Building With Concrete Releases CO2 - Hempcrete Absorbs CO2 (A Greenhouse Gas that Causes Global Warming) The concrete industry alone makes up 8 percent of global planet-warming pollution.

Biden cements climate manufacturing deal...

https://www.politico.com/newsletters/power-switch/2022/10/21/biden-cements-climate-manufacturing-deal-00062897 

One of the great climate ironies is that more extreme weather necessitates more resilient infrastructure. More resilient infrastructure requires more concrete, and concrete releases a lot of planet-warming carbon into the atmosphere.

That means one of the most resilient and cost-effective ways to adapt developed areas to extreme weather and rising seas is actually making climate change worse.

POLITICO’s E&E News reporter Kelsey Brugger writes that the concrete industry alone makes up 8 percent of global planet-warming pollution and, advocates say, has lagged behind other carbon-intensive sectors in going green.

Hemp Absorbs Carbon Dioxide... All Day, Every Day... Even More Than Trees!

Make Sure to Write an Email to the Author askibell@eenews.net telling her That Hempcrete Exists and Solves the Problem She Writes About.

https://www.hempitecture.com/

Carbon Dioxide Absorbing.

We believe your walls should not just keep you comfortable, they should help clean the environment.

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The materials used to create hempcrete biocomposites absorb CO2 during the curing process. Additionally, CO2 is absorbed and offset during the life cycle of the industrial hemp plant. Few decisions in your construction program can take as much carbon out of the atmosphere as deciding to build with hempcrete.

7 Great Uses for Industrial Hemp

https://www.treehugger.com/perfect-plant-great-uses-for-industrial-hemp-4857990

Of all the uses for hemp, even if you only have a cursory knowledge of the subject you're probably away of hemp fabric, clothing and paper, but here's one that's an eye-opener: Hemp provides all sorts of good building materials. You can make it into insulation as companies in the Netherlands and Ireland are doing. It can be used to make engineered building products like fiberboard and pressboard, and even be used to make 'hempcrete', a stronger, lighter, and more environmentally friendly version of concrete.

Outside the Box Ceramic Ornament for sale.

Slogan "I Think Outside The Box" in The Clouds... The Area Inside the Box is Grey and Dull... Outside is Beautiful Puffy Clouds...

available on 

6 styles

 or 6 products

MANY MORE Gifts with this art... 

https://www.zazzle.com/collections/gnu_gnu_gnu-119207871751093861

Arcata Plaza GIF - Driving Around and Around and Around and Around Downtown Arcata, California... and then we go around again!

I'm a big fan of JEOPARDY!

"What are Pixels?" is the WRONG Question about Roy Lichtenstein's Artwork. The Correct Question is actually "What are Ben Day Dot Patterns?" 

Pixels had not been invented when Roy was Painting in the 1960s... 

This is the only time the Show JEOPARDY was WRONG! That I've Noticed... 

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Lichtenstein "His first work to feature the large-scale use of hard-edged figures and Ben-Day dots was Look Mickey (1961, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.).[20]"

Pixel: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pixel

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And Some Guy on FaceBorg Said:

Hey everyone. Figured I could get a chance to talk to any hippies from "back in the day" here. This has been bugging me for years, but I wasn't there, so I don't know. How did we lose the culture? I mean seriously. Directly following the "Summer Of Love" we had Nixon, and then the Reagan 80s, the Clinton 90s, and today. What happened? I'm sorry, but the hippies were right. How did we become a footnote in history, rather than the societal change that was hoped for?

And I Replied: Well... In 1976, I got married to a Woman that didn't smoke marijuana or eat psychedelics... But She was Great at Sex... and I Got a Wonderful Job as a Draftsman in a Computer Factory... and about then I started TO HAVE DOUBTS about my Hippie Beliefs... Since the Quality of My Life was Much Better! After Five Years We Got Divorced and I REGAINED My Hippie Beliefs... Got a Guitar and a Synthesizer - Joined a Band - Started to Go to a Lot of Anti-War Protest Marches in Downtown Washington DC... Changed my Job from Working for the Air Force to Working for the Postal Service... NO LONGER Was I Designing WEAPONS... anyway... I bet a LOT of Hippies Tried The YUPPIE WAY for a few years... But Eventually It Just Didn't Work... 

and Some Other Guy Said: The masses weren't ready for the beauty that hippiedom was bringing. Even John Lennons Imagine didn't pan out. At least those of us that understand continue to live and love. The old saying is "be the change you would like to see." I will continue to do that.

