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In other News:

The USA is Sending Depleted Uranium Shells to Ukraine. That Will Cause Miscarriages for Thousands of Years. It's a Form of Genocide.

Those People Over There Have Proven That They Are Insane... and Now They Won't Be Having Insane Children... or Any Children... 

In My Humble Opinion: President Biden Made a Mistake sending Depleted Uranium Munitions to Ukraine... The Genocide Will Harm People for A Thousand Years... LONG After the Memory of Why Putin Invaded Ukraine... or even Who Putin was... Obviously HE'S Insane... but He Could STOP Behaving Crazy if He Just "Happened" to Be Dead... Did you notice That Osama bin Laden Stopped Behaving Crazy After President Obama sent the Seal Team Six to Assassinate Him... 

By Shooting Depleted Uranium Bullets from Guns We are Distributing that Radioactive Metal... Making Sure that Future Generations WILL NOT HAVE as Many Russians and Ukrainians. Classic Definition of Genocide... 

PLUS... at no extra Charge... It's a Way to Dispose of Radioactive Waste from Nuclear Power Reactors... Why Store it in Casks when we can Simply Dump it on our Enemies?

Mirror: https://purple64ets.wordpress.com/2024/03/18/trump-was-a-disaster-as-president/

HEADLINE: Depleted uranium munitions: what are they and what risks do they pose?

The US says it will start delivering the controversial weapons to Ukraine soon; Russia denounced the decision as ‘an indicator of inhumanity’

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/sep/07/depleted-uranium-munitions-what-are-they-and-what-risks-do-they-pose

HEADLINE: 

What is depleted uranium ammunition? How deadly shells tipped with dense metal can blast through tough tank armour

• Depleted uranium is considerably less reactive than uranium in its natural form
• It is used in tank shells to pierce through armour because it is incredibly dense

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11889801/What-depleted-uranium-deadly-shells-tipped-dense-metal-blast-tank-armour.html

Click Here to Buy a Depleted Uranium Button With Futuristic Letters

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and now for something Completely Different. SE Said:

I had a great time at the Giants game last night. I always knew that a game between the Giants and Dodgers would be especially fun, and it certainly was. I was surprised how many Dodgers fans where there, though...both on the train and at the ballpark. It looked to be close to 50/50 Dodgers/Giants fans, but it's hard to say. Maybe 2/3 Giants and 1/3 Dodgers. But still, it was interesting being in a stadium where so much of the crowd was rooting for the opposing team. But everyone seemed to be having a great time, and that's what it's all about.

Our seats were fantastic! But we also spent a lot of time walking around, because there is so much to see at the ballpark. There were tons of people there, and sometimes the crowd was packed like sardines and moving along like a river. It was crazy being packed in with so many people, and I must admit, it made me a bit nervous since Covid numbers are going up again. I didn't take many pictures, but I did take a few of the view of the ballpark from different places around the stadium, and I also took a few pictures of the boats full of people sitting out in the bay next to the ballpark. I'll share those few photos in this post.

It ended up being a late night. We hung around the City for a while after the game, and we took the midnight train to San Jose - not to be confused with the midnight train to Georgia, or the midnight train going anywhere. But the midnight train was completely full of both Giants and Dodgers fans. I heard some Dodgers fans saying that they had driven up from L.A. for the game. The train arrived back in San Jose at 1:30am, and it was nearly 2 by the time I got home. There was a time not too long ago when I was always wide awake and energetic at 2am, but these days I often have a hard time keeping my eyes open past 10pm. So this was definitely a late night for me, but well worth it.

and I Replied:

I watched the Game on TV... Kept on looking for you in videos of the Crowd... It was a Good Game... with some runs and a ball being hit into the WATER... and It floated!

Let's Convert Empty Office Space into Apartments. In San Francisco, Some People Commute Long Distances from Affordable Housing to Their Jobs in the City. Stop That! Waste of Gasoline!

San Francisco office vacancy rate hits a new record high...

https://www.sfgate.com/realestate/article/sf-office-vacancy-rate-hits-record-high-17889017.php

Tech Companies are Laying Off and It's Unlikely they will be Hiring Soon... and Many People Prefer to Work from Home! If They Could Take an Elevator to The Office... Attending Meetings Would be EASY!

