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- Skye Kelly
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Can we expect emerging countries to curb their energy consumption, even though we had decades of flagrant use?
China, India and other emerging countries- from 3rd to 1st world in a flash- are beginning to start using resources the way we have here in the USA for decades now- some are just "basic" like indoor electricity and city infrastructures, to more grandiose things like air conditioning, SUV's and sky scrapers. With their immense populations all looking for the western way of life, mcdonalds and all- can we try and hold them to any consumption standards? To reduce fossil fuel consumption in particular. To learn from our mistakes? Should we offset them by making deeper cuts at home? Even if it is more costly upfront- how can we have them see that renewable energy may save a lot in the long run? Do you know of some countries at the forefront? I know of Germany, but in the emerging sector? It seems these countries maybe the tipping point for many issues regarding sustainability?
scott lee
Sep 28 2012: Developing countries do not have to follow the same path as the western countries did. John smith pointed out the many people in africa that have cell phones but never had landlines.
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When people talk about whether solar is "economically viable" they compare how much electricity costs on the grid and compare it do how much it costs to install solar panels. If the country has no grid, then its a very different analysis. The truth is, these technologies are more viable in developing countries then they are in countries with existing infrastructure. The country that is the closest to having solar as the cheapest form of energy is India, where there are areas that have limited infrastructure. Do a little research into solar economy in India and you might be in for a pleasantly surpirsed.
There are very real advantages to solar and wind (especially solar). One is the fact it is incremental. 50-100 million can get you a coal burning plant and power lines all over the place. But if that money can't be raised, 20 thousand can at least get enough power for a water purifier and a local laundry mat. A little at a time is easier to manage.
Another advantage is the fact that it is decentralized. This cuts down on costs of transmission. (where I live in canada it take 15 years or so to get your money back if you install solar. However, if you own land that has no power, you have to pay to get the power poles put in. In that case, you only have to be a few hundred meters from the nearest power pole before its cheaper to put in solar than install the transmission lines). It also makes the power more resistant to floods, landslides, and terrorist attacks.
They don't need coal before solar any more than they need a telegraph before a telephone. Emerging economies may surprise you.
Sep 30 2012: Scott: I am sympathetic with your intentions, but there is no way that solar power can ever sustain a civilised lifestyle, for the simple reason of "Energy Density": i.e. Oil has it , over solar, by a very large factor.. Its the expensive infrastructure required for solar that kills it. And the competition, Thorium , has a MILILION times the energy density of oil and coal. Oil and coal simplly will not be able to compete with Thorium , without enormous subsidies. As for this idea that solar is good because it is "decentralized" is exactly backwards; that is what kills it. Now I'm not saying that if we can convince the world to live like the Amish, , "renewables " would not be viable, but the chances of getting a few billion new aspiring middle class people to go along with this, is negllgible. But don't worry, Thorium will do the job handily, and the Chinese are working on it now. In a few years , look for them to start replacing coal fired plants with Thorium power . It has every advantage that you can name.
Sep 30 2012: i think enviornment, land and energy are the three hills of preventing human beings developing .
if you look from the sky you will see that there is a largre area of desert . and more and more rich land are becoming desert . how can we change the state ? take china for example .during the 2000 years about one third of the land has turned into desert .it is a big problem
and enviornment you know since the indursity revorution handreds of thousands people died of it and it causes many other illness .also many people died
food .with the increasing population there is stil s lot of people died of hunger..and
can we limit the increasing of the population .
W. Ying
Sep 30 2012: Aha!
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Quit "INVALID happiness"
==> Save 90% resources/energy
==> Live happily for 100 centuries more.
Kris Rosvold
Sep 25 2012: I don't know that we can (or should) try to control usages of fossil fuels by other countries. The bottom line in life is that you can only control you OWN choices and actions... The moment you try to control someone else - no matter the justification - you become a despot (however well intentioned).
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Thus I propose a simpler, though more difficult, solution to the problems you address. WE do what many other countries are doing.... invest heavily in the renewable energy industry, make every building a net generator(as far as possible) and reap the cost benefits... in short, let's work HERE to do what Germany and Sweden, and Norway have done, reap the benefits of that and lead the way based on cost savings... The technology is almost ready... Solar is in it's 4th generation, Wind in well into it's 3rd.
While I absolutely agree that SOMETHING needs to change, I just don't know that it's possible (much less morally defensible) to force OUR choices down someone-elses' throat..
Bottom Line: WE as a society (and as individuals) need to take and accept responsibility for OUR actions and choices.... Including the responsibility for allowing OUR legislators the leeway to serve corporate interests before the interests of the Citizens!
A little off-topic but; this principal also applies to the abortion debate going on on now in the US.
Sep 28 2012: Thumbs up!Sep 29 2012: Kris: it is quite unnecessary to control "other people's fossil fuel consumption". By a stroke of luck, there is a cheap, safe, green , unlimited energy source already invented and demonstrated. Look up Thorium, liquid Fueled Reactor (LFTR) on Youtube., The Chinese are already reviving this forgotten US technology.Sep 30 2012: Kris: I'm sympathetic with your motives, but you do realize that a lot of "renewables" are an outright scam, like Ethanol, and others are simply well meaning, but totally inadequate.? If we want to maintain at least our present level of civilisation, we are going to require a power source that is, well, powerful.. "Renewables" , are not, and cannot realistically be made so. In the meantime, Thorium LFTR power can do the job rather easily, comparted to the alternatives. There is really only a short term need for burning fossil fuels; they should be saved to make plastics, etc.
W. Ying
Sep 30 2012: Tell me!
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What is our life goaol?
(1) To keep our DNA alive?
(2) To consume for INVALID happiness?Sep 30 2012: Emerging nation will actually have an advantage, much like they did with the advent of the cell phones. They got to leap frog having to invest in a wired infrastructure.
Jermey Rikin addresses this fact and some alternatives in this talk at the RSA.
