Humans must to unite to create a paradigm shift for the planet!
Current conditions on our planet quite succinctly speaking are an abomination. All life on earth is in peril of extinction in the next 30-Years and our leaders are being managed by the very people that created these conditions. The economy in the US and indeed around the world is in a depression and not one of our leaders has a clue as to how to fix this problem.
The answer is right in front of our eyes but the lobbyists for the energy companies are selling snake oil and denying that there is a simple solution to these issues solely for the purposes of control and greed. Do you wonder why? Americans are paying $9.675 Billion Dollars daily for energy and fuel! That is our disposable income going to the energy companies, oil & gas companies, commodities brokers, the government and OPEC!
It is time for a true change that will put an end to these problems and create a sustained growth green economy and create millions of jobs at home and abroad.
While you are on my Blog, please check out some of the articles listed below describing what is truly going on with our planet and our world governments.
Phil Haxton
E-Mail: av8or98a@comcast.net
Sunday, July 12, 2009
Technology Market Benefits Call to Action
Technology - Market – Benefits - Call to Action
The base technology is simple electrolysis (Invented in 1800) which breaks apart the two Hydrogen molecules from the Oxygen molecule and results in the production of HHO gas. HHO gas is a highly explosive and powerful fuel. The combustion of Hydrogen produces twice the “Specific Impulse” of commonly available petroleum (Carbon based) fuels. “Specific Impulse” relates to the amount of change in momentum produced for a given quantity of fuel combusted.
There are numerous individuals across the country (including myself) that are producing “HHO Hybrid Conversion Kits” for use on existing internal combustion engines to improve fuel mileage, lower emissions and lower the cost of operation of vehicles. While this is a good thing to do in the interim it does not get us completely off of Carbon based fuels.
The first engine that I have designed is a micro axial flow turbine engine which will operate solely on HHO gas. It is a very small and light weight engine (five pounds or so) and it produces a supersonic thrust that can be directed at another set of turbine blades for powering propeller driven general aviation aircraft, business and commercial aviation turbine powered aircraft. This creates jobs and economic growth in each of these markets!
For large commercial or corporate aircraft employing axial flow turbine engines operating on jet fuel, the existing “Hot Section” where the combustion of the jet fuel occurs can be eliminated and several of the engines I have designed can be directed at the existing turbine blades of the larger engine to cause rotation and operation of the entire engine.
Because the size and mass of the engine that I have designed, there is no requirement for a starter. Rotation will begin immediately upon combustion of the HHO gas. The engine will rapidly spin up to its full rated thrust and operate continuously at that full rated thrust. Since consumption of the Demineralized water to produce the HHO gas is 2 – 3 ounces of water per hour, (2 ounces in the average HHO Hybrid Kit) the engine will operate for several hours on a single gallon of water (64 Oz/Gal). This provides unprecedented fuel economy! Basically, fuel mileage determinations are calculated on the average velocity of the vehicle over a given amount of time divided by the total amount of water consumed.
The most important aspect of these engines is that they produces no Carbon Dioxide or pollutants and any un-burned Hydro-Carbons passing through the engines are consumed. You can say that these engines steam cleans the air as they operate. When HHO gas is combusted it results in producing water vapor.
Update (August 9, 2009): Just this past week I woke up to a realization that there was an even simpler way to provide mechanical power via an output shaft to perform mechanical work. As a result of this realization I have an even simpler design for a new internal combustion engine that can power any automotive type of vehicle. Now there is a second version of engine that operates solely on HHO gas and the development costs and time to produce a working production model of this engine is approximately 30-days! It may also be used to power Electrical generators, water pumps, fans, garden equipment, farm machinery, lift trucks, boom trucks, hydraulic pumps; heavy equipment such as bulldozers, shovels, backhoes, graders, cranes, etc. It has three moving parts!
Technical Overviews & Market Analysis:
Saltwater Desalination/Cogeneration Facilities:
(Our source of fuel & fresh water)
Here are the facts that I know to be true: We could never ever exhaust the supply of saltwater from our oceans. The technology to harvest saltwater and produce clean drinking water and Demineralized water for fuel is well known and in current operation around the world. It takes a tremendous amount of Electrical energy to do this. But the cost of that Electrical energy can be reduced by 99.9999% by using an insignificant amount of the Demineralized water already produced at a facility to power axial flow turbine engine generators to operate the facilities.
Benefits to Commercial Aviation Industry:
“In 2007, the cost of jet fuel, while highly variable from one airline to another averaged 26.5% of total operating costs, making it the single largest operating expense for most airlines.” 1. Source: Wickipedia:
Airlines can return to stable growth & profitability through the savings in fuel costs and the associated weight reductions caused by carrying less fuel to travel greater distances.
Aircraft and engine manufacturers will have a growth market demand to meet. Converting existing aircraft to operate with the engines requires modification of the fuel systems as well as the engines, controls and instrumentation packages. (More jobs creation.) Greater useful payload and safety of flight operations leads to more traffic growth. The fact that no flammable fuel is carried on the aircraft improves survivability in an accident. Moreover, as these aircraft operate, no negative environmental emissions occur!
