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.alternet.org/waroniraq/47489/http://www.alternet.org/war oniraq/47489/ From Afghanistan to Iraq: Connecting the Dots with Oil By Richard W. Behan, AlterNet. Posted February 5, 2007. An in-depth look at the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the events leading up to them, and the players who made them possible. In the Caspian Basin and beneath the deserts of Iraq, as many as 783 billion barrels of oil are waiting to be pumped. Anyone controlling that much oil stands a good chance of breaking OPEC#39;s stranglehold overnight, and any nation seeking to dominate the world would have to go after it. The long-held suspicions about George Bush#39;s wars are well-placed. The wars in Afghanistan and Iraq were not prompted by the terrorist attacks in New York and Washington. They were not waged to spread democracy in the Middle East or enhance security at home. They were conceived and planned in secret long before September 11, 2001 and they were undertaken to control petroleum resources. The global war on terror began as a fraud and a smokescreen and remains so today, a product of the Bush Administration#39;s deliberate and successful distortion of public perception. The fragmented accounts in the mainstream media reflect this warping of reality, but another more accurate version of recent history is available in contemporary books and the vast information pool of the Internet. When told start to finish, the story becomes clear, the dots easier to connect. Both appalling and masterful, the lies that led us into war and keep us there today show the people of the Bush Administration to be devious, dangerous and far from stupid. The following is an in-depth look at the oil wars, the events leading up to them, and the players who made them possible. Iraq The Project for a New American Century, a D.C.-based political think tank funded by archconservative philanthropies and founded in 1997, is the source of the Bush Administration#39;s imperialistic urge for the U.S. to dominate the world. Our nation should seek to achieve a ...benevolent global hegemony, according to William Kristol, PNAC#39;s chairman. The group advocates the novel and startling concept of pre-emptive war as a means of doing so. On January 26, 1998, the PNAC, sent a letter to President William Clinton urging the military overthrow of Saddam Hussein in Iraq. The dictator, the letter alleged, was a destabilizing force in the Middle East, and posed a mortal threat to ...the safety of American troops in the region, of our friends and allies like Israel and the moderate Arab states, and a significant portion of the world#39;s oil supply... The subjugation of Iraq would be the first application of pre-emptive war. The unprovoked, full-scale invasion and occupation of another country, however, would be an unequivocal example of the use of armed force by a state against the sovereignty, territorial integrity, or political independence of another state. That is the formal United Nations definition of military aggression, and a nation can choose to launch it only in self-defense. Otherwise it is an international crime. President Clinton did not honor the PNAC#39;s request. But sixteen members of the Project for a New
[Biofuel] Chirac's nuclear talk fallout
http://www.ichblog.eu/content/view/419/2/ Chirac's nuclear talk fallout Wednesday, 07 February 2007 By Gwynne Dyer Maybe Chirac's gaffe was not as accidental as it seemed. Maybe he wanted people to re-examine all the lies and half-truths we are told about Iran as Washington seems to be gearing up for another attack. 02/07/06 New Zealand Herald -- -- For over two years all the big Western powers have insisted Iran's nuclear power programme is secretly intended to produce nuclear weapons. And the minute it gets them, it will launch them at Israel. But last Thursday France's President Jacques Chirac said something very different. He said Iran would never use them first. I would say that what is dangerous about this situation is not the fact of [Iran] having a nuclear bomb, Chirac said in reply to a journalist's question, during an interview originally meant to be about climate change. [Iran] having one [bomb], or perhaps a second bomb a little later, well, that's not very dangerous. Shock! Horror! Chirac is bucking the party line, which is that Iran is run by a bunch of fanatical crazies who would immediately use their new nuclear weapons against Israel. Didn't Iran's own president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, say Iran would wipe Israel from the map? (No, he didn't, actually, but a little creative licence in the translation of his speech from the Farsi can make it sound like he did.) Where will [Iran] drop it, this bomb? Chirac asked scornfully. On Israel? [The missile] would not have gone 200m into the air before Tehran would be razed to the ground. He spoke as if deterrence would work even against Iran. As if the country were