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Dr. G. Keep, July 2018 87% of our CO2 emissions are from burning fossil fuels. The knee-jerk reaction is to switch to solar power, or renewable fuels (but these are just solar power with a biological delivery mechanism). Unfortunately, our CO2 creation is 2-3x what all the plant and marine life on Earth is currently … Continue reading
As a child I was told to take 3 squares of TP and fold them over parallel, so that they overlapped perfectly. This would be the right amount to get the job done, without breaking, and not waste excess. In the golden age of consumption, that worked well. Fast forward 50 years. Now, while I … Continue reading
This blog is inspired by an article in the May 2014 National Geographic titled “The New Food Revolution”. It’s about how we might hope to feed the 2 billion additional souls we expect the planet to support by 2050. I’ll give you the raw scores first, then the commentary. In the USA we eat about 18% … Continue reading
Here is the latest vision of what we are doing with MOI Labs, a spin-off of Missing Octave Insights. A worm’s eye view is that we are going to sell janitorial cleaning supplies and floor finishes, but the vision is so much more of that. We are going to be the science nerds who evaluate … Continue reading
My first visits to historic Williamsburg’s exhibits had me comparing today’s upper-middle class existence to the upper class of the 1700’s. Life might not have been that different in quality. Your circle of friends was closer. Entertainment was live. They had books, music, booze, parties, sex, and drugs. Medicine was more primitive but it wasn’t … Continue reading
This little brochure (in draft) about our Janitorial Services and Supply business should give you an idea what we’ve decided to throw our muscle behind as a first project. The plan is to get started with a few contracts, since this is a business Terry knows. Expand our formulation and mixing capabilities, come up with … Continue reading
This is the title of an article on SpecialChem’s website. The answer is — sometimes. The scientist in me wants to point out that many brominated flame retardants are NOT toxic, and nobody should be using the ones that are (mainly “decabrome”), any more. What is happening is that old electronics parts are getting into … Continue reading
Why don’t we do this more? Anything that is cheaper in bulk, be it Mason Jars, Rice & Dried Beans, Cloth, Fertilizer, garden seeds, anything. Is the problem lack of starting capital? Lack of distribution point? Lack of trust? A lot of that can be gotten around by using the resources we have here at … Continue reading
Right now most old roofing shingles go to the landfill (people sometimes even pay a dumping fees). Then, more foreign oil is consumed making new asphalt shingles to replace them. What I’m thinking about is turning shingles into road paving materials — a way to use another “free” resource to reduce our foreign oil dependence. There … Continue reading
I must recommend to you the person whose own blogging activity inspired me to take up this thread. Over the course of 2 years she has written countless articles about the simplicity movement, local food sourcing, environmentalism, gardening, and a host of practical advise. She is a truly inspiring leader and has been involved with … Continue reading
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