How to Save Money on Your Electric Bill... Unplug Everything When Not in Use... Those "Vampire" Machines Use Power even When Turned OFF...

When You Leave a Room, Turn Out the Light.

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You may change to the words if you want to...
But I guess this slogan is perfect for a sticker as it is...
You can stick it right next to the light switch!

Here is an Article...

Unplugged: 12 Items You Should Unplug Now To See A Drastic Change In Your Utility Bill.
As energy prices continue to rise and environmental concerns become more urgent, finding ways to reduce household energy consumption is not just a matter of saving money—it’s also about sustainability. Many appliances and devices in your home consume power even when they’re not in use, a phenomenon known as “vampire power.” By identifying and unplugging these energy leeches, you can see a significant reduction in your monthly utility bill. Here’s a list of 12 common culprits that, when unplugged, can lead to substantial savings.
1. Chargers (Phone, Laptop, Tablet)
Chargers for phones, laptops, and tablets continue to draw power even when they’re not actively charging a device. This constant drain may seem minor, but it adds up over time. By unplugging chargers when they’re not in use, you can reduce unnecessary power consumption and extend the life of your charger.

2. Television...


READ MORE:
https://www.savingadvice.com/articles/2024/05/10/10137226_unplugged-12-items-you-should-unplug-now-to-see-a-drastic-change-in-your-utility-bill.html

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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... Tile Roofs Do Not Burn when a Spark Lands on Them...

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.

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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...
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and Here are another DOZEN...
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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.


PG&E Rates Increase to Pay for the ENDLESS TV Ads... Telling Us How Wonderful PG&E Is... Greenwashing Ads SUCK - ALSO: I Wish the USPS would Spend Money On IMPROVING The Postal Service Instead of Buying TV Ads Telling Us Everything is Wonderful.

PG&E announces yet another increase to 2024 utility bills...
https://www.sfchronicle.com/climate/article/pge-rate-increase-18580375.php



PG&E wants ratepayers to pay for propaganda that would garner trust it doesn’t deserve | Opinion

Read more at: https://www.sacbee.com/opinion/article287852220.html

Pacific Gas & Electric, California’s main utility provider and a near monopoly, just keeps finding ways to fleece its customers.

The company’s latest gambit is to pass on the cost of a commercial advertisement for its undergrounding activities under the guise of “safety communications” rather than “promotional advertising.” The former can legally be paid for by customers, while the latter must be paid for by shareholders.

But PG&E so rarely acts in good faith toward its customers that Californians can hardly be surprised at such creative bookkeeping.

Opinion

PG&E spokesperson Jennifer Robison said in an emailed statement to The Bee that this ad and similar television spots have cost the company as much as $6 million over the past year. Records in the company’s mandated accounting process with the California Public Utilities Commission show that PG&E requested those costs be covered by a ratepayer-funded fire risk mitigation account.

Don’t let PG&E’s glossy, highly-produced advertisements (that you’re paying for) fool you. Once stingy about these investments, the criminally negligent utility company is going the most expensive route possible and now they are using ratepayers to pay for the very propaganda intended to make us feel good about it.

Despite PG&E CEO Patti Poppe’s attempt to spin undergrounding the company’s faulty overhead lines as purely altruistic, it remains a project that the company refused to fund until forced to. A 2019 audit by the CPUC found that between 2007 and 2016, PG&E diverted more than $120 million from a program intended to help underground its overhead electric lines; not because the company had found a cheaper method but because it decided to spend the money on other programs.

So now, after not adequately funding line safety programs for years, PG&E is making lemonade out of lemons: It is gladly spending billions more to harden the state’s electrical grid, and it is using ratepayer dollars to promote the most expensive means possible — miles and miles of cable undergrounding. PG&E gets a guaranteed rate of return on these expenses, while utility experts say there are cheaper ways.

Had PG&E used that program money to replace a 100-year-old electrical tower in Butte County’s Jarbo Gap before November 2018, 83 residents of Paradise, Magalia and Yankee Hill may still be alive today.

Moreover, PG&E could have opted instead for above-ground, bare wire insulation and an infrastructure update at a lower cost to ratepayers, rather than opting for undergrounding, which ranges anywhere from $350 per foot to $1,150 per foot (roughly $1.85 million to $6.072 million per mile, according to the CPUC). Installing new overhead distribution infrastructure is much less expensive: On average, it costs between just $120-$144 per foot, or $634,000 to $760,000 per mile.

