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Why human waste should be used for fertilizer
[ At John Jeavons Biointensive workshop back in 2003, I learned that phosphorous is limited and mostly being lost to oceans and other waterways after exiting sewage treatment plants. He said that it’s dangerous if done incorrectly and wasn’t going … Continue reading
Posted in Waste, Water
Tagged eutrophication, excrement, fertilizer, phosphorus, sewage, water
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Escape to Mars to solve our problems? How absurd
[ Go to Mars? Really? We tried that already, in the three acre sealed Biosphere complex, which is far larger than anything we could hope to construct on Mars. … Continue reading
Water-borne diseases will increase as energy declines
[ Drinking water and sewage treatment plants are the main reason lifespans nearly doubled. Not medicine. Read Laurie Garrett’s “Betrayal of Trust: The Collapse of Global Public Health” for details. As energy declines, the ability of towns and cities to … Continue reading
Posted in Sewage treatment, Water, Where to Be or Not to Be
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Unpave low traffic roads to save energy and money
The U.S. has 4.1 million miles of roads (1.9 million paved, 2.2 million gravel). About 3 million miles of roads have less than 2,000 vehicles a day, less than 15% of all traffic. The paved portion of these low-volume roads … Continue reading
Millions of hours of magnetic tape will be lost forever
[ Sarah Everts writes about the race to save magnetic tape in the August 21, 2014 issue of NewScientist in Wiped out: The race to save our video heritage. This article suggests that the fix is to convert magnetic tape … Continue reading
Posted in Preservation of Knowledge
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Nature: All women in the world should have the right to birth control
[ Nature and Science are the top two science journals in the world, so it is a big deal that Nature finally acknowledged a growing population will wreak enormous havoc on the world, and that the best way to slow … Continue reading
Posted in Overpopulation, Population, Scientists Warnings to Humanity
Tagged family planning, overpopulation, population
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House Representative Stewart Udall (Arizona) 2005 Time to discard 50 years of energy myths
Stewart Udall and Matthew R. Simmons. Nov 20, 2005. Time to discard fifty years of energy myths. Arizona Daily Star. Stewart Udall was elected to Congress more than 50 years ago, and served as secretary of the Interior during a … Continue reading
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