Automotive Market:
The sheer size of the global automotive/truck market will create the opportunity to employ millions of people around the planet. The auto manufacturers would have two distinct markets to exploit; production of new vehicles using the engine and kits to retrofit the existing vehicle market. The retrofit market will create millions of opportunities for new small businesses to service the needs of businesses & consumers.
For a typical engine retrofit application, the existing engine including starter, fuel tank, fuel lines, radiator and exhaust system will be removed. Existing wiring & sensors no longer required would also be removed. Unused oil & fuel in the tank and radiator fluid would be removed as well. Each of the items described above is a candidate for recycling. Disassembly of the engine components and separation of the various metals & plastics can be accomplished by anyone with ordinary mechanical skills and tools. A thriving recycling business could be created servicing various shops and garages where retrofits are taking place.
Installation of the turbine engine into a typical car will lower the empty weight of the vehicle by two to three hundred pounds. This of course translates to even greater fuel savings on top of what will be realized by using water to produce HHO gas. The lighter weight also reduces tire wear and brake pad wear.
One final comment: Is a “Jetsons’ Vehicle” possible with the axial flow turbine engine? I believe that it is inevitable!
Economic Benefits:
• Consumers keep more disposable income in their pocket due to greater fuel economy.
• The technology creates opportunities for new business creation to retrofit existing cars, trucks, SUV’s, and fleet vehicles.
• Recycling of unused fuel, coolant, radiators, engines, exhaust, tanks and wiring.
• Construction of cogeneration facilities creates jobs in plant design & engineering, management, administration, clerical, construction trade workers, materials suppliers and permanent positions to operate the facilities once construction is complete.
• Organization members share in the profits generated by the desalination/cogeneration plants based on the amount of savings they keep in the organizations’ fund. In other words, we own our own supplies of fuel and water.
• Manufacturing jobs to meet the market demand for new vehicles and to produce the engines to meet the retrofit market will add management, administrative, clerical, sales, technical support, production workers, vendors and component suppliers in large numbers.
• Manufacturing jobs will also be required to produce the controllers and sensors for the engines. Positions will include engineers, programmers, management, administrative, clerical, sales, technical support, production personnel, logistics and shipping.
• Organization members earn a portion of the royalty on every engine and its associated controller sold.
• Organization members earn a portion of the manufacturing licenses to produce both the engines and its’ associated controller.
• Organization jobs in providing member support services will be plentiful. We’ll need management & strategic planning, legal, financial, accounting, administrative, clerical, member services, information technology engineers, Website update & maintenance, vendor liaisons, facilities maintenance, operations management, interpreters, political lobbyists, national & international government relations, communications, construction management, training personnel, program services management and providers.
The Market:
Ask yourself this question: “If I had the choice between the following 3 options, which would I choose?”
Option 1: Purchase a vehicle that operates on fuel that pollutes our atmosphere and has highly volatile fuel pricing and results in sending several hundred billion dollars a year to countries that really do not like us.
Option 2: Purchase a new vehicle that operates on water that does not pollute our atmosphere and has a stable fuel price and results in personal earnings for me on every gallon sold and a royalty fee for every engine and controller sold world wide.
Option 3: Purchase a kit to retrofit to my current vehicle that operates on water that does not pollute our atmosphere and has a stable fuel price and results in personal earnings for me on every gallon sold and a royalty fee for every engine and controller sold world wide.
I am willing to bet that you chose option 2 or 3 and that every consumer on our planet would make one of those two choices. This creates the market and in order for a manufacturer to get a share of the market, they must agree to build our engine and pay the manufacturing license fees & the royalties to our organization. If they refused, we could fund our own company to meet the market!
Does that appeal to you? Does it mean that we have control? The answer is obvious. And how do we get control? Unite as one! It is truly a simple choice and we can create a world that is to our benefit and insure our right to be free self-determined humans. Remember, there are 6.7 Billion of us and all we have to do is make a choice to participate and be active in the organization. We are the “Big Dog” and their control, corruption & desecration of our planet is over when we say it is.
Is NOW the time to take action?
Everything I have written here is true. Now it is up to you to make a conscious choice: Do you want to make a difference in the world by assisting me in saving our planet? Do you believe like I do that the world is worth saving? Is the course that we are currently on what we truly wish to leave as our legacy to our children and the generations to come?
Will you make a donation to help achieve these goals?
Will you join with us in making this a reality by joining the organization?
Thank you and God Bless you for your thoughtful consideration!
Hydrogen Fuel from Water Now
An organization open to all humans to thrive & prosper in!
Please Mail your donation to:
Phil Haxton
Visionary, Inventor
441 Helens Drive
Dawsonville, Georgia 30534
E-Mail: av8or98a@comcast.net
(Money orders or Western Union only)
(If you use Western Union, please E-Mail me to let me know what to expect.)
If you have questions or suggestions about the Vision and Plan, please feel free to E-Mail me and I will respond!
