I completely agree with you. Market forces combined with technological adaptations that maintain 'organic' status (i.e. taking advantage of vertical space and urban landscapes) can easily make up for this lost efficiency.
Companies can NOT simply add 'organic' as a label their product. It does mean something and can be used if the product does not meet specific criteria.
If you want to claim: "Organic" (or a similar statement):
Your product: Must contain at least 95% organic ingredients, not counting added water and salt.
Must not contain added sulfites.
May contain up to 5% of:
1. non-organically produced agricultural ingredients which are not commercially available in organic form; and/or
2. other substances allowed by 7 CFR 205.605.
Your label MUST:
Show an ingredient statement.
List the organic ingredients as "organic" when other organic labeling is shown.
1 Water and salt included as ingredients must not be identified as organic. (IS)
Show below the name and address of the handler (bottler, distributor, importer, manufacturer, packer, processor, etc.) of the finished product, the statement:
"Certified organic by ___" or similar phrase, followed by the name of the Certifying Agent. Certifying Agent seals may not be used to satisfy this requirement. (IP)
Your label MAY show:
The term "Organic" to modify the product name. (PDP/IP/OP)
"X% organic" or "X% organic ingredients." (PDP/IP/OP)
The USDA Organic seal and/or certifying agent seal(s). (PDP/OP)
The certifying agent business/Internet address or telephone number. (IP)
1 To identify an ingredient as organically produced, in the ingredients statement, use the word, "organic" in conjunction with the name of the ingredient, or an asterisk or other reference mark which is defined below the ingredient statement.
The argument as to whether mankind would be better off with more or less population growth is a whole other thread. Either way, our population needs to be healthy. Chemicals such as BPA not only contribute to our poor health (think of the impact on healthcare costs) but may also affect the planet in adverse ways (who knows how many countless species may also be affected by BPA). We all know there are many examples of chemicals being released that have devastating affects on the ecosystem and that isn't good for anyone, regardless of our views on population growth.
lol, I understand what you're saying and I completely agree with you that there are very few corporations (state owned or not) that will act on their own accord for the 'world's' benefit. The power here though is really with the consumer. I for example do not purchase any plastics that have BPA in them, if i have a choice. There are more and more private enterprises that are manufacturing BPA free plastics as they see demand increasing. I hope the trend continues.
This is definitely a step in the right direction. BPA is a risk to the entire population and it's use is very widespread. It disrupts our hormonal system and has now been linked to different types of breast cancer, heart disease and endocrine disorders. It also affects our reproductive systems. People really need to be aware that the use of plastics containing BPA is harmful and that use of this substance is currently ubiquitous throughout the world.
If this type of structure effectively creates a whirlpool by altering the type of force exerted by the water - could it be used to generate power or electricity? I'm assuming that this would probably be able to work on a smaller than tsunami scale, perhaps it's an efficient way of harnessing kinetic energy of waves for conversion into electricity?
If the 'eavesdropper' can only make 'imperfect' copies then it seems to me using multiple levels of security would defeat the eavesdropper. For example private key encrypted data being tunneled over the quantum channel. Using this technique they would get a copy of imperfect encrypted data - which would be impossible to decrypt even if you had the private key .
I'm of the opinion we need a whole new class of antibiotics. If we keep with the status quo treatment plans there is no doubt we will suffer from some sort of pandemic in the future, i'm a firm believer that technology will eventually solve the problem of the 'superbug' by improving the human defense system. Check out the company PolyMedix (otc:pymx)... yes they are a bulletin board company but they take a novel approach utilizing biomimetics in creating 'defensins'. Check them out. Companies like this will revolutionize the bodies ability to defend itself.
I don't know what your geographic area and complete requirements are, but... buy a box, or two, or three, or four... and get a co-located setup with a provider such as CyrusOne. I am not associated with them in anyway but have done enough due diligence to know that these people are experts. http://www.cyrusone.com/
They have both Windows and *nix professionals on hand 24x7x365 and there's various levels of 'management'.
How many trees would need to be planted so that if all other factors remain normal (population growth, green house gas emissions), our net CO2 emissions would start to decline ?
I'm betting that this group will take down myspace accounts next. That website is notoriously bad for bugs and well, in my opinion is just horribly written. I guess we'll see what 'Tom' has to say...:)
I second this, I completely agree with a tax based on one's consumption rather than one's income. This makes so much sense, I would like to see FairTax put together something for the Canadian Tax System...
I wonder what the major impediments to adopting something like this are ?
What is Palm's strategy with regards to operating systems? How they going to be totally heterogenous and distribute hardware supporting both Windows Mobile and Palm OS operating systems (Garnet)? Is there any information on whether or not they're phasing out Garnet already ?
is going to wreak a lot of havoc. Imagine a virus that mark's certain application's as protected content with no resolution constrictor... A virus that marks' all microsoft applications as protected content so that they go through a resolution constrictor and look like crap. Just a matter of time before this is exploited in this manner.