Wake the Dead Concert Photographs... Celtic, Classic Rock and Grateful Dead Music... in Arcata, CA - Sept 2015 at the Creamery Building

Celtic arrangements of Grateful Dead Songs... 

Quite Good.

http://www.wakethedead.org 

Wake the Dead Arcata, California Sept 2015

This was held at the Arcata Playhouse... a TINY Venue... and we got to sit real close to the Band... During the Intermission I went outdoors to Smoke a Tobacco Cigarette and I Took a Couple of Puffs of a Marijuana Pipe... Extremely Strong Weed... and By Magic... the Photographs I Took after Intermission are Blurry! 

I Guess That my Hands were Shaking... or something... Thankfully, My Wife drove us home... and we stopped at McDonalds for Ice Cream... EXCELLENT!

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Interesting Documentary. "ANGRY PLANET - BURNING AUSTRALIA" People are BUILDING HOUSES UNDERGROUND TO AVOID THE HEAT AND WILDFIRES... Smart!

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4581210/

Will climate change make Australia uninhabitable? What About The Rest of the World? We Are Already Experiencing Wildfires in ALL of the Western USA...

In this movie... they Follow storm chaser George Kourounis as he explores the now brutal Australian summer and imbeds with the firefighters battling one of the biggest bushfires in recent years.

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We Need A LOT MORE Fire Fighting Helicopters and Airplanes. Simply Bring them Home From Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria. Behave SMART, Government!

We need to defend the USA from Wildfires. Every Year there will be fires in Colorado, Oregon, Washington and California... the entire West is Burning... and our Soldiers are Wasting their Time fighting a war that cannot be won for people that do not want us there. Bring 'em Home. I feel certain that the Soldiers would rather be home fighting fires that threaten their families and friends...

Imagine if we had a Thousand Helicopters dipping water from Oroville Lake and dumping it on Paradise. That would have saved lives and houses.

CDF Helicopter Dipping Water For Fighting Forest Fire

Adobe Houses are Very Energy Efficient and Quiet. Thick Mud Walls stay Cool in the Summer, Warm in the Winter. AND THEY RESIST FOREST FIRES...

When we rebuild Paradise and Santa Rosa, California it might be an Opportunity to Use Smart Design Ideas. I remember going inside the Mission Santa Clara on a Hot Summer Day... Built over 200 years ago, it has withstood Earthquakes.

Solar Powered Street Lights Would Save a LOT of Electricity Currently Being Generated in Coal, Natural Gas and Atomic Power Plants and Distributed Using the Grid. WASTEFUL and DANGEROUS... POWER LINES CAUSE FOREST FIRES.

Nothing NEW Needs to Be Invented... We Ought to Simply Replace the Millions of Old Style Street Lights... With Solar Cells and LED Lamps... The Concept of Generating Power in One Central Location and Distributing it to the User is Quite Wasteful... Some Electricity JUST VANISHES over the Long Distance... and DANGEROUS because the Wires Start Forest Fires... PG&E Power Company Just Burned the Entire Town Of Paradise, CA... and It Caused the Company to Go Bankrupt. Distributing Power From a Central Generator is an Obsolete Idea. What if Every House had Solar Panels on the Roof That Provided Enough Electricity to UNPLUG FROM THE GRID...