The base technology is simple electrolysis (Invented in 1800) which breaks apart the two Hydrogen molecules from the Oxygen molecule and results in the production of HHO gas. HHO gas is a highly explosive and powerful fuel. The combustion of Hydrogen produces twice the “Specific Impulse” of commonly available petroleum (Carbon based) fuels. “Specific Impulse” relates to the amount of change in momentum produced for a given quantity of fuel combusted.
There are numerous individuals across the country (including myself) that are producing “HHO Hybrid Conversion Kits” for use on existing internal combustion engines to improve fuel mileage, lower emissions and lower the cost of operation of vehicles. While this is a good thing to do in the interim it does not get us completely off of Carbon based fuels.
The first engine that I have designed is a micro axial flow turbine engine which will operate solely on HHO gas. It is a very small and light weight engine (five pounds or so) and it produces a supersonic thrust that can be directed at another set of turbine blades for powering propeller driven general aviation aircraft, business and commercial aviation turbine powered aircraft. This creates jobs and economic growth in each of these markets!
For large commercial or corporate aircraft employing axial flow turbine engines operating on jet fuel, the existing “Hot Section” where the combustion of the jet fuel occurs can be eliminated and several of the engines I have designed can be directed at the existing turbine blades of the larger engine to cause rotation and operation of the entire engine.
Because the size and mass of the engine that I have designed, there is no requirement for a starter. Rotation will begin immediately upon combustion of the HHO gas. The engine will rapidly spin up to its full rated thrust and operate continuously at that full rated thrust. Since consumption of the Demineralized water to produce the HHO gas is 2 – 3 ounces of water per hour, (2 ounces in the average HHO Hybrid Kit) the engine will operate for several hours on a single gallon of water (64 Oz/Gal). This provides unprecedented fuel economy! Basically, fuel mileage determinations are calculated on the average velocity of the vehicle over a given amount of time divided by the total amount of water consumed.
The most important aspect of these engines is that they produces no Carbon Dioxide or pollutants and any un-burned Hydro-Carbons passing through the engines are consumed. You can say that these engines steam cleans the air as they operate. When HHO gas is combusted it results in producing water vapor.
Update (August 9, 2009): Just this past week I woke up to a realization that there was an even simpler way to provide mechanical power via an output shaft to perform mechanical work. As a result of this realization I have an even simpler design for a new internal combustion engine that can power any automotive type of vehicle. Now there is a second version of engine that operates solely on HHO gas and the development costs and time to produce a working production model of this engine is approximately 30-days! It may also be used to power Electrical generators, water pumps, fans, garden equipment, farm machinery, lift trucks, boom trucks, hydraulic pumps; heavy equipment such as bulldozers, shovels, backhoes, graders, cranes, etc. It has three moving parts!
Technical Overviews & Market Analysis:
Saltwater Desalination/Cogeneration Facilities:
(Our source of fuel & fresh water)
Here are the facts that I know to be true: We could never ever exhaust the supply of saltwater from our oceans. The technology to harvest saltwater and produce clean drinking water and Demineralized water for fuel is well known and in current operation around the world. It takes a tremendous amount of Electrical energy to do this. But the cost of that Electrical energy can be reduced by 99.9999% by using an insignificant amount of the Demineralized water already produced at a facility to power axial flow turbine engine generators to operate the facilities.
Benefits to Commercial Aviation Industry:
“In 2007, the cost of jet fuel, while highly variable from one airline to another averaged 26.5% of total operating costs, making it the single largest operating expense for most airlines.” 1. Source: Wickipedia:
Airlines can return to stable growth & profitability through the savings in fuel costs and the associated weight reductions caused by carrying less fuel to travel greater distances.
Aircraft and engine manufacturers will have a growth market demand to meet. Converting existing aircraft to operate with the engines requires modification of the fuel systems as well as the engines, controls and instrumentation packages. (More jobs creation.) Greater useful payload and safety of flight operations leads to more traffic growth. The fact that no flammable fuel is carried on the aircraft improves survivability in an accident. Moreover, as these aircraft operate, no negative environmental emissions occur!
Automotive Market:
The sheer size of the global automotive/truck market will create the opportunity to employ millions of people around the planet. The auto manufacturers would have two distinct markets to exploit; production of new vehicles using the engine and kits to retrofit the existing vehicle market. The retrofit market will create millions of opportunities for new small businesses to service the needs of businesses & consumers.
For a typical engine retrofit application, the existing engine including starter, fuel tank, fuel lines, radiator and exhaust system will be removed. Existing wiring & sensors no longer required would also be removed. Unused oil & fuel in the tank and radiator fluid would be removed as well. Each of the items described above is a candidate for recycling. Disassembly of the engine components and separation of the various metals & plastics can be accomplished by anyone with ordinary mechanical skills and tools. A thriving recycling business could be created servicing various shops and garages where retrofits are taking place.