If this water was really 'purified', why would they need to add alkaline chemicals to restore the pH? doesn't that imply that the water isn't purified and that there's an acidic compound still in it?
Using electricity generated from nuclear powered plants is still going to create a lot of toxic nuclear waste that we really cannot manage properly.
Why aren't we harnessing the ability of microbes to generate hydrocarbons like methane (CH4) on a large scale? Currently the cheapest way of producing hydrogen is by 'cracking' natural gas and other hydrocarbons.
It's a well known fact that many animals emit massive amounts of methane and other gases that are produced by microbes in their innards. Has anyone crunched any numbers as to how much methane might be captured if we were to apply this to agricultural livestock? What kind of work has been done to understand the microbes that produce methane? Maybe we could have large methane production facilities based on photosynthesis and some other feedstock for these (perhaps genetically engineered) microbes?
This would also have a profound postive affect on the environment in regards to the 'green house' gases. Not only would we be eliminating the emissions from the combustion of hydrocarbons but we would be preventing massive amounts of methane from entering the atmosphere. I know that methane accounts for up to 20% of green house gas emissions and is much potent because it traps 23 times as much heat then CO2.
Any thoughts ?
As I said in another post, there's many alternative feedstocks to use, not just 'yellow grease'. You can also use:
Tallow
Brown Grease (contaminated restaurant grease)
Virgin Oils (Soy, Canola, etc)
Fish Oils (experimental I think)
Soy's not the only feedstock that one can use to create biodiesel. It can be created from:
Virgin Oils (Canola, Soy)
Tallow
Yellow Grease (Restaurant grease)
Brown Grease (Contaminated Grease, usually found in grease traps).
You also have to remember that although Biodiesel can be run as a 'neat fuel' ie. 100% biodiesel with no or very little modifications to a diesel engine, you can also run blends of it, ie) 80% Diesel, 20% biodiesel.
By using blended fuel you'd be reducing emissions, supporting a environmentally friendly industry, and saving money (maybe not just on the fuel, but on maintenance as well).
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IBM is working on something like this, a 'neuromorphic' chip: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08...
Unless Joda Time supports it ... I'm not interested!
I completely agree with you. Market forces combined with technological adaptations that maintain 'organic' status (i.e. taking advantage of vertical space and urban landscapes) can easily make up for this lost efficiency.
Alcatel-Lucent, the old Bell Labs
Companies can NOT simply add 'organic' as a label their product. It does mean something and can be used if the product does not meet specific criteria.
If you want to claim: "Organic" (or a similar statement):
Your product: Must contain at least 95% organic ingredients, not counting added water and salt.
Must not contain added sulfites.
May contain up to 5% of:
1. non-organically produced agricultural ingredients which are not commercially available in organic form; and/or
2. other substances allowed by 7 CFR 205.605.
Your label MUST:
Show an ingredient statement.
List the organic ingredients as "organic" when other organic labeling is shown.
1 Water and salt included as ingredients must not be identified as organic. (IS)
Show below the name and address of the handler (bottler, distributor, importer, manufacturer, packer, processor, etc.) of the finished product, the statement:
"Certified organic by ___" or similar phrase, followed by the name of the Certifying Agent. Certifying Agent seals may not be used to satisfy this requirement. (IP)
Your label MAY show:
The term "Organic" to modify the product name. (PDP/IP/OP)
"X% organic" or "X% organic ingredients." (PDP/IP/OP)
The USDA Organic seal and/or certifying agent seal(s). (PDP/OP)
The certifying agent business/Internet address or telephone number. (IP)
1 To identify an ingredient as organically produced, in the ingredients statement, use the word, "organic" in conjunction with the name of the ingredient, or an asterisk or other reference mark which is defined below the ingredient statement.
Good to know, thanks for the info! This is the kind of information consumers to need to be aware of.
The argument as to whether mankind would be better off with more or less population growth is a whole other thread. Either way, our population needs to be healthy. Chemicals such as BPA not only contribute to our poor health (think of the impact on healthcare costs) but may also affect the planet in adverse ways (who knows how many countless species may also be affected by BPA). We all know there are many examples of chemicals being released that have devastating affects on the ecosystem and that isn't good for anyone, regardless of our views on population growth.
lol, I understand what you're saying and I completely agree with you that there are very few corporations (state owned or not) that will act on their own accord for the 'world's' benefit. The power here though is really with the consumer. I for example do not purchase any plastics that have BPA in them, if i have a choice. There are more and more private enterprises that are manufacturing BPA free plastics as they see demand increasing. I hope the trend continues.