run by sane human beings who don't want their children to be burned, crushed and vaporized by Israeli and American nuclear weapons. He's not supposed to talk like that in public. Chirac gave us a moment of honesty, said Alireza Nourizadeh, chief researcher at the London-based Centre for Arab-Iranian Studies. His comment was basically what I believe to be the position of Britain, the United States and much of the West. That is if Israel is attacked, there will be no hesitation in bringing retaliation and destruction to Iran. And that, Chirac concluded, meant Iran would not use its nuclear weapons to attack Israel, should it ever acquire them. In Chirac's view, the danger is not that Iran would be irresponsible with its nuclear weapons, but that they would lead to a general proliferation of such weapons in the Middle East. Why wouldn't Saudi Arabia do it? he asked. Why wouldn't it help Egypt to do it as well? That is the real danger. But he's not supposed to say that either. Those are the West's allies, the very countries the United States is trying to mobilise as the leaders of an anti-Iranian alliance of Sunni Arab countries. Chirac was simply stating the truth as he (and many others) see it, but his comments completely undermined the joint Western position, so the following day he was forced to retract them. He still didn't say that he was wrong, however. Just that he had thought he was off the record when discussing Iran. France is clearly worried by the drumbeat of anti-Iranian propaganda in Washington, which sounds alarmingly similar to the campaign of misinformation waged by the Bush Administration before it attacked Iraq. Last month Chirac was forced to cancel a visit to Tehran by the French foreign minister, Philippe Douste-Blazy, because his allies did not trust France to stick to the party line. They were doubtless right in their suspicions - but France is right, too. France is right to argue that Iranian nuclear weapons, if they existed, would be primarily defensive and would not be used to attack Israel, because nuclear deterrence still works and Iranians do not want their country to commit suicide. It is also right to worry that an Iranian bomb would create pressures for further proliferation, as Arab countries that have lived under the threat of Israeli nuclear weapons for 40 years decide that living under the threat of Iranian nuclear weapons as well, with no means of deterrence or retaliation, is simply intolerable. France is utterly hypocritical in worrying about Middle Eastern countries owning nuclear weapons when it has had them for almost half a century, but that is equally true for all the other great powers. And it is jumping to conclusions when it assumes Iran's stated (and quite legal) desire to enrich uranium for nuclear power generation conceals a drive to get a nuclear weapon as soon as possible. The truth may be that Iran is seeking only a threshold nuclear weapons capacity - a level of technological expertise from which it could, in an emergency, develop nuclear weapons in only six months or so. Such a position is entirely legal, and some 40 countries currently occupy it. The truth may also be that the nuclear-armed neighbour Iran really worries about is not Israel but Pakistan,
Re: [Biofuel] Greenest and meanest of the year
H. No diesels on the clean car list, but a few on the dirty car list. Everyone is so concerned with local pollution, but never thinks about CO2 effects, which are going to persist for alot longer than the local brown clouds over cities. On 2/8/07, Keith Addison [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sigh... (once again) http://www.greenercars.com/12green.html GreenerCars.com: The Greenest Vehicles of 2007 http://www.greenercars.com/12mean.html GreenerCars.com: The Meanest Vehicles for the Environment in 2007 ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
Re: [Biofuel] Bayer defends genetic contamination as Act of God
Of course, if this were Monsanto, they would be suing anyone growing that strain of leaked rice as a violation of their patents! Maybe Bayer should just stick with what it knows best, its aspirin. Peace, D. Mindock = Bayer defends genetic contamination as Act of God 06 February 2007 HYPERLINK http://www.greenpeace.org/international/news/act-of-god-060207You Yes folks it seems that according to Bayer, God hasn't been dealing with the big issues lately. Instead of answering millions of prayers, stopping wars or ending famines, God has left all the important things to gather dust in the heavenly inbox whilst ensuring Bayer's unapproved variety of genetically engineered (GE) rice goes forth and multiplies around the world instead. According to documents submitted to the court by Bayer, last year's massive contamination of US rice with an unapproved, experimental variety of rice called LL601 was due to 'acts of God' or the rice farmers themselves. Pushing the blame onto the rice farmers is no surprise as the farmers are the ones suing