A Big Reason Cities Want Workers To Return To The Office... 

Landlords are Hurting!

The ongoing debate over working remotely or going into the office overlooks one major factor that could be disastrous for large cities, such as New York, Chicago and San Francisco. The commercial real estate market may be in serious trouble. According to a recent report by Morgan Stanley analysts, the commercial real estate market is expected to experience something "worse than in the Great Financial Crisis."

https://www.forbes.com/sites/jackkelly/2023/04/10/the-real-reason-why-companies-are-desperately-pushing-for-people-to-return-to-the-office/?sh=169f64332635

How to Reduce Plastic Waste. Simple Actions Anyone Can Do. #1. Never Buy Bottled Water. Filter Tap Water Instead.

Here's the Consumer Reports Guide of Filters that Remove Pollution from Tap Water... : 

https://www.consumerreports.org/home-garden/water-filters/

Did You Ever Notice that Water Bottled in Plastic TASTES like Plastic?  That's Plastic Going Into Your Body... 

Of Course, If You Shower in Toxic Waste Water... That's a Problem too... Your Skin Absorbs the Poison... That's Why a Whole House Filter is Best... Contact Your Local Plumber for advice and installation... or MOVE to a Safer Neighborhood. 

#2. Stop Drinking Coke... It's often packaged in Plastic Bottles... So is Pepsi, RC Cola, Mountain Dew and Generic Cola... I personally LOVE the HIGH I Get from Caffeine and Sugar... Especially when driving a car long distances! That's FUN! 

However... It is Possible to Simply Take Those Two Drugs without Dissolving them in a Flavored and Carbonated Beverage... TRY COFFEE... I Remember putting Brown Sugar and Nutmeg in a Cup of Coffee at the Coffee Shop and I FELT OPTIMISTIC! Buzzing Like a Bee and Enthusiastic About Life! Whee! 

Or Drink TEA... Or Drink Fruit Juice Made from a Concentrate... Avoid the Plastic Bottles!

Of Course, Caffeine is sold at the drug store in PILL Form... Especially Interesting is the Combo Pills with Aspirin, Acetaminophen and 65 mg Caffeine... Pain Relievers and Stimulant... Keep taking those and You'll end up driving from San Jose to Seattle... Whoosh! Whoosh!

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The Myth of Plastic Recycling... 

For many, recycling feels like a tangible way to personally combat climate change and to positively affect the environment. That's partially because of decades of public environmental campaigns, advertisements and even school education aimed at increasing recycling. But the reality is that only a small fraction of plastic is ultimately recycled...

https://www.npr.org/2022/12/08/1141601301/the-myth-of-plastic-recycling

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Exorcism at the US Capitol 1/3/2023. Surround the Building and Blow Whistles, Beat Drums, Dance, Chant. Burn Sage and Welcome the GOP House Members... 
https://gvan42.blogspot.com/2022/12/exorcism-at-mar-loser.html

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I recently Got an Email showing me the Ecological Awareness Artwork of Benjamin Von Wong...

 https://blog.vonwong.com/turnofftheplastictap/

https://www.vonwong.com/

"There’s something really interesting about the idea that someone can make a living off of creating something that has no value except the value people associate to it." 

https://phlearn.com/magazine/ben-von-wong-creates-powerful-images-to-help-the-environment/

#3. Notice the Plastic Crap you consume and Simply Buy Less of it. I own an iPhone 6 and It Does Everything I Want a Phone to Do... "THEY" Keep on telling me to Buy a NEW IMPROVED Model... TV Ads Promoting the iPhone 14 and YET... I'm Already Happy... Why Buy More Plastic Crap? 

I own a Toshiba Laptop but the Hard Disk Drive Failed and... It made more sense to Replace the Entire Machine with a Chromebook than have the Hard Drive Fixed or Replaced... and the Chromebook Doesn't Have a Hard Drive so it's Impossible that the Hard Drive will fail... 

#4. Stop buying music CDs... Everything is available online for Free on Youtube... so... stop buying Plastic Ware! 

https://youtu.be/qMaJWESoZlk

#5. Buy High Quality Tools that Last a Lifetime... I Have an Yamaha Acoustic Guitar and It Will Still be Wonderful 50 Years from Now... Look at Willie Nelson's Trigger... 

