There is more disturbing fallout from the Tom Delay indictment from yesterday. Some on Republican Websites seem to be now promoting the politics of " Gothcha", now arguing which Democrats should be charged with crimes and indicted even if no real wrongdoing exists, only an ideological difference on issues.
I never liked the idea of political parties looking for reasons to jail their political opponents. Politics should be about rational debate about differing plans for government. Instead, some of both poltical parties feel that politics should be a "Gothcha" system where political opponents should be rounded up and jailed, just like the systems of China, North Korea or Cuba.
It is true that Tom Delay is a polarizing figure of pure partisanship. He has had bipartisan ethics problems several times before. And he is nicknamed "the hammer" because he is ruthless against political opponents. Yet it seems that a felony charge against someone with this sort of character is very harsh. People like Delay who very well may cut ethical corners should simply stay away from politics and leave the profession up to less negative and partisan persons.
Politics should become more civil. And less "Gothcha" politics would be a great thing to be reduced in American politics. Instead of looking for solutions, some of both parties seem to entertain themselves looking a scandal to blame a politican and possiby ruin the life or career of another political rival. All of this is very unfortunate. But for some, looking for a scandal to ruin the reputatation of another is the new politics in this modern age of computers and other innovations.
Sometimes there is a thin line between a legitimate concern for not allowing corruption in government and promoting "Gotcha" politics. It will interesting seeing where the Delay case goes. And interesting if it creates some more political fallout. My personal feeling is someone intensely partisan like Delay doesn't belong in office. But putting this negative figure in jail or prison is taking things to the next level. This is not healthy, and is a very bad political trend.
Friday, September 30, 2005
Thursday, September 29, 2005
Corruption In American Politics Is A Bipartisan Enterprise
American politics is a massive money machine. And being surrounded by a system built on so much money, often helps to encourage corruption. Since 1947, more than 47 congressmen have been indicted for corruption charges, both democrats and republicans. Even state politics involves corruption. In Oregon, democrat Peg Jolin was removed from office in a scandal that involved the use of campaign funds to purchase a Mustang convertible. And a former Republican lawmaker pled guilty to charges involving the misuse of $150,000 in campaign funds for his personal use very recently.
But the indictment of Texas Rep. Tom Delay by a Austin grand jury on the charge of misusing his Washington PAC to launder corporate funds in violation of state law to channel back to candidates for the Texas state legislature in an effort to gain republican control of the Texas house is a unique scandal, that appears to have been promoted by so much corporate money flowing through the American political system , as well as high partisan moltivations on the part of Delay. It will now be the job of Delay and his legal team to disprove the intent to circumvent the claimed moneytrail of the scheme in the indictment to a judge and jury.
Almost instantly, an unfortunate effort by some republicans to defend Delay has taken place. Many claim that prosecutor, Ronnie Earle is a partisan figure in democratic state politics. And of course he is. However Mr. Earle has seperated his personal politics from his duties as prosecutor and has indicted 12 democrats and 2 republicans of public corruption charges. The professional seperation of the duty for a public prosecutor from the personal politics of Ronnie Earle disproves this weak premise.
And a futher unfortunate step by some defenders of Delay is to take normal and lawful activity of some democratic lawmakers at any level of government and to charge that an investigation has been deliberately ignored for partisan reasons. Yet like Ronnie Earle, most prosecutors are professionals, and a history of both democrats and republicans have faced charges in every state. No one party has been unfairly targeted that can be proven. This is another weak premise to justify Tom Delay against the indictment brought against him.
And on the reverse side, some democratic leaning Websites will no doubt have some posts that claim that the Tom Delay indictment proves that republicans are somehow "inherently dishonest", when all proof is that both democrats and republicans have faced charges in all states in cases of public corruption.
It is true that the Delay indictment is hurtful to republicans, in that he was an effective fundraiser and also an embarrassment to the party that has so heavily courted Christian voters and has claimed to embrace values. Any form of corruption is very contrary to Christian values expected to reflect honesty and integrity. And Delay even used a recent Christian event to help himself politically during allegations of ethics questions in the past few weeks.
