Sallyx

Video plays fine with Firefox, I have version 2.

I have Twittered it but think it would be great for TTT to set up its own account.
There are millions of earth loving warriors out there. Lets take it viral and lead the way!

In support for us all.

Sallyx

http://www.breadcrumb.tv/transition/intransition_trailer.mov

This a ‘teaser’ trailer (and so by its nature a little mysterious…) Emma and I are flat out finishing the film in time for the conference at the moment, but once the conference is over, a regular trailer including clips from the film will be made as part of the promotional activity for the film’s distribution.

Thanks

To solve the volume needs of energy fuels takes a large supply of nutrients and nutrition to grow the biomass.

A practical existing renewable source of this is secondary WASTEWATER effluent which has an equal weight in dissolved solids to water which means a city like Phoenix, AZ, with 10-million gallons a day of wastewater has 83-million pounds of “fertilizer” in dissolved solids.

So BY TOMORROW, you have to extract all those solids and if you can do that then you have enough to supply all transportation, energy, and heating needs locally with the biodiesel from the local wastewater.

After the organisms have reduced the solids to where growth slows the water is treated to be drinkable again and recycled back into the fresh water system. You don’t need much of a refinery, most cost ~$150k for community sized.

The economics of this should be obvious, saw a pickup here in Phoenix with “Biodiesel 99-cents/Gallon” in detailer primo style on it.

If this is done globally we reduce harmful greenhouse emissions by 60% over gas-ethanol, extraction to burn it up, full cycle (MIT Technology Review, 2006). This isn’t a panacea for global warming but it’s a huge step in the right direction.

Consider using a good generator and local sources of biodiesel instead of being on the grid, it’s way cheaper in the long run and we control the emissions directly.

I’m sorry, I don’t buy that it’s cheaper to burn coal hundreds of miles away, boil steam to generate power and then transport it with losses over that many miles of wire than it is to run a generator off biodiesel produced from local wastewater.

Nuclear power plants may not pollute the atmosphere with emissions, instead they cause direct heat pollution, watt for watt, so that mega-megawatt monster puts out mega-megawatts of heat directly into the environment typically as waste heat cooling down the steam, it will never be a solution to global warming, it will always be a heavy contributor to warming.

The machines needed to do this are growing-harvesting units designed for the assorted stages of extraction, none really exist to deal with this resource on a volume scale and take advantage of itso this is where funding is needed.

I have a lot of work on this but it’s not funded and I’m not good at grants so would like to collaborate with others on getting it done. My units are designed to work even at high latitudes in cold climates 22-hr/day self-contained but I’m clueless on the biotic and pathnogenic needs of these types of systems, it’s gotta’ be a team.

Thanks for your consideration of this strategy to gain what we need right now for fuel with the machines we have, reduce our contribution to global emissions and have cheaper fuel and water by using our own wastewater, a renewable resource that grows with population.

PS. Sound fine here.

Just spotted your entry re the link posted on the Transition Network on YouTube – re the sound having been turned up to 11.

Is there a higher level again you could turn it up to please? I’ve tried that one – as well as Robs reposted link here – and they’re both much better than before – but still too low volume.

regards

ceridwen
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Ummmmm…you dont have a 3rd version by any chance do you – with better sound again……?