Bayer for millions of dollars of lost income. The price of US rice plummeted last year, immediately following the discovery of the GE contamination in rice exported to Europe and Japan, where consumer resistance to Bayer's less-than-divine intervention in their food is strong. The LL601 rice was originally grown as an experimental field trial all the way back in 1999-2001. The trial ended with no approval for growing the strain commercially. That should have been the end of LL601 for good. But five years later, testing of US rice imports across Europe and Japan showed the experimental LL601 very much alive and contaminating. Bayer is aggressively pursuing commercial approvals for its GE rice globally, including in Europe and Brazil, yet refuses to accept responsibility for the major financial damage its unauthorized GE rice has caused in the US and elsewhere. Indeed, Bayer is blaming hardworking farmers or 'acts of God' for these problems when all signs point to Bayer being at fault, said Adam Levitt, a partner in the law firm of Wolf Haldenstein Adler Freeman Herz - one of the law firms leading the prosecution of these cases against Bayer. Shifting the blame isn't new for big business trying to avoid responsibility for their mistakes. But God as scapegoat? That's probably a new low in the GE industry's pursuit of the almighty dollar. On Thursday, February 08, 2007 7:28 AM, D. Mindock wrote: Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2007 07:28:07 -0600 From: D. Mindock To: Undisclosed-Recipient:; Subject: [Biofuel] Bayer defends genetic contamination as Act of God Maybe Bayer should just stick with what it knows best, its aspirin. Peace, D. Mindock = Bayer defends genetic contamination as Act of God 06 February 2007 HYPERLINK http://www.greenpeace.org/international/news/act-of-god-060207You Yes folks it seems that according to Bayer, God hasn't been dealing with the big issues lately. Instead of answering millions of prayers, stopping wars or ending famines, God has left all the important things to gather dust in the heavenly inbox whilst ensuring Bayer's unapproved variety of genetically engineered (GE) rice goes forth and multiplies around the world instead. According to documents submitted to the court by Bayer, last year's massive contamination of US rice with an unapproved, experimental variety of rice called LL601 was due to 'acts of God' or the rice farmers themselves. Pushing the blame onto the rice farmers is no surprise as the farmers are the ones suing Bayer for millions of dollars of lost income. The price of US rice plummeted last year, immediately following the discovery of the GE contamination in rice exported to Europe and Japan, where consumer resistance to Bayer's less-than-divine intervention in their food is strong. The LL601 rice was originally grown as an experimental field trial all the way back in 1999-2001. The trial ended with no approval for growing the strain commercially. That should have been the end of LL601 for good. But five years later, testing of US rice imports across Europe and Japan showed the experimental LL601 very much alive and contaminating. Bayer is aggressively pursuing commercial approvals for its GE rice globally, including in Europe and Brazil, yet refuses to accept responsibility for the major financial damage its unauthorized GE rice has caused in the US and elsewhere. Indeed, Bayer is blaming hardworking farmers or 'acts of God' for these problems when all signs point to Bayer being at fault, said Adam Levitt, a partner in the law firm of Wolf Haldenstein Adler Freeman Herz - one of the law firms leading the prosecution of these cases against Bayer. Shifting the blame isn't new for big business trying to avoid responsibility for their
Re: [Biofuel] Chicken Little Strikes Again! CO2 is rising!C02 isrising!A scientific Rebutal
This may seem high, but then when I think about that forest around my parents' property in eastern Washington, every piece of land surrounding us has been logged at least once in the last 25 years -- many in the last 10 years. From the satellite photo of the area (about 2 meter resolution) you can clearly see our property lines by where there are and are not tall trees. Yes, there are still 50 foot trees left all over the rest of it, but the 100 foot trees are mostly gone. Maybe in the Dakota's trees have increased alot, but how big are those trees? I grew up in the Northwest, and can't say that I've seen many trees in Colorado that really seem to count as trees compared to what I'm used to. If it's not 2 foot diameter and 80 foot high.know, I'm a tree snob, but from a carbon sequestration standpoint, the very large trees in the temperate and tropical rainforests, as well as the temperate broadleaf and boreal coniferous band, probably do alot more than the more arid forest that occupies alot of the rest of the world. And those ones are the ones that I think have been destroyed or degraded more. Zeke ... At the same time, 85% of the world's forests (which are natural carbon sinks) have been destroyed or degraded. ... ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