Prosecutor Ronnie Earle said it best when he stated that his office has prosecuted four times as many democrats as republicans, and the Delay matter is about "cops and robbers". And Christians who are called to high standards of honesty should have no part in any activity that should be seen as the activity of "robbers".
If Tom Delay is ultimately found guilty of the ethics charge, then it should be hoped that the Christian organizations who rallied to his defense a few weeks ago will accept that his values are in conflict with the values of God and Holy Scripture. However if Delay is found innocent of the charge, then he needs the forgiveness found of all innocent persons to be expected from a Biblical standard of basic decency to others.
But the indictment of Texas Rep. Tom Delay by a Austin grand jury on the charge of misusing his Washington PAC to launder corporate funds in violation of state law to channel back to candidates for the Texas state legislature in an effort to gain republican control of the Texas house is a unique scandal, that appears to have been promoted by so much corporate money flowing through the American political system , as well as high partisan moltivations on the part of Delay. It will now be the job of Delay and his legal team to disprove the intent to circumvent the claimed moneytrail of the scheme in the indictment to a judge and jury.
Almost instantly, an unfortunate effort by some republicans to defend Delay has taken place. Many claim that prosecutor, Ronnie Earle is a partisan figure in democratic state politics. And of course he is. However Mr. Earle has seperated his personal politics from his duties as prosecutor and has indicted 12 democrats and 2 republicans of public corruption charges. The professional seperation of the duty for a public prosecutor from the personal politics of Ronnie Earle disproves this weak premise.
And a futher unfortunate step by some defenders of Delay is to take normal and lawful activity of some democratic lawmakers at any level of government and to charge that an investigation has been deliberately ignored for partisan reasons. Yet like Ronnie Earle, most prosecutors are professionals, and a history of both democrats and republicans have faced charges in every state. No one party has been unfairly targeted that can be proven. This is another weak premise to justify Tom Delay against the indictment brought against him.
And on the reverse side, some democratic leaning Websites will no doubt have some posts that claim that the Tom Delay indictment proves that republicans are somehow "inherently dishonest", when all proof is that both democrats and republicans have faced charges in all states in cases of public corruption.
It is true that the Delay indictment is hurtful to republicans, in that he was an effective fundraiser and also an embarrassment to the party that has so heavily courted Christian voters and has claimed to embrace values. Any form of corruption is very contrary to Christian values expected to reflect honesty and integrity. And Delay even used a recent Christian event to help himself politically during allegations of ethics questions in the past few weeks.
Prosecutor Ronnie Earle said it best when he stated that his office has prosecuted four times as many democrats as republicans, and the Delay matter is about "cops and robbers". And Christians who are called to high standards of honesty should have no part in any activity that should be seen as the activity of "robbers".
If Tom Delay is ultimately found guilty of the ethics charge, then it should be hoped that the Christian organizations who rallied to his defense a few weeks ago will accept that his values are in conflict with the values of God and Holy Scripture. However if Delay is found innocent of the charge, then he needs the forgiveness found of all innocent persons to be expected from a Biblical standard of basic decency to others.
Wednesday, September 28, 2005
Iran Plays The Blackmail Card To Push Ahead Nuclear Agenda
In an effort to blackmail the world into allowing Iran to develop nuclear power and most likely weapons as well, Iran is now using cutting oil deals with states like India who act as responsible members of the world community, and supported the recent U.N. resolution supporting U.N. action against Iran if they do not comply with international efforts to prevent a nuclear program in Iran.
A 25 year natural gas deal between Iran and India was scrapped by Iran to blackmail this responsible nation. And Iran has threatened other states, such as Japan who depend on 17% of their supply of oil from Iran. Some states that depend heavily on oil or natural gas from Iran, willbe hard pressed whether to support U.N. efforts to prevent Iran from development of nuclear power and potentially weapons, or continued oil supplies due to the example set by the case of India. Japan was another state out 35 delegations, of which 22 supported the U.N. efforts to rein in Iran's nuclear goals. Whether Japan's oil from Iran will now be threatened is a good question. The natural gas deal between India and Iran did not yet take place, so those lack the real teeth of an oil export embargo.
