Fifth in a series I wish I didn’t have to write (0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5) After 42 days (six weeks) the Deepwater Horizon Well is still gushing an estimated 70,000 barrels per day. It has probably gushed around 2.94 Million barrels of crude oil into the Gulf of Mexico, about 123.5 Million gallons [...]
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There’s a lot in these articles, and a lot to read between the lines in these articles from the New York Times – Business Section. (Between the Lines Concept 1 sherlock holmes filme – the Business Section, not the Science section.) From E.U. Plan to Curb Carbon Dioxide Would Favor Solar Power By James Kanter. [...]
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As noted on this website, (click here ) On Dec. 22, 2008, a billion gallons of sludge covered 300 acres, and spilled into the Clinch River and the Tennessee River when the retention pond burst at the Tennessee Valley Authority’s Kingston Steam Plant. That’s 1,000,000,000 gallons of toxic soup containing Arsenic, Lead, Mercury, Selenium and [...]
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A billion gallons of sludge covered 300 acres, and spilled into the Clinch River and the Tennessee River beginning Monday Dec. 22, 2008. Coal plants in the US produce 129 million tons of fly ash per year. Solar and wind farms produce zero grams of solid waste per year. Offshore wind farms produce artificial reefs, which are good for the environment.
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The same messages can be communicated by signalling the letter "K" in Morse code via signal lamp. (While a proper signal lamp may be ideal, a flashlight, probably best employing red LEDs, will certainly fit the bill).
In Morse, the letter "K" is represent as Dash - Dot -- Dash.
The ICS also has a subset, the Medical Signal Code, which uses three-character phrases to communicate brief medical messages.