#6. I watch Kids Cartoons on TV and The Advertisements Aimed at Children Promote Endless Streams of Plastic Crap...  My Grandfather Make a Toy Train Set out of Wood and My Brother and I Both played with it... His Daughters Played with it... and His Grand Daughters Played with it... 

The Plastic Crap Toys are designed to break, be thrown away... and then the Parents need to buy MORE MORE MORE!

#7. Plastic Knives, Forks, Spoons, Plates and Cups... REALLY! Simply Use Real Utensils and Wash 'em... My Great Grandmother Got Engraved Silverware for her Wedding and We Still Have It... 

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Please Email Me Your Ideas for How to Reduce Plastic Waste... gregvan(at)yahoo(dot)com or leave a comment below... 

THORIUM Nuclear Power: A Practical Alternative to Uranium Fission - It Makes a Low Amount of Radioactive Waste, Unlikely to Meltdown, Abundant Fuel.

In 2021, Russia provided US nuclear utilities with 14 percent of their uranium purchases. We Can Mine Our Own Thorium... 

https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/current-and-future-generation/thorium.aspx

Thorium fuel cycles offer attractive features, including lower levels of waste generation, less transuranic elements in that waste, and providing a diversification option for nuclear fuel supply. Also, the use of thorium in most reactor types leads to extra safety margins.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorium-based_nuclear_power

Thorium-based nuclear power generation is fueled primarily by the nuclear fission of the isotope uranium-233 produced from the fertile element thorium. A thorium fuel cycle can offer several potential advantages over a uranium fuel cycle^{[Note 1]}—including the much greater abundance of thorium found on Earth, superior physical and nuclear fuel properties, and reduced nuclear waste production. One advantage of thorium fuel is its low weaponization potential; it is difficult to weaponize the uranium-233/232 and plutonium-238 isotopes that are largely consumed in thorium reactors.

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https://www.zazzle.com/thorium_button-145534106146810400

China prepares to test thorium-fueled nuclear reactor...

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-02459-w

Scientists are excited about an experimental nuclear reactor using thorium as fuel, which is about to begin tests in China. Although this radioactive element has been trialled in reactors before, experts say that China is the first to have a shot at commercializing the technology.

VIDEOS: 

Thorium can give humanity clean, pollution free energy | Kirk Sorensen | TEDxColoradoSprings

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kybenSq0KPo

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The Thorium Dream

https://topdocumentaryfilms.com/thorium-dream/

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Thorium: An Energy Solution

https://topdocumentaryfilms.com/thorium-energy-solution/

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Revisiting Thorium Energy - The Future of Nuclear Power? 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uv6qt45lXDM

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Making Safe Nuclear Power from Thorium | Thomas Jam Pedersen | TEDxCopenhagen

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHO1ebNxhVI

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Andrew Yang Wants a Thorium Reactor by 2027.

https://www.wired.com/story/andrew-yang-wants-a-thorium-reactor-by-2027-good-luck-buddy/

No one in the world is ahead of India in thorium fuelled nuclear reactor... 
https://www.thehansindia.com/posts/index/National/2016-05-30/None-in-the-world-is-ahead-of-India-in-thorium-fuelled-nuclear-reactor/231350

I've Changed my Mind... New Information has Caused a Re-Thinking of my Beliefs... That's the Way Sanity Works!

For Decades I Have been Totally Opposed to Atomic Power... However, the Continuation of the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant for another Five Years seems to make sense in this ONE CASE... 

Headline: California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a law to keep the Diablo Canyon nuclear plant running until 2030, five years past its previous planned closure date.

The bill, SB-846, was similar to a proposal the governor put forth in August, but included some compromises.

https://www.kpbs.org/news/midday-edition/2022/09/06/newsom-signs-bill-to-extend-life-of-californias-last-nuclear-plant

This Summer when it was 113 Degrees for a week I ABSOLUTELY Wanted the Electricity to Flow... Powering the Air Conditioner here at Home... Even If My Comfort caused Problems for People Living in the Future... 

The Basic problem with Atomic Energy is that It Creates Radioactive Waste that has to be Stored Safely for 10,000 Years...  but I'll be Dead for Most of that time... and It Won't Matter to ME... 

