Re: [Biofuel] A role for Japan in Antarctic marine protection
please usubscribe On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 4:01 AM, Keith Addison ke...@journeytoforever.orgwrote: Taiji hunts continue to anger, confound readers http://www.japantimes.co.jp/**print/fl20121030hs.htmlhttp://www.japantimes.co.jp/print/fl20121030hs.html Science tells us that dolphins are something special http://www.japantimes.co.jp/**print/fl20121030hn.htmlhttp://www.japantimes.co.jp/print/fl20121030hn.html Operation Zero Tolerance: Sea Shepherd's Paul Watson Gears Up for Biggest Fight Yet Against Japanese Whaling Published on Thursday, September 20, 2012 by Common Dreams http://www.commondreams.org/**headline/2012/09/20-4http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/09/20-4 --0-- http://www.japantimes.co.jp/**print/eo20121031a3.htmlhttp://www.japantimes.co.jp/print/eo20121031a3.html A role for Japan in Antarctic marine protection By MAYUKO YANAI and CLAIRE CHRISTIAN Special to The Japan Times When people hear the word Antarctica, they might think about penguins or towering icebergs. But the Southern Ocean makes up 10 percent of the world's ocean and is home to almost 10,000 species - it's much more than ice and adorable penguins. Furthermore, some of the places in the Southern Ocean are of unusually high ecological significance. For example, Antarctica's Ross Sea was identified as being one of the least impacted large marine ecosystems remaining on Earth. The importance of this finding cannot be underestimated. While the Ross Sea is not entirely untouched, it does boast a food web that is in much the same state as it has been for centuries. Despite being only 2 percent of the Southern Ocean, the Ross Sea has more than a quarter of the world's emperor penguins, almost one third of the world's Adelie penguins, and almost half of the South Pacific Weddell seal population. There are not many places left where scientists can study these kinds of intact, thriving marine ecosystems, making the Ross Sea extremely valuable for science. Over 500 scientists have agreed that the Ross Sea's continental shelf and slope should be made a marine reserve. The East Antarctic coastal region is another area with important qualities. This vast region is home to a significant number of the Southern Ocean's penguins, seals, and whales, and contains rare and unusual seafloor and oceanographic features, which support high biodiversity. A proposal has been made to protect many important ecosystems here, but it excludes several key areas of seamounts (often hot spots for marine life) and areas near Prydz Bay that are major feeding areas for three species of seals and a whopping 25 species of seabirds. Now is a crucial moment. Until Nov. 1, 24 countries and the European Union are meeting in Hobart, Tasmania, to make decisions that will impact Antarctic marine ecosystems for generations to come. Japan is one of those countries, all of which are members of the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR). This management body has agreed to establish a network of Marine Protected Areas, or MPAs, in the Southern Ocean around Antarctica by 2012. CCAMLR members are considering several proposals for MPAs that would form part of this network, including areas in the Ross Sea and East Antarctica. The creation of this network would be a major step forward for ocean protection and conservation. Less than two percent of the planet's ocean area is protected, compared to over 10 percent of the land. At the 2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development, many countries agreed to establish representative networks of protected areas by 2012. The establishment of East Antarctica and Ross Sea MPAs would be a crucial step toward fulfilling this goal. The countries of CCAMLR now have an opportunity to demonstrate leadership in protecting the ocean, which provides food, employment, and recreation for millions of people around the world. However, some member countries remain skeptical about MPAs. Issues include concerns about reducing access to fishing in some areas, the costs of establishing and maintaining MPAs, activities of non-member countries, and the impression that more scientific research is needed. In favor of the MPAs, however, proponents can cite extensive research that justifies marine protection there and the extensive benefits they provide. Scientists advise that MPAs are essential for ocean health. A number of groups and alliances are trying to put a public spotlight on the CCAMLR meeting, where government delegates meet behind closed doors. The Antarctic Ocean Alliance (antarcticocean.org/jp/) has created an online Join the Watch petition endorsed by big names like Richard Branson. It and the Antarctic and South Ocean Coalition (www.asoc.org) have released numerous papers about the merits of creating the MPAs. Actor Leonardo DiCaprio through the online petition network Avaaz garnered nearly a million signatures to Save the
