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Generation Nation 2

Mar

2013

Time to get one of these: Just enough power to run the water pump and the oil burner. When the power companies themselves are finally starting to voice concerns over rolling blackouts you know the fat lady is fast approaching the microphone. Stay warm.

Rupert Sheldrake: “Science Set Free” 3

Jan

2013

Part 1 of a talk by Rupert Sheldrake at the conference ELECTRIC UNIVERSE 2013: The Tipping Point, in Albuquerque, New Mexico. “Many scientists like to think that science already understands the ways of the natural world. The fundamental questions are answered, leaving only the details to be filled in. The impressive achievements of science seemed ...

Cable Tied

Dec

2012

Orkney Islands Council is calling for urgent talks with the UK and Scottish Governments after the announcement by Scottish and Southern Energy that a new grid connection to mainland Scotland is being postponed until 2018. A new cable running from the west coast of Orkney Mainland to Caithness had been expected in 2016 – and ...

The Missing Third 13

Dec

2012

Electrical Energy — Where is the missing 30%? By Motm This week has been a busy week for our misguided energy decisions and was blessed with a DECC Energy Bill set out here with numerous .pdf’s linked to consultations etcetera. We have also heard that around 20 gas generators are to be built to support ...

Electromagnetism 10

Jun

2011

Visible electromagnetic radiation (Light) Electromagnetism is one of the four fundamental interactions in nature. The other three are the strong interaction, the weak interaction and gravitation. Electromagnetism is the force that causes the interaction between electrically charged particles; the areas in which this happens are called electromagnetic fields. Electromagnetism is responsible for practically all the ...

Filamentary Nature 2

Jan

2011

filament (fl-mnt) n. 1. A fine or thinly spun thread, fiber, or wire. 2. The stalk that bears the anther in a stamen. 3. A chainlike series of cells. 4. A fine wire heated electrically to incandescence in an electric lamp. 5. Electronics: A high-resistance wire or ribbon forming the cathode in some thermionic tubes. ...

Flat Universe = Flat Earth thinking. 5

Jan

2011

A Cosmic Radiation Plot from the WMAP Satellite Credit: WMAP Science Team The red band is our home galaxy, the Milky Way. The Nasa website has the following: “The shape of the universe is determined by a struggle between the momentum of expansion and the pull of gravity.” And: “The simplest version of the inflationary ...

There Was No Big Bang: The Proof 13

Jan

2011

The Big Bang Theory is based on the assumption that a stellar object’s Redshift indicates both velocity & distance. This ‘redshift theory’ is known as the Hubble Constant. There are numerous examples in space that falsify this theory, I’ll use just two as examples. Galaxy NGC7603 In the above image, it is clear that the ...

The Plasma Universe 13

Dec

2010

The Northern Lights: Plasma in action At first, many of us are surprised to learn about the ‘fourth state’ of matter; Plasma. Plasma can be described as ionized gas, and makes up 99% of all matter in the Universe. It is an excellent conductor of electricity. Considering that electro-magnetic forces are many orders of magnitude ...

Why Would Anyone Believe in Dark Matter? 11

Dec

2010

Consider these words of nonsense from the Scientific American: “Dark matter is five times as abundant as normal matter in the universe. But it continues to be an enigma because it is invisible and nearly always passes right through normal matter. Astronomers only found out about dark matter by inferring its presence from the gravity ...