Re: [Biofuel] Multitude -was (Radiation Ovens, the Proven Dangers of Microwaves)

2007-01-04 Thread MK DuPree
Joe...what reading do you suggest regarding neural networks?  Thanks.  Mike 
DuPree
  - Original Message - 
  From: Joe Street 
  To: biofuel@sustainablelists.org 
  Sent: Wednesday, January 03, 2007 4:01 PM
  Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Multitude -was (Radiation Ovens, the Proven Dangers of 
Microwaves)


  Hey Robert;

  The manifold interests is not a flaw but a FEATURE of the multitude.  You're 
not getting it. It seems like a flaw if you are thinking in terms of 
conventional ideas of organization.  Do some reading on neural networks because 
it is something quite radically different from what you are thinking. Perhaps 
you should check out the book. But going to your example, did you notice that 
the big oil feild in Kuwait hit peak recently? Well talk about fuel prices 
raising this will be an incentive when the impact trickles into the farmer's 
bottom line and his practices and pertochemicals use cannot be sustained any 
longer. Systemic attitudes will run smack into objective realities and there 
will be a shift in incentives.  Multitude offers a radically different and 
truely democratic way for things to proceed.

  Joe

  robert and benita rabello wrote:

Joe Street wrote: 
  Hi Robert;

  If I could comment on this,  I don't think it is as bleak as you indicate 
with the mushroom clouds.

big snip for the sake of brevity

Interesting, but the flaw I see is this one:

   The network to which you refer is not a singular, unified entity, 
but rather, a manifold collection of groups with diverging interests.  There 
are certainly parts of that network who are actively working for positive 
change, but the parts of that network that are devoted to sustaining the status 
quo are VERY large.  It's not just the power brokers themselves that are the 
problem--it's a disease that impacts all of the underlying participants, too.  
I used my sister as an example to Keith--a woman who has been hearing me talk 
about the dangers we're discussing for nearly 40 years, with absolutely NO 
impact!

As an example of how pervasive this is, I heard a collection of 
interviews while listening to NPR this morning.  Steve Inskeep spoke to people 
from Illinois, Indiana and Ohio concerning their views for the upcoming 
Congressional session.  Nearly every one interviewed complained about gas and 
diesel prices, suggesting that the solution to the problem is to drill for 
oil in Alaska.

None of these people live in Alaska.  None of these people understand 
how insignificant the Alaskan reserves are when compared to overall US demand.  
Not a single soul interviewed this morning thought that we should fundamentally 
change our energy use paradigm.  My pessimism stems from an understanding that 
the VAST majority of people are unwilling to alter their behavior, or change 
their lifestyle, because--as you rightfully point out--there is no incentive 
for them to do so.  (At least, no incentive that they are able, or willing, to 
understand.)  One man, a farmer, said that the only solution would entail 
raising gas prices high enough to discourage what he called recreational 
driving.  Isn't that nice?  He's not willing to adjust his farming techniques. 
 He's not willing to stop using petrochemical fertilizers, or parcel out his 
farm into smaller pieces so that he doesn't have to burn so much diesel fuel in 
preparing his soil, planting and harvesting his monocrop fields.  He doesn't 
want to move into biodynamic agriculture.  He doesn't want a mixed farm.  He 
wants recreational drivers to take the brunt of the pain so that he can keep 
on doing what he's always done.  He's obviously not a recreational driver 
when he drives his combine around the countryside, harvesting corn for the hogs 
of America to eat.  He's feeding the world, and he's got a RIGHT to do so!

This kind of attitude is systemic.

My comments concerning the mushroom clouds reflect a natural 
consequence of this unwillingness to act BEFORE a crisis hits.  When Mr. Bush 
said: The American way of life is not negotiable, he was merely reflecting 
the opinion of the vast majority of people to whom you also refer.  Our 
collective attitudes are ticking off a whole sea of humanity--people who live 
in other places on earth--and many of them see our world through a very 
different lens than we do.  Some of them consider us infidels and think we all 
ought to die, and many of us think the same way of them.  (Sadly, this kind of 
hatred is often fomented in the name of God, too!)

If the only solution involves extracting resources at a breakneck 
pace, and that solution leads to endless misery heaped upon the rest of the 
world's people, how long will it be before the rest of the world's people rise 
up and say Enough! ?  How will the rest of the world compell us to stop 
exploiting resources and stop throwing our military might around?  Will we let 
them shut down our economy?  Will 

Re: [Biofuel] Water Powered Engine / Electrolysis

2007-01-04 Thread Chip Mefford
Kirk McLoren wrote:
 Fuel cells of 50% efficiency can be purchased now.

