All proclaim their opposition to the capitalist status quo – with its obscene riches at one pole and sickening poverty at the other. All of this has been organised online, completely outside the clutches of the decaying trade union bureaucracies, for whom ‘international solidarity’ is just some words they used to say a few decades back. The old organisations of timid protest seek influence on the margins, but they are ignored and seen to be as irrelevant as they actually are. It is highly appropriate that this moment has been crowned by the apparently successful resisting of the attempt by New York’s mayor and second richest man to retake Liberty Park. There is a sense that the powers that be are losing control by the hour, if not the second if you follow it all on Twitter.
If you are can't occupy from tomorrow, you can follow the action on the #occupy Twitter hashtag, your local Indymedia site, and maybe even your local corporate media, if you've got the stomach for it.
Read much MORE http://infantile-disorder.blogspot.com/2011/10/15th-october-2011-birth-of-global-anti.html
Scuffles, arrests overnight at Occupy Wall Street
Although a massive march and rally in Lower Manhattan by Occupy Wall Streeters and their union supporters went off without a hitch Wednesday afternoon, the scene turned ugly again overnight when some protesters rushed police barricades where they were met with nightsticks, pepper spray and handcuffs.
For nearly 100 years we have been forced to use petroleum, causing environmental devast
at
ion, runaway climate change and the agonizing deaths of countless millions of us through air pollution.
Now at last, with Climate Chaos becoming a daily reality, people are starting to ‘discover’ that a CO2, NOx and SOx FREE alternative has existed all along.
We are doing a micro campaign on this blog in favour of this CO2-free fuel. It’s a reformist solution, but one that’s available NOW
The criminal oil industry wants to close blogs like this, afraid prices would collapse if we started making NH3 car fuel.. locally with just wind, air and water
Please can you help? We need lots of free publicity and to persuade ‘respectable’ blogs, magazines, etc to write about it.
They say Capitalism is about to collapse. Lets give it a push! Time to jump in! Only if we all jump together can we change the lunatic system we live under.
For an end to debt and money… No leaders , No parties, just us.. For a co-op world!
The map now marks 648 Occupations and demos, with 4 days to go!
Destroying the Banks in favour of a phased in Money-Free system. Banning Hierarchical, sexist and homophobic organizations. A minimum world wage, or free rations of basic goods. Abolishing armies and war. Community Co-operatives instead of companies. Phasing out of the Oil Economy in favour of renewables and NH3 fuel. Banning GMO’s. Collectivising excess private property. Abolition of the Prisons and police system….
El 15 de Octubre del 2011 va a ser una fecha inolvidable para la raza humana. Este sera el primer encuentro UNIVERSAL de ciudadanos por un mundo mejor.
NO es un tema de ideas políticas, religión o filosofía.
El asunto es sobre cuanto nos importa nuestro futuro y el futuro de la Tierra
They say Capitalism is about to collapse. Lets give it a push! Time to jump in! Only if we all jump together can we change the lunatic system we live under.
For an end to debt and money… No leaders , No parties, just us.. For a co-op world!
The map now marks 648 Occupations and demos, with 4 days to go!
Destroying the Banks in favour of a phased in Money-Free system. Banning Hierarchical, sexist and homophobic organizations. A minimum world wage, or free rations of basic goods. Abolishing armies and war. Community Co-operatives instead of companies. Phasing out of the Oil Economy in favour of renewables and NH3 fuel. Banning GMO’s. Collectivising excess private property. Abolition of the Prisons and police system….
El 15 de Octubre del 2011 va a ser una fecha inolvidable para la raza humana. Este sera el primer encuentro UNIVERSAL de ciudadanos por un mundo mejor.
NO es un tema de ideas políticas, religión o filosofía.
El asunto es sobre cuanto nos importa nuestro futuro y el futuro de la Tierra
For nearly 100 years we have been forced to use petroleum, causing environmental devastation, runaway climate change and the agonizing deaths of countless millions of us through air pollution.
Now at last, with Climate Chaos becoming a daily reality, people are starting to ‘discover’ that a CO2, NOx and SOx FREE alternative has existed all along.