Installation of the turbine engine into a typical car will lower the empty weight of the vehicle by two to three hundred pounds. This of course translates to even greater fuel savings on top of what will be realized by using water to produce HHO gas. The lighter weight also reduces tire wear and brake pad wear.
One final comment: Is a “Jetsons’ Vehicle” possible with the axial flow turbine engine? I believe that it is inevitable!
Economic Benefits:
• Consumers keep more disposable income in their pocket due to greater fuel economy.
• The technology creates opportunities for new business creation to retrofit existing cars, trucks, SUV’s, and fleet vehicles.
• Recycling of unused fuel, coolant, radiators, engines, exhaust, tanks and wiring.
• Construction of cogeneration facilities creates jobs in plant design & engineering, management, administration, clerical, construction trade workers, materials suppliers and permanent positions to operate the facilities once construction is complete.
• Organization members share in the profits generated by the desalination/cogeneration plants based on the amount of savings they keep in the organizations’ fund. In other words, we own our own supplies of fuel and water.
• Manufacturing jobs to meet the market demand for new vehicles and to produce the engines to meet the retrofit market will add management, administrative, clerical, sales, technical support, production workers, vendors and component suppliers in large numbers.
• Manufacturing jobs will also be required to produce the controllers and sensors for the engines. Positions will include engineers, programmers, management, administrative, clerical, sales, technical support, production personnel, logistics and shipping.
• Organization members earn a portion of the royalty on every engine and its associated controller sold.
• Organization members earn a portion of the manufacturing licenses to produce both the engines and its’ associated controller.
• Organization jobs in providing member support services will be plentiful. We’ll need management & strategic planning, legal, financial, accounting, administrative, clerical, member services, information technology engineers, Website update & maintenance, vendor liaisons, facilities maintenance, operations management, interpreters, political lobbyists, national & international government relations, communications, construction management, training personnel, program services management and providers.
The Market:
Ask yourself this question: “If I had the choice between the following 3 options, which would I choose?”
Option 1: Purchase a vehicle that operates on fuel that pollutes our atmosphere and has highly volatile fuel pricing and results in sending several hundred billion dollars a year to countries that really do not like us.
Option 2: Purchase a new vehicle that operates on water that does not pollute our atmosphere and has a stable fuel price and results in personal earnings for me on every gallon sold and a royalty fee for every engine and controller sold world wide.
Option 3: Purchase a kit to retrofit to my current vehicle that operates on water that does not pollute our atmosphere and has a stable fuel price and results in personal earnings for me on every gallon sold and a royalty fee for every engine and controller sold world wide.
I am willing to bet that you chose option 2 or 3 and that every consumer on our planet would make one of those two choices. This creates the market and in order for a manufacturer to get a share of the market, they must agree to build our engine and pay the manufacturing license fees & the royalties to our organization. If they refused, we could fund our own company to meet the market!
Does that appeal to you? Does it mean that we have control? The answer is obvious. And how do we get control? Unite as one! It is truly a simple choice and we can create a world that is to our benefit and insure our right to be free self-determined humans. Remember, there are 6.7 Billion of us and all we have to do is make a choice to participate and be active in the organization. We are the “Big Dog” and their control, corruption & desecration of our planet is over when we say it is.
Is NOW the time to take action?
Everything I have written here is true. Now it is up to you to make a conscious choice: Do you want to make a difference in the world by assisting me in saving our planet? Do you believe like I do that the world is worth saving? Is the course that we are currently on what we truly wish to leave as our legacy to our children and the generations to come?
Will you make a donation to help achieve these goals?
Will you join with us in making this a reality by joining the organization?
Thank you and God Bless you for your thoughtful consideration!
Hydrogen Fuel from Water Now
An organization open to all humans to thrive & prosper in!
Please Mail your donation to:
Phil Haxton
Visionary, Inventor
441 Helens Drive
Dawsonville, Georgia 30534
E-Mail: av8or98a@comcast.net
(Money orders or Western Union only)
(If you use Western Union, please E-Mail me to let me know what to expect.)
If you have questions or suggestions about the Vision and Plan, please feel free to E-Mail me and I will respond!
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
Relevant News Stories and Links
Relevant News Stories and Links (Energy, Environment, Economy, Agriculture)
(If you were to take the time to read all of the articles listed here then you would understand why I am so passionate about what I know to be the right path for humanity to travel on right now!-Phil Haxton)
When Will the Recovery Begin? Never
By Robert B. Reich, Robert Reich's Blog. Posted July 10, 2009.
Are green shoots emerging? Not until people feel more secure economically.
The so-called "green shoots" of recovery are turning brown in the scorching summer sun. In fact, the whole debate about when and how a recovery will begin is wrongly framed.
On one side are the V-shapers who look back at prior recessions and conclude that the faster an economy drops, the faster it gets back on track. And because this economy fell off a cliff late last fall, they expect it to roar to life early next year. Hence the V shape.
Unfortunately, V-shapers are looking back at the wrong recessions. Focus on those that started with the bursting of a giant speculative bubble and you see slow recoveries. The reason is asset values at bottom are so low that investor confidence returns only gradually.