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[Biofuel] We're all wrong

2007-01-04 Thread Joe Street
Temperature is supposed to hit 10 degrees C tomorrow which is roughly 20 
degrees above normal for this time of year in the area I live.

But then there's this.ah news;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fu32oKEkcAcmode=relatedsearch=

ROFL...gasp.choke

Joe


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[Biofuel] Save the Humans!

2007-01-04 Thread Keith Addison
http://eatthestate.org/11-09/SaveHumans.htm
Save the Humans! (January 4, 2007)

Save the Humans!

by Colin Wright

It is no exaggeration to say that we are facing the largest human 
crisis since at least the nuclear arms race. Of course, instead of 
building up nuclear warheads, we are building up carbon dioxide.

But because global warming is a slow, drawn out affair, we are the 
proverbial sedentary frog in the warming pot. We are programmed to 
respond to immediate, physical needs and threats. Future-planning, 
race issues aside, is not our strong point (as Jared Diamond warned 
us in Collapse).

But the global warming crisis is linked with another that will 
influence solutions: resource depletion on a small planet. How we 
react to such crises will determine whether the Earth will be able to 
support large numbers of our species.

These crises won't be solved by any particular strategy or agreements 
between nations. They won't be solved by moderate lifestyle changes 
among the peoples of the wealthy nations. They won't be solved by 
changes in human consciousness that prioritize conflict resolution 
over militarism. They won't even be solved by new cooperative 
economic arrangements that minimize greed and over-consumption.

If we are to survive in anything like the current numbers we will 
need all of these things to happen and more.

The chances of even one or two of these partial solutions happening 
is small. But for all of them to happen is surely utopian thinking of 
the most deluded kind. Yet the biggest utopian illusion of all is 
that there is no real problem at all, that the market and the status 
quo will solve everything. It's much easier to bury our heads in the 
sand than to contemplate the challenges that lie ahead.

But things will have to change, and change relatively soon. In a 
matter of decades.

First, according to James Hansen, probably the most respected 
scientist on global climate change, we have 10 years to come up with 
and start enacting a comprehensive plan to cut carbon emissions by 
substantial amounts, say 70 percent. Given the power and reach of Big 
Oil and Coal, how likely is this to happen? Yes, the new Congress 
will pass some cosmetic legislation. But given what happened to Jimmy 
Carter in the ‘70s, what president would dare tell the American 
people the cheap-oil American Dream is going to end?

Secondly, resource depletion is raising its ugly head in terms of 
Peak Oil and Gas. The exact dates of the half-way points of 
extraction don't matter. (Conventional oil, the easy-to-get stuff, 
could already have peaked.) What matters more is their inevitability 
and the lack of feasible alternatives. Once those peaks hit, decline 
rates will start at (conservatively) two percent per year.

If we try to replace the oil and gas with coal we will fry the 
planet. The lag time to build new nuclear plants is over a decade 
(even if they could be financed). Wind and solar currently make up 
less than one percent of our energy budget. Only a war-time effort 
could double that percentage each year when the shortfall starts to 
appear.

That energy gap will be felt in escalating fuel prices and 
electricity blackouts. That in turn threatens the whole global 
economic system which traditionally goes into recession after an oil 
spike. Only an international agreement, such as an Oil Depletion 
Protocol, could distribute the remaining oil equitably.

This new post-Cold-War period is dubbed the Post-Abundance era by 
respected political scientist Michael Klare. It is a time of 
heightened international tensions with increasing probabilities of 
more resource wars, the two Gulf Wars perhaps being preludes to 
larger conflicts. What do you think the American people will demand 
of Venezuela or Nigeria or Iran once the lights go out, given the 
venal exploitation of xenophobia by politicians?

Finally, let's say by some miracle green capitalism saves us. A new 
renewable energy bonanza staves off the worst of global warming and 
peak oil. The global economy rebounds. A new international order 
brokers agreements that divide up the remaining energy and mineral 
resources of the planet equitably. Well, that economic system is 
still driven by growth that churns natural resources into objects 
that are made desirable by advertising and marketing forces.

Does anyone think that such a system is sustainable given that the 
peaks in oil and gas will be followed (or preceded) by peaks in 
metals like copper and uranium, agricultural water, fertilizer and 
grains, and so on? How much topsoil or rainforest do you think will 
be left in a century? How about commercial fisheries, which were 
recently projected to collapse by mid-century?

