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| Drunvalo On Global Warming | 1 comment |
| 25 Feb 2005 @ 22:17 A friend pointed me to this article on Drunvalo's website. Any thoughts? I've copied just brief explanation of the process, however the article goes into the relevancy, ramifications and cover up here , but read the whole thing at the link below. Here's the link: Dry ICe Global Warming The Pentagon has been studying Global Warming for many years because of its possible national security problems associated with the kind of changes that could present themselves to the world through Global Warming. A special study was conducted through one of the Pentagon’s departments, the Office of Net Assessment, which is directed by Andrew W. Marshall, 83, who has the responsibility of identifying long-term threats to the United States. Mr. Marshall went to a US based think-tank called Global Business Network to compile the possibilities of Global Warming on US national security. A study was completed in October of 2003 and released to the Pentagon, which was looking at this problem from the point of view of what is the worst that could happen. It was named “An Abrupt Climate Change Scenario and Its Implications for United States National Security.” The summary went far beyond what most Pentagon experts had expected. Realizing the incredible possibilities of this study, Mr. Marshall made a decision to publicly report this and other information to the American people. And probably because of President Bush’s stance on Global Warming, which is beyond negative, he also decided to go around the president, and he published his information and concern in Fortune magazine on February 9th 2004. In his article in Fortune, Mr. Marshall explains how the melting North and South poles and glaciers from around the world are composed of fresh water and within this fact is the basis of the impending global weather disaster. The Gulf Stream or scientifically referred to as North Atlantic thermohaline conveyor is a stream of warm water that comes from south of the equator and flows over the surface of the ocean toward the north where this warm water keeps Northern America and Northern and Western Europe from freezing. It also holds most of the world’s weather patterns in the way we are used to. Then as this Gulf Stream cools down, it drops to the bottom of the ocean and returns as a river in the ocean to the south where it warms up again and rises to the surface and then returns to the north one more time in a continuous convection current. It is a huge three dimensional figure eight. The motor that keep this warm water flowing is found in the north where the Gulf Stream drops to the bottom of the ocean. It is the salt density of the ocean that causes this river to drop and pulls the warm water up from the south. Now that the poles are melting and fresh water is flowing into the Atlantic Ocean and the salt density is decreasing, the Gulf Stream does not drop quiet as far, which results in a slowing down of this Stream. The Gulf Stream has been dramatically slowing down now for at least ten years. As the Gulf Stream slows down, the warmth is not brought to the North Atlantic region, and the weather patterns begin to change for they are dependent on this warmth to keep a balance. The North Pole Melting Let’s look at the facts. Two summers ago the North Pole completely melted for the first time in history that we know of. Both private and military ships floated directly over the actual North Pole as it was completely water. This area has never been seen to be less then ten feet of solid ice. Greenpeace a few years ago announced that the North Pole’s winter to summer snow pack had receded by around three hundred miles, but no one listened. And today, as I am writing this article, we are witnessing the Alaska fire that has consumed over one million acres of forest. This fire is burning in an area that is always wet with rain or snow until now. And this fire, as you will understand in this article is directly related to the melting of the poles and the Gulf Stream. But finally the Pentagon, thanks to Andrew Marshall, has told the truth in the Fortune magazine on February 9th. The Pentagon shows a satellite photo of the North Pole in 1970 and then in 2003, which reveals that, according to the Pentagon, 40% of the North Pole has melted in just 33 years. And it is melting faster and faster now. The Pentagon has now proven that all these government statements that the poles are not melting were simply a lie. And it is a lie more damaging than anything that Bush’s Iraq war could possibly throw at the United States. The South Pole Melting In the South Pole a couple of years ago Larsen A ledge broke off, which surprised many scientists. At that time we were told by the scientific personnel that were studying this event that it was no big deal since this ice ledge had only been connected to the South Pole for about the last ten thousand years. And these same scientists also added that Larsen B ledge that was behind Larsen A ledge would never melt as it has been there for many ice ages. Yet last