Re: [Biofuel] Greenest and meanest of the year
Zeke Yewdall wrote: H. No diesels on the clean car list, but a few on the dirty car list. Everyone is so concerned with local pollution, but never thinks about CO2 effects, which are going to persist for a lot longer than the local brown clouds over cities. My hybrid Camry made the list of green cars, but I can't help but wonder about all that embodied energy every time I drive it. How can this be green and sustainable? Despite advances in composite materials, the Camry is still made out of steel. It got shipped here from Japan. Yes, the fuel mileage is pretty impressive around town, but here where we climb long, steep hills its fuel economy can be far less spectacular. I was talking to a young girl at the video store the other night. (Ok, maybe she wasn't that young, but at my age more and more people are beginning to look like children!) She told me that the only thing she doesn't like about living here is that there's nothing to do. This underscores a problem that pervades more than just the need for driving to and from work. Our neighborhood was designed to insulate families from one another. The dearth of public spaces, the lack of commercial development and recreational activities compel everyone to get into the car and drive somewhere else. GM and Ford are now advertising full sized gasoline powered trucks that get better fuel economy than my 4 cylinder Ranger. Should I junk my truck and buy a full sized one because the newer models get better mileage? I don't think so. We bought the Camry because we HAD to get a new car. However, I'd like to live in a world where it's possible to get around without starting up a 1.5 ton machine to move my 80 kilo body around . . . robert luis rabello The Edge of Justice The Long Journey New Adventure for Your Mind http://www.newadventure.ca Ranger Supercharger Project Page http://www.members.shaw.ca/rabello/ ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
Re: [Biofuel] Greenest and meanest of the year
On 2/8/07, robert and benita rabello [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Our neighborhood was designed to insulate families from one another. The dearth of public spaces, the lack of commercial development and recreational activities compel everyone to get into the car and drive somewhere else. Don't you understand how the economy works? If people in a community all walk to a public space and talk amongst each other and play and actually become a community, they aren't inside their miserable little houses watching TV and seeing ads for stuff that they can then drive to the mall and buy. Buying stuff and pharmaceuticals to try to make yourself not feel as depressed about your meaningless life can't be sustained if you have too much human socialization and start feeling better adjusted just from being around people you like hanging out with. Z ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
Re: [Biofuel] All Terrain Cabin
I seen an episode of Discovery Channel - Daily Planet that showed a similar concept for emergency medical deployment. I folded out in about 90 seconds as an operating room. John -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2007 12:53 PM To: biofuel@sustainablelists.org Subject: [Biofuel] All Terrain Cabin Thought this might be of interest. http://www.barkbark.ca/projects_atc.html http://www.metronews.ca/uploadedFiles/PDFs/20070208_Ottawa.pdf (go to page 11) The cabin has a composting toilet. There are two large holding tanks for water. The filtration system consists of UV light to kill bacteria and microfilters to pull out sediment. There are plans to add an awning to catch rainwater for the tanks. Energy and heat for the exhibit are provided by a biodiesel generator and by large photovoltaic panels which are also used to recharge batteries. It can house a family of four in 480 square feet. For travel, it compresses into 1/3 that footprint (6 ft x 20 ft - ISO shipping container dimensions). Clearly designed for fair-weather use, but some interesting ideas I think. Deployable emergency housing? No need for grid, compact, portable, can be moved like a shipping container, set up quickly. Put a container garden on the fold out deck and plant something that produces food quickly (radish, leaf lettuce, sprouts, spinach) if climate is favourable. Perhaps supply coldframes or mini-greenhouses if not. Darryl -- Darryl McMahon It's your planet. If you won't look after it, who will? The Emperor's New Hydrogen Economy http://www.econogics.com/TENHE/ - End forwarded message - -- Darryl McMahon It's your planet. If you won't look after it, who will? The Emperor's New Hydrogen Economy http://www.econogics.com/TENHE/ ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
Re: [Biofuel] Chicken Little Strikes Again! CO2 is rising!C02isrising!A scientific Rebutal