Such insult is only added to injury in a year where the utility giant has announced multiple rate hikes. The average PG&E household will pay an additional $34.50 on its monthly bill this year, and the company has requested an additional $14 per month stemming from its request to the CPUC to retroactively approve $2 billion in expenditures, dating back mostly to 2022 and 2023. For customers who get both their electricity and natural gas from PG&E, that will bring the average bill to more than $300 a month.

PG&E’s audacity clearly knows no bounds.

Pushing the cost of this advertisement — and it is clearly an advertisement, no matter how PG&E’s unscrupulous bookkeepers would seek to classify it — onto its captive customers is just another affront in a long line of PG&E’s poor decisions.


There are Many TV Ads Selling Concepts: For Example: The USPS Three Dee Animation Video This One is Especially offensive Since Trump Hired Postmaster LeJoy to Intentionally Break the Post Office so VOTE BY MAIL would not Work... (Democrats Often Used Vote by Mail)





ABOUT USPS: "As the U.S. Postal Service continues its evolution as a forward-thinking, fast-acting company capable of providing quality products and services for its customers, it continues to remember and celebrate its roots as the first national network of communications that literally bound a nation together.
Ours is a proud heritage built on a simple yet profound mission: Connect every American, every door, every business, everywhere through the simple act of delivering mail. This idea of universal service is at the heart of a $900 billion industry that drives commerce, plays an integral part of every American community and remains the greatest value of any post in the world."


But They still are Headed by a Trumpanzee that was Hired by tRUMP to Break the Mail So People Couldn't Vote for Joe Biden...


HEADLINE: Louis DeJoy: From Trump villain to Biden’s clean energy buddy...

The postmaster general has struck up an unexpected partnership with the president’s green guru, John Podesta.

https://www.politico.com/news/2023/08/13/how-louis-dejoy-went-from-democratic-nightmare-fuel-to-biden-clean-energy-player-00110945


"Chevron is Not Evil" - We are the Human Energy Company... WHAT DOES THAT EVEN MEAN? Wasn't That the Plot of the Movie The Matrix???

THIS is Human Energy... Convert Body Fat into Electricity using a Stationary Bicycle Generator... CHEVRON IS LYING! They are NOT the Human Energy Company... They are the OIL Company that is Using Their MASSIVE PROFITS to Broadcast Feel Good TV Commercials...




https://gvan42.blogspot.com/2022/02/generate-electricity-with-stationary.html


CONVERT HUMAN FAT INTO ELECTRICITY. Simply Use the Bicycle to Drive an Automobile Alternator with a Belt... Store Electricity in a Car Battery... Zero Pollution!

https://gvan42.blogspot.com/2021/11/email-peloton-ask-em-to-build-electric.html

I've noticed a LOT of CHEVRON Greenwashing Advertisements on TV Recently... All About How wonderful They Are... Just Look at the Happy People DRIVING CARS! FUN! However, On the Corporate Headquarters there are NO SOLAR PANELS on the Roof... They Run Heaters and Air Conditioners USING FOSSIL FUEL... or maybe NUCLEAR POWER from Diablo Canyon...


We Must Evolve from Energy Hunter-Gatherers to Become Energy Farmers. - Quote from SchatzLab at Humboldt State University - Arcata, California

https://gvan42.blogspot.com/2018/08/we-must-evolve-from-energy-hunter.html



https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/09/30/viral-parody-ad-chevron-admits-it-actively-murdering-you

The fake ad was released weeks after the U.K.-based group InfluenceMap revealed that the five largest fossil fuel companies--Chevron, BP, ExxonMobil, Shell, and TotalEnergies--spend a cumulative $750 million per year on public relations campaigns to make the corporations seem committed to climate action, while spending just 12% of their capital expenditures on low-carbon activities.


READ MORE:
https://gvan42.blogspot.com/2023/04/human-energy.html

"PG&E Employs Women to Bury Power Lines" - Yes, we burned down Paradise but... Now we are Ecology Warriors! and Look! Girls Climbing Poles!