I'm Living HERE, NOW and I want that Air Conditioner to Work!

It appears that Solar and Wind is NOT Creating enough Electricity RIGHT NOW to Power Everything We Want to power... We may have enough capacity in 2030 but Today it's not enough... Especially Here near Sacramento where our Power Company, SMUD, gets most of its Electricity from Hydroelectric Dams on the American River... and the DROUGHT has reduced their output... 

Remember: This Summer the Generators at the Oroville Dam TOTALLY STOPPED WORKING because there was no water flowing... 

So... For an Extra Five Years we ought to keep Diablo Canyon Running... It'll cost $1.4 Billion Dollars of Federal Money to Pay PG&E to do the Needed Repairs and Maintenance... But It's TOTALLY WORTH IT... Especially Since the Money is Federal "Magic" Money... It's Created out of Thin Air... and It's Just Piling on to the $31 Trillion Federal Deficit... It's not REAL MONEY... It's Just Numbers in Computers... and Congress Already passed the Infrastructure Law... and Biden Signed it... So... Let's Spend it to Keep MY AIR CONDITIONER RUNNING. 

Remember: Be Here Now - and If People in the Future Suffer for my Bad Choices... Sorry...  

I lived next door to an Abandoned Nuclear Power Plant in Eureka, CA... PG&E Stopped Running the Reactor in 1974. They Stored the Waste in a Giant Swimming Pool for 40 years and then Moved it to Above Ground Casks... The only Foreseeable Problem is an Earthquake... and we Live in a Known Earthquake Zone... and Spilling the Toxic Waste on the Ground... or Terrorists creating a Dirty Bomb by Placing a Traditional Bomb under the Casks... However That's Unlikely... after all, there is a Fence to Keep the Crazies OUT!

Did You Know? A California Startup has Built a Slingshot to Launch Rockets to Outer Space... a VERY Practical Application of this Technology would be to Launch Atomic Waste into THE SUN... Just shoot it far enough UP and Towards The Sun... Gravity will Dispose of it forever... 

Headline: Startup SpinLaunch completes first test flight with wild rocket-flinging launch system... 

https://www.space.com/spinlaunch-first-test-flight-success

 

But I still think VOGTLE, Georgia is an Abomination! 16 Billion Dollars Over Budget and Six Years behind Schedule... and the Customers Will have to Pay for That Boondoggle!

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Headline: Greta Thunberg Says Germany Should Keep Its Nuclear Plants Open... 

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-10-11/greta-thunberg-says-germany-should-keep-its-nuclear-plants-open

Germany shouldn’t close nuclear plants that are currently generating power if it means increasing the burning of coal, Greta Thunberg said.

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One other Thought... It Appears that the Vast Majority of People are NOT Changing their Behavior in order to Stop Climate Change... 

For Example: People Still Fly in Jet Airplanes... and Those things Cause an Amazing Amount of Air Pollution that Causes Climate Change...

and People Keep on Driving Cars that Burn Gasoline... Often Just for Fun! I Understand that if you have to commute to get to work... there isn't much choice... if you are a parent, you have to be able to drive over to your kid's school and pick 'em up in an Emergency... 

BUT... Driving 1,800 Miles for a Honeymoon is NOT UNDERSTANDING the Problem... Flying from San Francisco to New York to Visit the New Grandchildren... is NOT UNDERSTANDING the Problem...

and People are Rebuilding Homes in the Same Location that Was Destroyed... a Wildfire Wiped out Paradise, California and Many Residents are Building There Again... 

Atomic Waste Disposal: Send it to the Sun using a SpinLaunch rocket-flinging system...

A California Startup has Built a Slingshot to Launch Rockets to Outer Space... a VERY Practical Application of this Technology would be to Launch Atomic Waste into THE SUN... Just shoot it far enough UP and Towards The Sun... Gravity will Dispose of it forever... 

https://www.spinlaunch.com/

Headline: Startup SpinLaunch completes first test flight with wild rocket-flinging launch system... 

https://www.space.com/spinlaunch-first-test-flight-success

 

I emailed them Suggesting that they Build an Atomic Waste Launcher... 