Only about 20 percent of the world lives at first-world material 
levels. Don't those other five billion people want our lifestyles? 
What about the three billion more people projected by mid-century? 
Yet free market fundamentalism and neo-liberalism are 

[Biofuel] What's In Your Milk?

2007-01-04 Thread Keith Addison
http://www.world-wire.com/news/0701030001.html

What's In Your Milk?
An Exposé of Industry and Government Cover-Up on the DANGERS of the 
Genetically Engineered (rBGH) Milk You're Drinking

CHICAGO, Illinois, January 3, 2007 --/WORLD-WIRE/-- Dr. Samuel S. 
Epstein, professor emeritus of environmental medicine at the 
University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health and world 
renowned author, has announced the publication of his new book, 
What's in Your Milk?, a powerful exposé of the dangers of 
Monsanto's genetically engineered (rBGH) milk, and the company's 
no-holds-barred conspiracy to suppress this information.

rBGH (recombinant Bovine Growth Hormone) is a genetically engineered, 
potent variant of the natural growth hormone produced by cows. 
Manufactured by Monsanto, it is sold to dairy farmers under the trade 
name POSILAC. Injection of this hormone forces cows to increase their 
milk production by about 10%. Monsanto has stated that about one 
third of dairy cows are in herds where the hormone is used.

Monsanto, supported by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), insist 
that rBGH milk is indistinguishable from natural milk, and that it is 
safe for consumers. This is blatantly false:

* rBGH makes cows sick. Monsanto has been forced to admit to about 20 
toxic effects, including mastitis, on its Posilac label.
* rBGH milk is contaminated by pus, due to the mastitis commonly 
induced by rBGH, and antibiotics used to treat the mastitis.
* rBGH milk is chemically, and nutritionally different than natural milk.
* Milk from cows injected with rBGH is contaminated with the hormone, 
traces of which are absorbed through the gut into the blood.
* rBGH milk is supercharged with high levels of a natural growth 
factor (IGF-1), which is readily absorbed through the gut.
* Excess levels of IGF-1 have been incriminated as a cause of breast, 
colon, and prostate cancers.
* IGF-1 blocks natural defense mechanisms against early 
submicroscopic cancers. † rBGH factory farms pose a major threat to 
the viability of small dairy farms. † rBGH enriches Monsanto, while 
posing dangers, without any benefits, to consumers, especially in 
view of the current national surplus of milk.

Of still greater concern, based on 37 published scientific studies as 
detailed in the book, excess levels of IGF-1 in rBGH milk pose major 
risks of breast, colon and prostate cancers.

The introduction to What's in Your Milk? by Ben Cohen, Co-founder of 
Ben  Jerry's Ice Cream, with a Foreword by Jeffrey M. Smith, author 
of the bestseller Seeds of Deception

Many prominent experts in the environmental field have endorsed the 
new book including Congressman John Conyers, Jr., Ranking Democrat, 
House Judiciary Committee, Mark Achbar, Executive Producer of the 
multiple prize-winning documentary The Corporation, Ronnie Cummins, 
National Director, Organic Consumers Association, and Dr. Joseph 
Mercola, founder of the world's most visited natural health website.

The book is a unique resource on rBGH milk. It presents Dr. Epstein's 
trailblazing scientific publications since 1989, which have played a 
major role in influencing other nations, including Canada, 24 
European nations, Norway, Switzerland, Australia, New Zealand, and 
Japan to ban rBGH milk. The book also presents: the author's 
editorials and letters to major newspapers, and correspondence with 
the FDA, Congressman John Conyers, and other key members of Congress 
and the Senate. Epstein also details evidence of interlocking 
conflicts of interest between Monsanto and the White House, the 
American Medical Association and American Cancer Society. He also 
details evidence of Monsanto's white collar crime; the suppression 
and manipulation of information on the veterinary and public health 
dangers of rBGH milk; and evidence of Monsanto's Hit Squad, which 
attempted to stifle and discredit him.

Of compelling interest is the story behind Fox Television's firing of 
Jane Akre, a veteran journalist, following her in-depth interview on 
rBGH with Dr. Epstein, his subsequent day-long deposition by Monsanto 
on her behalf, her subsequent litigation against Fox, and Fox's 
successful counter suit.

Monsanto's corporate recklessness, compounded by FDA's complicity and 
refusal to require labeling of rBGH milk, more than justify the 
rejection of any assurances of its safety. Of further interest is the 
critical relevance of this information to the ongoing growing 
concerns and debate on genetically engineered foods, including 
irrefutable evidence discrediting the trust us safety assurances of 
Monsanto, and other industries.