The Engineers at PG&E, SoCal Edison and SMUD Have Abandoned Nuclear Power Completely. NO NUKES Say The Experts! Obviously, Atomic Power is Insane... Everyone, Everywhere should STOP Building NUKES! Just STOP! Enough! and In Fact... They Have! There are Fewer Nuclear Power Plants Today than there were Last Year and Every Year there are Fewer and Fewer.

World’s operating nuclear fleet at 30 year low as new plants stall: report... The number of nuclear reactor units operating globally is at a 30 year low, while new plants struggle for investment, an industry report said on Thursday... Some 408 nuclear reactors were in operation in 31 countries as of July 2020, a decline of 9 units from mid-2019 and 30 fewer than the 2002 peak of 438, the annual World Nuclear Industry Status Report (WNISR) showed. https://www.reuters.com/article/global-nuclearpower/worlds-operating-nuclear-fleet-at-30-year-low-as-new-plants-stall-report-idUKL5N2GK2SP

ANOTHER ATOMIC DISASTER IN RUSSIA.
Nyonoksa radiation accident:

HEADLINE: DANGER ZONE - Chernobyl-style disaster fears grow as Russia finally evacuates village near nuke missile blast after massive radiation spike...
RUSSIA is to finally evacuate homes neighboring the mysterious "radiation explosion" which killed five atomic scientists and engineers - six days after the blast happened... https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/9715988/chernobyl-radiation-russia-blast-evacuation/



No Nukes!
https://gvan42.blogspot.com/2019/08/obviously-atomic-power-is-insane.html

Thoughts By Jimmy Carter...

1. Value your family and friends. They are the most important people in your life.
2. Be humble and compassionate. Treat everyone with respect, regardless of their social status or background.
3. Work hard and be persistent. Don't be afraid to set ambitious goals and work hard to achieve them.
4. Be honest and ethical. Always do the right thing, even when it's difficult.
5. Give back to your community. Use your time and resources to help others.
6. Be grateful for what you have. Don't take your blessings for granted.
7. Don't be afraid to fail. Failure is a part of life. Learn from your mistakes and move on.
8. Be forgiving. Forgive yourself and others for their mistakes.
9. Live in the present moment. Don't dwell on the past or worry about the future.
10. Enjoy life. Find things that you're passionate about and make time for them.
11. Be open to new experiences. Try new things and step outside of your comfort zone.
12. Be curious. Ask questions and learn from others.
13. Be courageous. Stand up for what you believe in, even when it's unpopular.
14. Be hopeful. Believe in a better future for yourself and for the world.
15. Make a difference in the world. Use your talents and abilities to make a positive impact on the world around you.
—Jimmy Carter

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https://www.wbaltv.com/article/save-on-energy-bills-simple-hacks/61867556
Electric bills have surged 4.4% in the last year, according to the June 2024 Consumer Price Index.

Rossen Reports is sharing ways to cut costs on your energy bill without spending any money upfront.

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Cook with countertop appliances

Don't use your oven unless necessary; it consumes a lot of energy, and opening it releases heat into your home, making your AC work harder. Instead, use a toaster oven or air fryer, which uses anywhere from a third to half the energy of a traditional oven, according to the Department of Energy.
Change up your laundry routine

Another big chunk of your energy costs comes from water heating. Instead of using hot water for laundry, switch to warm or cool water to save money. The Department of Energy says switching your temperature setting from hot to warm can cut the energy use for a load of laundry in half. As a bonus, cooler water is gentler on your clothes.
Check your water heater

Water heaters are often factory-set at 140 degrees Fahrenheit, but the Department of Energy recommends lowering them to 120 degrees. Doing so could save you $400 a year.
Other things to consider

Make sure to keep up with routine maintenance around your home, like servicing your HVAC system and changing air filters. Your energy bill is going to be more expensive if these things are not working efficiently.