[Biofuel] White House owes Preppers and survivalists a massive apology
Page / Story Link http://www.naturalnews.com/037822_liberal_media_preppers_survivalists.html Liberal media, White House owes Preppers and Survivalists a massive apology in the aftermath of superstorm Sandy [] Sunday, November 04, 2012 by https://plus.google.com/u/0/108002809946749848449?rel=authorMike Adams, the Health Ranger Editor of NaturalNews.com http://www.naturalnews.com/index-HRarticles.html(See all articles...) (NaturalNews) In the wake of superstorm Sandy, Preppers are the new prophets. Those who failed to prepare are the new homeless. For as long as we can all remember, preppers and survivalists have been derided by the mainstream media, labeled kooks and wing nuts for stockpiling food, water, ammunition, medical supplies and emergency gear. Only paranoid conspiracy theorists engage in evil preparedness activities, we were told by the sellout mainstream media, and they've convinced many that preppers may even be terrorists. The very word stockpiling has been used in a derogatory manner, as if it's somehow bad for private citizens to stockpile food, medicine and emergency supplies that might save lives in a crisis. Never mind that the government stockpiles all these things for its own survival; citizens are routinely taught that stockpiling is bad! Suddenly all that has changed. In the aftermath of superstorm Sandy, preppers are the ones who aren't starving, freezing or begging the government to come save them with emergency supplies. Those who failed to prepare are now subjected to the chaotic, incompetent actions of the federal government which is, predictably, operating in a never-ending state of logistical failure. An one example, in response to the ongoing scarcity of gasoline, New York announced that http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/responders-gas-article-1.1196180the Defense Department would be opening up free gas stations near areas hardest-hit, but that residents should stay away and let first responders fuel up ahead of them. This, of course, set off a wave of confusion. It was then announced that those civilians (a derogatory term against citizens, used only in a police state) who were already in line could stay in line, but no civilians could join the line. Many people waited up to six hours for gasoline. Tempers flared, fist fights were commonplace, and state troopers had to be sent to gas stations to keep the peace. Preppers, of course, already stored away spare fuel at home and therefore didn't need to wait in line and subject themselves to the chaos and desperation. FEMA runs out of water This one was easy to see coming: FEMA has run out of water to distribute to Sandy victims and is now desperately trying to find a private contractor that will deliver millions of bottles of water to the region. That this could happen in the aftermath of a storm that everybody saw coming at least a week ahead of time is nothing short of bewildering. How could FEMA, whose only job is to plan for crisis, not have stockpiled some supplies in advance of the storm? The answer is that FEMA is just flat-out incompetent. As described http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2012/11/02/FEMA-Still-Doesn-t-Have-Bottled-Water-to-Distribute-Finally-Places-Large-Order-Today-for-Delivery-Mondayin an article by Michael Patrick Leahy: ...the agency appears to have been completely unprepared to distribute bottled water to Hurricane Sandy victims when the storm hit this Monday. In contrast to its stated policy, FEMA failed to have any meaningful supplies of bottled water -- or any other supplies, for that matter -- stored in nearby facilities as it had proclaimed it would on its website. This was the case despite several days advance warning of the impending storm. Once again, http://www.naturalnews.com/preppers.htmlpreppers who had stockpiled water in advance of all this were sitting pretty, living on stored water supplies. Those who invested in water filters were even able to use water that would not have been drinkable otherwise. No electricity = no heat for cooking Even today, the power grid is down in many areas, and for all those residents using electric stoves and toasters, that means no ability cook anything... not even to boil water! Most people simply have no backup plan for when the power grid goes down. So they become yet another victim who needs to be rescued by a government that has a terrible track record on rescues. Preppers, on the other hand, own non-electric cookstoves such as this http://www.amazon.com/EcoZoom-ZD-WMC26-Zoom-Dura/dp/B005GSGSTIZoom Dura cookstove which can burn paper, wood, small branches and almost anything flammable. It boils water, cooks meals, and kills bacteria. No batteries required. In the aftermath of superstorm Sandy, people who own emergency campstoves or cookstoves have been able to cook meals if they also stored some food. Something as simple as a few