And Iran seems to look for ways to up the blackmail ante by sometimes slipping in a threat or two to develop nuclear weapons unless states that oppose Iran's nuclear goals allow Iran to move ahead with nuclear projects.
None of this is good. It all lays out a dangerous and irresponisible state in Iran, that will no doubt use the least reason to develop and use nuclear weapons if given half the chance.
2,600 years ago the Prophet Ezekiel wrote his Old Testament book that became both the history and future of events in the MidEast that will impact the nation of Israel, first as Judea and Sumaria, but now as the modern state of Israel. The writings of Ezekiel are well on course that Iran will be the cause of major future war in the MidEast. Interestingly the wars of WWI and WWII are not even mentioned in the Bible or Torah, but the future war with Iran is because it will become the worst war in the history of the planet. With Iran's nuclear goals as well as radical and irresponsible government, fears should be that Iran is pushing these terrible future events ever closer. The writings of this future war in Ezekiel 37-39 should send a cold chill up the spine of anyone. The situation with Iran deserves much careful diplomacy, resolve, as well as prayer to prevent from blowing up into the worst conflict in the history of mankind during our lifetime.
A 25 year natural gas deal between Iran and India was scrapped by Iran to blackmail this responsible nation. And Iran has threatened other states, such as Japan who depend on 17% of their supply of oil from Iran. Some states that depend heavily on oil or natural gas from Iran, willbe hard pressed whether to support U.N. efforts to prevent Iran from development of nuclear power and potentially weapons, or continued oil supplies due to the example set by the case of India. Japan was another state out 35 delegations, of which 22 supported the U.N. efforts to rein in Iran's nuclear goals. Whether Japan's oil from Iran will now be threatened is a good question. The natural gas deal between India and Iran did not yet take place, so those lack the real teeth of an oil export embargo.
And Iran seems to look for ways to up the blackmail ante by sometimes slipping in a threat or two to develop nuclear weapons unless states that oppose Iran's nuclear goals allow Iran to move ahead with nuclear projects.
None of this is good. It all lays out a dangerous and irresponisible state in Iran, that will no doubt use the least reason to develop and use nuclear weapons if given half the chance.
2,600 years ago the Prophet Ezekiel wrote his Old Testament book that became both the history and future of events in the MidEast that will impact the nation of Israel, first as Judea and Sumaria, but now as the modern state of Israel. The writings of Ezekiel are well on course that Iran will be the cause of major future war in the MidEast. Interestingly the wars of WWI and WWII are not even mentioned in the Bible or Torah, but the future war with Iran is because it will become the worst war in the history of the planet. With Iran's nuclear goals as well as radical and irresponsible government, fears should be that Iran is pushing these terrible future events ever closer. The writings of this future war in Ezekiel 37-39 should send a cold chill up the spine of anyone. The situation with Iran deserves much careful diplomacy, resolve, as well as prayer to prevent from blowing up into the worst conflict in the history of mankind during our lifetime.
Tuesday, September 27, 2005
The Life Of A Woman In Iraq
The U.S policy to change the government of Iraq has had a very negative impact on the lives of women in Iraq. Compared to other MidEast states, women in the old regime days in Iraq faced far better times than now, and that compares against a climate with no political freedom, or even the tough life under more than 12 years of U.N. sanctions with not enough food or medicine, while Saddam Hussein's family built palace after palace.
Human rights in the current Iraq have taken a sharp downturn. There is the widespread possibility of becoming a violence victim if one belongs to the wrong political or ethnic group in the wrong neighborhood. There is always the real possibility of torture, even for children for anyone remotely thought to be affilated with opposition to the government or the America occupation.
Each day in the life of a woman in Iraq is a struggle to get enough electricity, water, food or even medicine. Any woman who walks into the streets faces possible death from car bombs or other violence. Many young women are kidnapped and sold as into slavery as prostitutes in other neighboring states. Some will be victims of new discrimination against women caused by a resurgent fundamentalist brand of Islam that allows honor killings and other violence against women. And while 16 million in Iraq count on monthly rations for enough food, since May they have not received these needed food rations. Among the 100,000 possible dead civilians in Iraq since the beginning of the war, lack of clean water without disease, or food or medicine has taken many lives. And the use of American bombs such as depleted uranium, cluster bombs or the MK-77, a form of napalmlike weapon, have taken many more lives when used against entire neighborhoods to rout out a few insurgent fighters in hiding.
