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Comment on The Scariest Documentary of the Year by Brad Lyons

Brad Lyons — Sat, 06 Nov 2010 20:14:02 +0000

I inadvertantly ended up going to http://www.axisofeco.com from a first time anaysis and visit to the website of Zoe Cormier who had written an article of interest about the potential environmental benefits of nanotechnology research and discoveries (infra-red / non-visible light energy conversion to electrical power using nano-size photovoltaic material much cheaper, more durable and versatile than silicon based solar technology) by Ph.D. Chemical / Electrical Engineer Ted Sargent of Canada and, who may also be a Physicist as well. I want to read more about Zoe Cormier, but now I want to learn more about Lucy Walker because I found your webpage about her documentary quite interesting too. If Thomas Edison and Nicola Tesla were alive today, they too would be in awe (amazed) at the discoveries of Ted Sargent and his research team. I also admired the work of the late U.S. Deppartment of Fish & Game Wildlife Biologist turned author / environmental activist Rachel Carson who wrote the two books: Silent Spring and The Sea Around Us. Regarding the mining of uranium for nuclear power as well as nuclear weapons, here’s some speculative trivia you and your reading audience may find interesting and worth investigating: According to Ancient / lost language & text archeologist / interperter / translator turned author Zecharia Sitchin as well as Michael Tsarion, Jason Martell, Erich von Daniken and others, the most ancient cultures of human history such as the Sumerian civilization, the ancient inhabitants of Isreal, Iraq, Iran, Pakistan, Turkey, Egypt, Northwest Africa, South Africa, Scotland, Ireland, Arizona, New Mexico, Mexico, Central America and Peru, Thailand, Phillipines, Japan, China, Russia, etc., were visited and given vast amounts of knowledge by human like extraterrestrial beings who had used Neanderthal worker slaves to mine the earth. These extraterrestrial beings were masters of space travel, technology, planetary exploration, and genetic engineering. According to ancient Sumerian records, they called themselves Annunaki beings from the planet Nibiru which allegedly passes between Mars and Jupitor as its dwarf star orbits our sun every 3,600 years. It is suspected that some of the Annunaki beings who were selected to land on various planets and moons of our solar system to set up mining operations, became the gods of ancient Greek mythology and the Hindu gods and lord Shiva, and later the Roman dieties adopted from ancient Greek mythology. Allegedly, the Annunaki had circumnavigated the earth and had mapped out all the land masses for the purpose of locating a strategic spot in which the combined land mass of the earth could be divided as equally as possible into four equal quadrants of land mass. Allegedly, this was for the purpose of locating an appropriate location to build the Great pyramid which ended up being built in Egypt. Interestingly, if you draw an imaginary line from each of the four corners of the base of the Great Pyramid, it divides the land masses of the earth into four equal quadrants of land mass from the various continents of our planet. Allegedly, the Annunaki had amphibious space craft the ancient Hindu’s of India called Vimanas. According to the ancient holy books of India, these gods had nuclear weapons and city size space structures between earth and Jupitor.

Comment on The Scariest Documentary of the Year by Brad Lyons

Brad Lyons — Sat, 06 Nov 2010 19:21:12 +0000

Comment on An amphibious assault by Freelance: Professionally bipolar « Zoetic

Freelance: Professionally bipolar « Zoetic — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 19:03:41 +0000

[...] time. In my case, partitioning time both to writing about topics of gravely serious importance and under-appreciated issues I care passionately about, as well as to building awesomely cool gadgets, taking part in fantastical replicas of Blade [...]

Comment on “You could say that black is the new green” by Jamie

Jamie — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 08:12:38 +0000

Hi, good point about BP in practice never having anything other than an oily hue. I think when we’re taking on the might of petroleum PR it can sometimes help to assume their environmental sincerity, so that our mock horror can highlight the absurdity when something like the tar sands move strip-mines the greenwash away.

Comment on The word you’re looking for is “sublime” by Jan

Jan — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:27:56 +0000

Ah Cornwall – I wanna go again!

Comment on See the shining sea by Melinda

Melinda — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:01:28 +0000

I don’t know if this is what you would consider encouraging, but in the near future the effects of (post-)peak oil will put a limit on all the flying people do now. As soon as the price of jet fuel gets to the point at which cheap flights just aren’t possible anymore, aviation is definitely going to decline, and eventually it will have to disappear. The question is when and how much irreversible destruction will be done by then.

Comment on Over the moon (cup)? by Lucy Gilliam

Lucy Gilliam — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 19:34:49 +0000

I have to say I love the Moon cup. I’m rubbish with tampons and pads. i never had them when I needed them. I keep the mooncup with me at all times and so far no problems. Its worth trying and in the long term will save money. The idea of going back to chemical bleach non organic cotton tampons fills me with dread. Armed with the knowledge of the amount of pesticide residues in them and the problems they cause when entering the sewage system i just can’t use them.

Comment on Over the moon (cup)? by Melinda

Melinda — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 16:41:46 +0000

I use a Diva Cup, and while it took a while to get the hang of it, it definitely makes my period a better experience. I’d never go back to pads and/or tampons. For me it’s not a problem comfort-wise (even though I was worried it would be); the only issue would be that it can be a little messy on heavy days, but at least my period doesn’t feel disgusting like it did with disposables. Cloth pads and pantyliners are great too. For the first two days of my period I use a Lunapad pantyliner, and I love it along with my Diva Cup. (I can think of some situations in which it might be impractical to wash and dry though.)

I’m curious why Cathy Gerrard is “so not there with it,” since it’s not explained. I have to disagree with the argument that menstrual cups “could undermine ecologically-friendly products as a whole.” Nothing works for everyone: not tampons, not pads — not even jeans, for that matter.

So I don’t think there’s anything wrong with spreading awareness of menstrual cups along with other alternative menstrual products, because they do work for a lot of people, and they’re not the only option, among cloth pads, sea sponge or knitted tampons, etc.

Comment on Over the moon (cup)? by Annelie, menskoppen.se

Annelie, menskoppen.se — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 10:37:55 +0000

Great with ALL alternatives to conventional pads/tampons!
Since we’re all different, there’s no such thing as one alternative that suits all.
Though I have to say that learning to use a tampon to get it as comfortable as I could at the time, wasn’t at all easy. But since that was quite some time ago, we forget the struggle.
Three months (at the most, I would say) of experementing is nothing campared to what you get in return when using a menstrual cup. You have to rethink every routine you had with the tampon and that may take some time if you’ve used tampons for half your life…

But, of course, keep in mind that I both use them and sell menstrual cups… Please note that there are about 15 different menstrual cup brands in the world, not only those manufactured in the US, Canada and the UK.

If you have any questions about menstrual cups – please don’t hesitate to email me annelie@menskoppen.se
Best wishes
Annelie, Sweden
http://www.menskoppen.se