That's where the more sober U-shapers come in. They predict a more gradual recovery, as investors slowly tiptoe back into the market.
Personally, I don't buy into either camp. In a recession this deep, recovery doesn't depend on investors. It depends on consumers who, after all, are 70 percent of the U.S. economy. And this time consumers got really whacked. Until consumers start spending again, you can forget any recovery, V or U shaped.
Problem is, consumers won't start spending until they have money in their pockets and feel reasonably secure. But they don't have the money, and it's hard to see where it will come from. They can't borrow. Their homes are worth a fraction of what they were before, so say goodbye to home equity loans and refinancing. One out of ten home owners is under water -- owing more on their homes than their homes are worth. Unemployment continues to rise, and number of hours at work continues to drop. Those who can are saving. Those who can't are hunkering down, as they must. Eventually consumers will replace cars and appliances and other stuff that wears out, but a recovery can't be built on replacements. Don't expect businesses to invest much more without lots of consumers hankering after lots of new stuff.
And don't rely on exports. The global economy is contracting.
My prediction, then? Not a V, not a U. But an X. This economy can't get back on track because the track we were on for years -- featuring flat or declining median wages, mounting consumer debt, and widening insecurity, not to mention increasing carbon in the atmosphere -- simply cannot be sustained.
The X marks a brand new track -- a new economy. What will it look like? Nobody knows. All we know is the current economy can't "recover" because it can't go back to where it was before the crash. So instead of asking when the recovery will start, we should be asking when and how the new economy will begin. More on this to come.
Abyss of Joblessness: The Economy Can't Improve Unless We Put People Back to Work
By Bob Herbert, The New York Times. Posted June 29, 2009.
“By May 2009,” according to the Center for Labor Market Studies at Northeastern University in Boston, “the total number of underutilized workers had increased dramatically from 15.63 million to 29.37 million — a rise of 13.7 million, or 88 percent. Nearly 30 million working-age individuals were underutilized in May 2009, the largest number in our nation’s history. The overall labor underutilization rate in May 2009 had risen to 18.2 percent, its highest value in 26 years.”
http://www.alternet.org/workplace/140961/abyss_of_joblessness%3A_the_economy_can%25
The Dark Side of Climate Change: It's Already Too Late, Cap and Trade Is a Scam, and Only the Few Will Survive
AlterNet. July 7, 2009.
Father of the Gaia Theory, James Lovelock says we can't stop climate change, but that humanity will continue in some smaller form. "Carbon trading, with its huge government subsidies, is just what finance and industry wanted. It's not going to do a damn thing about climate change, but it'll make a lot of money for a lot of people and postpone the moment of reckoning.”
http://www.alternet.org/environment/141081/the_dark_side_of_climate_change%3A_it%27s_already_too_late%2C_cap_and_trade_is_a_scam%2C_and_only_the_few_will_survive/
Could Food Shortages Bring Down Civilization?
By Joseph Romm, Climate Progress. Posted May 12, 2009.
I will leave you with some key questions. Can nine billion people be fed? Can we cope with the demands in the future on water? Can we provide enough energy? Can we do it, all that, while mitigating and adapting to climate change? And can we do all that in 21 years time? That's when these things are going to start hitting in a really big way. We need to act now. We need investment in science and technology, and all the other ways of treating very seriously these major problems. 2030 is not very far away.
http://www.alternet.org/water/139970/could_food_shortages_bring_down_civilization/
Pacific Institute. June 30, 2009.As long as we see rivers as something to be consumed or treated as a dump, we will never be a healthy society.
http://www.alternet.org/water/141022/the_health_of_our_society_is_mirrored_in_the_health_of_our_rivers/
(If you were to take the time to read all of the articles listed here then you would understand why I am so passionate about what I know to be the right path for humanity to travel on right now!-Phil Haxton)
When Will the Recovery Begin? Never
By Robert B. Reich, Robert Reich's Blog. Posted July 10, 2009.
Are green shoots emerging? Not until people feel more secure economically.
The so-called "green shoots" of recovery are turning brown in the scorching summer sun. In fact, the whole debate about when and how a recovery will begin is wrongly framed.
On one side are the V-shapers who look back at prior recessions and conclude that the faster an economy drops, the faster it gets back on track. And because this economy fell off a cliff late last fall, they expect it to roar to life early next year. Hence the V shape.
Unfortunately, V-shapers are looking back at the wrong recessions. Focus on those that started with the bursting of a giant speculative bubble and you see slow recoveries. The reason is asset values at bottom are so low that investor confidence returns only gradually.
That's where the more sober U-shapers come in. They predict a more gradual recovery, as investors slowly tiptoe back into the market.
Personally, I don't buy into either camp. In a recession this deep, recovery doesn't depend on investors. It depends on consumers who, after all, are 70 percent of the U.S. economy. And this time consumers got really whacked. Until consumers start spending again, you can forget any recovery, V or U shaped.