The fundamentalist majority in the new Iraqi government evens seeks ways to deny full citizenship to women, and parts of the constitution were hot areas of debate. It's not good to be a woman in modern day Iraq. And there is little movement in a positive direction for the lives of women in Iraq. If America intended any movement towards democracy in Iraq, then more than 50% of persons in Iraq, mainly woman and children have found their lives dramaticly worsened since the start of the American war to replace Saddam Hussein.
Human rights in the current Iraq have taken a sharp downturn. There is the widespread possibility of becoming a violence victim if one belongs to the wrong political or ethnic group in the wrong neighborhood. There is always the real possibility of torture, even for children for anyone remotely thought to be affilated with opposition to the government or the America occupation.
Each day in the life of a woman in Iraq is a struggle to get enough electricity, water, food or even medicine. Any woman who walks into the streets faces possible death from car bombs or other violence. Many young women are kidnapped and sold as into slavery as prostitutes in other neighboring states. Some will be victims of new discrimination against women caused by a resurgent fundamentalist brand of Islam that allows honor killings and other violence against women. And while 16 million in Iraq count on monthly rations for enough food, since May they have not received these needed food rations. Among the 100,000 possible dead civilians in Iraq since the beginning of the war, lack of clean water without disease, or food or medicine has taken many lives. And the use of American bombs such as depleted uranium, cluster bombs or the MK-77, a form of napalmlike weapon, have taken many more lives when used against entire neighborhoods to rout out a few insurgent fighters in hiding.
The fundamentalist majority in the new Iraqi government evens seeks ways to deny full citizenship to women, and parts of the constitution were hot areas of debate. It's not good to be a woman in modern day Iraq. And there is little movement in a positive direction for the lives of women in Iraq. If America intended any movement towards democracy in Iraq, then more than 50% of persons in Iraq, mainly woman and children have found their lives dramaticly worsened since the start of the American war to replace Saddam Hussein.
The Cindy Sheehan Arrest
It was only a matter of time that the ultimate goal of the government to arrest Cindy Sheehan for her political views was going to happen. While her goal to force an American withdrawal from Iraq before America can leave a stable enough government and military in place in Iraq before a substantial number of American soldiers leave is unrealistic. But even neoconservative William Kristol who organized the war efforts with the Project For The New American Century, with Donald Rumsfeld, Dick Cheney, Paul Wolfowitz, John Bolton and others back as far as 1997, this weekend doubted that America will ever really leave Iraq. And Kristol now also expresses some doubts about the Iraq War policy he helped to organize, as well as calling for the firing of Donald Rumsfeld.
But for others who are critical of the Iraq War, like Cindy Sheehan who organized 100,000 protestors, were always a target of the Bush Administration to arrest her to silence her views. When a political movement builds too much strength that government policies are threatened, then nonsense laws are looked at to stiffle that opposition to the government. In the case of Cindy Sheehan, the phony charge used to stiffle her political opinions are a "lack of permit" to protest.
Yet there is no standard set in the U.S. Constitution that a permit is required from government to protest the official policies of that government. This is merely an unconstitutional roadblock to expression of free political expression. There was no violence connected to the protest of Cindy Sheehan when arrested. No rock throwing or molotov cocktails. It was an orderly and peacful expression of her personal political views.
But America joins the worst governments in the world, like China, Cuba and North Korea, when those that oppose government policy are rounded up and arrested by government. While American Communists were popular in the 1930's in America drawing an increasing number of popular votes in national elections, the American government sometimes arrested Communists for merely printing newspapers. The current proposed amendment to "protect the flag" is a new law being proposed to round up political protestors. Even Larry Flynt, the colorful publisher of trashy magazines, faced obscenity charges to silence his political, social and morality views, by the American government. In China, a protestor is run over by a tank. In the U.S., some other unacceptable unconstitutional roadblock to free expression is erected to prevent those with views contrary to government from expressing themselves.