The book also presents resource materials, including listings of 
national and international anti-biotech, public health, veterinary 
and animal rights activist groups. Also listed are rBGH-free U.S. 
dairy producers, such as Horizon Organic, and Swiss Valley Farms.

What's In Your Milk's critical message to consumers is, BOYCOTT rBGH 
HORMONAL 

[Biofuel] Fuelling a Food Crisis: The impact of peak oil on food security

2007-01-04 Thread Keith Addison
FULL REPORT: Fuelling a Food Crisis (PDF 550KB)
http://snipurl.com/16kik

---

http://www.energybulletin.net/24319.html
Fuelling a Food Crisis: The impact of peak oil on food security | 
EnergyBulletin.net | Peak Oil News Clearinghouse
Published on 3 Jan 2007 by carolinelucasmep.org.uk. Archived on 3 Jan 2007.

Fuelling a Food Crisis: The impact of peak oil on food security

by Caroline Lucas MEP, Andy Jones and Colin Hines

DWINDLING oil stocks and EU trade and energy policies threaten food 
price hikes - and could cause the UK to be vulnerable to food 
shortages for the first time since the Second World War, according to 
a new report by Green Party Euro-MP Caroline Lucas.

The report calls on the Government to establish a Royal Commission on 
Food Security to examine the issue - and for the UK 's Competition 
Commission to consider its findings in its ongoing investigation of 
the supermarkets' dominance of the food retailing sector.

 From the introduction to the report:

Introduction

When the price of oil climbed above $50/barrel in late 2004, public 
attention began to focus on the adequacy of world oil supplies - and 
specifically on when production would peak and begin to decline. 
Analysts are far from a consensus on this issue, but several 
prominent ones now believe that the oil peak is imminent. 1 US 
Department of Energy, 2005
Over recent months, there has been much speculation about the causes 
of higher oil prices, and over the likelihood of whether or not they 
will continue. Commentary has focused on the geopolitical instability 
in the Middle East; increasing dependence on Russia; governments in 
Latin America retaking control of their oil industries; and supply 
bottle necks such as refining capacity.

The geological constraints on future energy supply, known as peak oil 
- the point at which oil production stops rising and begins its 
inevitable long-term decline - have received much less attention, 
however. Yet while the majority of constraints on access to oil could 
potentially be overcome through political or economic means, the 
geological reality of ever-dwindling fossil-fuel supplies is 
non-negotiable.

While it has taken 145 years to consume half of the 2-2.5 trillion 
barrels of conventional oil supplies generally regarded as the total 
available, it is likely that, given the huge increases of demand from 
China and India in particular, the other half will be largely 
consumed within the next 40 years. Some 98% of global crude oil comes 
from 45 nations, over half of which may already have peaked in oil 
production, including seven of the 11 OPEC nations. Major oil field 
discoveries fell to zero for the first time in 2003, while the excess 
capacity held by OPEC nations has dwindled, from an average of 30% to 
about 1% of global demand today.2 World oil and gas production is 
declining at an average of 4-6% a year, while demand is growing at 
2-3% a year. The implications of this, for every aspect of our lives 
today, are overwhelming. Some analysis has begun on the impacts on 
our transport systems, and on how we heat our homes. Very little has 
so far focused on the implications for our food systems. This report 
makes the case that, unless we take urgent action, as oil security 
deteriorates, so too will food security. It is fast becoming the case 
that decisions made by government departments of energy, on whether 
to continue promoting fossil fuels or to shift to renewable energy 
sources, could have a greater effect on long-term food security than 
any actions taken by departments of agriculture.

The amount of energy is concentrated in even a small amount of oil or 
gas is extraordinary. A barrel of oil contains the energy-equivalent 
of almost 25,000 hours of human labour. A single gallon of petrol 
contains the energy-equivalent of 500 hours of human labour. And 
across the world, food production systems make use of this stored 
energy from fossil fuels on a massive scale.