..as well as in his book: "The Third Industrial Revolution: How Lateral Power is Transforming Energy, the Economy, and the World "Sep 28 2012: For any realistic plan to curb excessive use/consumption of global resources - whether energy, water,food, minerals, or whatever, I think we must consider a basic truth of human behavior that Martin Luther King and others have stated: nobody gives up power or wealth without a struggle, however *it doesn't have to be a violent struggle.*
Harnessing the power of enlightened self-interest would get better results than trying to coerce people to decrease excessive consumption or to prevent others from increasing their use of resources.
One example is the use of birth control. I've heard repeatedly that people who achieve a certain standard of living together with access to birth control generally have smaller families than those who don't. If you don't need to have 10 children so that 5 will live long enough to help you survive, and you can control your fertility, you're unlikely to have 5 or 10 children.
If recycling is more advantageous than continuous consumption of non-renewable resources people will choose to do it. Example: when my town doubled the cost of sewage treatment, thus adding about 33% to my water bill, I suddenly found that I enjoyed showering with the lowest water flow I can get, and challenging myself to use less water generally. I also get a small but important feeling of self-congratulation for benefiting my budget and the larger community too.
Perhaps it would be more interesting to think about creating scenarios where sustainable use of the planet is overwhelmingly in the self-interest of people who have access to abundant resources, for those who are currently building infrastructures to do the same, and for those who are just getting a foot on the bottom rung of the ladder up to a more abundant life.Sep 28 2012: Dependence on fossil fuels is not a sustainable state. We have to revolutionize other forms of energy production. However, since too much money is invested in fossil fuels...and more money is to be made..we will continue to suck it dry.
chen xin
Sep 28 2012: just as you said it is a good prifiro .
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in china there are two campanies the oil of china and the zhongshi hua of china .
they are all the top 500 campanies each year they earn a lot , they contoul the price of .they can do whatever they want . i dont think it is a good thing for the people ,you know we have a higher cost in china .at least it is a big burden for meSep 30 2012: Henry: Don't worry. It doesn't matter how much "money is invested in fossil fuels", if energy can be produced much more cheaply than coal, it will be, and Thorium can do that. Oil ccmpanies do not control everything yet. And it can't be monopolized, it is too common. It is too cheap to even be worth fighting about.Sep 28 2012: Your worry is very justified. But you cannot expect them to learn from your mistakes because most often they don't see your mistake - what they see are pages of Vogue magazine, western movies and consumerist woo. How can they appreciate your luxury as mistakes when they rot in poverty?
chen xin
Sep 28 2012: yes i totally agree with you .
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many of the chinese wealth just go aborld ,they buy plenty of good .iphone ,lv and many other luxury . you know now china is the largest Consumption of luxury. the wealth develope regardless of enviornment ,they just earn the largest money for a goal it is not a good pheonominer
John Smith
Sep 25 2012: I'm confused: at what point did "Can we expect emerging countries to curb their energy consumption [...]?" change into "Should the United States of America force lower energy consumption on other countries through the barrel of a gun, without cutting energy use at home?"
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pat gilbert
Sep 25 2012: Absolutely, you and Al Gore are clearly qualified to do that. I think that China and India should conserve energy so that the U.S. can have more energy as we are grand fathered into a percentage of world energy consumption. But under no circumstances should the U.S. cut back on any sort of energy consumption otherwise Mr Gore may not be able to fly around in his private jet.
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Sep 25 2012: you know now china developes very fast .we need much resource .we just import from africia..maybe you choose china is not a wisdom chioce..
Sep 25 2012: Chen
I was being sarcastic as no one should be in a position to tell anyone what to do except children but adults are not children and should make their own decisions.
Sep 28 2012: you are right .we should not tell anyone what you should do .except children.
and we all grow up from children .aren we ?Sep 25 2012: the entire idea is shocking on many levels. first, on what grounds you want prescribe any behavior for other people? since when US citizens decide what indians do? second, especially how can you expect them to do something you yourself don't do? it might be reasonable to discuss global measures to cap personal consumption. but the standards agreed upon must be the same for everyone. the very idea that developed nations are entitled to have more is downright outrageous. third, the idea that someone else must solve our problems is as childish as irresponsible. not only you want to keep all the cake for yourself, you want to make emerging countries to do the dishwashing? c'mon!
Sep 25 2012: now i understand that i should not debate but do good to them or at least not hurt them
Sep 25 2012: exactly how would that help anyone?
Sep 25 2012: what ? what i mean is that maybe i should use a much more wisdom way to solve it .a cigerrate!Sep 25 2012: then why don't you do just that? aren't you engaging in self contradiction?
Sep 25 2012: lol ..i dont want to hurt someone ,you know when i say yes ,you say no,then we may begain to argue or quarrel .so just a wisdom waySep 25 2012: my wisdom says that nobody is benefited from ignorance.. if i say the truth, one might get offended. but one might also consider or reconsider his/her position. if i soothe and comfort someone who i believe is wrong, there is no chance for change.
my task is to say what i consider true. the reaction is not my concern.
Sep 28 2012: hou can you know that is ture ?Sep 28 2012: you can never be 100% sure, but you have to get going some direction. if you have doubts, speak.
Sep 28 2012: no doubts . sound like it is rightSep 29 2012: chen: you might be interested to know that the Chinese government is at this moment engaged in doing something useful and concrete about a lot of these concerns. (Who would have expected that from "Communists"?!) Look up Kun Chen, on Youtube; he gave a talk to the U. of California recently about the billion dolllar Chinese program to replace coal and oil energy with Thorium LFTR technology. He was charmingly forthcoming and upfront about the program. Good for them!
John Smith
Sep 24 2012: Developing countries can skip several steps that the developed world went through because technology has advanced. For example, Africa is expected to skip exhaustive landline networks, opting for mobile phones instead.Oct 1 2012: this topic makes me think of the Perpetual motion .
