Category: save the planet

Japan: Radioactive beef, veggies, urine, etc.

 Japan on Thursday recommended 59 more households should evacuate from four areas considered radiation “hot spots” near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant…..
radioactive bef

Tens of thousands of people have moved to shelters from areas in and beyond the no-go zone around the plant, including from a wider 30-kilometre zone where people were first told to stay indoors and later urged to leave. Higher levels of radiation have been detected in the newly designated locations, raising fears that residents’ accumulated exposure may exceed 20 millisieverts per year – the government’s limit for evacuation.

Since the March 11 disaster, Japan has raised the legal exposure limit for people, including children, from one to 20 millisieverts per year – matching the safety standard for nuclear industry workers in many countries. Environmental groups and critics have slammed the government for the rule change and say the current evacuation zone around the plant is not wide enough and does not account for the irregular pattern of radiation exposure…..

On Tuesday, the government banned shipments of Fukushima beef, four months after the March 11 quake and tsunami sparked reactor meltdowns at the nuclear plant.  Municipalities, including areas in Tokyo, have said that the affected meat has already been used in school lunches and sold at stores. The central government has banned shipment of certain vegetables, tea, milk and seafood from Fukushima and areas beyond including tea grown south of Tokyo. (SeedDaily…)

Fukushima residents’ urine now radioactive More than 3 millisieverts of radiation has been measured in the urine of 15 Fukushima residents of the village of Iitate and the town of Kawamata, confirming internal radiation exposure. Both are about 30 to 40 km from the Fukushima No. 1 power plant, which has been releasing radioactive material into the environment since the week of March 11, when the quake and tsunami caused core meltdowns. “This won’t be a problem if they don’t eat vegetables or other products….

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http://thewatchers.adorraeli.com/2011/07/23/japan-names-more-fukushima-evacuation-areas-more-contaminated-beef-found/

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,
  • 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

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

Riot! austerity budget for people on $1 a day

Malawi riots erupt

Malawi is one of the poorest countries in the world, with an estimated 75% of the population living on less than $1 (60p) a day.

The government recently passed an austerity budget, raising taxes to reduce dependence on aid.

The demonstrations were called to protest against rising fuel prices, a shortage of foreign exchange reserves, alleged bad governance and poor international relations.

LANTYRE (Reuters) – Riots broke out in several cities in Malawi Wednesday after police and the army tried to disperse protesters demanding the resignation of President Bingu wa Mutharika, whom they accuse of ignoring civil liberties and damaging the economy.

Last week, the UK cut direct aid to Malawi after a diplomatic spat with Mr Mutharika’s government.

The UK accused Malawi of mishandling the economy and failing to uphold human rights.

In the southern African nation’s capital, Lilongwe, witnesses said smoke was billowing into the sky as protesters burned cars, offices and shops belonging to ministers and politicians from Mutharika’s ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP).

Troops were deployed on the streets of the normally sleepy commercial capital, Blantyre, and police fired teargas at marchers who had gathered outside the stock exchange in defiance of a court order.

“The earlier injunction has been withdrawn and we’re proceeding on the planned route of the demonstration but sadly we’re being smoked by teargas,” Gift Makhwawa, president of the Malawi Law Society, told Reuters.

Marie Mason: new prison art/ photos.

Check out new photos and prison art from Marie  on her supporters website HERE

http://supportmariemason.org/2011/07/14/new-on-the-website/

About Marie Mason 

22yrs jail for bid to save the planet.

Marie Mason is a loving mother of two and a long-time activist in the environmental and labor movements.

In March 2008, she was arrested by federal authorities for charges related to two acts of property destruction that occurred in 1999 and 2000; no one was injured in either of them.

She accepted a plea bargain and was sentenced on February 5, 2009 to just under 22 years. She is now serving the longest sentence of any “Green Scare” prisoner.

The “Green Scare” is the name given to the recent arrests of animal rights and environmental activists who have been charged with acts of economic sabotage.

Federal authorities have sought outrageous sentences (often Life in prison) and have publicly and legally labeled the activists as “terrorists” – despite the fact that no one has been killed or injured in any of the acts.

Help save The Río Platáno peoples

Paradise in Peril from Skyship Films on Vimeo.

The Río Platáno Biosphere Reserve, Honduras – home to the highest level of tropical biodiversity in Central America, homeland of the Pech and Miskito Indians, and keeper of hundreds of unexplored archeological sites – is in danger. Non-indians are invading the Reserve from all sides, poaching endangered wildlife and fish, slashing and burning ancient forests to sow pastures, and forcing indigenous inhabitants off their ancestral lands. Paradise in Peril follows an expedition organized to document the destruction of this UNESCO World Heritage Site and collect testimony from the native peoples who rely on the Río Platáno for survival.

Show your support for the RPBR: facebook.com/​pages/​Friends-of-the-R%C3%ADo-Plátano-Biosphere-Reserve/​138035182942758

According to Edgardo Benitez of the Green Alliance and the Platform in Defence of the Patuca River, the Tawahkas are under a particular amount of pressure . “This community of Tawahkas is at risk of extinction [if] the dam project at the Patuca River proceeds”.

Watch Paradise in Peril on Vimeo:  http://vimeo.com/26209577
Show some support for the film on facebook: Friends of the Río Plátano Biosphere Reserve
Send a letter to Honduras: Don’t Dam the Patuca River!

http://intercontinentalcry.org/2011/paradise-in-peril-the-vanishing-rio-platano-biosphere-reserve/

World Bank top Climate Criminals

World Bank coal funding hits record high as it seeks climate finance control

World Bank funding for coal power stations has soared 40-fold over the last five years to hit a record high of $4.4 billion in 2010, new figures reveal.

Bank lending to coal-fuelled power projects significantly exceeds its financing of new renewable energy and energy efficiency projects, which stood at $3,128 billion in 2009 (the latest figure available).

‘This new analysis reveals incoherence at the heart of the World Bank’s thinking about energy,’ said Dr Alison Doig, Christian Aid’s Senior Adviser on Climate Change. ‘At the same time as it is seeking to gain control of the billions which will be channelled to developing countries to help them cope with global warming, the Bank is still lending staggeringly large and growing sums to finance coal-fired power.

‘Yet we know that coal is the dirtiest of all the fossil fuels – the one which most exacerbates the climate crisis which is having devastating effects on the lives of people living in poverty. We also know that by financing the building of coal power stations, the Bank is locking countries in to coal use for the next 40 to 50 years.’

Meanwhile NH3 fuel, which produces zero emissions when burned in easily converted petrol and diesel engines,, and is cheaper to produce, is still ignored and boycotted because it doesn’t offer a monopoly of big profits-  Read more here  https://thefreeonline.wordpress.com/category/ammonia-nh3-co2-free-fuel/

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