Zeke, I still think the number is high based on the ability to sequester CO2. You can not put numbers on something that does not have a fairly close finite definition. Well, you can but so can everyone else. Now if we say The available plant life that impacts the global sequestration of CO2 has been estimated to have fallen by X% (high)-Y% (low) (based on such and such figures) is one thing. To throw around numbers tied to some ambiguous definition will not help the cause. The biggest point that came from Al Gores movie is peer reviewed data that is convincing people that were not convinced before. I do agree, you have seen a large degradation of forest, and while our trees are mostly a 50/50 mix of cottonwood and evergreen, they probably make up for the degradation to some extent. The fact remains as you have mentioned that we have seen some loss, but I would like to find the numbers from peer reviewed data. However, as Joe mentioned earlier algae is probably more responsible for sequestration, has the ability to bloom fast and sequester more faster (damn the consequences) than trees. Also algae dies and is sequestered by the ocean instead of, returning the carbon, next season as the leaves and needles compost. This whole argument, shades the real threat. What I wish people would see is the cycles involved and what man is doing to accelerate or de-accelerate them. Wishing you great times in the great outdoors, Jim - Original Message - From: Zeke Yewdallmailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: biofuel@sustainablelists.orgmailto:biofuel@sustainablelists.org Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2007 1:59 PM Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Chicken Little Strikes Again! CO2 is rising!C02isrising!A scientific Rebutal This may seem high, but then when I think about that forest around my parents' property in eastern Washington, every piece of land surrounding us has been logged at least once in the last 25 years -- many in the last 10 years. From the satellite photo of the area (about 2 meter resolution) you can clearly see our property lines by where there are and are not tall trees. Yes, there are still 50 foot trees left all over the rest of it, but the 100 foot trees are mostly gone. Maybe in the Dakota's trees have increased alot, but how big are those trees? I grew up in the Northwest, and can't say that I've seen many trees in Colorado that really seem to count as trees compared to what I'm used to. If it's not 2 foot diameter and 80 foot high.know, I'm a tree snob, but from a carbon sequestration standpoint, the very large trees in the temperate and tropical rainforests, as well as the temperate broadleaf and boreal coniferous band, probably do alot more than the more arid forest that occupies alot of the rest of the world. And those ones are the ones that I think have been destroyed or degraded more. Zeke ... At the same time, 85% of the world's forests (which are natural carbon sinks) have been destroyed or degraded. ... ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
Re: [Biofuel] Your Genetic Code Is Not Carved in Stone
www.trdrp.org/research/PageInstitution.asp?institution_id=1059 - 12k - Cached - Similar pages Greetings and a few queries: a) is the author Al Sears MD related to, or a beneficiary of, the Sears-Roebuck trust which gained most of its income from catalogue selling, including the promotion of vitamin tablets as a health food? b) why does his name not appear on the Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute homepage, url given above (if you find it difficult to open, cut and paste onto the Google search box and click again from here)? c) why does the Institute make no reference to this research on its research page which lists each researcher by name and also gives the amount of money awarded for the research? d) can you give an url for the source of your post? Thanks regards, Bob. - Original Message - From: D. Mindock To: Undisclosed-Recipient:; Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2007 7:38 PM Subject: [Biofuel] Your Genetic Code Is Not Carved in Stone Your Genetic Code Is Not Carved in Stone By Al Sears, MD New research is revealing how your environment actually changes your genetics - and it's putting you in the driver's seat. In November, the Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute released the results of their groundbreaking study. They found that a mother's diet during pregnancy not only affects her child, but also her child's offspring. This means that the lifestyle choices a woman makes can affect several generations of children - a revolutionary idea that flies in the face of conventional wisdom. For more than 150 years - since the time of Darwin - scientists have believed that any changes to an organism cannot be passed on to the next generation. According to strict Darwinism, if you were to change your diet, lose weight, and become super-fit, your children would not benefit from your