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as we all know that enery can not be born and also not dispeared .then how can we make it a cycle .and use it a cycle .that is the rooted way to solve it
Eva Liu
Oct 1 2012: Even considering about the mistakes that have already happened in some developed countries, i figure that it is impossible for emerging countries to curb their energy consumption. The solar and wind farms have not been used widely in China and they are limited by the feature of landscape. What's more, the transportation of these kind of environmental-friendly energy is expensive and full of difficulty. In a nutshell, it needs huge decision for emerging countries to curb their energy consumption, considering about all the improvement they have made these years.Sep 30 2012: Emerging countries are no longer following western countries example. Brazil is developing ethanol, China is building solar and wind farms faster than every other country, Middle east countries are working on solar and nuclear.... It is not as much as a moral issue it is just a physical issue: there is not enough oil and gas for every country with the level of consumption of western countries.
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The sources to reduce consumption in western countries are obvious: car consumption (US cars should use European standard around 4 liters for 100 km), reduce houses consumption by optimizing the use of electricity and reduce the needs to warm houses.. This "revolution" needs big investment that are very costly and also Research and Development and smart and innovative proposals.Sep 30 2012: I know about the ethanol scam "add 10% loose 18% miles per gallon". LFTR does have the ability to provide the power we need, but as an x-Navy Technician, I ask: How do we handle the EXTREMELY TOXIC (more so than conventional reactions) by-products when the scientists can't even come up with a secure and safe way to handle the toxic wastes of the current technology?
W. Ying
Sep 30 2012: The solution is easy:
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Quit "INVALID HAPPINESS"
==>Save 90% resources/energy
==> Live happily for 100 centuries more.Sep 29 2012: Shawn, I appreciate your thoughts on the thorium reactor. The downside to this technology (LFT reactor) is that the waste products are even more reactive and radioactive than the technology we are currently using... Which is why that technology was abandoned, it's also somewhat more difficult reaction to damp when things go Tango Uniform... With all said I think we as a nation and as a world are better off developing liquid metal batteries (for slack generation periods) and solar or wind as a power source. If/when the battery technology gets there (prototypes have been built on a small scale... 50 watt-hour level.. needs 500-1000 watt-hours to be a viable solution, we could then have a distributed network for power....Much like the WWW is a distributed network for data.Sep 29 2012: It is both arrogant , unrealistic , and unnecessry for emerging countries to curb their energy use. "Energy" correlates strongly with level of civilisation, and general well being. Luckily for all concerned, a cheap, green, safe, and almost unlimited source of energy has already been found and demonstrated. Now all we have to do is tell people about it. I 'm referring to the Liquid Fueled Thorium Reactor (LFTR). Secretly invented during the Cold War as an airplane engine 50 years ago, it was shelved and forgotten because it was useless for making nuclear bombs. But luckily, the world is now well supplied with nuclear bombs, so that we could revive this technology to make power plants, cheaper than coal. The Chinese, having cleverly copied down our ORNL records about the engine, are now engaged in making this a reality. So far, the US is un-interested, but I predict that will change when we start hearing about how they are shutting down coal power in favor of Thorium. Give it 5 or 10 years. Of cours, we could do it too, and no doubt sooner, but then , the US is not what it used to be.Sep 28 2012: I have a crazy suggestion. It relies on the idea that, if we want to create 15 TW of new power plants we just need to burn about 2 years of fossil fuels that we burn annually world wide. So can some one hack the economy in such a way that we just dig out all that fossil fuel and turn raw materials into solar panels in a few years and deploy it in the third world. This "special pool of fossil fuel" works in a parallel economy and can only be invested into the production of solar panels. Right now any money commited to renewables goes sloshing around in the economy leading to a multi decade plan for renewables. If someone can figure out a hack like I suggest, we could make this switch in less than a decade. Since the fossil fuel being used for this would have just remained buried in the earth for many years to come, we do not have to sacrifice anything to make this happen. In fact this blitz like approach can give a huge boost to the economy. http://www.ted.com/conversations/14109/can_we_switch_to_renewables_mu.html
Sep 27 2012: noSep 26 2012: China and India choosing to embrace fossil fuel, shows exactly why, so recently, they were 3rd world countries. For some reason, they let music, and TV, and government, convince them that they want what the west has... Rather than wanting what's good. This is, in large part, the fault of the west, and how it wielded scientific superiority over the years, to spread advertising/propaghanada... but I still think individuals are responsible for their own actions, no matter how awful their governments are.
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If China and India choose to drive SUV's, luxury and sport cars that get 15 miles to the gallon... they do it because they think we look sexy in these cars... Not because these are better quality products. If China and India would like the planet to survive long enough for their people to enjoy cheap transportation, they need to get on the solar concentration, and light electric vehicle bandwagon.
If they do that... Then, we'll run out of oil, and collapse, as they expand, and protect the environment. If they buy SUV's... we all die. It's all up to 2.5 billion individuals, choosing better quality vehicles, and more efficient transportation, over our nonsense. Unfortunately leaders in the west are spending billions of dollars, trying to convince China that Mcdonalds knows how to make a cheeseburger, and Ford knows how to make a car. Both concepts, everyone in America know to be a bold faced lie.
Sep 28 2012: Like 'we had the fun and now you exercise austerity?'
Sep 28 2012: America is the fattest, laziest, most suicidal, and imprisoned first world country on the planet. I think we're number 2 in suicide actually, to Japan, but still... "We had fun"... No we didn't. The oil industry ravaged our productivity and destroyed our economy over the last 40 years. Very few of the people living here, are in the 1% who "had fun"
My philosophy may seem a bit bitter... but it's antithesis is "You almost destroyed the world, how dare you ask us not to finish the job?". We make big, smelly, ugly, inefficient crap, and we're incredibly unhappy... Have fun... Don't be like us.