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and then on Facebook SE posted:

Just curious: do you open your windows to cool your home when the weather allows for it? Or do you always keep your windows closed and constantly run either the heat or the air conditioner, depending on the weather?
For me, the default is opening my windows. I don't really like it if it's too hot or too cold to open the windows...or if I can't open the windows because of the screeching leaf blowers outside. But I've known people who NEVER open the windows, and they constantly have either the a/c or the heat running. When I was growing up here in the San Jose area, most houses and apartments didn't have a/c because we really didn't need it. I tend to think of a/c as something to avoid using as much as possible until it's so hot that I have no choice. I absolutely HATE when a/c is cranked up so high that it feels like being inside of a meat locker. Despite my love of cooler weather and overcast skies, I don't enjoy being uncomfortably cold. Unfortunately it's a lot hotter here now than it was when I was growing up, so I have to run the a/c in the summer a lot more than I like, and I don't think I could go back to living someplace that isn't air conditioned as long as I live in this area. But unless it's extremely hot or there are leaf blowers screeching outside, I always prefer to open the windows for fresh air.

And I replied:

I open the windows whenever possible... I think the air inside of a closed room becomes stinky... Body odor, old cooking smells... the fresh air from outside is a blessing... And I can hear the little birdies chirping and the frogs croaking... And the goddamn leaf blowers! My favorite invention is the noise canceling headphones whenever the gardener is here... 

And I believe it was just as hot when I was a kid living in Los Gatos during the 1960s... At the elementary school we did not have air conditioning in the classroom and all of the kids made paper fans out of a sheet of paper and waved them at our faces while we sweated...

We Need an Energy Efficient Air Conditioner: We ought to Start a "Manhattan Project" to build our way out of Climate Change. Here are Two Worthy Ideas! gvan42

Last Summer we had Over a Week of 113 Degree Heat... and a Mighty BILL... as Global Warming becomes IN YOUR FACE REAL... People all Over the Earth will want to buy Air Conditioners... Especially Europe... Where the vast majority of people Do Not Own Air Conditioners... and Old People were Dying during the heat wave... and COST of Power is a Big Factor... What IF there was a Better Way?

https://www.consumerreports.org/appliances/air-conditioners/buying-guide/

Harvard researchers designed a cheaper, more efficient air conditioner.

Air conditioners are terrible for the environment, which is complicated by the fact that they’re increasingly necessary as outside temperatures increase. This could be one solution.

https://www.fastcompany.com/90782519/harvard-researchers-designed-a-cheaper-more-efficient-air-conditioner

What IF We Made This a Practical Worldwide Solution? Maybe the Federal Government COULD Switch Funding for Fossil Fuel Subsidies and Use that Money to Do Good?

Share these Ideas with Your Elected Officials... Maybe they Could Work Smart! Pass Laws that Actually Make America Great... Ya Think? 

Contact Your Senators:

https://www.senate.gov/senators/senators-contact.htm

Contact Your Representative in the House:

https://www.house.gov/representatives/find-your-representative

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A Better Way to Cool Ourselves

A new technique doesn’t deprive us of fresh air. And because it uses less energy, it’s good for the climate as well. As an international collaboration of researchers from institutions in the U.S., Canada, Europe and Singapore, we developed a simple, cheap, scalable solution to keeping people comfortable without regulating indoor air temperature. Our technology relies on the concept of radiant heat transfer, which involves the cooling or heating of the surfaces surrounding people, instead of cooling or heating the air. We all experience radiant heat transfer, even if we’ve rarely heard the term. Radiant heating is the feeling of the hot sun on our face during a cool spring day. Radiant heating is the direct warmth of a campfire keeping us toasty during a cool summer night. Radiant cooling is the same physics, but in the opposite direction. Radiant heat always flows from warmer to cooler surfaces. Just as the campfire loses its heat to our cool skin, and we feel warm, on a hot summer day, we can surround our body with cold surfaces, and feel comfortable. We lose our body heat to the cool surfaces around us. In an initial demonstration of our radiant system that we installed in Singapore, called the “Cold Tube,” we made people feel cool with 100 percent fresh air using 50 percent less energy, and therefore, half the associated carbon emissions required by a typical air conditioner. In our latest research, we show that this technology can be used in every major climate zone, and would result in an average energy savings of 10–45 percent, while increasing ventilation substantially in critical spaces like public schools.

READ MORE:

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-better-way-to-cool-ourselves/

What WAS the Manhattan Project? Many People Will NOT Recognize the Name... SO... Here's a Link to Get Educated!