efforts. But we now know there is something more at play: the epigenome. The epigenome plays a powerful role in your health... and could make the difference between whether or not you inherit heart disease or diabetes or something else. Scientists in an emerging field of research - epigenetics - have discovered that your genes are only 15 percent of the total genetic material you get from your parents. For example, your genes give you many individualizing traits like blue eyes or brown hair. The remaining 85 percent - the epigenome - is a scaffolding of proteins that surround your DNA's double-helix pattern. As it turns out, this scaffolding functions as an interface that interacts with your environment. Based on the lifestyle choices you make, the epigenome has the power to turn genes on or off, changing the way your body translates your genetic coding into the proteins that make up YOU. The Children's Hospital Oakland study, lead by Dr. David Martin, split genetically identical pregnant mice into two groups. The mice had been bred in a way that gave the scientists the ability to monitor a gene that determined both the color of their coats and their tendency to develop chronic disease. So, by tracking coat color, they were able to follow the effects of vitamin supplementation across two generations of offspring. The first group of mice received a standard diet. The second group received the same diet, with the added benefit of supplemental vitamin B12, folate, choline, and zinc. When the babies were born, the females from both groups were mated and fed identical diets with no supplements. When the offspring gave birth, Dr. Martin's team discovered that the original mice that had the diet with extra vitamins passed the benefits on to both their children and grandchildren. Findings like these have powerful implications in both directions. It means that, by making healthy choices, your efforts can have a positive effect not only on your children but on your grandchildren as well. On the other hand, a diet of fast food and sodas will not only wreck your own health, it could predispose future generations to chronic diseases like obesity, diabetes, and heart disease. That helps to explain why so many schoolchildren suffer from high blood pressure and low HDL (good cholesterol). The poor dietary choices their parents made are coming home to roost. This discovery gives us new insight into a long-standing debate between Charles Darwin and a guy you may never have heard of - French naturalist Jean-Baptiste Lamarck. Darwin's theory, which has been shaping the direction of modern science, can be summed up in a few words: Genes cannot be affected by the outside world. In other words, your lifestyle choices have no effect on your genetic code or how those genes are expressed. But Lamarck believed that if an organism changes during its life in order to adapt to its environment, those changes would be passed on to its offspring - and Dr. Martin's study is one of several that are proving he was correct.
Re: [Biofuel] Greenest and meanest of the year
Zeke Yewdall wrote: Don't you understand how the economy works? If people in a community all walk to a public space and talk amongst each other and play and actually become a community, they aren't inside their miserable little houses watching TV and seeing ads for stuff that they can then drive to the mall and buy. Buying stuff and pharmaceuticals to try to make yourself not feel as depressed about your meaningless life can't be sustained if you have too much human socialization and start feeling better adjusted just from being around people you like hanging out with. Oh, silly me!!! robert luis rabello The Edge of Justice The Long Journey New Adventure for Your Mind http://www.newadventure.ca Ranger Supercharger Project Page http://www.members.shaw.ca/rabello/ ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
Re: [Biofuel] Your Genetic Code Is Not Carved in Stone
Nutrition and Physical Degeneration by Weston Price has some interesting photos of a Downs syndrome child. We are told it is genetic but you should see photos a year later with supplements. Price and Frances Pottenger's book Pottenger's Cats should be required reading for anyone wishing to have a family. Kirk Bob Molloy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: www.trdrp.org/research/PageInstitution.asp?institution_id=1059 - 12k - Cached - Similar pages Greetings and a few queries: a) is the author Al Sears MD related to, or a beneficiary of, the Sears-Roebuck trust which gained most of its income from catalogue selling, including the promotion of vitamin tablets as a health food? b) why does his name not appear on the Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute homepage, url given above (if you find it difficult to open, cut and paste onto the Google search box and click again from here)? c) why does the Institute make no reference to this research on its research page which lists each researcher