Sep 29 2012: It does not seem bitter to me. But it hardly matters how I or you feel about it. Just like all America is not 20 acre mansion with private helipad and people swimming in pools at 12 noon on a workday, all third world countries are not children begging out in the streets and people marrying and multiplying like rabbits. There are other people in between in both worlds. While American middle class is disillusioned about the Great American Dream, Indian middle class is fascinated with Great Indian Dream, which sadly is a copy of its American version. It is a difficult task to ask a family living in a one room house not to aspire for a 3 room apartment with all modern amenities of life just because their number is not in favor of the ecological tug of war. It is a stalemate scenario. Developed countries did the damage by utterly unsustainable consumption of few people while the third world countries, particularly India will damage by increased consumption by utterly unsustainable numbers.Sep 30 2012: I agree... and I have nothing against 3 rooms... I actually think a family could afford that sustainably, in most of the world if we drove light electric vehicles, and our trucks ran on hemp biofuel. We need to find a way to synthetically make some of the resources we seem obsessed with in the Congo, but in general, I think sustainable high techinology life is possible.
I hope every Chinese, and Indian family can and will have a vehicle for every adult, a good cell phone, internet connection... Vertical farms in the cities for food stability, even if it has to be subsidized by the government. Whatever it takes to make people happy, in a sustainable fashion. I hope America can help...
Just don't follow our example in the realm of oil... It's the biggest mistake we ever made, and it is a subject of universal shame and regret among educated citizens.
Sep 30 2012: I do not want to promote my blog but I guess this can give you some hint about what should be done.
http://pabitraspeaks.com/eradicate-excess-wealth-alongside-poverty/Sep 28 2012: Quote: "If China and India would like the planet to survive long enough for their people to enjoy cheap transportation, they need to get on the solar concentration, and light electric vehicle bandwagon."
Are you saying that the United States don't want its people to survive long enough to enjoy cheap transportation?
"If they do that... Then, we'll run out of oil, and collapse, as they expand"
I think once you start thinking of the world as 'us' and not "we' and 'they', maybe, something can be done together to prevent the collapse that you are so scared about.
Some facts:
Indians as a community are more conscious about the mileage that a vehicle gives. Even when Americans have just about started that they cannot afford to pay for gas.
More Indians use the Railways to travel across the country than anywhere else in the world. (America still does not have a cheap, environment friendly transport system. I would recommended you find out why. )
Lastly, though I am not a big fan of cars made by Ford, I am just wondering why it did not need a bailout like Chrysler and GM.
Sep 28 2012: I'm saying that the people in power in the United States, for the most part, inherited oil money, and they have no interest in human beings in the United States surviving... They will simply move somewhere tropical. Greenland should be tropical soon enough : p
The American people have decided to "drill baby drill", and follow their incompetent media to collapse... If China and India follow us... We win... Well the people in power here win... Humanity as a whole, loses, big time. I don't see the world as us and them... I see the world as "Right now, the United States is run by idiots, so do anything you want, except copy us, or humanity is doomed". We drank the cool aid and we bought our own propaghanda, we have decades of dramatic reform and economic stagnation ahead of us because we invested far too heavily in oil and coal. Please don't be like us... We have no right to force anything on you, and no moral high ground... just regrets.
The Indian people, and even the Chinese are much more efficient stuards of their resources than America is at the moment... don't let it slip away, because we look cool wasting our money : )
Ford got a bail out a few years earlier, they are all socialist enterprises now. Occasionally they make a good product, and to be fair, I think we still make some of the best diesel trucks and machinery on the planet... but in general, they make mediocre crap, and that's why they needed a government bail out. Also... Everyone in India, can learn to make a better cheeseburger than Mcdonalds, and then they don't export wealth to the US... We don't shop at Mcdonalds because they make good food, we shop there because they are cheap due to government subsidy.Sep 30 2012: David: We are in no position to criticize other nations use of fossil fuels, since we waste them ourselves. However, the Chinese are at present in the lead when it comes to constructively breaking up this logjam the world is in. They are actively pursuing the Thorium LFTR energy system. (Invented in America, but we rejected it 50 years ago because it didin't make bomb material) Look up Kun Chen's talk to the U. of Calif. recently, on Youtube.
Sep 30 2012: Something is either objectively immoral, incorrect, and wrong... or it is not. It would be wrong of me to criticize America, without also criticizing China and India. Nuclear technology is not needed to solve this problem, but it is better than coal. I do not subscribe to moral relativism. The way humanity is choosing to distribute energy, is objectively horrible, and we should fix it.
The fact that my country is a major contributor to the problem... Has no bearing on my argument.Sep 25 2012: I don't think you will find resonance though you will find promises but an emerging or flourishing economy is in itself,deaf except to scarcity,it will take care of itself when it plateaus due to increasing energy cost.Sep 25 2012: John.....exactly. Reading between lines and making assumptions is childish. This is a question open to opinion and discussion but provides no opinion in itself. Expecting or hoping for energy conservation is just that...not legislating. Obviously ideally all people have the same standards. But in reality we are in different places...but can we hope for everyones sake that we can reduce fossil fuel intake? Can we find a common ground ? Can other countries take charge of this issue without outside lead? Are they already? Awareness is not a 4 letter word.


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One of my favorite blogs has posted a couple of new entries which will be of interest to travelers visiting southern Vermont.
The South West Vermont Blog today has an article about a beautiful museum that I have wanted to visit for a long time, the Southern Vermont Art Center.
And the prior blog entry recommends some "off the beaten path" hiking in the Arlington area which ties in nicely with my post below about hiking.
Southern VT is a beautiful area to tour and I always recommend to travelers that they spend two or three days there and two or three here in the more northern part of the state. That way, it's easy to make day trips not only around Vermont but also the Adirondacks in NY (Lake Placid, Lake George, Saranac Lake, etc), the White Mountains of NH, and even Montreal, an easy 2.5 hours drive from us - roughly the same as Arlington and other southwest VT villages.
This is such a small part of the country, you don't need to pack up and move every night. It is much more relaxing and enjoyable to stay in one or two places and spend your time enjoying each area instead of just driving to the next lodging place every day.
We sometimes hear from first-time guests, especially those from large states like Texas and California, that they are quite surprised at how small New England is, and that they wish they could spend more time in each area getting to know it better. But that's part of what travel means, getting to learn new parts of the world.
