Plasco Energy Group's Zero Waste Technology

Plasco Energy Group is from canada that has been working on this plasma technology since the 80s. Their first plant has been in operation since 2007. Now I read that they are in talks with Salinas, California! Their plants takes municipal waste and turns it into energy and resources we can re-use.

Here is a graphic showing what is created from waste that would otherwise go to the "dump".



So glad to see a way to make use of things we cannot recycle such as old toothbrushes, plastic wrappers, etc.

For more information please visit their website: http://www.plascoenergygroup.com/?Technology_Overview

USA Military Spending vs THE WORLD

Add up the money that all the other countries in the world spend on their military equals how much money we spend on our military. Note these numbers are from 2008, we just increased our military budget again this year. Balancing our budget would be easy if people demanded we spend less on our "defense" budget. Also we need to realize that this is no longer considered "defense", more like "offense", to keep USA #1 at all costs. This also explains why other countries can afford free health care.

Plastic to Fuel

From the ever inspiring ecogeek - http://www.ecogeek.org/component/content/article/2947

A new company in Washington, DC, Envion, believes they've come up with a way to efficiently convert waste plastic into fuel by using carefully-controlled infra-red energy. The $5-million plant was unveiled this morning.

The process that Envion has created is still tightly under wraps, but the plant includes a chemical reactor with internal agitators for mixing the liquid and heating elements that deliver the necessary infra-red energy. Since the infra-red energy is easily controlled, the process is very efficient. The plant is able to convert 82 percent of the waste into fuel and the resulting sludge is usable too.

The liquid can be mixed with other components to become gasoline or diesel. Envion has already signed up one company to use their recycled oil as motor fuel and is negotiating contracts with others.

The plant can process all types of plastic except for #1 PET, which is easily recycled at a better value. For each ton of waste, the plant can produce three to five barrels of fuel, with each barrel costing about $10 to make.

The amount of good news these days is overwhelming. There is something going on. Maybe Ian Lungold was right about us being on a schedule

(For those of you who do not know who Ian is, watch his mind blowing explanation of the Mayan calendar and how he put the pieces together to show the evolution of the universe and the planets and life and animals and humans and all of consciousness matches up to the cycles of the Mayan calendar which ends October 28th, 2011!)

Wireless Electricity

Nikola Tesla's dream is now a reality! How exciting!

"Fake Trees" to absorb co2

Great! So we use "these trees" to capture co2 and pump it into algae ponds for biofuels and/or systems that use the bacteria to create natural gas (methane) which can be converted to energy or even gasoline! We're making progress to a truly sustainable world. There is still hope!

The next step is for governments across the world to change our top priority from economic growth (and profit) to a sustainable world where we are powered by renewable energy and renewable resources and everything is endlessly recycled including our human waste, (where we can also capture the natural gas to generate electricity!)!

Monatomic Elements: The Real Power of GOLD

This presentation is guaranteed to blow your mind. The history and power of monatomic elements and the new scientific and archeological research that explains what the Egyptians were up to and how they created this substance from gold, among other things! Scientific research shows monatomic elements can balance the left and right brain, and also change its weight to be negative with temperature changes. Very powerful information here that opens up great possibilities for the human race. It seems gold is much more valuable than we think!

Zeitgeist 2: Addendum

Much better than the first film as this one focuses on sustainability and why we need to have that as our number one priority. It also touches on our money system and why it is unsustainable (quicker explanation than "money as debt") and has a great interview with the famous "economic hitman" on how the american empire operates behind the scenes.

Imagine what we can do as humans if we simply change our priorities! If we do not proactively change, there will be a revolution. Let us work for a peaceful one :)

Chicken Feathers for Hydrogen Storage

Ecogeek never fails to inspire hope. Following the trend of using waste as a resource, scientists have found a way to use the protein in chicken feathers to create low cost hydrogen containers. Reducing the cost from $30,000 per 20 gallon tank to $200 !

Hydrogen can be burned in existing gasoline cars, reducing our need to create brand new vehicles for everyone. It is not too difficult to convert our gasoline engines to hydrogen and we can create the hydrogen at home through electrolysis machines which creates the hydrogen from water using electricity. The sustainable solution would require the electricity to come from renewable resources. Similar devices to create the fuel at home have been made for natural gas vehicles.

If we can convert our existing fleet of automobiles to hydrogen, then we can save massive amounts of energy. Yes, hydrogen is not as efficient at storing energy as a battery, but is it possible that saving on making new cars would make up for that difference over the long run? I'd like to see the new america repairing and retrofitting its infrastructure, this would also create many jobs all over the country through small businesses, which is the true backbone of any good nation.

full article: http://www.ecogeek.org/component/content/article/2829

Willie Smits: Reforestation

Permaculture in action. An agro-forestry plan (Food & Fuel Forest) that turned deforested inhospitable land which was burning(!) grassland into a system that provided food, fuel, income and security to the local people. Truly inspiring! What a success story!

Waterboxx

This device creates condensation and directs the water to storage below which is then slowly delivered to the roots of the baby tree. After 1 to 2 years the box can be re-used and moved to another location to start another tree!

Other advantages are the ability to grow the tree from seed directly on top of the soil or surface you want to plant on, like rocks! This really opens up the possibilities to reforest our deserts, even the areas with eroded topsoil. The trees roots will find their ways through the cracks into the earth and begin the process of building new soil!