Cindy Sheehan has built a growing movement, although it is not realistic for America to withdrawal troops at this time because of the instability that we helped to create in Iraq. When 100,000 other persons joined Cindy Sheehan this weekend, her movement is becoming very strong. When only 700 counterprotestors were organized to protest Cindy Sheehan's efforts, then the Bush Administration knew their Iraq War policy is in trouble. The arrest of Cindy Sheehan could have been expected to stiffle her growing political opinions against the Iraq War. Instead of making a good case for the continued war in Iraq, the Bush Administration found a very cheap way out by arresting Cindy Sheehan for protesting "without a permit". This simply should not be the American way. We're supposedly the nation attempting to "teach" democracy to the MidEast and setting no example when cheap and clearly unconstitutional means are used to round up political opponents of the government.
But for others who are critical of the Iraq War, like Cindy Sheehan who organized 100,000 protestors, were always a target of the Bush Administration to arrest her to silence her views. When a political movement builds too much strength that government policies are threatened, then nonsense laws are looked at to stiffle that opposition to the government. In the case of Cindy Sheehan, the phony charge used to stiffle her political opinions are a "lack of permit" to protest.
Yet there is no standard set in the U.S. Constitution that a permit is required from government to protest the official policies of that government. This is merely an unconstitutional roadblock to expression of free political expression. There was no violence connected to the protest of Cindy Sheehan when arrested. No rock throwing or molotov cocktails. It was an orderly and peacful expression of her personal political views.
But America joins the worst governments in the world, like China, Cuba and North Korea, when those that oppose government policy are rounded up and arrested by government. While American Communists were popular in the 1930's in America drawing an increasing number of popular votes in national elections, the American government sometimes arrested Communists for merely printing newspapers. The current proposed amendment to "protect the flag" is a new law being proposed to round up political protestors. Even Larry Flynt, the colorful publisher of trashy magazines, faced obscenity charges to silence his political, social and morality views, by the American government. In China, a protestor is run over by a tank. In the U.S., some other unacceptable unconstitutional roadblock to free expression is erected to prevent those with views contrary to government from expressing themselves.
Cindy Sheehan has built a growing movement, although it is not realistic for America to withdrawal troops at this time because of the instability that we helped to create in Iraq. When 100,000 other persons joined Cindy Sheehan this weekend, her movement is becoming very strong. When only 700 counterprotestors were organized to protest Cindy Sheehan's efforts, then the Bush Administration knew their Iraq War policy is in trouble. The arrest of Cindy Sheehan could have been expected to stiffle her growing political opinions against the Iraq War. Instead of making a good case for the continued war in Iraq, the Bush Administration found a very cheap way out by arresting Cindy Sheehan for protesting "without a permit". This simply should not be the American way. We're supposedly the nation attempting to "teach" democracy to the MidEast and setting no example when cheap and clearly unconstitutional means are used to round up political opponents of the government.
Monday, September 26, 2005
China Is Buying More And More U.S. Treasury Bonds
A major problem for the U.S. is how to pay for the Katrina and Rita relief efforts. And with the cost of the Iraq War topping $196.4 billion, or $1,768 per family, or $785 per person, as well as a Bush Administration that has failed to balance the federal budget, or to even veto a single spending bill, the costs to fund disaster relief are indeed very scarce.
Recently congress even passed a $286.4 billion highway bill. This contained a full 6,376 pet "pork" projects valued at $24 billion, including funds for a horseriding facility that the average American will never be able to use, yet is expected to pay the costs for.
All of this "tax and spend" government is financed by the sale of U.S. Treasury bonds. And many of the biggest bondholders are foreign states such as China. In the beginning of 2004, China held $151.6 billion in bonds. Today China holds $242 billion in U.S. Treasury bonds. Among the $4.1 trillion dollars in bonds available for purchase, Japan holds 679 billion, down only slightly from a year ago. And Carribean states hold another $137 billion. And theU.K holds $122 billion. And South Korea holds $69 billion.
Bonds are like a credit card debt that many Americans find themselves involved in. The interest continues to build as a national debt that just never seems to get paid off. But the U.S. government is in no position to argue. It needs the money, so it must sell America to foreign states to continue to function and not go bankrupt. And this reckless pattern of debt is from an administration that promotted "bankruptcy reform" for small family credit card debtors, while itself engaging in a pattern of far more dangerous and reckless spending, borrowing and debt.