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Utilizing the combined power of a couple of efficient photovoltaic panels and bicycles employed as dynamos, the Ciclalab team provided the crowds with music and entertainment all weekend. Both the panels and the bikes are connected to a 12v car battery, and via an inverter they create the required power to run the amplification, the instruments, the turntables and a film projector.
Running a simple turntable linked to a computer library of tunes gave anyone on site the chance to live out their superstar DJ dreams. Mixing tunes, loops and adding effects were fairly simple to learn, not to mention very entertaining!
The bikes have no back wheel, and therefore the pedal power generated is used to help charge the battery unit, acting as a simple dynamo. The Madrid heat didn't prove to be too much of a barrier, and people were happy to add their muscle to the collective effort of keeping the music going!
This basic design for a mobile generator has long been used to stage music, theatre and film, as well as powering lighting. Throughout the year, Ciclalabs has taken their mobile stage to plenty of festivals across Spain, and during the Solar Decathlon the station functioned as a DJ workshop, a hip-hop open mic session, a capoeira display, as well as mode to watch films on the big screen. The transient nature of their set-up means they can organize gigs and film showings in a varied array of places, and so long as people are willing to add a bit of pedal power, their electricity supply knows no bounds!


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With over seven thousand types of apples, each with slightly different personalities that make them unique in both texture and flavor, you might need help navigating those shiny apple pyramids at the market. Not all apples are created equal — some will help you out in the kitchen while others should be left for snacking.
The next time you're in the produce section, don't forget these common apple varieties that are best for baking:
When it comes to spending hours in the oven, a firm, crisp apple generally holds up well, which means your pies, crisps, and cobblers will look and taste their best. Sure, common Red Delicious or McIntosh apples are great for snacking or presenting to a teacher, but when it comes to baking, try all-purpose Empire apples instead. You'll find their crisp flesh is better suited for pies and cobblers, and are pleasingly tart. And speaking of tart, pucker up for Granny Smith apples; their punch of sour taste and firm texture get rave reviews from bakers and eaters alike. For a more complex flavor in your dishes, pair Granny Smiths with sweeter apples such as juicy Honeycrisps or Ida Reds. Equally good for salads and for cooking, Golden Delicious apples are resistant to browning and won't break down when baked. Plus, you can reduce the amount of sugar added since Golden Delicious apples are naturally sweet. Dense and mild Cameo and Cortland apples are perfect choices for pie filling too.
Apple season typically begins in the fall, but you can find most of these popular breeds year-round. And while the tried-and-true varieties are always winners, we don't think you should limit yourself to the common apple. Whether you select favorites from your supermarket, farmer's market, or visit an orchard to pick them yourself, sample local varieties and ask growers which they recommend for your baking needs. Heck, they might even give you a great apple pie recipe or two.


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Breast MRI can be used to:
MRIs can be harmful if you have metal inside your body such as joint replacements or pacemaker. Make sure your doctor knows of any internal metal before the test. Some may also have an allergic reaction to the contrast dye. Talk to your doctor about any allergies you have or if you have liver or kidney problems. These may make it difficult for your body to get rid of the contrast.
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- We're super puzzled by Perdue's new ad slogan for its line of antibiotic-free chicken: "Eat like your ancestors." We're pretty sure our ancestors wouldn't even recognize today's frankenchickens, who grow three times faster than chickens did 60 years ago!
- The National Chicken Council is kicking up its efforts to convince consumers that raising chickens on factory farms is a wholesome and humane process with its new website, The Roost. There's even a page for kids showing happy chickens pecking at grass outside of red barns! We know that image couldn't be further from the truth for most of today's chickens.
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"Vanilla" is anything but plain! The aroma of these strange brown beans mystified the first European explorers of what is now Mexico. Vanilla continues to be one of the world's most expensive spices. This instructable demonstrates a simple process to make vanilla extract.
This instructable is, to my knowledge, the only web page with independent reviews of online vanilla vendors and pictures of their products. I hope to continue to expand the review to include all the major vendors.
Where to find what:
Introduction and Vanilla Tutorial (this page)
How to Make Vanilla Extract and Vanilla Extract Recipe.
Vanilla Review: Amadeus Trading Company.
Vanilla Review: Vanilla Products USA.
Vanilla Review: Beanilla Trading Company.
Vanilla Review: The Organic Vanilla Bean Company.
Vanilla Review: VanillaFromTahiti.com
Vanilla Review: Venui Vanilla (Vanuatu)
Madagascar Planifolia Vanilla Comparison.
Longest Vanilla Bean Award.
Why make vanilla extract?
Quality vanilla is a tasty and essential cooking ingredient. It's also very expensive. By making our own extraction we get the highest possible quality product made from the absolute best vanilla beans. Considering that the FDA regulates vanilla extract by bean weight and not bean quality, you never know what you might be getting with manufactured products. Your vanilla will be free of the artificial colors and vile corn sweeteners found in even high-quality vanilla extracts. Hand crafted vanilla extract is a great gift that will last a lifetime -- like a fine wine, vanilla extract matures with age.
What is Vanilla?
True vanilla flavor comes from the cured seed pod (bean) of the vanilla orchid ( Wikipedia ). The properly prepared pod contains vanillin and 100s of other flavor compounds. Vanilla orchids are the only orchids that produce an edible seed. The primary producers of vanilla beans are tropical areas: Madagascar, Indonesia, Papa New Guinea.
Planifolia vs Tahitensis
There are two distinct types of vanilla orchid:
1. Vanilla Planifolia beans have a strong, familiar vanilla flavor, it is often called 'Madagascar Bourbon'. Planifolia is the same variety grown in Mexico, but now synonymous with Madagascar.
2. Vanilla Tahitensis is a weaker vanilla with 'fruity, floral, and sweet' flavors created by the compound heliotropin. Tahitensis is a mutated form of a Planifolia orchid from Tahiti. Most Tahitensis vanilla is now grown in Papa New Guinea. This vanilla is favored by pastry chefs.