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

Instead of Giving Money to the Church, Give to Poor People Directly. That's MUCH More Efficient. NONE of the Money is Wasted on Golden Idols, Political Campaigns, Massive Super Mansions or Corruption!

 

I'm Truly Disturbed by The Catholic Church Forbidding Birth Control which Causes Starving Children in Mexico, Central and South America. Then they Lean On People to Donate What Little Money They Have To The Church. I Don't Believe that Donations are Voluntary... In Most of Latin America The Catholic Church Run Everything... If they don't like you it's difficult to get a Job and Survive... The Businesses Pay Their Tithe or Go Out of Business... The Entire System Reminds me of The MAFIA "Protection" Rackets in New York... If you don't pay the "Protection" money they Firebomb Your Business... as an Example to Other Businesses... You Better Pay! 

and Really... IS THERE A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE MAFIA AND THE CATHOLIC CHURCH? Italians Just Doing What They Do...

Comments:

I said: Never Give Money to The Church. If a Priest wants Money, He Can Go Get a Job!

 

MG Said: That is his job lol. In fact a priest spends many years studying in the seminary. And if his parishioners want to give money and support the church let them.

I Replied: My Grandfather was a Minister... He also earned his Living from the Collection Plate... Until the 1930s when no one had any money so he quit and became a math teacher... that paid the bills, fed his family when Religion FAILED... One Summer Grandma, My Father and My Uncle Camped on the Trinity River and Ate fish and Rabbits... and anything they could Gather.. a 22 rifle and a fishing pole was enough to live...

BAH Said: I was a parish administrator in San Jose before we moved. I handled all the income from parishioners. I know where every cent went. It did not go to priests to live a life of luxury. It went to things like our food pantry to the poor. To keep power on, water running, candles, wine and oils for communion, to provide funeral dinners, and the good list goes on. Yes people you are getting the services of hearing Gods word. Counseling, blessings etc. free of charge. Those that can tithe do. The ones that can’t, are welcomed with love. Priests receive a small income as well. As they should!

MD Said: and very small income. My aunt was a nun. She died from a brain tumor but she did a lot of writing she describes the convent as medieval. She received very little money stayed there for 30 or so years finally became a nurse and left the convent. Some of my fondest memories as a child were the family get-together we had for the holidays and many nuns coming to visit.

BAH Said: I believe it was medieval back in the day. Our family holidays involved priests. They were good ones. I got away from the church once I reached my teens. Mom gave us a choice. But still, the seed was planted. I’ve since returned and attend mass most weekends. It was a long rocky road to how I feel about the church today, after much studying. I’m proud to be a Catholic. Bishop Robert Barron’s series titled Catholicism is what brought me back. Beautiful series.

I Said: Glad You had a Good Experience with the Church. I spent a Lot of Time at Alcoholics Anonymous Meetings Listening to People Complain about the Christian Religion and How it Failed Them... I Noticed a TREND... Not Many People Found any Benefit to That Religion... Ironically, there are No Muslims in AA... Funny How That Works... Anyway, The AA Group Lets the Individual Select Their Own God or Lack of God... For ME it was an Acronym GOD = Group Of Drunks. and that worked... I haven't used alcohol in 22 Years... Lucky for me Because Alcohol Causes Brain Damage...

LS Said: I am an atheist and I have never been convinced that a god doesn’t exist. I decided to stop believing in god when my intellect kicked in. You obviously don’t know the difference between not believing in god(s) and claiming none exist. I don’t know of one atheist who believes no gods exist. Most atheists are also agnostics. No one can know anything about the supernatural or even if it exists. Atheists are content to assume no gods exist because no evidence of god(s) has ever been produced. But we don’t claim to know that no gods exist. That is something no one can know. Nor can theists know that any god does exist. Belief is not knowledge. Lack of belief is also not knowledge.

RS Replied: NO GOD/S EXIST.

We know every god ever worshipped was devised by man .

Every single one.

From Marduk to Zeus,Woden to Yahweh. All fictions. 100%.

We know this because the sciences of anthropology and archeology have shown this. Also comparative theology and common sense.

and I Asked: What about Mescalito? After Eating Peyote Buttons I Met Something that Taught me My Song... Christianity is Obviously Bogus... I ate the Sacred Wafer and Drank the Wine and NOTHING HAPPENED...