Solar Powered Street Lights Would Save a LOT of Electricity Currently Being Generated in Coal, Natural Gas and Atomic Power Plants and Distributed Using WIRES. That's WASTEFUL and DANGEROUS... POWER LINES CAUSE WILDFIRES.

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... 

Please Let Your Elected Officials Know That WE Have Had Enough of the Madness!

https://www.whitehouse.gov/contact/

https://www.senate.gov/general/contacting.htm

https://www.house.gov/representatives

Contact Governor Newsom of California: 

https://govapps.gov.ca.gov/gov40mail/

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/

solar powered street lights

and WHAT is that White Spot Halfway between Seattle and Chicago? That's the Flaring of Waste Natural Gas by Oil Companies... They Just Burn it! Really! 

https://gvan42.blogspot.com/2018/07/burning-natural-gas-at-oil-rigs-in.html

Photo from Space of the Bakken Oil Field... Burning Natural Gas at Oil Rigs in North Dakota is visible from space at night. Fracking... It looks as bright as a city but it's burning waste fuel... Polluting the World, Causing Global Warming.

A Mysterious Patch Of Light Shows Up In The North Dakota Dark...

https://www.npr.org/sections/krulwich/2013/01/16/169511949/a-mysterious-patch-of-light-shows-up-in-the-north-dakota-dark

What we have here is an immense and startlingly new oil and gas field — nighttime evidence of an oil boom created by a technology called fracking. Those lights are rigs, hundreds of them, lit at night, or fiery flares of natural gas. One hundred fifty oil companies, big ones, little ones, wildcatters, have flooded this region, drilling up to eight new wells every day on what is called the Bakken formation. Altogether, they are now producing 660,000 barrels a day — double the output two years ago — so that in no time at all, North Dakota is now the second-largest oil producing state in America. Only Texas produces more, and those lights are a sign that this region is now on fire ... to a disturbing degree. Literally.

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One thing I Noticed in the news was that THE ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION WIRES from Oregon to California Melted in a fire 7/12/2021... Vast Amounts of Power flow thru those lines... 

The Concept of Generating power in a Central Location and Distributing it using wires is a FUNDAMENTALLY FLAWED SYSTEM... It was Power lines that started the Fire that Burned Paradise, CA...

Why Not Generate Power at the House and Unplug Everyone from the Grid?

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CONVERT HUMAN FAT INTO ELECTRICITY With an Exercise Bicycle Power Generator. ZERO POLLUTION. Simply Use the Bicycle to Drive an Automobile Alternator with a Belt... Store Electricity in a Car Battery...

Hundreds of Thousands of exercise Bicycles

ALREADY EXIST and they Create ZERO Electricity...

Let's All Email PELOTON and ask them to

Build USEFUL Power Generator Bicycles!

https://www.onepeloton.com/company/contact

Bicycle power generator. HSU CCAT

What if we installed electric power generators on every 

exercise bicycle nationwide... We could replace coal burning 

power plants and help reverse global warming/climate change. These bicycles let a person spin an automobile 

alternator using pedal power. Built by CCAT at Humboldt 

State University

http://www.appropedia.org/CCAT_human_energy_

converter

What if EVERY health club had these? What if Rowing Machines, Treadmills, Weight Lifting Universal Gyms and Stair Steppers had Generators? Imagine Pumping Iron and When the Weights Move Down they Spin an Alternator... We Have the Technology... 
There are Thousands of Health Clubs That COULD BE Generating Electricity but DO NOT... I Emailed PELATON Exercise Bicycle Company but they Ignored Me,,, 

Designed by Humboldt State University Campus Center for Appropriate Technology. 

The MEOW... Mobile Energy Operations Wagon. A Six Bicycle Electricity Generator... HSU CCAT... CONVERT HUMAN FAT INTO POWER...
https://www.appropedia.org/Pedal_Power_MEOW

Bicycle Powered Electric Power Generator HSU CCAT

https://www.appropedia.org/CCAT_pedal_powered_TV

https://www.instructables.com/id/How-To-Build-A-Bicycle-Generator/

https://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/gadgets/how-to/a10245/pedal-power-how-to-build-a-bike-generator-16627209/


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Link to Spiral Art Painted on Bling: 

https://www.zazzle.com/store/gregvan/products?qs=spiral&st=Popularity

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