This is definitely a step in the right direction. BPA is a risk to the entire population and it's use is very widespread. It disrupts our hormonal system and has now been linked to different types of breast cancer, heart disease and endocrine disorders. It also affects our reproductive systems. People really need to be aware that the use of plastics containing BPA is harmful and that use of this substance is currently ubiquitous throughout the world.
If this type of structure effectively creates a whirlpool by altering the type of force exerted by the water - could it be used to generate power or electricity? I'm assuming that this would probably be able to work on a smaller than tsunami scale, perhaps it's an efficient way of harnessing kinetic energy of waves for conversion into electricity?
If the 'eavesdropper' can only make 'imperfect' copies then it seems to me using multiple levels of security would defeat the eavesdropper. For example private key encrypted data being tunneled over the quantum channel. Using this technique they would get a copy of imperfect encrypted data - which would be impossible to decrypt even if you had the private key .
I'm of the opinion we need a whole new class of antibiotics. If we keep with the status quo treatment plans there is no doubt we will suffer from some sort of pandemic in the future, i'm a firm believer that technology will eventually solve the problem of the 'superbug' by improving the human defense system. Check out the company PolyMedix (otc:pymx) ... yes they are a bulletin board company but they take a novel approach utilizing biomimetics in creating 'defensins'. Check them out. Companies like this will revolutionize the bodies ability to defend itself.
Interesting that is exactly what the federal reserve does in the name of 'controlling inflation'...
I don't know what your geographic area and complete requirements are, but... buy a box, or two, or three, or four... and get a co-located setup with a provider such as CyrusOne. I am not associated with them in anyway but have done enough due diligence to know that these people are experts. http://www.cyrusone.com/
They have both Windows and *nix professionals on hand 24x7x365 and there's various levels of 'management'.
I hope this helps.
How many trees would need to be planted so that if all other factors remain normal (population growth, green house gas emissions), our net CO2 emissions would start to decline ?
I'm betting that this group will take down myspace accounts next. That website is notoriously bad for bugs and well, in my opinion is just horribly written. I guess we'll see what 'Tom' has to say ... :)
I second this, I completely agree with a tax based on one's consumption rather than one's income. This makes so much sense, I would like to see FairTax put together something for the Canadian Tax System... I wonder what the major impediments to adopting something like this are ?
What is Palm's strategy with regards to operating systems? How they going to be totally heterogenous and distribute hardware supporting both Windows Mobile and Palm OS operating systems (Garnet)? Is there any information on whether or not they're phasing out Garnet already ?
is going to wreak a lot of havoc. Imagine a virus that mark's certain application's as protected content with no resolution constrictor... A virus that marks' all microsoft applications as protected content so that they go through a resolution constrictor and look like crap. Just a matter of time before this is exploited in this manner.
those images, and more, are published in:
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If this water was really 'purified', why would they need to add alkaline chemicals to restore the pH? doesn't that imply that the water isn't purified and that there's an acidic compound still in it?
Using electricity generated from nuclear powered plants is still going to create a lot of toxic nuclear waste that we really cannot manage properly. Why aren't we harnessing the ability of microbes to generate hydrocarbons like methane (CH4) on a large scale? Currently the cheapest way of producing hydrogen is by 'cracking' natural gas and other hydrocarbons. It's a well known fact that many animals emit massive amounts of methane and other gases that are produced by microbes in their innards. Has anyone crunched any numbers as to how much methane might be captured if we were to apply this to agricultural livestock? What kind of work has been done to understand the microbes that produce methane? Maybe we could have large methane production facilities based on photosynthesis and some other feedstock for these (perhaps genetically engineered) microbes? This would also have a profound postive affect on the environment in regards to the 'green house' gases. Not only would we be eliminating the emissions from the combustion of hydrocarbons but we would be preventing massive amounts of methane from entering the atmosphere. I know that methane accounts for up to 20% of green house gas emissions and is much potent because it traps 23 times as much heat then CO2. Any thoughts ?
from cnn... http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/09/12/nkorea .blast/index.html
As I said in another post, there's many alternative feedstocks to use, not just 'yellow grease'. You can also use: Tallow Brown Grease (contaminated restaurant grease) Virgin Oils (Soy, Canola, etc) Fish Oils (experimental I think)
Soy's not the only feedstock that one can use to create biodiesel. It can be created from: Virgin Oils (Canola, Soy) Tallow Yellow Grease (Restaurant grease) Brown Grease (Contaminated Grease, usually found in grease traps). You also have to remember that although Biodiesel can be run as a 'neat fuel' ie. 100% biodiesel with no or very little modifications to a diesel engine, you can also run blends of it, ie) 80% Diesel, 20% biodiesel. By using blended fuel you'd be reducing emissions, supporting a environmentally friendly industry, and saving money (maybe not just on the fuel, but on maintenance as well).