We are doing a micro campaign on this blog in favour of this CO2-free fuel. It’s a reformist solution, but one that’s available NOW
The criminal oil industry wants to close blogs like this, afraid prices would collapse if we started making NH3 car fuel.. locally with just wind, air and water
Please can you help? We need lots of free publicity and to persuade ‘respectable’ blogs, magazines, etc to write about it.
I’ve done some research and lots of posts and links you can view HERE (click below if you’re not already in this section)
NH3 is the closest thing to a perfect transportation fuel.
NH3 is an ultra-clean, energy-dense alternative liquid fuel.
Along with hydrogen, NH3 is the only fuel that does not produce any Greenhouse Gases (GHG) on combustion.
NH3 combustion: 4NH3 + 3O2 2N2 + 6H2O (nitrogen and water vapor)
NH3 is Practical
The first utilization of liquid NH3 as a fuel for motor-buses took place in Belgium during 1943. The motor-bus fleet logged 1,000’s of miles during WWII.
18% hydrogen by weight
NH3 is a liquid fuel at ambient temperatures and moderate pressures (~125 psi)
NH3 has 52% of the energy density of gasoline, and is over 50% more energy dense per gallon than cryogenic liquid hydrogen
Can be used to drive fuel cells, and fuel internal combustion engines (ICE) and combustion turbines
Converting gasoline and diesel ICEs to run on NH3 is relatively straightforward
Can be economically and safely stored and delivered in large quantities
A sustainable, carbon-free fuel for back-up and ‘peaker’ eletricity capacity generation
Will help free us from dependence on imported oil – fossil fuel
I found it, thanks to Proton Ventures http://www.protonchemie.com/NFUEL.htmlThis is it, a process that is CO2 free, which makes a fuel that’s also CO2 free when burned.And it’s cheap and safer than petroleum. Free also of NOx and SOx pollution that KILLS millions of usPlus ALL combustion engines can be adapted to run on it.Q E D… This is a viable answer to cut CO2 emissions by 30% plus (transport)The rest is politics, capitalism, greed and criminal trashing of the planet.
Why NH3?
Our Mission
The mission of the NH3 Fuel Association is to promote the implementation of NH3 as an affordable, sustainable, carbon-free fuel for transportation and stationary power applications, thereby enhancing economic security, reducing fossil-fuel dependence, and helping save the environment.
Addiction to imported petroleum carries with it huge economic, environmental and security risks . The search for a domestically produced, economical and environmentally friendly fuel has led to one acceptable solution: anhydrous ammonia (NH3). Also known as “the other hydrogen” NH3 is the closest thing to a perfect transportation fuel.
NH3 is an ultra-clean, energy-dense alternative liquid fuel.
Along with hydrogen, NH3 is the only fuel that does not produce any Greenhouse Gases (GHG) on combustion.
Hydrogen combustion: 2H2 + O2 2H2O (water vapor)
NH3 combustion: 4NH3 + 3O2 2N2 + 6H2O (nitrogen and water vapor)
NH3 is Practical
The first utilization of liquid NH3 as a fuel for motor-buses took place in Belgium during 1943. The motor-bus fleet logged 1,000’s of miles during WWII.
18% hydrogen by weight
NH3 is a liquid fuel at ambient temperatures and moderate pressures (~125 psi)
NH3 has 52% of the energy density of gasoline, and is over 50% more energy dense per gallon than cryogenic liquid hydrogen
Can be used to drive fuel cells, and fuel internal combustion engines (ICE) and combustion turbines
Converting gasoline and diesel ICEs to run on NH3 is relatively straightforward
Can be economically and safely stored and delivered in large quantities
A sustainable, carbon-free fuel for back-up and ‘peaker’ eletricity capacity generation
Will help free us from dependence on imported oil – fossil fuel
NH3 is Available
Current worldwide annual production is -130 million tons – primarily produced from natural gas and coal. China is the #1 producer at 30 million tons annually
20 million tons of NH3 and NH3-based fertilizers are consumed annually in the US as fertilizer (equivalent in energy to ~3.5 billion gallons of gasoline)
Storage and delivery infrastructure of pipelines, barges, rail and truck already exists (3,000+ miles of pipeline in the US; retail outlets exist in practically every state, 800 outlets in Iowa alone)
Can be produced cleanly from coal and natural gas with carbon sequestration, and also from biomass, renewable energy sources and nuclear power, using nitrogen from the air
Can be recovered from agricultural animal waste
Naturally produced in legumes (via nitrogenase bacteria)
Is an alternative fuel under the Energy Policy Act of 1992, allowing NH3 vehicles to qualify for fleet sale
NH3 is Low Cost
Comparable to or lower in price than gasoline on an equal energy basis
NH3 produced using renewable or nuclear source electricity will be stable in price and increasingly cheaper, per BTU, than fossil based fuels.