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So Many Different Gods... and So Many Believers Loudly Proclaim that THEIR God is the One True God. That's Absurd! I, like 100% of the people on Earth HAVE NO CLUE if God is real or not.

Some people state that they know... but they are just deluding themselves... I don't mind them deluding themselves, but if they Kill people that are of different Religions... They are Crazy and Dangerous.  

Here is An Examination of My Beliefs... 

GOD = Group of Drunks

I do pray... I may not believe in God but what if God believes in me? I often send prayers for good health to the people who are sick. If God is Real, he reads my email... and the people who get the email feel better...

I accepted Jesus as my personal Savior in 1976. If Christianity turns out to be the correct Religion, I'm Saved! I was living with my first ex-wife and she was interested in me becoming a Baptist and I was interested in sex with her so... I went forward at a meeting, accepted Christ, joined the choir and then got bored with it all... we rarely attended. I did like Communion... It's a make believe Vampire, Cannibal Cult! Pretend to drink a persons BLOOD and Eat a persons BODY... OOOH! That's Creepy! But FUN!

However, I much later I did become addicted to crack cocaine and when I wanted to stop I went to a Baptist Church and gave my addiction to Jesus, and never smoked crack again. That evening I went to the Pink Floyd "concert" called "Welcome to the Machine" and that helped also because it gave me something to distract my attention while I was suffering thru the withdrawal symptoms. Another time I went to the Presbyterian Church founded by Annie Bidwell in Chico and prayed that God would find my friends a JOB... and later that week both Manuel and Victoria were employed. A miracle...  Not only that but if I ever stub my toe or hit my thumb with a hammer I shout out JESUS!

When I joined Alcoholics Anonymous I was introduced to the concept of a "Higher Power" helping me with my addiction. The "Higher Power" that worked for me was The "Group of Drunks" an acronym GOD... We were supposed to seek guidance thru prayer and meditation. However I always got Nothing from Prayer or Meditation. ZERO. The Group did help and I stopped drinking alcohol. Remember, Bill Wilson invented Alcoholics Anonymous while tripping on Belladonna and Henbane. Both POWERFUL Hallucinogens. He saw the "White Light" and had a vision of God. Me TOO! Me TOO! LSD, DMT, Peyote and Magic Mushrooms all give you a vision of God. I do like AA so Bill's Trip was a great help to mankind.

If the Hindus or Buddhists are right I'm set to reincarnate as a human or better because I've lead a good life. I have NOT killed any people but have eaten a few hamburgers... I love Bacon too... Oh Well... Maybe I'll come back as a Cow... and then a Hamburger myself...

If the Mormons are right, I'm not in luck. I liked meeting the Mormon people in Utah, they were very friendly and helpful but I just can't believe that God is an Extraterrestrial... Moroni from a star in the constellation Orion... Not very likely to be true.

However, maybe the "Ancient Alien" theorists are right. There sure is a lot of really strange evidence of Alien Visitation... For Example: Why did Mexicans, Cambodians and Egyptians all build Pyramids? What is their purpose? Did they have Alien Help?

If Islam is correct I'm screwed... But then, their Religion JUST SUCKS.

I like THOR... Valhalla I am coming. Led Zeppelin "Immigrant Song"
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I have a few members of my family that are Jewish and I think that on Judgement day they will let me in. I've been nice to them and that's important in a world where some people put them in gas chambers and kill them.

Of COURSE, Gaia makes a lot of sense. I can really relate to the fact that all plants and animals are brothers and sisters... I really GROK this idea when I'm in a Redwood Forest. I lived on the edge of a second growth forest for 15 years and I "owned" a specific tree in Eureka. I sat on it daily and smoked cigarettes... I sat on it more often that anyone else so it's MY TREE and I'm It's Human. I will share that tree with our cat Meadow as she liked it too.