While a state like China takes more and more U.S. jobs through "outsourcing", it also wields more and more clout to prevent fair trade demands from the U.S. And the high dollar value of bonds also blocks the U.S. from any meaningful role insisting on demands for human rights reforms or an end to religious persecution of groups like Christians in China. And executions of "state enemies" is still a common practice in China.
China will take away millions of America jobs with "outsourcing" , paying only 24-40 cents an hour labor to workers, and turn these huge profits into buying more and more U.S. Treasury bonds until it eventually owns the lock and key to the U.S.
A Communist nation like China never has to engage the U.S. in a military conflict. By purchasing America "one piece at a time", just like the old Johnny Cash song, is how this nation is gaining more and more influence and power over the U.S.
This is the unfortunate fact of how Katrina and Rita disaster relief will be purchased. It is a devil's bargain, where for short term benefits the future of America is sold to foreign powers like China.
Recently congress even passed a $286.4 billion highway bill. This contained a full 6,376 pet "pork" projects valued at $24 billion, including funds for a horseriding facility that the average American will never be able to use, yet is expected to pay the costs for.
All of this "tax and spend" government is financed by the sale of U.S. Treasury bonds. And many of the biggest bondholders are foreign states such as China. In the beginning of 2004, China held $151.6 billion in bonds. Today China holds $242 billion in U.S. Treasury bonds. Among the $4.1 trillion dollars in bonds available for purchase, Japan holds 679 billion, down only slightly from a year ago. And Carribean states hold another $137 billion. And theU.K holds $122 billion. And South Korea holds $69 billion.
Bonds are like a credit card debt that many Americans find themselves involved in. The interest continues to build as a national debt that just never seems to get paid off. But the U.S. government is in no position to argue. It needs the money, so it must sell America to foreign states to continue to function and not go bankrupt. And this reckless pattern of debt is from an administration that promotted "bankruptcy reform" for small family credit card debtors, while itself engaging in a pattern of far more dangerous and reckless spending, borrowing and debt.
While a state like China takes more and more U.S. jobs through "outsourcing", it also wields more and more clout to prevent fair trade demands from the U.S. And the high dollar value of bonds also blocks the U.S. from any meaningful role insisting on demands for human rights reforms or an end to religious persecution of groups like Christians in China. And executions of "state enemies" is still a common practice in China.
China will take away millions of America jobs with "outsourcing" , paying only 24-40 cents an hour labor to workers, and turn these huge profits into buying more and more U.S. Treasury bonds until it eventually owns the lock and key to the U.S.
A Communist nation like China never has to engage the U.S. in a military conflict. By purchasing America "one piece at a time", just like the old Johnny Cash song, is how this nation is gaining more and more influence and power over the U.S.
This is the unfortunate fact of how Katrina and Rita disaster relief will be purchased. It is a devil's bargain, where for short term benefits the future of America is sold to foreign powers like China.
Sunday, September 25, 2005
Hurricane Rita And The New Oil Fears
Thankfully it appears that the damage from Hurricane Rita to the oil industry in Texas is not as bad as it could have been. Yet the fact that 1/3 of America's oil supply could face such a major threat shows just how delicate this dependence on oil has become for America. It begs the question why a new fuel source based on more plentiful elements such as the sun, wind or water is not developed.
Some geologists in 1977 assumed that the world had gone past the "peak oil" point. After this critical point, every major oil reserve has faced problems with production that could only be solved through means such as water or gas injection to force oil supplies to the surface and to maintain production levels comparable to any past production levels.
In Saudi Arabia, the world's largest oil field, the Ghawar oil reserve, is only able to maintain production of 4.5 million barrels per day by means of pumping 7 million barrels of seawater each day into the reserve to raise the oil level near to the surface.