The Kill -- Mexican vs Bourbon (and Tahitian)
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First World vs Third World
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Choosing Vanilla Beans
Vocabulary for describing bean quality seems to vary a bit between vendors, which can make it more difficult to know exactly what you're getting. To cut through the confusion, this instructable uses the following quality labeling: Vanilla beans are graded A and B.
- Grade 'A' beans (also called gourmet or prime). These beans are oily and moist. Really excellent beans may have vanillin crystals on the outside, these will melt back into the bean if heated. There are about 100 to 120 grade 'A' beans (6-7 inch) per pound (7.5 per oz). The beans are visually attractive so that they can be a feature ingredient in gourmet cuisine. 30% - 35% moisture content.
- Grade 'B' beans (also called extract beans). These beans are less moist and also less attractive. But don't worry, because the flavor isn't in the water. There are about 140 to 160 grade 'B' beans (6-7 inch) per pound (10 per oz). 15% - 25% moisture content.
- Grade B beans have less water weight. You get more bean for the buck because you're not paying for water. This also means that less water ends up in your extract.
- With Grade A you pay for appearance, which doesn't matter to us.
- We get the same beans as Grade A, but at a fraction of the cost.
What is Vanilla extract?
Vanilla extract is made by transferring the flavor and aromas of vanilla beans into alcohol (usually vodka, but sometimes brandy or rum). Vodka is the alcohol of choice because it has a neutral flavor. Other liquors can be used, but they contribute flavors of their own. Commercial extracts use a neutral flavored grain alcohol (vodka), but you are free to use rum, brandy, gin, whatever. I stick to vodka because I can always add a hint of brandy or rum directly to a dish.
How many beans are used per unit of alcohol? This is an easy one - its regulated by US law. Really!
From the FDA 21CFR169:
- Extract is 70 proof/35% alcohol.
- Extract contains 13.35 oz. of bean per gallon of alcohol. It seems that 13.35 oz of bean need merely to be exposed to the alcohol, not that this amount of matter is extracted/dissolved into the alcohol, I await confirmation and will update accordingly.
- Moisture content of beans should be under 25%, more beans are required when moisture is higher.
- Remember, the quality of the beans doesn't matter for these regulated proportions, only the weight
"13.35 ounces of vanilla beans per gallon of extract is single fold (single strength) vanilla extract. As most vanilla beans are ~120/pound or 7.5 beans per ounce of weight. A gallon of extract is 128 fluid ounces, so that would mean ~98 beans per gallon or SIX (6) whole beans to make ONE cup (8 fluid ounces) of single fold vanilla extract...Anyone who tells you any differently is just teaching you how to make vanilla flavored booze." kieth - http://tipnut.com/homemade-vanilla-extract/
Take that point to heart! Recipes on the web are all over the place: some call for 1 bean in a gallon of brandy left for one year, others call for 2-4 beans per cup with 1-6 months soak time. Few come anywhere close to reaching the 'legal' requirements of an extract.
Best Extract Alcohol Concentration
A bit of definitive info on the best concentration of alcohol for extracting beans:
- Glenn at Amadeus Trading says that his company starts off with a relatively "pure" alcohol and then adds water to get it to 35%.
- According to this great lit review put together by Garth at Heilala Vanilla, a 1995 study showed that 10% more vanillin was extracted at 47.5% ethanol than 95% ethanol (pdf page 16).
Vanilla beans grow in tropical locales where they require exotic hand pollination and extended curing. This invites wine-culture snobbery and claims of terroir. Dealers and fans alike make whimsical and sometimes contradictory claims about vanillas from various regions. Take this with a grain of salt, as even food critics usually preferred imitation vanilla in a blind taste test.
Is there a huge difference? You'll have to find out for yourself, but you can get an idea by looking through the reviews in this instructable. I was skeptical at first, but I hope the reviews show that there is a big difference in the characteristics of vanilla beans from different growing regions -- and not just in smell.
Below is a list of countries that actively market 'gourmet' vanilla. There are major vanilla producing countries not included on this list. Wikipedia says China produces 10% of the world's vanilla, but I can't find anywhere to buy it.
Vanilla Tahitensis
Papua New Guinea (PNG) - Most Tahitensis vanilla is grown in PNG.
Tahiti - Only a tiny amount of vanilla is actually produced on Tahiti. Check out the new review of vanillafromtahiti.com.
Vanilla Planifolia
Madagascar - The 'classic' vanilla.
Papua New Guinea (PNG) - A lesser known, but major, vanilla producer.
Indonesia - Said to be of poor flavor and particularly suited to baking.
Mexico - Though vanilla originated in Mexico, it is no longer grown in significant quantities. Mexican vanilla beans are very expensive. Cheap tourist vanilla almost certainly isn't vanilla at all.
Hawaii - Vanilla is grown on Oahu and Maui in very small quantities. You might be able to buy a tiny bit from Huahua Farm on the Big Island.
Uganda - Large vanilla beans are grown in this African country.
Tonga - Some very interesting Planifolia beans are grown in this tiny Pacific island nation.
India - I'm working on adding some Indian vanilla beans to the review.
Vanuatu - Soon I'll add a review of extremely rare vanilla beans from this tiny Pacific Island nation.
Australia - Broken Nose Vanilla is a potential source of Australian vanilla beans.
Malaysia - Check back for a review of Malaysian beans.
Organic Beans?
Some vendors offer 'certified organic' or similarly labeled beans. Certified organic vanilla should be free of pesticides, herbicides, and other chemicals. Organic farming may also promote sustainable land practices that benefit the environment. If you want certified organic beans, make sure you are getting something thats truly 'certified organic'. Often beans are labeled just plain organic. As far as I can tell, the only vendors in this review that offer genuine certified organic vanilla beans are The Organic Vanilla Company and Amadeus Trading Company. If organic cultivation is important to you, go for it.
Make Vanilla Extract without alcohol,
Thank you for the information.
i made some with vodka 2 years ago for Christmas. I made way too much and still have a liter left. Does this go bad?