Then there are the Goddess Religions... Thankfully, I've met a couple of Goddesses and I sure am glad. One was nicknamed "Nature Nurse". She became my Second Ex-Wife.
Another was Ja-Kay R. from Chico. We played the drums in a band in Paradise, California  and performed "Miserlou" at the Farmers market in downtown Chico. A beautiful Blond Nordic Goddess.
Another was a GURU/Teacher named Sonya Sophia who lead a group healing seminar at the Utah Rainbow Gathering. I also bought admission to her weekly internet sessions where we studied "Tapping" a self-help Acupressure technique... I did that for about a year and learned as much as she could teach. "I Love and Accept Myself"

Rastafarians? Sure, I've smoked a lot of reefer... I can play reggae music... it's got ONE CHORD! Easy but I find it boring even when I'm stoned. Cannabis Psychosis is REAL. If you smoke every day you remain stoned even if you don't smoke... You stay stoned for about a month... and I saw things that were not there but I believed that they were... Difficult to take care of business when I'm THAT Stoned...

Pastafarians? - The Flying Spaghetti monster is a good joke.

The Church of the Subgenius? OK, another good joke.

I'm a registered Minister in the Universal Life Church. Why Not?

Scientology? No thanks, that "E-Meter" is BOGUS science and I know enough about electrical engineering to see that the great OZ is just a man behind a curtain... It's a GREAT religion for L. Ron Hubbard but not for any of the followers.

Timothy Leary and LSD? Ultimately it was disappointing and just an amusing ride... No more meaning than a good roller coaster...

Ram Dass? He took a lot of LSD and then went all the way to India to find a GURU... Then he learned to "BE HERE NOW" from a 6 foot 7 inch surfer from Laguna Beach. He could have saved a lot of time wasted on air travel if he had just gone surfing in California FIRST and Ignored the Indians... but he writes great books...

Ken Kesey and the Grateful Dead... Fun to dance to rock music on LSD. However it all has the creepy feeling that it was just an experiment in the CIA Project MKULTRA. What IF we dosed millions of people Nationwide? Would that be useful as a Weapon of War? Make the enemy too stoned to fight?

Surfing as a religion? Yes, that makes sense. Or to put it more simply, doing what you love to do as a way of life... Playing the ukulele or throwing pottery or oil painting or computer programming or dancing or bicycle riding or snow skiing or camping or taking photographs or ... etc etc etc... Yes there is a bliss when a person is doing something they love and are totally focused... TIME itself seems to pass more rapidly... I have experience this myself while programming graphic arts... Suddenly hours have passed while I was "in the zone".

A Christian fellow was giving a lecture at Humboldt State University one time and he said that there was only ONE WAY to go to Heaven, Jesus. He said that you couldn't find God by Mountain Climbing OR Drugs... What he forgot to mention was finding God by Mountain Climbing AND Drugs. BOTH! at the same time! It's not an either/or question... I have hiked to the top of El Capitan in Yosemite on LSD and I"m really glad I did...  He also said that Premarital Sex was a SIN. Like, BAD and you shouldn't do it. What an Idiot. I bet that attitude prevented him from getting laid.

Once I read a book called "The Four Agreements" by Don Miguel Ruiz and there was a lot of Toltec Wisdom there.

Another Book Series: "The Teachings of Don Juan" by Carlos Castaneda... Yaqui Indian Brujo Wisdom

I've played the Father Drum with Native Americans and THAT was "Big Medicine"...

"The Temple of the Screaming Electron" and Digital Immortality. Ray Kurzweil plans to  upload your entire Brain to the Internet and Living forever in the cloud.  I'm working on that too with my Blog by typing almost every event in my entire life and every opinion I've ever held...

So, if you don't like your God simply FIRE him and Write your own Religion!

Convert Human Fat into Electricity - Generate Power with a Stationary Bicycle - Pollution Free! Buy an Already Assembled Machine or Get Parts & Plans...

CAN I BUY AN ELECTRICITY GENERATING BIKE?

Most people understand the concept of a power generating exercise bike; they just don't realise its potential. It's because microgeneration sounds...well, too small-scale to be useful in the modern world. Of course, that's the point. Microgeneration means small-scale energy production. It's the kind used in homes and small businesses: solar panels on a roof or small-scale wind turbines, for example.

