Have you seen anything about this new cheaper, logical, simple, safe, elegant wind turbine invented in Japan in the main papers?... I just wondered if I had missed some, because this is a simple idea which has been shown to triple energy output and the turbines can be floated on hexagonal bases offshore and they even cut down on noise. So why aren't any of the national newspapers even mentioning it?.... There are loads of references in smaller eco friendly journals but I didn't even know about it until Eco-tube emailed me with the video. http://www.eco-tube.com/v/ENERGY/New_Wind_Power_cheaper_than_nuclear.aspx
O.K. SO this is probably the best invention in years, and even if our national press apparently don't want to mention anything that isn't nuclear or massive biomass, or gas.. and if you think the same as I do about it, well, why not pass the message on. People power doesn't have to rely on the press, they proved that in Italy... so here is another reference for you from those I found on the internet, http://www.geekosystem.com/japanese-wind-power/
You can read about it as well, on the Geeko link if you don't want to run the video.
Geeko amazingly brings a comment from someone about a new wind turbine being developed in Canada which works on the jet engine system and can run at much higher wind speeds than was possible.. " load was completely removed from the generator at 80 mph wind speed with no damage" and it runs at lows speeds too..go to:
http://www.vortexwindfunnel.com/
there is a video as well, which shows it in action... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v..
Have fun! !
Wednesday, 14 September 2011
Saturday, 10 September 2011
Sometimes you write it = and then it happens.
When I wrote "Everyone Can be a herO" I hoped that there wouldn't be another major disaster in the nuclear power industry.... It seemed pretty unlikely because there have been quite a few accidents which I, for one, would never have heard about if I hadn't started to research them... However, we all know about Fukushima.
Much nuclear contamination won't go away for millions of years..there is still the problem of the nuclear waste we are allowing to be built up. This is one of the things the kids in the book have to face. Our waste.. their inheritance.
I thought that there would still be decent kids around, however, like today, and they would be kids who couldn't see any point in violence and just wanted to have fun, look out for their friends, and have a sustainable future.
It's up to us whether or not they do.
http:// www.insideoutsider.co.uk
Much nuclear contamination won't go away for millions of years..there is still the problem of the nuclear waste we are allowing to be built up. This is one of the things the kids in the book have to face. Our waste.. their inheritance.
I thought that there would still be decent kids around, however, like today, and they would be kids who couldn't see any point in violence and just wanted to have fun, look out for their friends, and have a sustainable future.
It's up to us whether or not they do.
http:// www.insideoutsider.co.uk
Friday, 9 September 2011
Breakthrough in wind turbines from Japan
A new wind turbine which could triple the power of offshore wind turbines has been developed in Japan.. It's a revolutionary design. I first received the news from ecotube.com http://www.eco-tube.com/v/ENERGY/New_Wind_Power_cheaper_than_nuclear.aspx They email out links for some of the best eco videos they encounter.
You can also read more about it at http://nextbigfuture.com/2011/08/japan-has-wind-lens-turbine-design-that.html and see the video from the university.
This new wind turbine would, I guess, make wind power much cheaper than nuclear. Apparently it cuts down the noise problem as well and is safer. It was lovely to hear such positive news from Japan. There are more references on the internet and another short link is http://skimthat.com/article/2703/japanase-breakthrough-for-wind-turbines
This is the wind of change!
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You can also read more about it at http://nextbigfuture.com/2011/08/japan-has-wind-lens-turbine-design-that.html and see the video from the university.
This new wind turbine would, I guess, make wind power much cheaper than nuclear. Apparently it cuts down the noise problem as well and is safer. It was lovely to hear such positive news from Japan. There are more references on the internet and another short link is http://skimthat.com/article/2703/japanase-breakthrough-for-wind-turbines
This is the wind of change!
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Saturday, 23 July 2011
Today I went for a walk.
Today I went for a walk, the footpaths were open and if I had had time, I could have gone into the stillness of the woods with the soft paths, paved with generations of fallen leaves. How long will these rights remain, though? If you have a wood or a forest you love to walk through, maybe one near you or one you have visited on holiday or on a day's walking expedition, there are two organisations who have a form for you to fill in, to tell the independent panel on forestry why the woodland are important to you... and there are only nine days left now before the consultation is closed..They say they want to hear from YOU. The Woodland Trust has one form you can access on http://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/en/campaigning/our-campaigns/panel/Pages/forestrypanel.aspx?WT.mc_id=panel and The Ramblers Association has a slightly different version at http://e-activist.com/ea-campaign/clientcampaign.do?ea.client.id=117&ea.campaign.id=10747 They are thoughtful questions and maybe you will enjoy telling the panel what you feel about your woodlands... it's a great opportunity to really say how much they matter to you... and your family if you have one.