year, Larsen’s B ledge broke off and went to sea. These same scientists said that it would take six months to melt because of its immense size, but again they were wrong. It melted in a mere 35 days, and more significant, it rose the entire world’s oceans by almost an inch. Now with Larsen’s B ledge gone, an incredibly enormous ice shelf called Ross’s Shelf is exposed and the only thing holding Ross’s Shelf from sliding into the ocean was Larsen’s B ledge. According to my sources, Ross’s Shelf is now cracking. If Ross’s Shelf were to slide into the ocean, it has been estimated that it would raise the entire world’s oceans by sixteen to twenty feet. And that, my friends, would change the world, as almost every coastal city in the world and many islands along with the county of Holland would be underwater. Perhaps it will take an event like this to wake up the world to become serious about Global Warming. More > |
| 'Green Building' Trend Grows | 0 comments |
| 25 Feb 2005 @ 21:34 'Green Building' Trend Grows February 25, 2005 — By Hubble Smith, Las Vegas Review-Journal Las Vegas home builders are putting in low-energy appliances, heat-resistant windows and desert landscaping in an effort to conserve natural resources, part of the "green building" trend in residential construction. They're on the right track, but they need to start with the building's "skin" to really save energy, said Ray Wickstrom, a Las Vegas sales representative for Phoenix Systems and Components. The problem is that too many builders are stuck in a wooden frame of mind, he said. Instead of using lumber to frame walls, windows and roofs, they should be using insulated concrete forms, a building method that's been around for about 40 years. "It's like an Oreo cookie," Wickstrom said. "The outside of the form is expanded polystyrene and the inside is concrete." Expanded polystyrene is the same material used for disposable coffee cups, where one-eighth inch of insulation protects you from 180-degree coffee, he noted. If you looked at an infrared thermal image of a conventionally built home, you'd see heat loss across the entire wall, Wickstrom said. The windows would be white-hot. The same image of a home built with insulated concrete forms shows minimal heat loss, resulting in lower energy bills. Building a home with the concrete forms costs about the same as building it with two-by-four wood framing, anywhere from $150 to $200 a square foot. The result is a "zero-energy" home that can create more energy than it needs, which can be sold back to the electrical power grid. By the Department of Energy's definition, a "zero energy" home is one that saves 50 percent in energy use, Wickstrom said. Phoenix Systems claims homeowners will pay 72 percent less on heating and cooling bills than a similar wood-frame home built to the standards of a typical American home. Homes built by companies such as Pardee Homes are certified as "Energy Star" by the U.S. Department of Energy and EPA for construction technology that results in a 33 percent reduction of energy use. The components that go into an "Energy Star" home rating deal with the walls, roof, windows and heating and air conditioning. Debra March, director of the Lied Institute for Real Estate Studies at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, said energy-efficient construction can be achieved by using different insulation and building materials. "You have Pardee Homes. They pride themselves on being a green builder and I'm sure there's some work on the commercial side, too," she said. "The cost of doing business has become so expensive, so developers are looking at ways to save money in the design." Lied Institute is presenting a course March 5 on energy-efficient construction, taught by Neil Opfer of the UNLV Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Wickstrom said he pitched Phoenix Systems' technology to Pulte and KB Home, two of the top builders in Las Vegas. He said Pulte did a study on it and KB was concerned about finding qualified workers who could install the system. "They're all stuck in the old paradigm of a wooden frame structure," he said. "Even if it's not my material, I'd support anyone who uses the system." One advantage of Phoenix Systems is the web that holds the polystyrene forms together, preventing a "blowout" when the concrete is poured, Wickstrom said. The ties are placed 8 inches apart with thick flanges embedded just below the interior and exterior wall surfaces that provide the same nailing surface as a two-by-four stud, he said. American PolySteel Forms, another polystyrene insulation product, was used to build the Salvation Army apartments on Owens Avenue in 1996. "Overall, if there's a better way to build, I haven't found it yet," Richard Baines, distributor of APS Building Systems in Las Vegas, said at the time. In addition to being incredibly energy efficient, insulated concrete form homes are strong and quiet and resistant to fire, insects and mold, Wickstrom said. "What we're building here," he said, "is a 300-year home, not a 30-year home." Source: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News |