The worlds largest particle collider – The Hadron Collider (LHC) is encountering yet more delays. This time not by technical issues, but by the strong arm of the law – the US federal court of law.
Builders and contributors of the Hadron Collider, situated in France and Switzerland are being sued and taken to a federal court in the USA over fears that the experiment could create mini-black holes, strangelets, or even discover the Higgs-Boson particle (God particle) right here on Earth.
If black holes are created, then two Hawaii residents: – Wagner and Sancho who filed the lawsuit, believe that the Hadron Collider could ultimately destroy our planet.
Will this Lord of the Rings leviathan ever be switched on? Or, will the Hadron Collider which has cost over $8.2 billion US dollars to build, be one of the most costly mistakes the scientific community has ever embarked upon!
What do you think? Have you ever heard of one of the most magnificent devices mankind has ever created – the Hadron Collider? Is it really a doomsday device, or is it simply the next step in helping to understand our Universe! Share your thoughts.
New Scientist magazine adopts the view that the particle viewer is not a threat to Earth. Read more – Particle smasher ‘not a threat to the Earth’.
The full article regarding the lawsuit can be found here: – Doomsday fears sparks lawsuit
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Biometrics is an inherently flawed system, mainly because biometrics is a fixed password system (your DNA, fingerprints, retinal scans etc) which you can’t change. So once someone gets your password or the numerical interpretation of you which will be held on some government database then you are quite literally toast.
To the common voter this system seems foolproof – Joe Bloggs would think that such a system is going to purge the world of terrorism and organized crime, when in fact the real truth is that biometrics will do the exact opposite.
TOP 6 REASONS WHY BIOMETRICS IS A VERY BAD IDEA…
1) Finger print, retinal scanners and facial recognition software have already been hacked. Read more: UK biometric passports succumb to hack. Once a system has been hacked, it is deemed useless. Read more…
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Biometrics is the first step towards some bizarre Utopian government ideal, where they will target malcontent antisocial behaviour (sent to prison for pissing up a tree), or people with political leanings (those who dare speak up against the powers that be). As a consequence, partaking in such proclivities will deem you as an outcast, a hardened criminal, ultimately resulting in stripping you of all your civil liberties and ostracising you from society.
Perhaps it is a ruse to create global control and global unique identifiers for each and every person on this planet. This would involve cross-correlation of multiple databases across the globe, the perfect hypothesis for a one world Government (NWO – New World Order).
Or is it to combat the so called ‘war on terror’! This war on terror was simply created in order to install fear and subservience amongst the masses. Take cover, for a bearded man approaches… After all he must be a terrorist, he looks like a Muslim. Read more…
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Recently, BBC News 24 reported that the UK is to spend a further £3.3billion, a 94% increase in last years military budget on the war in Iraq and Afghanistan. And this is just the UK military budget.
The monies will go towards equipment, welfare, and payout to serving troops. Hmmm. Just think how £3 billion could otherwise be spent; health care, welfare, the NHS, housing, home defences etc etc…
My thoughts on the Iraq war are simple: – WAR IS WRONG…
I will share some of my thoughts on the reasons why the war even exists once comments start to flow. Suffice to say, it isn’t what it seems…
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I recently read an interesting article on the pros and cons of using solar power. Why is it, that whenever the term ’solar power’ is used, companies such as the BBC discuss technologies which only use solar panels, photovoltaic cells, or solar thermal collectors.
Other applications of solar power include heliostats, solar chimneys, Stirling engines, and of course solar cooking. Read more…
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Today I asked my 8 year old nephew, Callum; what is the meaning of life? A heavy question to ask one so young, however it is a great exercise in helping create an abstract mind in one so young and to help expand a child’s horizons for critical thinking and increase their boundaries for logical cognitive reasoning and ultimately master the eloquent art of debating.
The reply I received from Callum was as eloquent as the question posed. He told me that the meaning of life is ‘to please God’, an obvious answer for a child attending a Catholic school I guess. I wonder what the response would be to such a profound question from a child who was taught all the doctrines of religion; Buddhism, Catholicism, polytheism, atheism, and indeed paganism to name but a few. How rich, subtle, and unbiased would their answer be? Read more…
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Here you will find information on solar cooking, including different types of solar cookers, as well as free plans to help you build your own solar cooker.
What is solar cooking?
Advantages of solar cooking.
Who uses solar cooking?
Did you know…
Different types of solar cooker.
Why cook with the sun?
*** FREE PLANS – Build a solar cooker. ***
Feel free to share your thoughts on any of the above topics.
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Solar cooking is a method of cooking food and boiling water using only the power of the sun and a solar oven or solar cooker. Solar cookers use no other fuel source except for the energy emitted from the sun.
Solar cookers concentrate the sun’s energy using various techniques such as the box, parabolic or trough design. All these designs in essence do the same job in that they heat food or boil water by concentrating the Sun’s energy onto a pot filled with food or water.
Solar cooking can be used to cook almost any kind of food, pasteurize water (water heated to 65C – safe to drink). The process of solar pasteurization kills 99% of the germs present in contaminated water.
The popularity of solar cooking is increasing in many market sectors, in particular the 3rd World where daily cooking for many requires fire, fuel gathering and frequent attention to food being cooked and the added cost of buying in conventional fuels such as coal, firewood or fossil fuels is forcing people to recognize the advantages and benefits of Solar Cooking.
Over 2 billion people, a third of the world’s population, rely on wood-fuelled fires to cook food. Read more…
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Solar cooking can save you time, work and fuel, it is also environmentally friendly. Other advantages include: -
- Smoke free cooking and stirring of food is not required.
- Each solar cooker in sunny, arid climates can save one ton of wood per year.
- Solar Cookers help two of the world’s most pressing problems – a growing shortage of cooking fuels and the scourge of water-borne diseases.
Half of the world’s population still cooks with wood fires. Read more…
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The majority of people using solar cookers (also known as solar ovens) live predominantly in 3rd World countries; especially India, China, Africa and Tibet. However, Western countries are beginning to harness and adopt this cheap and sustainable form of energy with America, and Europe paving the path forward.
- Many women, especially refugees, trek many miles to obtain cooking fuel, and the reliance on wood for fuel has led to deforestation in many areas. SCI and other organizations help impoverished communities gain access to solar ovens to cook food, pasteurize water and sterilize medical equipment.
- Tibet and China are the most prolific users of solar cookers due to their limited firewood supplies – there are few trees in Tibet. Approximately 100,000 solar cookers are sold in China every year.
If you’ve built a solar oven and you would like to share your experiences, we would love to hear from you.
Why not submit your photos (coming soon, in the mean time please email me your photos) and share your experiences with everyone else.
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