Saturday, 9 July 2011
The mists of Murdoch
In the Mists of Murdoch, there are some hidden truths. One is that the Italian people managed to overcome the near monopoly of the media, and opposition from the politicians to mount an extraordinary and brilliant people to people campaign against nuclear power and for the public ownership of water.
It is up to the people of Britain to say what they think should happen about nuclear power. According to a piece I read in the Guardian, God bless them, around 51 per cent of the people in the U.K.voted against nuclear power recently. I think I found reference to another poll somewhere, which was 57%. .
Surely this is the time for a referendum, if ever there was one. We are not represented in Parliament. The Liberal Democrats, in case they have forgotten, were voted for by people who believed them when they said that they were against nuclear power before the election.
However horrible and morally outrageous as the News of the World and some other papers reporting methods have been, I assume that they told the truth in some of these issues. However, I think that the recently uncovered emails revealing the Government's handling of the facts after Fukushima, hardly show a government committed to the truthful reporting of massively important facts to the people.
Whatever the outcome of the Murdoch issue, I sincerely hope any inquiry will not be used for parliament to grab more protection from the truth for itself.
I'm far from perfect, but I don't think any one of us has the right to leave this nuclear legacy to the coming generations. Perhaps it's about time for the government to ask themselves whom they really represent.. It's not to late ...yet.
It is up to the people of Britain to say what they think should happen about nuclear power. According to a piece I read in the Guardian, God bless them, around 51 per cent of the people in the U.K.voted against nuclear power recently. I think I found reference to another poll somewhere, which was 57%. .
Surely this is the time for a referendum, if ever there was one. We are not represented in Parliament. The Liberal Democrats, in case they have forgotten, were voted for by people who believed them when they said that they were against nuclear power before the election.
However horrible and morally outrageous as the News of the World and some other papers reporting methods have been, I assume that they told the truth in some of these issues. However, I think that the recently uncovered emails revealing the Government's handling of the facts after Fukushima, hardly show a government committed to the truthful reporting of massively important facts to the people.
Whatever the outcome of the Murdoch issue, I sincerely hope any inquiry will not be used for parliament to grab more protection from the truth for itself.
I'm far from perfect, but I don't think any one of us has the right to leave this nuclear legacy to the coming generations. Perhaps it's about time for the government to ask themselves whom they really represent.. It's not to late ...yet.
Wednesday, 15 June 2011
Hello ice age...Bye Bye Global warming. Please let's get rid of nuclear power before the freeze.
For years I have been getting fed up at at being told that nuclear power is zero carbon rated. This is an absolute lie to me because, for a start Uranium mining is anything but low carbon, and the legacy of sickness and contamination of water and soil that goes with it can be devastating. Are we human beings or unfeeling aliens? I hope the former and no one on earth should wish this for their neighbour.
We have had yet another nuclear accident at Fukushima and it is still out of control and the Missouri River is flooding and apparently if one of the dams burst it will be a very serous scenario at the Nebraska nuclear plant..
The people of Italy, Germany, Switzerland, have recently said No to nuclear and countries like Norway made up their mind years ago not to go down that road. Surely this is the time to begin to close down the plants before anything worse happens. We know that the leukaemias will already come in a few years time, the hard cancers will follow some years later.... and they will. There will also be other diseases and abnormalities which will be genetic.
Now, if the scientists are right, we are almost certainly heading into a new mini ice age and that means that global warming won't happen. This means that nuclear power industry simply can't use the carbon argument any more.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/06/14/ice_age/ and, even sooner with the news: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1242011/DAVID-ROSE-The-mini-ice-age-starts-here.html
I personally think that peak oil will come upon us far sooner than most people are allowing for and that will have a huge effect on our contribution to global warming. I just don't want future generations to be trapped into drinking water which is radioactive, eating food which is radioactive and grown in soil contaminated with alpha particle emitters. It won't seem funny to them, I'd guess when they know that they and their children are tasting the future and it's one of leukaemias, cancers and other diseases, and a genetic legacy they hadn't asked for.
Certainly, it probably is a fact that whatever these sunspots herald, the earth has a habit of going into another real ice age every 15,000 to 20,000 years and as we are around 18,000 years we may not have too long before this hits in again.