Commercial Solar LED Street Lighting: THERE ARE MANY MANUFACTURERS...   HERE IS ONE...
https://www.sepco-solarlighting.com/solar-street-lighting
and Here are another DOZEN...
https://cleanenergysummit.org/best-solar-street-lights/
Lighting for Streets and Roadways Provided by Sustainable Solar Power... SEPCO’s solar powered street lighting systems are an efficient means to provide lighting without the need for standard utility power. Every system provides cost savings by eliminating the need to trench standard electric wires for installation and providing no electric bill for the life of the system. Solar street lights have been installed on highways, freeways, neighborhood streets, rural roads, etc. and provide security, sustainability and an overall green image.

ON 9/11/2001, at the National Reconnaissance Office, a Fire Drill was Being Conducted. In a Simulated Event, an Aircraft would Crash into one of the Towers of the Agency's Headquarters.

"It was just an incredible coincidence that this happened to involve an aircraft crashing into our facility, as soon as the real world events began, we canceled the exercise." - According to NRO spokesman Art Haubold: The NRO is the branch of the Department of Defense in charge of spy satellites. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_government_operations_and_exercises_on_September_11,_2001

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My Drawing of Ezekiel's Wheel from the Bible...
I Always Wondered... UFO or Magic Mushrooms?

"Ezekiel's Wheel" Ceramic Ornament 
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by gregvan

https://thelumberjack.org/2020/05/02/letter-to-the-editor-reflections-on-30-years-at-hsu/

This is a letter to the editor from Humboldt State University Education Department Chair Eric Van Duzer, Ph.D.

"As I reflect back on nearly 30 years at Humboldt State University, first as a student and then for the past 20 years as a faculty member, I wanted to share some of the thoughts that I have about HSU’s current situation and where the campus might go from here.  

As a student I experienced a remarkable education where faculty were fully invested in my intellectual and personal development. There were so many opportunities to explore areas of interest and develop new ones. I have spent many hours trying to encapsulate the nature of the schooling I experienced in a way that would really represent the experience. 

The best analogy I have been able to come up with was that HSU offered a graduate education to undergraduates. The small classes typical of graduate school encouraged faculty to fully invest in their student’s growth. The university, set so far from the oversight of CSU headquarters in Long Beach, offered a great deal of flexibility to shape our experiences." 

- and he continues on and on and on... for MANY Paragraphs...

Here is My Comment... Response...

I Spent 4 Years at HSU and Graduated With a BS in Computer Science and then Instantly Got Hired at a Great Job. I Also Had Fantastic Teachers That Paid Attention TO ME and what I wanted to Learn... I Did Notice That CEO Rollin Richmond Seemed to Have His Priorities Backwards... and the TOWN and CULTURE of Arcata is a Unique Blessing... So I Remained in Humboldt County for 20 Years... I See on TV That Those People Over There are Behaving Crazy and Suffering... So I Change the Channel... HERE, NOW, Behind the Redwood Curtain, We Have a Wonderful World... It is Often Difficult to Believe That the Outside World Really Exists... Well, I Guess I'll Go for a Hike in the Forest... or Go Wading at the Beach...

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My Comment on a Newspaper Article:

‘You Have to Disobey’: Protesters Gather to Defy Stay-at-Home Orders...

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/16/us/coronavirus-rules-protests.html

I'm Glad that "Conservative" People are Gathering in Large Groups and Infecting Each Other... Hopefully They Will Die and NOT have Children... Darwin Called it Survival of the Fittest and PEOPLE THAT ARE BRAINWASHED BY TALK RADIO are not WORTHY of Having their DNA Passed on Future Generations... 

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The Facebook Algorithm Delivers Posts IT Thinks you want to see... People Spend More Time Looking at Comments by Other People That Agree With Them... and Time Looking at the Screen is all Facebook Cares About. Looking at Advertisements... HOWEVER... I HAVE GAMED THE SYSTEM BY CLICKING LIKE ON A LOT OF RIGHT WING TRUMP SUPPORTERS. and GOP Groups...

I remember that Dad bought some Land in the Mountains behind Saratoga and we went there to SURVEY it. Dad used the Transit and I climbed up the mountain and held the Rod. Whenever you buy land, it is important to have an accurate Map so you can plan for builders to construct a home on it.