One major problem with reforestation in harsh climates is the lack of on site water, so this device fixes that problem since it creates the water from the air! Yes!

I'd like to see these all over the world starting the great work of the 21st century and beyond, to restore the forests of the world to create food for humans and wildlife, fuel in form of wood, cellulosic ethanol and biogas, charcoal for fuel, filters or soil amendment increasing agricultural yields and sequestering co2, build soil, increase rainfall, reduce wind, beautify our landscapes, create shade, and lower temperatures of the surrounding areas including our homes and businesses!

Tests in the Moroccan Sahara showed that 90% of the trees planted using this technology survived while those planted on their own didn’t, even though they were watered every week!

The Waterboxx was invented by Pieter Hoff, a Dutch businessman and inventor. It has won the Beta Dragons Award during the Flying Dutchman 2008, Science & Technology Summit in Amsterdam. The jury proclaimed his design to be “the most promising and innovative project." Its inventor "is convinced that, if the right species are planted, large parts of the earth can be reforested, without sacrificing agricultural land. He is seeking investors to apply his invention in the Middle East, India, Africa and other arid territories. Hoff: "If we can reforest 2 billion hectares, the trees consume more CO2 than men produces and the whole CO2 problem will be solved." His WaterBoxx will be available from July 1, 2009.

More information: http://www.aquaproholland.com

Imagination of the Gaviotas

"The only deserts are deserts of the imagination. Gaviotas is an oasis of imagination." -Paolo Lugari

Gaviotas is an ecovillage of about 200 pepole located in Colombia. It was founded in 1971 by Paolo Lugari who assembled a group of engineers and scientists in an attempt to create a mode of sustainable living in one of the least hospitable political and geographical climates in South America.

For three decades, Gaviotans - peasants, scientists, artists, and former street kids - have struggled to build an oasis of imagination and sustainability in the remote, barren savannas of eastern Colombia, an area ravaged by political terror. They have planted millions of trees, thus regenerating an indigenous rainforest. They farm organically and use wind and solar power. Every family enjoys free housing, community meals, and schooling. There are no weapons, no police, no jail. There is no mayor.

They have invented some great technology and made sure it was free to the public. They created three significant technologies.

The first that is mentioned is a more efficient pump that can pump water six times as deep as conventional wells with less energy/effort, so little that even a child could do it, and they did! The Gaviotas converted the pump into a see-saw used by children to pump their own water at school!

Second, they created a solar cooking system using a closed loop filled with solar heated oil that ran around pots to heat the food inside, and the oil was stored in an insulated container so food could be cooked 24hrs a day.

And the last technology that I have read about (probably not the last thing they have invented) is a solar water purifier, it is a system to boil water and have it available for drinking without any manual effort.

To see pictures and read more about the Gaviotas and their technology please visit http://mingo.info-science.uiowa.edu/~winter/engineering.html and also http://www.friendsofgaviotas.org

The old saying - "if there is a will, there is a way" still holds true! We can restore the earth to its natural abundance and live sustainably without fossil fuels, so let's get started!

Money System Update

Russia says it wants to include gold to part of the new system and china wants a basket of 30 commodities. If we back our money system by what we produce (commodities) this would be a much more stable system!

Where we go is not so certain, however the dollar is on its way out as the world's reserve currency.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/financetopics/g20-summit/5072484/Russia-backs-return-to-Gold-Standard-to-solve-financial-crisis.html

Renewable Natural Gas & Gasoline = CO2 + electricity + water + bacteria!

This is the most exciting news I have heard in a long time. This gives me hope for the human race!

It's called electromethanogenesis. Basically uses bacteria to create methane (natural gas) or methanol, which can be converted to gasoline!

This technology involves using electricity to generate from co2, but this could be from all sorts of renewable resources - geothermal, wind, solar, wave, etc. The catalyst for this technology is bacteria!

I see a trend these days that blends ecology with technology to create amazingly efficient new products, this I believe is the future. Working with and mimicking nature!

Can you imagine a box outside your house that can produce your cooking, heating and motoring fuels by using co2 from the air, water and electricity from your solar panels? talk about freedom..

more info can be found here at the abundant ecogeek.org

A great vision about a CO2-fuel powered world can be found here - http://permaculture.org.au/2009/04/26/beyond-peak-oil-and-climate-change/

Deep Pipe Irrigation

This is a great idea for establishing trees and bamboo pipes can be used. Small holes are drilled along the sides and buried straight into the ground or at an angle to let the water seep in higher first as it falls down the tube. Compared to having drip emitters on top of the ground, deep pipe irrigation allows the water to reach deeper into the soil and encourages deeper roots and has proven higher rates of survival!

Studies in this pdf show how trees in the desert survived after a three year drought. For those who wish to help reforest hills and landscapes, this would be a good idea to reduce water usage and encourage survival. Water can be hand delivered and poured in or setup on drip systems.

I posted the pdf over at a social networking site for permaculture I setup. The download link for the pdf can be found here - http://permacultureslo.ning.com/forum/topics/deep-pipe-irrigation

More information can be found here - http://www.aridsolutionsinc.com/page/page/1988794.htm