collapse capitalism – Page 113

Record oil profits, as they kill millions.. trash planet..

The World Health Organization states that 2.4 million people die each year from causes directly attributable to air pollution

The health effects caused by air pollution may include difficulty in breathing, wheezing, coughing and aggravation of existing respiratory and cardiac conditions. These effects can result in increased medication use, increased doctor or emergency room visits, more hospital admissions and premature death. The human health effects of poor air quality are far reaching, but principally affect the body’s respiratory system and the cardiovascular system. Individual reactions to air pollutants depend on the type of pollutant a person is exposed to, the degree of exposure, the individual’s health status and genetics.

A new economic study of the health impacts and associated costs of air pollution in the Los Angeles Basin and San Joaquin Valley of Southern California shows that more than 3800 people die prematurely (approximately 14 years earlier than normal) each year because air pollution levels violate federal standards. The number of annual premature deaths is considerably higher than the fatalities related to auto collisions in the same area, which average fewer than 2,000 per year.^[19]

Diesel exhaust (DE) is a major contributor

Diesel exhaust (DE) is a major contributor to combustion derived particulate matter air pollution. In several human experimental studies, using a well validated exposure chamber setup, DE has been linked to acute vascular dysfunction and increased thrombus formation.^[20]^[21] This serves as a plausible mechanistic link between the previously described association between particulate matter air pollution and increased cardiovascular morbidity and mortality.

BP made profits of $5.3bn (£3.2bn) in the three months to 30 June as higher oil prices offset lower production.

In the first quarter of 2011, BP made a profit of $5.5bn.

BP has sold $25bn worth of assets – partly to pay for the clean-up operation in the Gulf.

The oil firm’s chief executive, Bob Dudley has been criticised by some greedy immoral investors for failing to increase production.

In May BP abandoned a proposed deal with Russian’s Rosneft to exploit oil reserves in the Arctic.

“Other companies have clearly re-defined their strategies over the last 12 to 24 months,” said Dougie Youngson a criminal oil analyst at Arbuthnot.

Exxonmobil continues to build it’s shale gas business in the US, wantonly destroying the biosphere and Shell is focussed on mega gas projects. What is BP doing?”

Rich fat investors have also suggested that the share price has not recovered sufficiently from the Gulf spill.

The murdering oil companies pay NOTHING to the families of the 2.4 million dead from air pollution each year, caused largely by burning oil.

As long as profits continue they pay and care NOTHING for runaway Climate Change, already destroying the habitat of millions of people and animals, and set to devastate the whole planet.

In a few years, as climate chaos takes hold, executives and investors from these oil companies will be spurned and pilloried, and jailed as mass killers and climate criminals.

Cheap viable alternatives have always existed see link BELOW

When will the CEO’s and Corporate investors be arraigned for Crimes Against Humanity?

BP profits story HERE http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-14287697

CO2-FREE fuel already exists!

A CO2-free fuel already exists..-Green Gas NH3, and is being suppressed by Big Oil… Pushing the climate over the edge to make more and more money for power mad corporations. Act NOW OR NEVER!!

SEE DETAILS OF CO2-FREE fuel HERE https://thefreeonline.wordpress.com/2011/06/22/green-gas-still-ignored-in-rush-for-profits/

See all NH3 posts HEREhttps://thefreeonline.wordpress.com/category/ammonia-nh3-co2-free-fuel/

Madrid 15M:’Es el sistema..abajo el capitalismo!

La indignación ciudadana recupera Madrid acusando a los bancos

Los miles de «indignados» que participaron en la marcha popular con el lema «No es una crisis, es el sistema» ocuparon la Gran Vía madrileña en su camino hacia la Puerta del Sol y llenaron de manos rojas pintadas las fachadas de algunas de las sucursales bancarias que encontraron en su recorrido. Fue una forma de expresar su rechazo a unas entidades a las que acusan de crear la crisis que los gobernantes tratan de que pague la ciudadanía del Estado español.

GARA |La marcha, a la que acudieron personas de todas las edades, incluidos bebés, completó su recorrido en un ambiente festivo. Los manifestantes, a su paso

por el Banco de España, situado en la plaza de Cibeles, corearon gritos de «culpable», frase a la que sucedieron otras como «Esta crisis no la pagamos», «Es una estafa, no es una crisis» y «La voz del pueblo no es i

Miles de personas convocadas por el movimiento 15-M iniciaron poco antes de las siete de la tarde, desde la Plaza de Carlos V, su marcha por la capital. Cánticos como «De norte a sur, de este a oeste, la lucha sigue, cueste lo que cueste» se sumaron a los ya tradicionales y característicos de este movimiento tales como «El pueblo unido jamás será vencido».