Re: [Biofuel] White House owes Preppers and survivalists a massive apology
- Original Message - From: Tony cr...@vianet.net.au To: sustainablelorgbiofuel@lists.sustainablelists.org Sent: Monday, November 5, 2012 6:39:10 AM Subject: [Biofuel] White House owes Preppers and survivalists a massive apology Page / Story Link http://www.naturalnews.com/037822_liberal_media_preppers_survivalists.html Liberal media, White House owes Preppers and Survivalists a massive apology in the aftermath of superstorm Sandy [] SNIP As someone who might be called a prepper, maybe even doomer, perhaps survivalist, or whatever you want, who *also* is prior law enforcement, and has done a bit of SAR and EMS work, I think this article is heavy on rhetoric and hyperbole. here's something I wrote on this issue a few years back: http://cubic-dog.blogspot.com/2008/05/weather-be-prepared.html ___ Sustainablelorgbiofuel mailing list Sustainablelorgbiofuel@lists.sustainablelists.org http://lists.eruditium.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sustainablelorgbiofuel
Re: [Biofuel] Protecting nuclear power plants from nature's worse
Wow; While I expect nothing less from my fellow countrymen, than to lean heavily on the FUD (fear, uncertainly and doubt) aspects of 'renewables' to keep any nuclear country glowing, that others can't see through the veil that the US has done everything it can to cripple and deter real alternative energy schemes since 'the beginning' (fsvo beginning). There are so many fallacies that crop up whenever one attempts to articulate the US's posture towards power generation, it's practically impossible to list them all. For some background, I can heartily recommend Ray Reece's 1979 work The Sun Betrayed: A Report on the Corporate Seizure of U.S. Solar Energy finished and published in '79, when the whole thing was basically a fait accompli. - Original Message - From: Keith Addison ke...@journeytoforever.org To: sustainablelorgbiofuel@lists.sustainablelists.org Sent: Sunday, November 4, 2012 10:36:06 PM Subject: [Biofuel] Protecting nuclear power plants from nature's worse U.S. needs Japan to remain nuclear, expert says Relations in region not likely to change with Obama or Romney, even in China ties http://www.japantimes.co.jp/print/nb20121103d1.html Officials drafting new regulations raked in millions Nuke industry funded NRC's safety experts http://www.japantimes.co.jp/print/nn20121104a1.html Power Politics: Japan's Resilient Nuclear Village Sunday, 04 November 2012 13:02 By Jeff Kingston, Japan Focus | News Analysis http://truth-out.org/news/item/12523-power-politics-japans-resilient-nuclear-village --0-- http://www.japantimes.co.jp/print/eo20121103a1.html Protecting nuclear power plants from nature's worse ___ Sustainablelorgbiofuel mailing list Sustainablelorgbiofuel@lists.sustainablelists.org http://lists.eruditium.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sustainablelorgbiofuel
[Biofuel] Fwd: Technology for a new civilization
Date: Mon, 05 Nov 2012 17:55:32 -0500 From: dwood...@becon.org To: ke...@journeytoforever.org Subject: Technology for a new civilization This guy sounds a little warped but very useful (which brings back memories): http://www.businessweek.com/printer/articles/79854-the-post-apocalypse-survival-machine-nerd-farm I'd say a lot of high technology is stuff we need to learn to do without (or more exactly learn not to need), but his approach is interesting. Doug Woodard St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada ___ Sustainablelorgbiofuel mailing list Sustainablelorgbiofuel@lists.sustainablelists.org http://lists.eruditium.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sustainablelorgbiofuel
Re: [Biofuel] Fwd: Technology for a new civilization