But one of the biggest advantages of this type of clean energy generation is that generally it's less conspicuous and affordable; it's also relatively easy to install and maintain. https://energym.io/blogs/news/can-i-buy-an-electricity-generating-bike

The Pedal-A-Watt Stationary Bike Power Generator: create energy and get fit...

https://newatlas.com/the-pedal-a-watt-stationary-bike-power-generator-create-energy-and-get-fit/13433/

Pedaling a bike at a reasonable pace generates about 100 watts of power. That's the same energy-per-time used by a 100-watt lightbulb.

https://www.npr.org/sections/13.7/2016/12/08/504790589/could-you-power-your-home-with-a-bike

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbUxt2x4InE&t=1s

RUBBER ROLLER DC GENERATOR DYNAMO FOR EXERCISE BIKE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUr-ACN3ZJ8&t=2s

CAN YOU REALLY POWER YOUR HOME WITH A BICYCLE GENERATOR?

https://www.ecohome.net/guides/1192/60-minutes-on-this-bicycle-can-power-your-home-for-24-hours-or-maybe-not/

Talk about a way to ease any device-time guilt - power your TV and devices by cycling! As a parent that struggles with device time and kids too, I quite like the idea of teaching kids about climate change and energy efficiency by making them pedal-charge their devices. The effort expended puts energy use into perspective and may just encourage them not to take their device time for granted.

The truth on how to use less energy? Build more efficient homes

For more info on how to build an energy efficient home, or perhaps build an off-grid home, or even how to build an off-grid Tiny Home, check out our building guide pages, or use our Edelweiss House as an example of what is possible when you design for optimum energy efficiency from the beginning, as it only consumes about $600 a year in total energy - that includes all the electricity for lighting, heating, cooking, bathing, and even charging an electric car for an extended daily commute. 

http://www.gulland.ca/homenergy/lindabike.htm

Our neighbor Linda needed a way to boost her house's small solar electric system during cloudy periods. She wondered if a bicycle could be adapted to make enough electrical power for her water pump, which is her minimum electrical need. I was planning to build a wind turbine, including it's low-speed alternator. The turbine alternator I had in mind functions at less than 400 rpm and so does a bicycle wheel. That got me thinking . . . 

https://pedalpowergenerator.com/shop-pedal-power/belt-drive-bicycle-generator-systems/

There are two types of bicycle generator stands.   Belt drive and roller.   There are pros and cons for using each type of stand.  Here is the summary:  

https://pedalpowergenerator.com/

HPG-75 HUMAN POWER GENERATOR  INSTALLED AT DISCOVERY CENTER MUSEUM    Rockford, IL

This interactive display provides children with the unique experience  of generating electricity and then selecting which appliances in the home to power up.   The hair drier and blender are  the most difficult item giving the children  a very high resistance to work against.

https://windstreampower.com/ Welcome to Windstream Power LLC.  We are an OEM manufacturer located in Vermont, USA.

We have been supplying Permanent Magnet DC Generators, Voltage Regulators and our Human Power Generator to exhibit fabrication companies, small wind and microhydro manufacturers, as well to hundreds of other industrial applications, all over the world, for 47 years!  

https://www.motherearthnews.com/renewable-energy/pedal-powered-generators-zmaz08onzgoe

Make Electricity While You Exercise... 

While you probably won’t produce enough electricity to power your entire house, pedal-powered generators can play a small but useful role in some homes.

Peace and Love is Not Only a Great Idea, But It's a Practical and Efficient way of Life. Just Think of the Money You Will Save by Not Buying GUNS!

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Metal Sculpture in Eureka, California

Reflection of me in a window at Woodley Island Marina 

in Eureka, CA - Gregory Vanderlaan

Fashion History: When I went "to Town" in the 1960s (San Francisco) I was wearing My High School Sports Letterman Sweater... When we went out to a Dance at the Fillmore West, My Friend Loaned my a Second Hand Army Jacket... So I Would Appear Cool...Remember Army Jackets? Like Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band... 

and then much later I bought a Lightweight Camouflage Jacket and Sewed Stripes Running Down The Sleeves made out of Purple Sequins... With a Circle at the End of the Sleeve... My Attempt to Make a Sgt. Pepper Jacket...

My Goal in Life was to Become a Record Cover Artist... OOPS... Didn't Happen... Became a Draftsman at a Computer Company Instead... BUT... I Did Get To SELL DRAWINGS FOR A LIVING... My specialty was Printed Circuit Board Artwork. It was Photographed and Used to Make the Actual Electrical Connections between Integrated Circuits... I Learned that Skill at West Valley Junior College in Saratoga, CA

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