Con esta marcha los «indignados» cerraban un fin de semana en el que seis marchas procedentes de distintos puntos del Estado confluyeron el sábado en la Puerta del Sol de Madrid, donde a lo largo de esa tarde-noche y durante la jornada de ayer llevaron a cabo distintas asambleas y otras actividades reivindicativas.

Change to NH3 fuel..Cheaper, safer, no CO2, no SOx, .

Recently I discovered that a CO2 -free fuel for internal combustion engines already exists and would be cheaper and less dangerous than petroleum products.

MUCH less dangerous as burning it produces no SOx, no Carbon Monoxide, very low NOx etc which worldwide

cause hundreds of thousands of extra deaths from respiratory diseases every year.

WHY then don’t we use it?? Because the oil corporations have us hooked on their products.

I was inspired to publicize the existence of NH3 fuel in a small way with this blog and Farcebook.

Incredibly when publicized as an Event there was little interest..MORE AGAINST THAN IN FAVOUR.

People cant believe it and see me as one more internet crank. The best response so far comes from Anne J., see below,

Anne Jackson

your page (Promote CO2 free fuel) http://www.facebook.com/pages/Promote-CO2free-fuel-NH3-exists-NOW/195655647150736?sk=wall
i have visited your page, also followed the links that i could find, now need to research the claims before i can like or share, as i could not find a simple to understand explanation of how this technology works… as time is of the essence, doubling up my time when such a simple explanation probably already exists to enable understanding by everyday people (who do not hold chemical/mechanical engineering degrees) would see your page, and this technology, greater general public awareness.
Warm regards
Anne
REPLY….. TheFree Mikegilli

thanks ANNE FOR YOUR SUGGESTION.. I didn’t realize this was an issue and will try to find such an explanation. however I fear that no matter how it is explained, nobody will listen to me, when lots of credible scientists have been ignored for so many years. One angle I thought of was appealing to people suffering respiratory illnesses linked to pollution from oil based motors.

What can I say.? The corporations and markets are lauding and rewarding a small army of influential Bloggers who ridicule scientific articles and evidence on anything that doesnt give them more short term profit, including NH3 fuel, as well as promoting fracking and Tar Sands as another bonanza for greedy investors. For Example Geoffrey Styles’ article here https://thefreeonline.wordpress.com/2011/07/10/ex-texaco-guru-relegates-co2-free-nh3/

NH3 fuel is a reformist proposal, (we really need a world revolution), but it could save millions of lives and be a key element in preventing catastrophic climate change. All it needs is a few thousand activists to seriously promote the idea.

Greg's CO2-free ammonia cars — Greg’s CO2-free ammonia cars

All I can do here is reprint the Wikipedia article.

Ammonia as a Fuel

Ammonia was used during World War II to power buses in Belgium, and in engine and solar energy applications prior to 1900. Liquid ammonia was used as the fuel of the rocket airplane, the X-15. Although not as powerful as other fuels, it left no soot in the reusable rocket engine and its density approximately matches the density of the oxidizer, liquid oxygen, which simplified the aircraft’s design.

Ammonia has been proposed as a practical alternative to fossil fuel for internal combustion engines.^[39] The calorific value of ammonia is 22.5 MJ/kg (9690 BTU/lb) which is about half that of diesel. In a normal engine, in which the water vapour is not condensed, the calorific value of ammonia will be about 21% less than this figure. It can be used in existing engines with only minor modifications to carburettors/injectors.

To meet these demands, significant capital would be required to increase present production levels. Although the second most produced chemical, the scale of ammonia production is a small fraction of world petroleum usage. It could be manufactured from renewable energy sources, as well as coal or nuclear power. It is however significantly less efficient than batteries.^{[citation needed]} The 60 MW Rjukan dam in Telemark, Norway produced ammonia via electrolysis of water for many years from 1913 producing fertilizer for much of Europe. If produced from coal, the CO₂ can be readily sequestered ^[39]^[40] (the combustion products are nitrogen and water). In 1981 a Canadian company converted a 1981 Chevrolet Impala to operate using ammonia as fuel.^[41]^[42]

Ammonia engines or ammonia motors, using ammonia as a working fluid, have been proposed and occasionally used.^[43] The principle is similar to that used in a fireless locomotive, but with ammonia as the working fluid, instead of steam or compressed air. Ammonia engines were used experimentally in the 19th century by Goldsworthy Gurney in the UK and in streetcars in New Orleans in the USA.

safety

NH3 Fuel risk analysis report carried out by Quest Consultant see Here http://www.iowaenergycenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/NH3_RiskAnalysis_final.pdf

CO2 Tax in Australia..Hope at last!

AUSTRALIA
Renewable Energy Wins, Controversially
By Stephen de Tarczynski

MELBOURNE, Jul 14, 2011 (IPS) – Australia has taken a major step in reducing its future greenhouse gas output with the announcement of a plan that will initially place a tax on every tonne of carbon pollution produced by hundreds of the country’s major emitters.