by name and also gives the amount of money awarded for the research? d) can you give an url for the source of your post? Thanks regards, Bob. - Original Message - From: D. Mindock To: Undisclosed-Recipient:; Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2007 7:38 PM Subject: [Biofuel] Your Genetic Code Is Not Carved in Stone Your Genetic Code Is Not Carved in Stone By Al Sears, MD New research is revealing how your environment actually changes your genetics - and it's putting you in the driver's seat. In November, the Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute released the results of their groundbreaking study. They found that a mother's diet during pregnancy not only affects her child, but also her child's offspring. This means that the lifestyle choices a woman makes can affect several generations of children - a revolutionary idea that flies in the face of conventional wisdom. For more than 150 years - since the time of Darwin - scientists have believed that any changes to an organism cannot be passed on to the next generation. According to strict Darwinism, if you were to change your diet, lose weight, and become super-fit, your children would not benefit from your efforts. But we now know there is something more at play: the epigenome. The epigenome plays a powerful role in your health... and could make the difference between whether or not you inherit heart disease or diabetes or something else. Scientists in an emerging field of research - epigenetics - have discovered that your genes are only 15 percent of the total genetic material you get from your parents. For example, your genes give you many individualizing traits like blue eyes or brown hair. The remaining 85 percent - the epigenome - is a scaffolding of proteins that surround your DNA's double-helix pattern. As it turns out, this scaffolding functions as an interface that interacts with your environment. Based on the lifestyle choices you make, the epigenome has the power to turn genes on or off, changing the way your body translates your genetic coding into the proteins that make up YOU. The Children's Hospital Oakland study, lead by Dr. David Martin, split genetically identical pregnant mice into two groups. The mice had been bred in a way that gave the scientists the ability to monitor a gene that determined both the color of their coats and their tendency to develop chronic disease. So, by tracking coat color, they were able to follow the effects of vitamin supplementation across two generations of offspring. The first group of mice received a standard diet. The second group received the same diet, with the added benefit of supplemental vitamin B12, folate, choline, and zinc. When the babies were born, the females from both groups were mated and fed identical diets with no supplements. When the offspring gave birth, Dr. Martin's team discovered that the original mice that had the diet with extra vitamins passed the benefits on to both their children and grandchildren. Findings like these have powerful implications in both directions. It means that, by making healthy choices, your efforts can have a positive effect not only on your children but on your grandchildren as well. On the other hand, a diet of fast food and sodas will not only wreck your own health, it could predispose future generations to chronic diseases like obesity, diabetes, and heart disease. That helps to explain why so many schoolchildren suffer from high blood pressure and low HDL (good cholesterol). The poor dietary choices their parents made are coming home to roost. This discovery gives us new insight into a long-standing debate between Charles Darwin and a guy you may never have heard of - French naturalist Jean-Baptiste Lamarck. Darwin's theory, which has been shaping the direction of modern science, can be summed up in a few words: Genes cannot be affected
[Biofuel] photovoltaic energy payback period
http://www.rpc.com.au/products/services/Environmental_Engineer_Summer_06_paper_2.pdf excellent discussion of energy payback period for photovoltaics. Saw this url posted on 12volt power. Kirk - It's here! Your new message! Get new email alerts with the free Yahoo! Toolbar.___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
Re: [Biofuel] Greenest and meanest of the year