A lot of the things that have come out of the global warming theory are useful. Every solar panel and wind farm out at sea, wave machine and tidal power station will be a boon and surely micro generation is a blessing. I love the idea of generating electricity at the site it is needed. It's fun!
Keeping your home warm will be even more important and if nuclear power is allowed to be one of the future
mix, heaven help the poor people because according to the bright guys I've read, the costs will be passed on in the electricity bill and they will be huge. Don't forget that decommissioning the plants after their twenty years or so, takes a huge amount of energy and costs a huge amount too, and we still don't know what to do with the waste, a lot of which which will be dangerously radioactive for thousands of years. That will cost too.
Anyway, grease the runners on the sled and hold onto your sweaters, because you may need them!!
We have had yet another nuclear accident at Fukushima and it is still out of control and the Missouri River is flooding and apparently if one of the dams burst it will be a very serous scenario at the Nebraska nuclear plant..
The people of Italy, Germany, Switzerland, have recently said No to nuclear and countries like Norway made up their mind years ago not to go down that road. Surely this is the time to begin to close down the plants before anything worse happens. We know that the leukaemias will already come in a few years time, the hard cancers will follow some years later.... and they will. There will also be other diseases and abnormalities which will be genetic.
Now, if the scientists are right, we are almost certainly heading into a new mini ice age and that means that global warming won't happen. This means that nuclear power industry simply can't use the carbon argument any more.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/06/14/ice_age/ and, even sooner with the news: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1242011/DAVID-ROSE-The-mini-ice-age-starts-here.html
I personally think that peak oil will come upon us far sooner than most people are allowing for and that will have a huge effect on our contribution to global warming. I just don't want future generations to be trapped into drinking water which is radioactive, eating food which is radioactive and grown in soil contaminated with alpha particle emitters. It won't seem funny to them, I'd guess when they know that they and their children are tasting the future and it's one of leukaemias, cancers and other diseases, and a genetic legacy they hadn't asked for.
Certainly, it probably is a fact that whatever these sunspots herald, the earth has a habit of going into another real ice age every 15,000 to 20,000 years and as we are around 18,000 years we may not have too long before this hits in again.
A lot of the things that have come out of the global warming theory are useful. Every solar panel and wind farm out at sea, wave machine and tidal power station will be a boon and surely micro generation is a blessing. I love the idea of generating electricity at the site it is needed. It's fun!
Keeping your home warm will be even more important and if nuclear power is allowed to be one of the future
mix, heaven help the poor people because according to the bright guys I've read, the costs will be passed on in the electricity bill and they will be huge. Don't forget that decommissioning the plants after their twenty years or so, takes a huge amount of energy and costs a huge amount too, and we still don't know what to do with the waste, a lot of which which will be dangerously radioactive for thousands of years. That will cost too.
Anyway, grease the runners on the sled and hold onto your sweaters, because you may need them!!
Thursday, 9 June 2011
The harsh facts
The harsh fact is that nuclear accidents leave a legacy of sicknesses which develop over the years and are spread across the globe. If the wind blows you "hot spot" particles to breath in or eat and those hot spots causes you cancer, it doesn't make much difference if your friends have them or not.. Those ones are yours. This means that countries have a global responsibility to their neighbours.
We seem to be very quick in offering to go and bomb someone else's country, in England. Well, not me, but our government. Maybe they don't mind what they do to other people, and it's up to us to point out to them.. because the Lib Dems certainly seem to have forgotten.. that nuclear power is dangerous, accidents do happen and countries like Norway have already chosen not to have nuclear power. However, the wind from Sellafield only takes minutes to reach them, if it's blowing in the right direction. We don't have the right to risk giving the Norwegian people cancer. They didn't vote this government in and my guess is that if a lot of people in this country had known how it would turn out.. they wouldn't have either.
We seem to be very quick in offering to go and bomb someone else's country, in England. Well, not me, but our government. Maybe they don't mind what they do to other people, and it's up to us to point out to them.. because the Lib Dems certainly seem to have forgotten.. that nuclear power is dangerous, accidents do happen and countries like Norway have already chosen not to have nuclear power. However, the wind from Sellafield only takes minutes to reach them, if it's blowing in the right direction. We don't have the right to risk giving the Norwegian people cancer. They didn't vote this government in and my guess is that if a lot of people in this country had known how it would turn out.. they wouldn't have either.
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