“Most Australians now agree our climate is changing. This is caused by carbon pollution. This has harmful effects on our environment and on the economy and the government should act,” said Prime Minister Julia Gillard in a televised address to the nation on Jul.10, just hours after the full details of the carbon scheme had been revealed.

The tax is the first step in the design that proponents say will see Australia reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 80 percent on 2000 levels, an increase from the previous target of a 60 percent cut.

Australia is responsible for around 1.47 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions, similar to Iran and France, according to 2005 data from the World Resources Institute, the latest year for which statistics are available. Yet on a per capita basis, Australians are the biggest polluters among developed nations.

Despite this, there remains heated debate about how – and even if – Australia should reduce its carbon output.

Protests against implementing a carbon price and questioning human-induced global warming have been held in numerous Australian cities over the past few months – albeit often opposed in other areas by larger rallies calling for far-reaching government action. Climate scientists at leading universities have reported receiving death threats and abusive telephone calls.

Coal is big business here, where around ten percent of the world’s reserves are located.

Australia is the fourth largest coal producer in the world – behind China, the United States and India – yet the most prolific exporter, supplying about 27 percent of global demand. The burning of coal at power stations also accounts for more than 83 percent of this country’s own electricity generation.

The carbon tax plan includes a commitment to close the larger coal-fired power plants by 2020

http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=56478

Galicia: TAV al Infierno/ High Speed Train to Hell

Read in Google English below

Crece la resisténcia contra la prolongación de la linea del TAV. Serán 200k de tuneles y puentes, costando 600 miliones de euros que tardarán 35 años en pagar, y tendrán muy pocos pasanjeros. Mientras los ferrocarriles normales ni se puede mantener. Otro locura del capitalismo en toda regla.

Publicamos una parte de un articulo excelente sobre este asunto…

extrae de Gal iza Livre (en galego ambos enlaces).

En la pasada noche de San Juan (23 de Junio) fueron incendiadas en la localidad de Reboredo (provincia de A Coruña) una retroexcavadora, una pala excavadora, un tractor con cisterna y una máquina con un cilindro que se encontraban estacionadas en la zona de las obras del AVE. El fuego (cuyo comienzo oscila entre la 1:30 y las 3:00 de la madrugada, según varios medios burgueses que han cubierto los hechos), se prolongó hasta las 5:30 y fueron necesarios tanto efectivos de lxs bomberxs de Vigo como algunas unidades móviles del Grumir de Redondela (Grupos Municipales de Intervención Rápida, dedicados a seguridad ciudadana) para extinguirlo……

Nada más, sólo decir que calificar la rabia de unas personas que han decidido destruír esta maquinaria de “crimen horroroso” refleja la mentalidad cuadriculada de la alta alcurnia que considera oportuno y legítimo destruir el medio ambiente para seguir construyendo sus putas ciudades, sus carreteras, su engranaje con el que seguir artificializando nuestras vidas, volviéndonos máquinas ahogadas en su propio combustible.

En la memoria de algunxs quedan zonas como La Zapateira, bellos bosques en Coruña hoy sepultados bajo el cemento y el gas tóxico, sustituído por césped artificial y árboles raquíticos pero que quedan de lo más “chic” en los nuevos barrios burgueses. Zonas que han visto crecer el índice de especulación sobre el suelo mientras cada vez más personas viven en cajeros automáticos o duermen entre cartones.

Ni vuestras cámaras ni vuestrxs mercenarixs asesinxs podrán detenernos. Podéis rodearos de tecnología pero seguirá habiendo barrios en ruínas habitados por corazones llenos de rabia y vuestros diques no siempre podrán contener la llama de millones de ilusiones, explosiones de esperanza en un mundo quizás ya condenado a muerte.

Habéis normalizado la violencia permitiendo que niñxs de menos de 10 años observen la carne despedaza por las bombas, las lágrimas de millones de rostros asustados. Hoy esxs niñxs saltan por la ventana de sus apartamentos o están atrapadxs en videojuegos y mundos irreales. Emites tu reportaje sensacionalista sobre los asesinos de Collumbine ¿quién les convirtió en lo que eran?.

Lee MÁS Read MORE

http://estenfuertes.blogspot.com/2011/07/estado-espanol-sabotaje-en-galicia-por.html

Spanish to English Googletranslation

Growing resistance to prolonging the line of TAV. 200k will be tunnels and bridges, costing 600 milion euros to take 35 years to pay, and have very few pasanjeros. While regular rail or can be maintained. Another folly of capitalism in the making.
Here is part of an excellent article on this topic …extracted from Galiza Livre (both links in Galician).