Problem is, consumers won't start spending until they have money in their pockets and feel reasonably secure. But they don't have the money, and it's hard to see where it will come from. They can't borrow. Their homes are worth a fraction of what they were before, so say goodbye to home equity loans and refinancing. One out of ten home owners is under water -- owing more on their homes than their homes are worth. Unemployment continues to rise, and number of hours at work continues to drop. Those who can are saving. Those who can't are hunkering down, as they must. Eventually consumers will replace cars and appliances and other stuff that wears out, but a recovery can't be built on replacements. Don't expect businesses to invest much more without lots of consumers hankering after lots of new stuff.
And don't rely on exports. The global economy is contracting.
My prediction, then? Not a V, not a U. But an X. This economy can't get back on track because the track we were on for years -- featuring flat or declining median wages, mounting consumer debt, and widening insecurity, not to mention increasing carbon in the atmosphere -- simply cannot be sustained.
The X marks a brand new track -- a new economy. What will it look like? Nobody knows. All we know is the current economy can't "recover" because it can't go back to where it was before the crash. So instead of asking when the recovery will start, we should be asking when and how the new economy will begin. More on this to come.
Abyss of Joblessness: The Economy Can't Improve Unless We Put People Back to Work
By Bob Herbert, The New York Times. Posted June 29, 2009.
“By May 2009,” according to the Center for Labor Market Studies at Northeastern University in Boston, “the total number of underutilized workers had increased dramatically from 15.63 million to 29.37 million — a rise of 13.7 million, or 88 percent. Nearly 30 million working-age individuals were underutilized in May 2009, the largest number in our nation’s history. The overall labor underutilization rate in May 2009 had risen to 18.2 percent, its highest value in 26 years.”
http://www.alternet.org/workplace/140961/abyss_of_joblessness%3A_the_economy_can%25
The Dark Side of Climate Change: It's Already Too Late, Cap and Trade Is a Scam, and Only the Few Will Survive
AlterNet. July 7, 2009.
Father of the Gaia Theory, James Lovelock says we can't stop climate change, but that humanity will continue in some smaller form. "Carbon trading, with its huge government subsidies, is just what finance and industry wanted. It's not going to do a damn thing about climate change, but it'll make a lot of money for a lot of people and postpone the moment of reckoning.”
http://www.alternet.org/environment/141081/the_dark_side_of_climate_change%3A_it%27s_already_too_late%2C_cap_and_trade_is_a_scam%2C_and_only_the_few_will_survive/
Could Food Shortages Bring Down Civilization?
By Joseph Romm, Climate Progress. Posted May 12, 2009.
I will leave you with some key questions. Can nine billion people be fed? Can we cope with the demands in the future on water? Can we provide enough energy? Can we do it, all that, while mitigating and adapting to climate change? And can we do all that in 21 years time? That's when these things are going to start hitting in a really big way. We need to act now. We need investment in science and technology, and all the other ways of treating very seriously these major problems. 2030 is not very far away.
http://www.alternet.org/water/139970/could_food_shortages_bring_down_civilization/
David v. Goliath: Help Michigan Citizens Protect Their Water from Nestles Bottling Operations
By Leslie Samuelrich, Corporate Accountability International. Posted July 1, 2009.
Time is ticking. It's been nine years now since Michigan Citizens for Water Conservation first went to court to stop Nestlé from pumping millions of gallons from a rural Michigan wildlife preserve. And the outcome of a court hearing on July 6 will determine whether our judicial system can work to protect community water rights.
http://www.alternet.org/water/141052/david_v._goliath%3A_help_michigan_citizens_protect_their_water_from_nestle%27s_bottling_operations/
Gas Pump Thievery: Who’s Really Behind the Rising Prices at the Pumps?
By Jim Hightower, AlterNet. Posted June 25, 2009.
What might surprise you, though, is that the wheeler-dealers now jacking up our pump prices don't operate under the BP Exxon Mobil Shell Chevron brands -- but the logos of Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and other Wall Street traders that have been placing vast, unregulated, secretive bets on the future price of oil. They're playing an electronic casino game in a global "dark market" of exotic derivatives and credit swaps. If this sounds vaguely familiar to you, it's because this is the same game that Wall Street played with subprime mortgages, leading to the present crash of our economy. And, yes, these are the exact same banksters that you and I are presently bailing out with our trillions of tax dollars.
http://www.alternet.org/workplace/140889/gas_pump_thievery%3A_who%27s_really_behind_the_rising_prices_at_the_pumps/
Secretary Chu Makes $1 Billion Down Payment For More Dirty Coal
By Jeff Biggers, AlterNet.
Posted June 15, 2009.
