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Seaweed to breathe new life into fight against global warming - Times Online

Seaweed to breathe new life into fight against global warming - Times Online

The solution to climate change - ClimateBabes Seaweed farming in the pacific gyri I present to you the solution to climate change. It may be a blunt and contestable statement, but it is less contestable than the statements of those that do not believe in climate change, or think it is minor issue. Seaweed is the solution. "It was shown that the quantity of the carbon absorbed by marine plants was very large. Growing seaweed can be ramped up in no time. What do we need to implement this solution? Seaweeds to Use ZosteraSargassumKelp What is the ultimate goal? To capture as much CO2 from the oceans and athmosphere growing as much seaweed as we can. Potential Yield According to a Japanese study by Masahiro Notoya of the University of Tokyo the yield for the area in the picture (1047 x 1047 km) would be 317,453,854 dry metric tonnes of seaweed absorbing 191.670.251 metric tons of carbon (ref Muraoka 2004). What are the steps? Kelp is massive Links Where do I start? If you want to contribute, support or participate send us a message here.

WikiLeaks VIDEO Exposes 2007 'Collateral Murder' In Iraq Scroll down for the video Calling it a case of "collateral murder," the WikiLeaks Web site today released harrowing video of a U.S. Army Apache helicopter in Baghdad in 2007 repeatedly opening fire on a group of men that included a Reuters photographer and his driver -- and then on a van that stopped to rescue one of the wounded men. None of the members of the group were taking hostile action, contrary to the Pentagon's initial cover story; they were milling about on a street corner. Reporters working for WikiLeaks determined that the driver of the van was a good Samaritan on his way to take his small children to a tutoring session. In the video, which Reuters has been asking to see since 2007, crew members can be heard celebrating their kills. "Oh yeah, look at those dead bastards," says one crewman after multiple rounds of 30mm cannon fire left nearly a dozen bodies littering the street. Two crewmen share a laugh when a Bradley fighting vehicle runs over one of the corpses.

Red Seaweed Could Be the Next Biofuel Super-Crop – CleanTechnica: Cleantech innovation news and views Agriculture Published on December 20th, 2010 | by Tina Casey Red is about to become the new green, if researchers from the University of Illinois are on the right track. They’ve developed a new super-efficient strain of yeast that can easily break down red seaweed into biofuel. The new development could help small island nations and other sea-bound regions grow biofuel crops without giving up scarce land resources that are needed to grow food. Biofuel from Red Seaweed When it comes to extracting fuel from non-food biomass, seaweed has general advantages over land crops. Biofuels Beyond Red Seaweed If the new process proves commercially viable, that might open up a can of worms for the marine environment. Image (altered): Red seaweed by derekkeats on flickr.com. Tags: red seaweed, university of illinoise, yeast About the Author Tina Casey Tina Casey specializes in military and corporate sustainability, advanced technology, emerging materials, biofuels, and water and wastewater issues.

Israeli Unveils Tank-Defense System of the Future HAIFA, Israel – On a dusty, wind-swept field overlooking the Mediterranean, a small team of researchers is putting the final touches on what Israel says is a major game changer in tank defense: a miniature anti-missile system that detects incoming projectiles and shoots them down before they reach the armored vehicles. If successful, the "Trophy" system could radically alter the balance of power if the country goes to war again against Hezbollah guerrillas in neighboring Lebanon or Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip. Its performance could also have much wider implications as American troops and their Western allies battle insurgents in Iraq and Afghanistan. "I think people will be watching the Israelis roll this thing out and see if they can get the hang of it," said John Pike, director of the military information Web site GlobalSecurity.org in Alexandria, Virginia. The Trophy is believed to be the first of a series of so-called "active defense" systems to become operational.

Seaweed cure for coal-fired power CALLS to provide full compensation to coal-fired energy utilities from the emissions trading scheme are probably based on the premise that there is little or nothing they can do to reduce their emissions. But that may not be the case. Private Melbourne company MBD Energy is about to introduce technology that allows algae to capture half or more of the greenhouse gases emitted by a power station, at virtually no cost to the utility. What's more, MBD stands to make a small fortune from the algae by-products: fuel, plastics and meal for livestock. Managing director Andrew Lawson says testing at James Cook University in Townsville suggests for every two tonnes of carbon captured, the MBD technology can produce almost 1 tonne of algae, of which one-third can be made into oil products and two-thirds into meal. The significance of this should not be underestimated. A walk on the wild side Its largest shareholder is the Singapore renewable energy investor Pure Power with 19.9 per cent.

Question 19.13: What is the origin of the word "kike"? Top Document: soc.culture.jewish FAQ: Miscellaneous and References (11/12)Previous Document: Question 19.12: I'm not Jewish. How do I show my love for the Jewish people?Next Document: Question 19.14: What is the meaning of the part of the book of Ruth where the guy at the gate takes off his shoe? Answer: There are many explanations: * One explanation is that the word kike originates from the word "keikl", in Yiddish, which means "circle". Antarctic bottom water hg.png - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Calls for inquiry into Apache attack on Iraqi civilians - Telegr In one sequence two children can be seen at the window of a van that was later attacked. An American patrol that arrived in the aftermath of the attack is seen carrying the injured children to an Iraqi police checkpoint after permission was refused to airlift the children to an American military base. The pilots were unapologetic: "Well, it's their fault for bring their kids into a battle," said one. The video was obtained by the website Wikileaks which has been investigated by the Pentagon for endangering national security. The Pentagon acknowledged the authenticity of the video but a spokesman insisted the video did not contradict the official finding that the helicopters' crew acted within the rules of engagement. "Since 2007, we acknowledged everything that's in the video," the official said. The spokesman said that the inquiry backed the assessment that the group of men was carrying a rocket-propelled grenade (RPG). "The RPG in the video is real," he said.

U.S. Takeover of Haiti: The centerpieces of the US, UN, and Worl When this article appears on the morning of March 31, the much ballyhooed “International Donors Conference Towards a New Future for Haiti” will be getting underway at UN Headquarters in Manhattan. While demonstrators in the street outside protest the continuing US and UN military occupation of Haiti, now over six years old, and the Haitian people’s exclusion from deliberations on the country’s reconstruction, dignitaries inside like UN Special Envoy to Haiti Bill Clinton, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, and Haitian President René Préval will unveil a plan with lots of pomp and ceremony but which boils down to just one thing: Washington’s take-over of the “new” Haiti. Hyperbole? Unfortunately, no. Translation: the World Bank, not Haiti, will run the show, a council of foreigners (with a sprinkling of token Haitians) will rubberstamp directives, and other foreign overseers will supervise the Haitians carrying out the directives.

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