On the last night of San Juan (June 23) were burned in the town of Reboredo (northwest Spain) a backhoe, shovel, tractor with tank and a machine with a cylinder that were stationed in the area work on the AVE. The fire (which start between 1:30 and 3:00 am, according to various bourgeois media have covered the events), lasted until 5:30 and it took both lxs effective as some bomberxs Vigo lumps of mobile units Redondela (Municipal Rapid Intervention Groups, dedicated to public safety) to extinguish ……
Nothing else, just say that qualify anger of people who have decided to destroy the machinery of “horrific crime” mentality reflects the high birth grid it deems appropriate and legitimate to destroy the environment to continue building his whores cities, roads, their gear to follow artificialized our lives, turning machines drowned in their own fuel.

In memory of algunxs are areas such as La Zapateira, beautiful forests Coruña today buried under the cement and toxic gas, replaced by artificial grass and stunted trees but left the most “chic” in the new bourgeois districts. Areas that have seen the growth rate speculation in land as more and more people live in ATMs or sleep between cartons.
Neither your cameras and be able to stop vuestrxs asesinxs mercenarixs. You can surround technology but will remain in ruins neighborhoods inhabited by hearts full of anger and your levees may not always contain the name of millions of dreams, bursts of hope in a world may already sentenced to death.
You have normalized violence niñxs allowing less than 10 years observing the flesh ripped apart by bombs, the tears of millions of frightened faces. Today esxs niñxs jump out the window of their apartments or are atrapadxs in video games and unreal worlds. Cast Your sensationalist reporting about the murderers of Collumbine who made them what they were?.
Read more Read more

http://estenfuertes.blogspot.com/2011/07/estado-espanol-sabotaje-en-galicia-por.html

The Coming Insurrection ..Money Collapsing?

The Coming Insurrection – A Final Warning to Governments Around the World

”The world’s monetary systems are crashing and as a direct result economies all over the world are collapsing in tandem, at break neck speed with absolutely no sign or possibility of abating. We have reached the point of no return, that not even the most extreme plan of “fiscal responsibility” advanced by our so-called elected officials can reverse.

Our corrupted democracies will not save our monetary systems because politicians can compromise but the laws of gravity cannot. What goes up must eventually come down.

So too, the inviolable laws of humanity dictate that you can only push a man so far before he has no choice but to fight back. People all over the world are almost at that breaking point. Many have already reached it.

The clip below titled “The Coming Insurrection” is based on a book by the same name, whose authors were arrested in France in 2008 on charges of terrorism.

In light of the recent popular uprisings throughout the Middle East, its powerful message portends an era whose time has come.”

Desalojos parados/ Evictions stopped!

Y ya van 59! Hoy la PAH junto a la ciudadanía ha paralizado de nuevo 2 desalojos previstos, el de Santa Coloma y el de Terrassa, además de suspender con antelación el de Sant Adriá.
No nos van a parar! No van a poder silenciarnos! ¡No permitiremos más desalojos! ¡No dejaremos que el banco nos eche de casa! Miles de familias se encuentran en esta situación y exigimos soluciones justas para ellas:
La moratoria inmediata del desahucio. Que la familia pueda permanecer en régimen de alquiler asequible en la vivienda.
Condonación inmediata de la deuda.
Regulación de la dación en pago de forma retroactiva.
Convocamos a toda la ciudadanía, vecin@s, asociaciones, indignad@s y medios de comunicación a apoyar tod@s junt@s a las familias para impedir que los desahucien. Próximas convocatorias:
http://stopdesahucios.tomalaplaza.net/main

Somos quienes en 2011 decidieron participar en un rescate histórico que ya han iniciado las Plataformas de Afectados por la Hipoteca: Rescatar a nuestros vecinos y vecinas víctimas de la estafa inmobiliaria inducida por los mercados financieros y la corrupción de la clase política.

2011 es el año en que decidimos parar el expolio, el año en el que nos juntamos pacíficamente en los portales para interponer nuestros cuerpos ante el mercado, los bancos y sus representantes. Tomamos los portales, las escaleras y las calles para rescatar a las personas ante el abandono de las instituciones, todo un ejemplo de ciudadanía activa, participativa y solidaria que dará una lección de civismo a la clase política, a los mercados financieros y que impulsará la regeneración democratica de este país.

Cientos de miles de vecinos en nuestros barrios nos necesitan, podemos ser un ejemplo de la ciudad y del barrio que queremos, un barrio con gente que se protege y apoya, que comparte sus problemas y que se implica en la vida social que le rodea.

Esto es solo el principio, un aviso de la ciudadanía al poder: Ante el abandono de las responsabilidades democráticas con la ciudadanía por parte de la clase política hoy paramos desahucios, mañana ¡ya veremos!