Hi Doug Thanks - I'll add the whole thing below, it won't hurt, and I'd like to comment. Date: Mon, 05 Nov 2012 17:55:32 -0500 From: dwood...@becon.org To: ke...@journeytoforever.org Subject: Technology for a new civilization This guy sounds a little warped but very useful (which brings back memories): http://www.businessweek.com/printer/articles/79854-the-post-apocalypse-survival-machine-nerd-farm I'd say a lot of high technology is stuff we need to learn to do without (or more exactly learn not to need), but his approach is interesting. Doug Woodard St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada I've encountered Jakubowski and Factor e Farm before, I think in a discussion at SANET several years ago. Jakubowski calls it a civilization reboot experiment (like it's a computer, which it's not), he talks of a completely self-sufficient community, though I doubt that's achievable, or even desirable, and though it seems very US-centric he calls his toolbox the Global Village Construction Set, and I don't think it works that way. He talks of Open Source Ecology and an Open Source Economy, but open-source doesn't work that way either. He says it's collaborative, but it's not, really. What sticks out is that the open source is him, and everyone else plus the planet is the beneficiary, we all get to tinker with his stuff to get it to work properly for us. But it's still his prescription, and his idea of how things work, and should work. The whole project seems to be in pretty much the same place it was in two or three years ago when I first encountered it. Same chaos too, but this time they blame the drought. It's hard to say if it's any nearer its goal, despite having a free $360,000 chucked at it. One visible machine then, and one visible machine now. And don't drink the water. The all important Power Cube that will provide clean power for everything apparently still doesn't exist. Open Source surely means that many people collaborate together over a network to develop solutions that don't belong to Microsoft et al, it's cooperative, everyone contributes, there is no central source, that's the point. And it's a cardinal rule in appropriate technology development that the beneficiaries themselves must be fully involved in everything about the process right from the start. That's the community on the receiving end, and the goal is self-reliance, not self-sufficiiency: self-reliant communities cooperate and collaborate with each other. Maybe you could label that Open Source Economy (or barter, or maybe just sharing), but I don't know what Open Source Ecology might mean, it sounds like saying water is wet. I think Jakubowski's got a keyhole view. He'd be useful working on someone else's project, under direction, but he's probably too eccentric for that. Pity, since, though civilisation doesn't need a reboot, heaven forfend, it certainly does need a total transformation, from the ground up, which is just what seems to be happening right now all around us, and as you said Doug, Jakubowski could be very useful. All best Keith http://www.businessweek.com/printer/articles/79854-the-post-apocalypse-survival-machine-nerd-farm The Post-Apocalypse Survival Machine Nerd Farm By Ashlee Vance on November 01, 2012 Marcin Jakubowski sits cross-legged on the dirt floor of a round hut in Missouri farm country, carefully making an open-faced mayo and cheddar sandwich. Inside the hut there's a bed, a small desk, a few plastic containers (including one for food), and, occasionally, mice and snakes. It's 104F out and only slightly cooler inside. There's no fridge, so just how the mayonnaise hasn't spoiled is something of a mystery. Jakubowski, who's of average height and extremely fit, wears khakis and a long-sleeve oxford shirt. What we are doing here is conducting a civilization reboot experiment, he says. He carefully places cheddar shreds on top of the mayo, squirts the works with Sriracha hot sauce in a precise cross-hatch pattern, bites, chews. It's about sustainable living and having open access to critical information and tools. Jakubowski's hut anchors a 30-acre compound near Maysville, Mo., full of wooden shacks, yurts, work sheds, flapping laundry, clucking chickens, and a collection of black and strange-looking machinery. A dozen or so people in their twenties, none of whom appears to have bathed in a while, wander around or fiddle with the machines. Jakubowski has named the place Factor e Farm, though the goal isn't just the cultivation of crops. Rather, it's to create a completely self-sufficient community that produces not only its own food, but also energy, tools, and raw materials for making those tools. Jakubowski's ultimate purpose is both to live off the grid and to teach others-whether out of choice or necessity-how to do so too. In 2007, Jakubowski began working on a minimum set of machines necessary to sustain a modern civilization. It
Re: [Biofuel] White House owes Preppers and survivalists a massive apology