Secretary of Energy Steven Chu made a $1.073 billion down payment today on the construction of FutureGen, "the first commercial scale, fully integrated, carbon capture and sequestration project in the country in Mattoon, Illinois." Chu's buy-in into "clean coal," a phrase that young liberal Democrat Francis Peabody first used back in the 1890s to peddle his brand of "smoke-free" clean coal in Chicago, places him in the company of FutureGen Alliance promoters like Peabody Energy, whose first quarter 2009 profits "only tripled" this spring -- Peabody celebrated an 8-fold increase in profits in the last quarter of 2008.
http://www.alternet.org/environment/140672/secretary_chu_makes_%241_billion_down_payment_for_more_dirty_coal/
Pacific Institute. June 30, 2009.As long as we see rivers as something to be consumed or treated as a dump, we will never be a healthy society.
http://www.alternet.org/water/141022/the_health_of_our_society_is_mirrored_in_the_health_of_our_rivers/
Reckoning at Coal River: Media and Nation Must Bear Witness to Coalfield Tragedy This Week
AlterNet. June 22, 2009.
The human rights and constitutional violations of Americans by ruthless outside coal companies will be on full display to the media and the nation.
http://www.alternet.org/environment/140834/reckoning_at_coal_river%3A_media_and_nation_must_bear_witness_to_coalfield_tragedy_this_week/
How Will Climate Change Affect Where You Live?
Christian Science Monitor. June 16, 2009.
Here's what the new US climate report sees as already happening in various parts of the country and predicts will occur unless changes are made.
http://www.alternet.org/environment/140717/how_will_climate_change_affect_where_you_live/
Water-Energy Dependency May Put a Damper on Water Banking in California
Water Matters @ Columbia. June 16, 2009. The interwoven nature of water and energy in California will undoubtedly grow more complex -- and strained -- in the years to come.
http://www.alternet.org/water/140689/water-energy_dependency_may_put_a_damper_on_water_banking_in_california/
Do Exports of Water-Intensive Crops Hurt Drought-Prone Areas?
Miller-McCune.com. June 20, 2009.As California and Australia are finding out, what makes economic sense to farmers may be becoming an environmental problem.
http://www.alternet.org/water/140795/do_exports_of_water-intensive_crops_hurt_drought-prone_areas/
Corporate Profits Muscle Out The Public Option
Campaign for America's Future. June 17, 2009.
Senators are catering to the private insurance industry that has profited from the problem rather than helping to solve it.
http://www.alternet.org/healthwellness/140738/corporate_profits_muscle_out_the_public_opition/
How We Can Free Ourselves from a Fossil-Fuel-Soaked Diet
Chelsea Green Publishing. June 11, 2009.
By gradually relocalizing our food production we can return to an agricultural system that is much less energy intensive.
http://www.alternet.org/environment/140540/how_we_can_free_ourselves_from_a_fossil-fuel-soaked_diet/
The Earth Is Hiring: Paul Hawken's Inspiring Commencement Speech
**(This is a must read!)**
YES! Magazine. June 11, 2009.
"Nature beckons you to be on her side. You couldn't ask for a better boss. This is your century. Take it and run as if your life depends on it."
http://www.alternet.org/environment/140545/the_earth_is_hiring%3A_paul_hawken%27s_inspiring_commencement_speech/
Why Our Food System May Suffer the Same Fate as Our Financial System
AlterNet. June 11, 2009.
By consolidating, centralizing and homogenizing our food system, we've put all our proverbial eggs in one basket -- and that's a big risk.
http://www.alternet.org/environment/140535/why_our_food_system_may_suffer_the_same_fate_as_our_financial_system/
Why US Rep. Nick Rahall Is Not the Eco-Hero Many Claim Him to Be
AlterNet. June 10, 2009.
He has overseen, or blatantly overlooked, one of the most egregious environmental and human rights violations in the nation: mountaintop removal.
http://www.alternet.org/environment/140537/why_us_rep._nick_rahall_is_not_the_eco-hero_many_claim_him_to_be/
Why Is the American Coal Foundation Setting the Curriculum at Elementary Schools?
In These Times. June 9, 2009.
Big Coal has worked its way into the classroom.
http://www.alternet.org/environment/140523/why_is_the_american_coal_foundation_setting_the_curriculum_at_elementary_schools/
Deeply Rooted: Unconventional Farmers in the Age of Agribusiness
Counterpoint Press. June 8, 2009.
A 10th-generation rancher in New Mexico shows how to restore the environment, agriculture and ranching communities.
http://www.alternet.org/environment/140390/deeply_rooted%3A_unconventional_farmers_in_the_age_of_agribusiness/
Obama Must Say No to the Coal Barons Desecrating Our Mountains
AlterNet. June 8, 2009.
Now is the time for us to flex some grass-roots political muscle and force Obama to stick to his promise to stop mountaintop coal removal.
http://www.alternet.org/environment/140440/obama_must_say_no_to_the_coal_barons_desecrating_our_mountains/
California's Water Woes Threaten the Entire Country's Food Supply
AlterNet. June 6, 2009.
Nearly a third of the country's food supply comes from California, but drought there may be a catastrophe for farmers -- and the rest of us.
http://www.alternet.org/water/140487/california%27s_water_woes_threaten_the_entire_country%27s_food_supply/
If We Don't Stop Wall Street's Colossal Theft Now, Where Will This Country Be Next Year?