I have kept a botle for over tweny years, still good. As long as you keep it capped when not being used.
Can you keep adding vodka to the mix as you use it, or should you just start a new bottle? I was thinking that if it's ready to use in 1 month but keeps fermenting(?) for 6 then you could add more. When will it get to the point of not contributing to the mix?
I made it, and it came out great! I used 96 proof (48 vol%) alcohol, since I had some 96 vol% alcohol around, which I diluted 1:1. The beans (B-grade madagascan bourbon) are still in it, and as long as they are submerged, I see no reason to filter them off... The alcohol should conserve them.
I bought grade A beans that were dark plump (not dry)
The post office had a shipping box - that was about the size of bottle so I used that to create the dark environment. The beans were long - after cutting the bottle was about 1/3 full of beans. Correct any errors I made please.
Note: the flash on the camera made the bottle a strange color
I plan on using qt beer bottles next time with a capper
I bought grade A beans that were dark plump (not dry)
The post office had a shipping box - that was about the size of bottle so I used that to create the dark environment. The beans were long - after cutting the bottle was about 1/3 full of beans. Correct any errors I made please.
Note: the flash on the camera made the bottle a strange color
I plan on using qt beer bottles next time with a capper
Here is my recipe:
750 ml bottle of Maker's Mark® handmade premium Kentucky Bourbon
18 - 6-7" madagascar vanilla slit down the middle then cross cut each into 3 pieces (2")
I used the bottle the bourbon came in - opened it, took out 3 oz to test quality ;}
Then I opened the package of beans.
Clean hands: Before touching the beans I washed and dried my hands .
On a clean paperplate I cut each bean lengthwise then cross cut so each bean was about 2" dropped into the bottle.
The bottle was clear and I read it needs to be in the dark so I used a tall box and set the bottle in there. On the box I labeled it fragile, vanilla and put the date set on the bottom shelf of my pantry.
Never done it before - but it seemed simple enough. Maybe I will try a good vodka next time. I believe, like cooking wine - you start with a liquor that taste good. I have read and seen videos to use cheap stuff, but I like to start with good ingredients.
Also, it's important to age your extract on the beans for 4-6 months for the best flavor. After a year the extract will mellow and smell wonderful, it's not uncommon for extract to smell harsh for the first few months.
Don't worry about the floaters, it's just vanilla bits and is perfectly normal. If you notice that it grows up the side of your bottle, discard it without opening (mold is bad). I've never had this happen, and the alcohol should kill everything in the bottle.
This will make a lightly flavored vanilla booze, but according to the FDA regulations linked above it takes a minimum of 6 beans per cup of vodka to make actual 'vanilla extract'.
Like fine bordeaux wines, champagne cognacs of France, and magnificent sherrys, pure vanilla extract requires slow aging in order to develop a full-bodied character. Chemical changes take place during the aging process allowing for the formation of esters from acids, which develops aromas and aldehydes, thereby producing the full complexity of the extract. These changes first become evident at three weeks after aging when the bitterness begins to diminish. Within two months, the changes become even more noticeable in taste and particularly in aroma. Our vanillas will continue to age on your shelf. When aged over six months, the character and complexity of the extract matures, producing topnote essences with smooth, rich taste.
From www.ronaldreginalds.com:
Expensive and rare as it is, we age our Pure Vanilla Extract one full year after bottling. We know of no other manufacturer who goes to this extent to develop the full richness of vanilla extract. At Ronald Reginald's, we understand the importance of this slow aging to the development of the total character of a quality Pure Vanilla Extract. Do not be misled by manufacturers who claim that their vanilla beans are aged for up to a year--this refers to the curing process and the length of time required for the beans to reach the vanilla brokers in this country.'
It's probably overkill, but I've all ready ordered the beans!
Also, red beans used for extract are the best. I know because I work for a company that imports beans, and I know great extract when I smell it.
Dawei4321 at hotmail is where I can be reached. Our beans rival Nielsen Massey, and so does our powder and extract. But since we buy from 500 farmers, direct, our prices are cheaper.
If we assume his facts are correct (which I have not verified), it still won't matter to us as bakers. While oven temperatures for baking vary from 350-500°F, most baked goods are done at between 190-210°F on the inside. This includes breads, which tends to be cooked at higher temperatures. If we baked them beyond the boiling point of water (~212°F), especially all the way up to 300°F, they would dry out, and probably appear withered and burnt.
So, if we were baking a delicious vanilla pound cake, we might lose some of the vanilla compounds at the surface of the cake, but the inside will still be nice and vanilla-rich.
I'm just curious about why this has to be kept in a dark place? What happens if I keep it on my kitchen counter? I think it'd look nice as decoration but will the light spoil the extract?
Just make sure that whatever bottle/container you use, it's super squeaky clean with a proper fitting lid (you don't want vanilla to spray across your kitchen when you shake it!).
They are grade A but I'm sure that the vendor could check for grade B for you as well. She also has Cardamon available which costs a fortune when buying it from the supermarket.
If you use clear jars or bottles to soak the beans why not cover them with a brown paper bag to keep the light from getting in?
I use Tito's Handmade Vodka, it is produced in Austin at Texas' first and oldest legal distillery. It's made in small batches in an old fashioned pot still by Tito Beveridge (actual name), a 45-year-old Geologist, and distilled six times. It is a little more expensive, 12.00 a pint but it is worth is as you will be using this extract for years! Good luck...


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So for those that know already here is a cool update..for those that dont, I dislocated my shoulder on the 18th of June. Full seperation. ER put it back into place.
I called a few docs, and googled some recovery exercises...and did everything they said not to do....I worked the hell out of it.
Today I could not stand it...I psyched myself up...and went for it. First group was in the dot...all five arrows..shoulder was tender but no pain...
Second group...well....GIMP IS BACK na na na...na na na..(yes to the sound track!! lol)
I am so stoked its not even funny...this is my second complete and solid robin hooded arrow in four years in carbon arrows.... my point from other posts has been proved yet once again...sportsmanswarehouse arrows are just fine.