 There are laws that say how far you have to be away from a creek. There are also practical restrictions due to the slope of the ground. Dad worked as a Professional Surveyor for Decades. He measured the land for the San Francisco Airport. Then he worked at San Jose Title Company drawing Maps of Santa Clara County. VERY Handy to know who owns what and where. When he became a Realtor he used that information to arrange good locations for customers. "Just Ask Van..."
The land is located up Highway Nine. You go up a couple of miles and take a left hand turn at the road that goes to a Rod and Gun Club. There is a Shooting Range at the end of the road. Los Altos Rod and Gun Club?

Anyway, the land he bought was UNUSABLE for construction of a Home... and Unsellable... So he donated it to West Valley College as a Biology Classroom. Then He simply DEFINED the value of the Donation and wrote it off on his income taxes.

Strangely, neither my brother nor I went to work as Realtors... Often a son simply inherits the family business but... Martin became a Biologist at Genentech and I designed Computers for the Air Force... and the NSA... and then later Sold Electronic Equipment for Radio Shack. My work for the NSA was very interesting. I helped build a Secure Telephone in a Briefcase. Data Encryption and Telecommunication so Soldiers could talk without the enemy listening in... I met some Brilliant engineers there. One fellow knew how to predict which horse was going to win a horse race... we went to the track and won money... Just do what John Does and WIN! That man also beat me at Chess 9 out of 10 times... and then we stopped playing...

One piece of land that he DID subdivide was Apollo Heights. The name of the street is "On Orbit Drive" Saratoga. Driving down Highway Nine towards Saratoga you take a left hand turn at the Library and drive past the Cemetery and JUST KEEP ON GOING AND GOING AND GOING... His Saleslady, Dadi Nogerath Named the Street. In the German Language, "ON Orbit" is the correct term for what we call "IN Orbit" in English. She took customers up to see the property and before the roads were constructed, she rode a burro over the hills... Her Husband, Wolfgang, worked at Laugh Head (Lockheed)... They were people that came to America at the End of WW2. Just like Dr Wehner von Braun... I wish that I had worked for Lockheed and One time I was almost Hired. I was at a Job Fair at the Santa Clara Convention Center and there were hundreds of Companies recruiting... The representative from Lockheed said they wanted to hire me because I had work experience in the Computer Aided Design program CADAM. He said go to building number XXX on Monday morning for a Second Interview. I went and the office HAD NO PEOPLE. Just a Computer and an IN Basket to drop off your resume. I dropped off my resume and NOTHING EVERY HAPPENED. I Believe that at that time. Lockheed was Laying Off and the only reason they had a booth at the Job Fair was to KEEP UP APPEARANCES... so no one would know that their business was in trouble... this was in the late 1990s...

One basic problem with Facebook is My Words Vanish after about a Month... No matter how far I scroll down the page, they are gone. That's Why I copy and paste everything into Googles Blogger so my words are preserved forever... ALSO, it's important to me that Google knows everything about my life so that when THE SINGULARITY happens I can be born again as an Iduru... Just like in that CyberPunk novel by William Gibson...

Grenfell Tower - MASSIVE FIRE - Did NOT Fall Down. WTC 9/11 SMALL FIRE - It Did Fall Down - VERY MYSTERIOUS!

LOOK AT THESE PHOTOGRAPHS... Could it be that the World Trade Center had a BOMB in the Basement? Nano Thermite? Why did the WTC LOOK like it was destroyed at the base... It Fell Straight Down. The Fire was at One Corner and LOGICALLY the Building Would Fall Down Towards the Damage. 

Wharfinger Building, Eureka and Fish - US Navy Protest - Depth Charge Training to Proceed in Pacific Ocean off Entire West Coast. Causing Deafness in Whales and Dolphins.

For those of us that protested at the Wharfinger Building so many years ago... US Navy Decides to Bomb Whales off the Coast of California... Dolphins TOO! Causing Deafness... Public Input Apparently Ignored... Concerned Citizens May Simply F*ck Off...

https://gvan42.blogspot.com/2022/03/us-navy-decides-to-bomb-whales-off.html