But the other world's largest oil reserves have all declined in production despite means such as gas injection or water injection. Russia's giant Samotler oil reserve has declined in production from 3.5 million barrels per day, down to just a mere 325,000 barrels per day. The Prudhoe oil reserve has declined from 1.5 million barrels per day, to a mere 350,000 barrels per day. The Forty Field in the North Sea has declined from 500,000 barrels of oil production per day, down to just 50,000 barrels per day. And the most promising oil reserve found in North or South America so far has been the Cruz Beana oil reserve in Columbia. But even this oil reserve has declined down from 500,000 barrels a day to just a mere 200,000 barrels a day.
Mankind continues to demand more and more oil to maintain the lifestyle that the Western economies as well as the developing economy of China demand to continue to function. The only real solution is to look to the vast elements that God has given the earth. The sun, wind and water.
There is much interest in harnessing water as a power source. This is by converting water into a fuel source. As far back as the 1970's, even engineering students have built hydrogen powered automobiles that seem to work well, despite some problems in producing the fuel source plentiful enough for more than a mere test. But with water, such a plentiful resource, there is an unlimited supply of energy that could be harnessed. Both the automobile industry and even the Bush Administration have expressed real interest in this viable fuel alternative.
One of my own relatives, worked for years on a modern version of the steam engine for the Lear Jet company in Nevada. My relative was the chief engineer for the Lear Jet steam turbine engine project. Steam engines have proven themselves for longtime success. In 1769 the first steam powered vehicle was tested by Nicolas Joseph Cugnot. The first steam locomotive was tested in 1804. Robert Fulton's early steamboat was designed in and tested in 1807. Production Stanley Steamer automobiles began in earnest after 1905. These vehicles were so fast compared to the other internal combusion automobiles of the time that a standing offer of $100,000 to anyone who would operate a Stanley Steamer with the throttle full open was offered. In fact, the Lear Jet steam turbine motor was powerful that one was tested at the Bonneville Salt Flats at over 145.6 miles per hour. The Lear motor was similar to an aircraft engine. Turbine engines were once tested by Chrysler in the early 60's. These Chrysler turbine motors used gasoline, but spun at 50,000 RPM compared to many present internal combusion engines, and had to be geared down to be streetable. The Lear Jet engine was similar to the other turbine engines, yet powered by steam. On wonders with microwave oven technology to quickly heat the water supply, whether these engines could avoid the long warm up time. And the safety of any boiler from explosion danger must be made to protect the users as well. But steam powered vehicles have long proven themselves for viability since the late 1700s .
Solar power using solar panels to heat homes has proven itself to work on an experimental basis with a few project homes. Some homes can produce enough of their own electric power, that the cost for external power purchases from electric companies is as low as $14 amonth for some. The sun is the greatest source of power known to the earth. It is this basis of the solar system, and remains an untapped resource for clean electricity generation. And experimental automobiles powered by the solar power have proven themselves for years. College students have also built many solar powered automobiles for events and races. And model kits as well as parts exist at Radio Shack to build small solar powered experiments or toy project automobiles. J.C. Whitney has long sold a device that uses a small dashboard mounted solar panel to keep a car battery fully charged. Solar power has proven itself as a clean and powerful resource that needs yet to be put to good use. Every home could have solar panels instead of tar and shingles and provide much of it's own needed electricity and heat.
Holland for years has used the wind and windmills for electricity production. This has been so successful that even China s working with Holland on a large project to build windmills in China to provide clean and safe electrical power.
The days of oil as the world's main fuel source need to be limited. Not only is oil production much more difficult to maintain since the peak oil level of 1977. But rising prices, as well as problems from pollution, require that new power sources harnessed from the clean and plentiful elements of water, wind and the sun. God provided these powerful elements. With technology, these can all provide clean and plentiful resources for energy and power. America's oil dependence can be broken, and God has provided the means in unlimited sources that cannot ever be depleted. Just like the early days of whale oil to light lamps, the oil dependence has gone long past it's entitled due. Now the intelligent harnessing of the elements should be undertaken to provide for the future.
Some geologists in 1977 assumed that the world had gone past the "peak oil" point. After this critical point, every major oil reserve has faced problems with production that could only be solved through means such as water or gas injection to force oil supplies to the surface and to maintain production levels comparable to any past production levels.
In Saudi Arabia, the world's largest oil field, the Ghawar oil reserve, is only able to maintain production of 4.5 million barrels per day by means of pumping 7 million barrels of seawater each day into the reserve to raise the oil level near to the surface.