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Step 1: What You will need
- Power button from an electronic device (mine came from an old computer case)
- 10mm LED -I used a blue one
- 3V button battery (I used a CR2016 from a dollar store)
- Jewelry wire -to make the loop for the chain, I bought mine at a dollar store
- A badge
- Sugru
- A necklace chain
- Needle nose pliers
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- (Optional) Electrical tape, black paint
Awesome I cant wait to make it
Looks awesome!
that and im to lazy to look through my old electronics for a good one.:P
nice work, and have you ever thought about making plastic custom buttons that you can trim out a design with an X-acto knife?
ex: Doctor Who Logo
If I had access to a 3d printer or laser cutter, I could probably make a bunch of these. I like the idea of a Doctor Who one that would be really cool, or batman even.
Nicely done, clear instruction and very helpful comments from many.
Then you could screw in the backing to take the battery in and out. Or just modify it to turn on and off from the pressure of screwing in the backing. That way you can just leave it unscrewed when you're not wearing it and extend the life of the battery.
Now, to find someone who really wants a power-button necklace...
I am always looking at something cool but too expensive and saying to myself (in exaggerated tones, of course) "Why, I can make that for a FRACTION of the cost!"
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Is there a guideline for designing Windows Applications, whereas they specify font size and spacing, best screen resolution?
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Yes, of course MS has its own user interaction guidelines and they are available online: Windows User Experience Interaction Guidelines
It's worth looking out for an older version of the Windows guidelines - which had more actionable detail:
Here's a link to them in book form:
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Spring fever is a common thing for many people in late April when the weather begins to stay warmer.
Fans of the Sweetwater High School baseball and softball teams, though, have another name for it: playoff fever.
Since softball was adopted as a UIL sport, this is the first time for the Lady Mustangs (20-13) and the Mustangs (15-12) to both advance to the playoffs. In fact, in that 17-year span prior to 2013, each of the programs had gone to the playoffs just three times. But thatŌĆÖs all changed.
The baseball team ends the regular season by hosting Snyder at 7 p.m. today, and will clinch the district championship with a win, plus a Big Spring win today over Wylie, which is tied with Sweetwater for the district lead at 7-2.
If Sweetwater and Wylie finish in a first-place tie, the Mustangs will be con-sidered the No. 2 team due to the fact that the Bull-dogs swept their two head-to-head meetings. The dis-trict champion will receive a first-round bye.
The Sweetwater softball team, meanwhile, starts the playoffs by going to the Lubbock area on Saturday to face Pecos in a Class 3A bi-district matchup that will start at 7 p.m. The game will be at Wolfforth Frenship High School. The Lady Mustangs were the District 4-3A runnerup this season at 6-4, while Pecos was the third-place team in District 3-3A. SaturdayŌĆÖs winner will face Pampa in the area playoffs.
Sweetwater has lost two straight since clinching its playoff berth with a win over Big Spring, including a loss to Wylie in its season finale this past Saturday.
According to head coach Tony Heredia, the team has concentrated this week on its hitting. ŌĆ£WeŌĆÖve been leaving too many runners on base,ŌĆØ he said. ŌĆ£WeŌĆÖre not putting (the ball) down on the ground.
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JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (May 13, 2011) - Junior Bo Reeder (Cookeville, Tenn.) tied the Atlantic Sun single season save record with his 16th save of the year as the ETSU baseball team powered past Campbell with three home runs to defeat the Camels 7-5 Friday night at Cardinal Park.
Reeder's 16 saves ties Jamie Emiliano of Florida International who set the record back in 1995. With the win, the Bucs (32-17, 13-10 A-Sun) have tied the most wins under head coach Tony Skole with 32, while Skole needs just two more wins to reach 400 in his career.
Starter John Long (Anderson, S.C.) ran into some trouble early in the contest, but settled down to retire 23 of the last 25 batters he faced to improve to 6-5 on the season. Long struck out a career-best ten batters in the win allowing just six hits in 8.0 innings of work.
Campbell reliever Matt Marksberry was tabbed with the loss after giving up three runs on four hits in 0.2 of an inning.
ETSU out hit the Camels (16-33, 2-23 A-Sun) 9-6 in the contest as both Andrew Green (Powell, Tenn.) and Dylan Pratt (Johnson City, Tenn.) had multi-hit performances. Green's single in the fifth inning increased his hit streak to a team-best 11 games.
The Camels exploded for four runs to start the contest. After Long struck out Ellis Lowe to start the top of the first, Campbell pieced together four straight hits combined with two Buccaneer errors to make the score 4-0.
In the bottom half of the frame, senior Paul Hoilman (Johnson City, Tenn.) crushed his 18th homer of the season to left center to cut the Camels' lead to 4-1.
Bryce Grady increased the Campbell advantage to 5-1 in the top of the sixth on a solo home run to left. The Bucs answered though in the bottom of the sixth on a two-run homer to left center by Pratt to pull ETSU within two runs.
In the bottom of the seventh, the Buccaneers completed the comeback on a two-run homer to left by catcher Derek Trent (Kingsport, Tenn.) to tie the game at 5-all. Later in the inning, Kerry Doane (Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.) gave ETSU a 6-5 lead as he doubled down the right field line to score Pratt from first.
Reeder added an insurance run for the Bucs in the bottom of the eighth on a RBI single up the middle to make the score 7-5.
The junior closer then came in to throw a scoreless ninth inning for the Bucs as he is now 16-for-17 on the year in save opportunities.
The Bucs and Camels are back in action tomorrow at 1:05 p.m. as the two teams are slated to play a doubleheader to close out the series. It will be senior day at the ballpark as well. For more information on Buccaneer baseball, visit ETSUBucs.com or follow the Bucs on Twitter at http://twitter.com/ETSUAthletics.
ETSU 7, Campbell 5 (May 13, 2011 at Johnson City, Tenn.)
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Conner Erwin Earns PCMA's First Certified Club Resource (CCR) Designation
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