The industrialisation of farming accelerated dramatically in 
industrialised countries after World War Two, and began in many 
poorer countries as a result of the Green Revolution of the 1950s and 
1960s. These trends transformed food production around the globe, 
with world grain harvests increasing by 250%. Yet this reliance on 
fossil fuels - in the form of fertilisers (which accounts for around 
a third of agricultural energy consumption), pesticides, and 
hydrocarbon-fuelled farm machinery and irrigation systems - means 
that industrialised farming consumes 50 times the energy input of 
traditional agriculture; in the most extreme cases, energy 
consumption by agriculture has increased 100 fold or more. It has 
been estimated, for example, that 95% of all of our food products 
require the use of oil.3 Just to farm a single cow and deliver it to 
market requires 6 barrels of oil, enough to drive a car from New York 
to Los Angeles.4 This report details the extent to which 21st century 

Re: [Biofuel] Water Powered Engine / Electrolysis

2007-01-04 Thread Kirk McLoren
Comparison of Fuel Cell Technologies 
  Fuel Cell Type 
Common 
  Electrolyte 
Operating Temperature 
System Output 
Efficiency 
Applications 
Advantages
Disadvantages
  Polymer Electrolyte Membrane (PEM)* 
Solid organic polymer poly-perfluorosulfonic acid 
50 - 100°C 
  122 - 212°F 
1kW – 250kW 
50-60% electric 
 
  • Back-up power 
  • Portable power 
  • Small distributed generation 
  • Transportation 
 
   
  • Solid electrolyte reduces corrosion  electrolyte management problems 
  • Low temperature 
  • Quick start-up 
 
   
  • Requires expensive catalysts 
  • High sensitivity to fuel impurities 
  • Low temperature waste heat 
  Alkaline (AFC) 
Aqueous solution of potassium hydroxide soaked in a matrix 
90 - 100°C 
  194 - 212°F 
10kW – 100kW 
60-70% electric 
 
  • Military 
  • Space 
 
   
  • Cathode reaction faster in alkaline electrolyte so high performance 
 
   
  • Expensive removal of CO2 from fuel and air streams required 
  Phosphoric Acid (PAFC) 
Liquid phosphoric acid soaked in a matrix 
150 - 200°C 
  302 - 392°F 
50kW – 1MW 
  (250kW module typical) 
80 to 85% overall with combined heat and power (CHP 
  (36-42% electric) 
 
  • Distributed generation 
 
   
  • High efficiency 
  • Increased tolerance to impurities in hydrogen 
  • Suitable for CHP 
 
   
  • Requires platinum catalysts 
  • Low current and power 
  • Large size/weight 
  Molten Carbonate (MCFC) 
Liquid solution of lithium, sodium, and/or potassium carbonates, soaked in 
a matrix 
600 - 700°C 
  1112 - 1292°F 
1kW – 1MW 
  (250kW module typical) 
85% overall with CHP 
  (60% electric) 
 
  • Electric utility 
  • Large distributed generation 
 
   
  • High efficiency 
  • Fuel flexibility 
  • Can use a variety of catalysts 
  • Suitable for CHP 
 
   
  • High temperature speeds corrosion and breakdown of cell components 
  • Complex electrolyte management 
  • Slow start-up 
  Solid Oxide (SOFC) 
Solid zirconium oxide to which a small amount of yttira is added 
650 - 1000°C 
  1202 - 1832°F 
5kW – 3MW 
85% overall with CHP 
  (60% electric) 
 
  • Auxiliary power 
  • Electric utility 
  • Large distributed generation 
 
   
  • High efficiency 
  • Fuel flexibility 
  • Can use a variety of catalysts 
  • Solid electrolyte reduces electrolyte management problems 
  • Suitable for CHP 
 
   
  • High temperature enhances corrosion and breakdown of cell components 
  • Slow start-up 
  

http://www.eere.energy.gov/hydrogenandfuelcells/fuelcells/fc_types.html
   
  pdf link at bottom of page
   
  Kirk
   
   
   
  Chip Mefford [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
  Kirk McLoren wrote:
 Fuel cells of 50% efficiency can be purchased now.

Really? Where?

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Re: [Biofuel] What's In Your Milk?

2007-01-04 Thread Mike Weaver
Or google somatic cell count and milk

Keith Addison wrote:

http://www.world-wire.com/news/0701030001.html

What's In Your Milk?
An Exposé of Industry and Government Cover-Up on the DANGERS of the 
Genetically Engineered (rBGH) Milk You're Drinking

CHICAGO, Illinois, January 3, 2007 --/WORLD-WIRE/-- Dr. Samuel S. 
Epstein, professor emeritus of environmental medicine at the 
University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health and world 
renowned author, has announced the publication of his new book, 
What's in Your Milk?, a powerful exposé of the dangers of 
Monsanto's genetically engineered (rBGH) milk, and the company's 
no-holds-barred conspiracy to suppress this information.

rBGH (recombinant Bovine Growth Hormone) is a genetically engineered, 
potent variant of the natural growth hormone produced by cows. 
Manufactured by Monsanto, it is sold to dairy farmers under the trade 
name POSILAC. Injection of this hormone forces cows to increase their 
milk production by about 10%. Monsanto has stated that about one 
third of dairy cows are in herds where the hormone is used.