I wonder how the incorporation of the effect of sensitivity to economies of scale, if it could be quantified, would influence that score? I think the Bentley and the Lambo would score a bit better? Personally I find no advantage in the greenest 12 over the meanest. Being actually legal for sale, they all entrench corporate power, encourage mass production, exascerbate the false social division between producer and consumer, and tend to reduce us to a passive, uncritical circus-audience by resisting our technological engagement and participation. I'll not have any one of them on my property (but then I'll have no car designed after 1975...) -Dawie From: Keith Addison [EMAIL PROTECTED] Precedence: list MIME-Version: 1.0 To: biofuel@sustainablelists.org Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2007 00:12:20 +0900 Reply-To: biofuel@sustainablelists.org Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii ; format=flowed Subject: [Biofuel] Greenest and meanest of the year Message: 1 Sigh... (once again) http://www.greenercars.com/12green.html GreenerCars.com: The Greenest Vehicles of 2007 http://www.greenercars.com/12mean.html GreenerCars.com: The Meanest Vehicles for the Environment in 2007 ___ Copy addresses and emails from any email account to Yahoo! Mail - quick, easy and free. http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/trueswitch2.html___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
Re: [Biofuel] Blackspot Shoes
The website was initially appealing, but then I thought, isn't global anti-brand a contradiction in terms? I wonder if they'd send me a set of blueprints, so I can make my own shoes? I've been developing a modular boot for a few years now. The first prototype pair is falling apart after about 4000km and many repairs, and it's time for an improved version. I'd thought that if I ever put them in production they would be published rather than manufactured, that is, precise technical information made available to allow local craft-shoemakers to make them. By then I would have got about 10 000km of walking out of the project, and I'd be quite willing to provide the information for free. -Dawie ___ New Yahoo! Mail is the ultimate force in competitive emailing. Find out more at the Yahoo! Mail Championships. Plus: play games and win prizes. http://uk.rd.yahoo.com/evt=44106/*http://mail.yahoo.net/uk ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
Re: [Biofuel] Mass-Produced Electric Cars
Hi Dawie, I agree with you 100% that people should walk more, how ever, there are times when people have to drive long distances on their job, etc., or they have to deliver goods for a long distance. Because we need to diversify on types of energies for transportation we need many different sources of energy in order to slow down Global Warming. If every one chose bio-diesel we could run out of land some day especially if we also chose large vehicles. If we choose cars about the size of a Smart Car for most people and some of them are electric and some of them are Bio-diesel and some of them are Hydrogen, etc. we have a better chance of changing the world by not creating other problems down the road. Terry Dyck From: Dawie Coetzee [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: biofuel@sustainablelists.org To: biofuel@sustainablelists.org Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Mass-Produced Electric Cars Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2007 05:53:56 + (GMT) The problem with today's cars is exactly that they are mass-produced. Mass-producing electric cars isn't going to solve that. The problem with most electrics is that the job they do best of all is the job we should be doing with our feet. The entire debate around the ecology of transport is that the matter of scale is always left out. Arguments rage about so many of molecule x versus so many of molecule y, without ever considering that patterns of use will radically influence the overall volume of molecules we're talking about. The first issue should be to address vehicle use patterns. This requires a holistic approach, and a sound appreciation of the purposes of most vehicle trips, and how that relates to the structure of cities. The bulk of one's effort should be oriented to developing a living environment in which driving is unnecessary, and walking supported by public transport is the obvious way to get from A to B. Given that, the entirely subsidiary project of designing cars and fuels concerns not so much cleaner cars and cleaner fuels, but types of vehicle and fuel best suited to manufacture for a very-low-demand scenario. The beauty of ethanol and biodiesel is predominantly that it is perfectly suited to such a scenario. If motor vehicles are rare, we aren't going to run them on a fuel that requires drilling very expensive holes in another country. We would need a fuel that can be made in small quantities as an agricultural by-product. The same applies to manufacture of vehicles. In the light of the above, the Toyota Prius is an ecological disaster compared with Keith's Landies, or other classics, or something Lotus-7-ish, or a traditional hot rod, or a proper motorbike made out of bent tubing. Note how typical current legislation militates against this approach. -Dawie ___ The all-new Yahoo! Mail goes wherever you go - free your email address from your Internet provider. http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/nowyoucan.html ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ _ Your Space. Your Friends. Your Stories. Share your world with Windows Live Spaces. http://discoverspaces.live.com/?loc=en-CA ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