NH3 is Environmentally Friendly and Safe
Zero carbon, no resultant Greenhouse Gases (GHG) on combustion
NOx is easily neutralized (NH3 is used as the active chemical reactant in NOx reduction, and CO2 and SO2 capture)
If released NH3 in an accident NH3 is very difficult to ignite, is lighter than air (dissipates upwards), and its odor alerts
NH3 is not a Greenhouse Gas (GHG)
Will not damage the ozone layer
The X-15 rocket plane set speed and altitude records in the 1960s powered by NH3. Wind-generated electricity can be locally converted to NH3 for fertilizer and fuel, without expansion of the electricity transmission grid.
NH3 pipelines and storage terminals cross the agricultural midsection of the United States – an example of existing infrastructure that allows low cost, safe distribution of NH3. Storage is in refrigerated, liquid, above-ground steel tanks. NH3 is also transported by a broad array of existing rail, ship, and truck transports.
What if we do not need to wait for the hydrogen future of the year 2030? What if our hydrogen future is within our grasp right now?
It is.
The one pollution free, hydrogen-based renewable fuel we could begin using today on a large scale is anhydrous ammonia, one of the most commonly synthesized chemical compounds on the planet. Anhydrous ammonia is already used worldwide as fertilizer for its nitrogen content, and delivered by a well-established and safe infrastructure. Due to its hydrogen content, anhydrous ammonia (NH3) can be used in both gas and diesel internal combustion engines with minor modifications, can be used in direct ammonia fuel cells, and can provide hydrogen feedstock for standard hydrogen fuel cells…..
At the same time, improved technologies are coming on-line including lower cost electrolyzers and an approach called solid-state ammonia synthesis (SSAS), which makes ammonia without making hydrogen as an interim step.Even with the existing electrolyzer and Haber-Bosch process, ammonia is cost competitive with gasoline retailing at prices above $3 per gallon.
Ammonia has a long and successful history as a substitute for petroleum based fuels……
Of course, ammonia is not without its challenges. Ammonia is an inhalation hazard and must be handled with respect. But, the world ammonia industry produces and delivers 130 million tons a year with an exemplary safety record. About 20 million tons of ammonia is consumed in the U.S. annually, largely as fertilizer, and delivered by truck, rail, barge, and 3,000 miles of small-diameter, underground carbon steel pipeline in the U.S. agricultural heartland. Ammonia is not classified as a flammable liquid by the DOT, and does not have the fire and explosion hazard of gasoline, natural gas, propane, or hydrogen. Although hazardous when inhaled, it is lighter than air and disperses into the atmosphere when released, and without residual harmful effects. Ammonia is not a greenhouse gas, and does not attack the ozone layer.
For ammonia to be in wide use as a transportation fuel, design standards for on-board ammonia fuel tanks must be established as well as procedures for ammonia transfer from storage to vehicle tanks, however much of this work is already in place…..
The best features of ammonia are those it shares with hydrogen: it can be used both in internal combustion engines and in fuel cells, it produces no greenhouse gasses on combustion, and it can be produced from a wide variety of renewable energy resources…..
If hydrogen is the answer to the energy challenge of peak oil, then there is absolutely no reason to wait. The better hydrogen future is ready right now with proven
Developing new carbon fuels will KILL US ALL
technology, from production and distribution to storage and engine modification. An aggressive program to use wind and solar power to generate this carbon-free fuel can create a sea of change in our energy policy. Ammonia fuel is not the one single answer to peak oil, because there is no single answer. But as an existing implementable strategy to cut greenhouse gases, reduce reliance on fossil fuels, and create new green collar jobs, ammonia is the stepping stone to the hydrogen future that up until now seemed decades away. ….
Larry Bruce is an international consultant in strategic planning and enterprise development and Marketing Director of StrandedWind.org. Joe McClintock is a physicist investigating alternative fuels. John Holbrook is Director of AmmPower LLC and Chairman of the Ammonia Fuel Network.