AlterNet. June 5, 2009.
Come attend events across the country next week to learn more about how we can stop Wall Street before it bankrupts all of us.
http://www.alternet.org/action/140490/if_we_don%27t_stop_wall_street%27s_colossal_theft_now%2C_where_will_this_country_be_next_year/
Chevron's Inhumane Energy Exposed to Light of Day but Oil Giant Keeps on Spinning
AlterNet. June 5, 2009.
Chevron's wrought destruction in the U.S., Angola, Burma, Canada, Chad, Cameroon, Ecuador, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Nigeria and the Philippines.
http://www.alternet.org/world/140488/chevron%27s_inhumane_energy_exposed_to_light_of_day_but_oil_giant_keeps_on_spinning/
Report Warns of Armed Conflict in the Middle East Over Water
Agence France Presse. June 3, 2009.
Climate change threatens to reduce the availability of scarce water resources, increase food insecurity and hinder economic growth.
http://www.alternet.org/world/140429/report_warns_of_armed_conflict_in_the_middle_east_over_water/
Have West Virginia Officials Lost Their Minds When It Comes to Water Safety Standards?
Center for Progressive Reform. June 3, 2009.
West Virginia has the most ridiculous reasoning for subjecting its residents to less stringent levels of mercury in the state's water.
http://www.alternet.org/water/140395/have_west_virginia_officials_lost_their_minds_when_it_comes_to_water_safety_standards/
Our Economy Is Going to Keep Tanking Until We Stop Shoveling Billions to Rich People
CounterPunch. June 2, 2009.
There's a cycle going on here: if you don't put money in consumers' hands, you get repetitive cycles of layoffs and growing unemployment.
http://www.alternet.org/workplace/140394/our_economy_is_going_to_keep_tanking_until_we_stop_shoveling_billions_to_rich_people/
Carbon Capture Can't Make Coal Clean
AlterNet. June 1, 2009.
WE Energies has proclaimed that it has captured carbon at a coal-fired plant, but this "success" won't come close to making coal clean.
http://www.alternet.org/environment/140389/carbon_capture_can%27t_make_coal_clean/
Taibbi's Scream: Stop the Political System That Has Let Goldman Sachs Fleece Us for 90 Years *****
AlterNet. July 8, 2009.
The sordid story of how Goldman Sachs and Co. engineered bubbles in the economy and made a hefty profit.
http://www.alternet.org/story/141163/taibbi%27s_scream%3A_stop_the_political_system_that_has_let_goldman_sachs_fleece_us_for_90_years/
Sub-prime Redux? Wall Street Banksters to Trade California IOUs
AlterNet. July 6, 2009.
Will buyers downplay the risks inherent in California's debt?
http://www.alternet.org/workplace/141119/sub-prime_redux_wall_street_banksters_to_trade_california_ious/
Grand Illusion: The Myth of Voter Choice in a Two-Party Tyranny
The New Press. July 7, 2009.
Third-party candidates are effectively shut out of the presidential race by the two major parties designed to squash the competition.
http://www.alternet.org/rights/140493/grand_illusion%3A_the_myth_of_voter_choice_in_a_two-party_tyranny/
Wildfires Are Linked to Global Warming -- But Media Obscure the Relationship
Miller-McCune Magazine. July 6, 2009.
As climate change intensifies, wildfires are going to increase in the U.S. Publicizing the link could help drive home the danger of global warming.
http://www.alternet.org/environment/141110/wildfires_are_linked_to_global_warming_--_but_media_obscure_the_relationship/
Rolling Stone Expose Declares Goldman Sachs Behind Every Market Crash Since 1920s
Raw Story. July 4, 2009.
Matt Taibbi explains how the company created market bubbles and then profited from the crash that followed.
Thanks to Our Fossil Fuel Addiction, We May Be Setting Ourselves Up for a Catastrophic Natural Event
AlterNet. July 3, 2009.
Too much CO2 in the air and not enough oxygen in the oceans may release a toxic dose of hydrogen sulfide -- an unheralded executioner.
http://www.alternet.org/environment/140912/thanks_to_our_fossil_fuel_addiction%2C_we_may_be_setting_ourselves_up_for_a_catastrophic_natural_event/
Worker Uprising Against Wells Fargo Spreads After Major Victory to Keep Factories Open
AlterNet. July 2, 2009.
Workers fight back against Wells Fargo for closing their factory and they win! Now other workers take on the fight.
http://www.alternet.org/workplace/141064/worker_uprising_against_wells_fargo_spreads_after_major_victory_to_keep_factories_open/
Chamber of Commerce Launches $100 Million Campaign to Protect Wall Street's Power at Our Expense
AlterNet. July 2, 2009.
The CoC is the world's most powerful lobbying machine and it's working to make sure our money gets funneled to corporate execs. (If you want a clear picture of how lobbying works, read this!)
Toxic Chemicals: A Culprit Behind the Autism Outbreak
Teflon, plastics, formaldehyde, and other household chemicals are seen as leading drivers behind the autism outbreak.
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