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Antechinus: Low-balling Methane Pollution
03 Environmental Degradation
EXTRACT
The problem, the research team reported, is that under some circumstances, the sampler can fail to shift from its low sensor to high one, giving false low readings even when concentrations reached potentially explosive levels. For example, the researchers discovered that in methane concentrations as high as 73 percent, two Bacharach Hi-Flow samplers both failed, reporting that levels were between 1 and 6 percent.
Reflections on Open Source Water Desalination
12 Water, All Reflections & Story Boards
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IF sea level is rising by 3mm a year, and there are roughly 335,258,000 square kilometers of ocean surface, and a 3mm rise equates to 3,000 cubic meters per square kilometer, THEN there are one trillion cubic meters (1,005,774,000,000) of sea water available for harvesting if our objective is to both maintain the sea level and solve the industrial gutting of aquifers and related drought issues.
If I have the math right, 1,005,774,000,000 cubic meters translates into 266 trillion (265,695,317,580,000) gallons of water available for harvesting; divided by 365 days that is 738 billion (727,932,376,932) gallons per day in clean water that could be brought on tap within the year.
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Berto Jongman: Domestic Violence Costs Most & Kills More Than Civil Wars
Cultural Intelligence, Peace Intelligence
An example of true cost economic knowledge.
Domestic Violence Kills More People Than Wars, Global Study Finds
Domestic violence is more costly than warfare, in terms of both lives lost and dollars spent, according to a new report that says the issue is largely overlooked.
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SchwartzReport: Drones to Plant One Billion Trees
Earth Intelligence
Used to perpetuate mono-culture this technology could produce disaster. But used as described it could do great good in restoring the Amazon rain forest, for instance. It would make the task doable.
Ex-NASA Engineer to Plant One Billion Trees a Year Using Drones
The company’s CEO, who might be called ‘Johnny Apple Drone’, thinks it should be possible to plant up to 36,000 trees a day, and at around 15% of the cost of traditional methods. And they aren’t just looking to create plantations of trees, but full ecosystems.
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Anthony Judge: Evil Rules — How To Stay Evil….
Cultural Intelligence
Guidelines for Engaging in Armageddon Now
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Raul Castro: Pope So Impressive I Might Return to Church
08 Wild Cards, Cultural Intelligence, Peace Intelligence
Castro: This pope's so impressive, I might return to church
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After leaving the Vatican, Castro, the brother of Fidel, the revolutionary leader who brought the Communists to power in Cuba, gushed with praise for Francis. The pontiff “is a Jesuit, and I, in some way, am too,” Castro said at a news conference. “I always studied at Jesuit schools.”
“When the pope goes to Cuba in September, I promise to go to all his Masses, and with satisfaction,” Castro said at a news conference at the office of Italian Premier Matteo Renzi, whom he met with after the Vatican talks. “I read all the speeches of the pope, his commentaries, and if the pope continues this way, I will go back to praying and go back to the church, and I'm not joking,” he said.
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