But the other world's largest oil reserves have all declined in production despite means such as gas injection or water injection. Russia's giant Samotler oil reserve has declined in production from 3.5 million barrels per day, down to just a mere 325,000 barrels per day. The Prudhoe oil reserve has declined from 1.5 million barrels per day, to a mere 350,000 barrels per day. The Forty Field in the North Sea has declined from 500,000 barrels of oil production per day, down to just 50,000 barrels per day. And the most promising oil reserve found in North or South America so far has been the Cruz Beana oil reserve in Columbia. But even this oil reserve has declined down from 500,000 barrels a day to just a mere 200,000 barrels a day.
Mankind continues to demand more and more oil to maintain the lifestyle that the Western economies as well as the developing economy of China demand to continue to function. The only real solution is to look to the vast elements that God has given the earth. The sun, wind and water.
There is much interest in harnessing water as a power source. This is by converting water into a fuel source. As far back as the 1970's, even engineering students have built hydrogen powered automobiles that seem to work well, despite some problems in producing the fuel source plentiful enough for more than a mere test. But with water, such a plentiful resource, there is an unlimited supply of energy that could be harnessed. Both the automobile industry and even the Bush Administration have expressed real interest in this viable fuel alternative.
One of my own relatives, worked for years on a modern version of the steam engine for the Lear Jet company in Nevada. My relative was the chief engineer for the Lear Jet steam turbine engine project. Steam engines have proven themselves for longtime success. In 1769 the first steam powered vehicle was tested by Nicolas Joseph Cugnot. The first steam locomotive was tested in 1804. Robert Fulton's early steamboat was designed in and tested in 1807. Production Stanley Steamer automobiles began in earnest after 1905. These vehicles were so fast compared to the other internal combusion automobiles of the time that a standing offer of $100,000 to anyone who would operate a Stanley Steamer with the throttle full open was offered. In fact, the Lear Jet steam turbine motor was powerful that one was tested at the Bonneville Salt Flats at over 145.6 miles per hour. The Lear motor was similar to an aircraft engine. Turbine engines were once tested by Chrysler in the early 60's. These Chrysler turbine motors used gasoline, but spun at 50,000 RPM compared to many present internal combusion engines, and had to be geared down to be streetable. The Lear Jet engine was similar to the other turbine engines, yet powered by steam. On wonders with microwave oven technology to quickly heat the water supply, whether these engines could avoid the long warm up time. And the safety of any boiler from explosion danger must be made to protect the users as well. But steam powered vehicles have long proven themselves for viability since the late 1700s .
Solar power using solar panels to heat homes has proven itself to work on an experimental basis with a few project homes. Some homes can produce enough of their own electric power, that the cost for external power purchases from electric companies is as low as $14 amonth for some. The sun is the greatest source of power known to the earth. It is this basis of the solar system, and remains an untapped resource for clean electricity generation. And experimental automobiles powered by the solar power have proven themselves for years. College students have also built many solar powered automobiles for events and races. And model kits as well as parts exist at Radio Shack to build small solar powered experiments or toy project automobiles. J.C. Whitney has long sold a device that uses a small dashboard mounted solar panel to keep a car battery fully charged. Solar power has proven itself as a clean and powerful resource that needs yet to be put to good use. Every home could have solar panels instead of tar and shingles and provide much of it's own needed electricity and heat.
Holland for years has used the wind and windmills for electricity production. This has been so successful that even China s working with Holland on a large project to build windmills in China to provide clean and safe electrical power.
The days of oil as the world's main fuel source need to be limited. Not only is oil production much more difficult to maintain since the peak oil level of 1977. But rising prices, as well as problems from pollution, require that new power sources harnessed from the clean and plentiful elements of water, wind and the sun. God provided these powerful elements. With technology, these can all provide clean and plentiful resources for energy and power. America's oil dependence can be broken, and God has provided the means in unlimited sources that cannot ever be depleted. Just like the early days of whale oil to light lamps, the oil dependence has gone long past it's entitled due. Now the intelligent harnessing of the elements should be undertaken to provide for the future.
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