As Occupy Wall Street protests intensify around America, it’s important to examine possible solutions
Eric Blair Activist Post ( shortened and slightly adapted, with thanks)
Barack Obama and his 2008 presidential challenger John McCain both received more money from Wall Street donors than their combined lifetime government salaries. It was a billion-dollar-plus campaign. In fact, all of Congress makes more from Wall Street and corporate campaign contributions than their public salaries.
So what could be done if a huge movement could really force change??
Complete Debt Forgiveness:
I have been one of the advocates for a complete write-off of all fraudulent debt, essentially hitting the economic reset button. This act would zap all of the power that the banking cartel has over governments and individuals. Although I truly believe this to be the only way out of this mess, it may require an entirely new free and fair financial structure in place when the button is pushed, or the same group of thugs will likely maintain their control over the system. (blogger’s comment: Seems to me impossible, if most US debt is ‘owned’ by the Chinese, they’re hardly likely to forfeit their savings .)
End the Wars:
Yes, yes, and yes. End the foreign wars. End the phony war on “terror”. And end the war on drugs. They only benefit those funding the wars (with interest) and the pirates who the government gives the spoils to. Because no average citizen ever wants war, it leads some to believe that all wars have been baited by these beneficiaries — and they wouldn’t be wrong. Unfortunately, for too long we have taken the bait and they have gotten their spoils. It is time to stop this insanity. Significantly, this is one of the only practical solutions that will have minimal blowback. It will save trillions in public spending and immediately bring more harmony to the planet. However, America will face the very real challenge of creating new employment for returning soldiers, contractors, and laid-off weapons manufacturers, as well as DEA agents, prison guards and others who participate in perpetuating the war on drugs. So, even though ending all wars is the only sane policy, by itself it is not a silver bullet for economic woes………
” New York Times, finance columnist Andrew Sorkin revealed some of the fear now churning the guts of the ruling class:
“Is this Occupy Wall Street thing a big deal?” the C.E.O. asked me. I didn’t have an answer. “We’re trying to figure out how much we should be worried about all of this,” he continued, clearly concerned. “Is this going to turn into a personal safety problem?”
The ‘Occupy’ movement is exciting, but it must reach out to the wider working class if it is to have any lasting effect on the political landscape. Beyond the occupations of town centres and squares, working people must fight for control of their own workplaces, neighbourhoods, and communities. Only then can “the 99%” dictate terms to those who have run roughshod over their basic needs for so long.
. As sections of the union bureaucracy, plus fellow reactionaries such as former World Bank Vice President Joseph Stiglitz and multi-billionaire financier George Soros voice their ‘support’ for the demonstrations, they do so with the intention of making them safe for capitalism.”
But they wont find it so easy.. In Europe every splinter party under the sun tried to hijack the movement without much success so far, partly due to the direct democracy ‘Assemblies’,and because the young demonstrators are not at all stupid.
Here’s my ‘Wish List’ for the 15th October World Movement
Destroying the Banks in favour of a phased in Money-Free system. Banning Hierarchical, sexist and homophobic organizations. A minimum world wage, or free rations of basic goods. Abolishing armies and war. Community Co-operatives instead of companies. Phasing out of the Oil Economy in favour of renewables and NH3 fuel. Banning GMO’s. Collectivising excess private property. Abolition of the Prisons and police system….
El 15 de Octubre del 2011 va a ser una fecha inolvidable para la raza humana. Este sera el primer encuentro UNIVERSAL de ciudadanos por un mundo mejor.
NO es un tema de ideas políticas, religión o filosofía.
El asunto es sobre cuanto nos importa nuestro futuro y el futuro de la Tierra
In my opinion, it is very likely that the historians of the future will look upon tomorrow as the day a truly global anti-capitalist movement was born. Following the example of Occupy Wall Street, Los Angeles, Boston, and hundreds of US towns and cities, a huge number of small and large occupations will begin on every continent except Antarctica (see Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, South America).
NH3 is Practical
NH3 is Low Cost
NH3 is Environmentally Friendly and Safe
The X-15 rocket plane set speed and altitude records in the 1960s powered by NH3. Wind-generated electricity can be locally converted to NH3 for fertilizer and fuel, without expansion of the electricity transmission grid.
The Free 