Monsanto, supported by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), insist 
that rBGH milk is indistinguishable from natural milk, and that it is 
safe for consumers. This is blatantly false:

* rBGH makes cows sick. Monsanto has been forced to admit to about 20 
toxic effects, including mastitis, on its Posilac label.
* rBGH milk is contaminated by pus, due to the mastitis commonly 
induced by rBGH, and antibiotics used to treat the mastitis.
* rBGH milk is chemically, and nutritionally different than natural milk.
* Milk from cows injected with rBGH is contaminated with the hormone, 
traces of which are absorbed through the gut into the blood.
* rBGH milk is supercharged with high levels of a natural growth 
factor (IGF-1), which is readily absorbed through the gut.
* Excess levels of IGF-1 have been incriminated as a cause of breast, 
colon, and prostate cancers.
* IGF-1 blocks natural defense mechanisms against early 
submicroscopic cancers. † rBGH factory farms pose a major threat to 
the viability of small dairy farms. † rBGH enriches Monsanto, while 
posing dangers, without any benefits, to consumers, especially in 
view of the current national surplus of milk.

Of still greater concern, based on 37 published scientific studies as 
detailed in the book, excess levels of IGF-1 in rBGH milk pose major 
risks of breast, colon and prostate cancers.

The introduction to What's in Your Milk? by Ben Cohen, Co-founder of 
Ben  Jerry's Ice Cream, with a Foreword by Jeffrey M. Smith, author 
of the bestseller Seeds of Deception

Many prominent experts in the environmental field have endorsed the 
new book including Congressman John Conyers, Jr., Ranking Democrat, 
House Judiciary Committee, Mark Achbar, Executive Producer of the 
multiple prize-winning documentary The Corporation, Ronnie Cummins, 
National Director, Organic Consumers Association, and Dr. Joseph 
Mercola, founder of the world's most visited natural health website.

The book is a unique resource on rBGH milk. It presents Dr. Epstein's 
trailblazing scientific publications since 1989, which have played a 
major role in influencing other nations, including Canada, 24 
European nations, Norway, Switzerland, Australia, New Zealand, and 
Japan to ban rBGH milk. The book also presents: the author's 
editorials and letters to major newspapers, and correspondence with 
the FDA, Congressman John Conyers, and other key members of Congress 
and the Senate. Epstein also details evidence of interlocking 
conflicts of interest between Monsanto and the White House, the 
American Medical Association and American Cancer Society. He also 
details evidence of Monsanto's white collar crime; the suppression 
and manipulation of information on the veterinary and public health 
dangers of rBGH milk; and evidence of Monsanto's Hit Squad, which 
attempted to stifle and discredit him.

Of compelling interest is the story behind Fox Television's firing of 
Jane Akre, a veteran journalist, following her in-depth interview on 
rBGH with Dr. Epstein, his subsequent day-long deposition by Monsanto 
on her behalf, her subsequent litigation against Fox, and Fox's 
successful counter suit.

Monsanto's corporate recklessness, compounded by FDA's complicity and 
refusal to require labeling of rBGH milk, more than justify the 
rejection of any assurances of its safety. Of further interest is the 
critical relevance of this information to the ongoing growing 
concerns and debate on genetically engineered foods, including 
irrefutable evidence discrediting the trust us safety assurances of 
Monsanto, and other industries.

The book also presents resource materials, including listings of 
national and international anti-biotech, public health, veterinary 
and animal rights activist groups. Also listed are rBGH-free U.S. 
dairy producers, such as Horizon Organic, and Swiss Valley Farms.

What's In Your Milk's 

[Biofuel] Review - The Weather Makers: How Man Is Changing the Climate and What It Means for Life on Earth

2007-01-04 Thread AltEnergyNetwork
Review - The Weather Makers: How Man Is Changing the Climate and What It Means 
for Life on Earth 

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[Biofuel] needless to say this got funding from gvt

2007-01-04 Thread Kirk McLoren
DNA So Dangerous It Doesn't Exist
from the scramble-your-genes dept.
posted by samzenpus on Thursday January 04, @05:07 (Biotech)
http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/01/04/0420238

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