Mike Adams (the Health Ranger) isn't bad when he sticks to food and health, and this time he's hit on a timely topic, but he doesn't get very far with it. For as long as we can all remember, preppers and survivalists have been derided by the mainstream media, labeled for stockpiling food, water, ammunition, medical supplies and emergency gear. Only paranoid conspiracy theorists engage in evil preparedness activities, we were told by the sellout mainstream media, and they've convinced many that preppers may even be terrorists. The MSM does label them kooks and wing nuts and paranoid conspiracy theorists, but perhaps not so much because they stockpile food, water, ammunition, medical supplies and emergency gear - quite a lot of them ARE kooks and wing nuts and paranoid conspiracy theorists, and it does give preppers a bad name. Why does ammunition always rate such a high priority - third, here, after food and water, ahead of medical supplies and emergency gear - instead of having a bit extra to spare for the neighbours if they need it? They seem to expect a dog-eat-dog social breakdown, which is the opposite of what usually happens. I think there's a big difference between preparation and hording. Chip's piece at The Dog House is much better, IMHO. I'll post that in full too, and also the Lessons Learned piece by Anita Evangelista that Chip refers to, next post. Best Keith - Original Message - From: Tony cr...@vianet.net.au To: sustainablelorgbiofuel@lists.sustainablelists.org Sent: Monday, November 5, 2012 6:39:10 AM Subject: [Biofuel] White House owes Preppers and survivalists a massive apology Page / Story Link http://www.naturalnews.com/037822_liberal_media_preppers_survivalists.html Liberal media, White House owes Preppers and Survivalists a massive apology in the aftermath of superstorm Sandy SNIP As someone who might be called a prepper, maybe even doomer, perhaps survivalist, or whatever you want, who *also* is prior law enforcement, and has done a bit of SAR and EMS work, I think this article is heavy on rhetoric and hyperbole. here's something I wrote on this issue a few years back: http://cubic-dog.blogspot.com/2008/05/weather-be-prepared.html http://cubic-dog.blogspot.com/2008/05/weather-be-prepared.html FRIDAY, MAY 30, 2008 Weather, be prepared Weather, et al. If what they say is even 20% true, then what folks are referring to as strange weather, is going, or is becoming more like normal weather. Meaning, normal is as normal does, and it does act strange. Read an interesting story over at http://www.backwoodshome.com a while back, called 'Lessons learned from the Ice Storm'. Pretty good stuff. A few years back, when I was spending my work-week nights in a tiny cottage on the back of a small horse farm in what used to be a rather nice region outside our Nation's Capitol (now completely buried under tract mansions) there was (as there often is) a 'significant rain event'. In this area, this causes low grade flooding, and of course, everyone who is relatively new to the area freaks out. When folks around DC freak out, they like to smash their cars into each other. I don't know why. When it rains really hard, rather than slowing down, they like to hydroplane off the road into each other, and all kinds of fun things. They also love to get on the cellphone, and use up every available circuit, so that cell communication becomes rather spotty. These folks are always in a big hurry, and anything that slows them down drives them nuts. at least, in the short run. So, I was happily sitting on my couch in my tiny little house, glad I don't have that commute, when I noticed the flashing blue light out on the main road, and the zillions of brake lights. I ignored it, but after a few minutes, it was still there. meaning, that whatever it was, it was happening right there. About that time, my landlord showed up at my door. Seems someone had managed to drop off the berm of the road and was blocking outbound traffic. Sheesh! Okay, I grabbed my rain gear, and muck boots, went over to my trusty, rusty, brush-painted-by-hand toyota land cruiser pickup, told the land lord to get in, locked the hubs, lit'er up and headed out, drove off onto the right of way around all the hoopla, to the scene of the incident. A gal had given up on the completely stopped traffic, tried to turn around, misjudged the edge of the road way, and dropped her back wheels off the embankment. sigh. The temp was about 40, and it was raining hard, that inches per hour stuff. nasty. I walked up to the soaked and sad looking cop, told him I could get her out. He said there had already been a tow truck dispatched. I countered that we could clear this right now, or wait for the truck, but it was his call. He said, Sure, go ahead. So, I talked to the gal for a few moments. Bless her, she was really shook up, climbed under the front
