tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18166829.post1391111525957498124..comments2023-11-05T17:30:43.108+05:30Comments on DAYLIGHT AGAIN: THE PLANraufhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14069291890495563749noreply@blogger.comBlogger41125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18166829.post-50745436577488496422007-04-27T06:52:00.000+05:302007-04-27T06:52:00.000+05:30JUst heard last night "we found" another planet wi...JUst heard last night "we found" another planet with liquid water, only half of it has light.... 20 light years to get there!<BR/><BR/>Biiiiiiiig HuuuuuugAlicia M B Ballard StudioGaleriahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11330807567104236747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18166829.post-91083305912238689792007-04-26T17:02:00.000+05:302007-04-26T17:02:00.000+05:30Protegeoflife, thank you,Bombay will be the first ...Protegeoflife, thank you,<BR/>Bombay will be the first to go under the sea.raufhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14069291890495563749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18166829.post-11652982150449435862007-04-26T16:59:00.000+05:302007-04-26T16:59:00.000+05:30thanx for u comemnt and every visit to ur blog it ...thanx for u comemnt and every visit to ur blog it gives great readingexperience am really thrilled and xcited by ur thought levelAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10712747876795404704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18166829.post-24521433325519013042007-04-26T16:57:00.000+05:302007-04-26T16:57:00.000+05:30Thank you ALL SMILES, yes, we are in a mess, big m...Thank you ALL SMILES, yes, we are in a mess, big mess.raufhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14069291890495563749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18166829.post-70531573449326029332007-04-26T16:55:00.000+05:302007-04-26T16:55:00.000+05:30Yes Dearest Angel, 'She'll always a woman to me'Bi...Yes Dearest Angel, '<BR/>She'll always a woman to me'<BR/>Billy Joel.<BR/><BR/>Just remember Angel, what ever we do, dig out every thing, even if we shave the planet completely, it will go on spinning non stop 24 hours 365 days. Only we are in trouble. not the earth.<BR/>lots of love and hugsraufhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14069291890495563749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18166829.post-1227842504756374542007-04-26T09:43:00.000+05:302007-04-26T09:43:00.000+05:30Hmm.. a thought provoking post..a bit scary too..Hmm.. a thought provoking post..a bit scary too..All Smiles!!https://www.blogger.com/profile/15490230486080867102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18166829.post-75806577954580913052007-04-25T23:40:00.000+05:302007-04-25T23:40:00.000+05:30you had asked Vishesh what other species?Apparentl...you had asked Vishesh what other species?<BR/><BR/>Apparently cattle - with their "gas emitions" are great contributors - to the drama...<BR/><BR/>ONe would never think of it. The cattle industry is not happy with the "finding"<BR/><BR/>One that just came to mind.<BR/><BR/>got to goAlicia M B Ballard StudioGaleriahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11330807567104236747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18166829.post-15887244936948633552007-04-25T23:36:00.000+05:302007-04-25T23:36:00.000+05:30Raufie, Raufie, Raufie - I can see us discussing t...Raufie, Raufie, Raufie - I can see us discussing this overnight!!!<BR/><BR/>I have soooo much to comment on your response, nothing contrary of course, just some "hair splitting".<BR/><BR/>I have difficulty typing as you must know by now as I am dyxlexic - only when I type. I am fine long-hand. he-he-he - WOuld be mnice to just dictate it into the PC...<BR/><BR/>More that the politicians, I believe is the huge bio-chemical and pharmaceutical companies are runnning the show through a lot of manipulative lobbying and that leaves the mislead, but possibly well intentioned ones as well as the scoundrells open to all sort of poor decisions and actions.<BR/>(I have know some truly decent politician and will stand for them)<BR/><BR/>On the matter of disposal - the US is burrying a lot of their nuclear waste underground - in barrels - in the Nevada desert. <BR/>Some Uranium is dangerously shipped around the world - GOd knows where now, I don't remember, BUT, I am sure the info can be found somewhere in the Greenpeace site.<BR/>They used to have a map indicating (while tracing) the route of the ships...<BR/><BR/>I do believe the "Glabal Warming" as experienced in the present is greatly influenced by green gas emitions, deplition of ozone layer and all the other elements brought forth by both of us <BR/><BR/>I also agree that SHE is rebelling, that there IS a natural element of "passage" where she just adjusts her wrinkles and spits out crap now and then, sheds her skin ... and, that in the course of her existence she has capriciously had her way... she's a woman after all!<BR/>lol<BR/><BR/>But, seriously, it appears that scientists are able to measure this changes by going back into the layes of millenium of ice and detect (great investigating job) though the particles trapped in it, what was going on - just as with the carbon dating prosess kind of thing...for the untrained novice... :)<BR/><BR/>I rather talk than write. That said - ciao for now<BR/>Lots of love and lots of hugs to you dearest Raufie, Earth StewardAlicia M B Ballard StudioGaleriahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11330807567104236747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18166829.post-33849274418023372842007-04-25T16:00:00.000+05:302007-04-25T16:00:00.000+05:30Angel, Angel, dearest Angel,Global warming is here...Angel, Angel, dearest Angel,<BR/>Global warming is here. i have been saying the same in all my posts on environment. What i say is that it is not caused by humans. Global warming is a natural phenomenon. It has happened long before humans came and it was followed by the freezing and defreezing of the entire planet. This took two hundred million years. We humans are too small to cause any abrupt climatic changes. I am trying to connect global warming with present human attitude, not plundering. Digging up resources and drying them up is our problem, earth is not concerened about it. Earth has healed itself in the past after massive destructon by the giant reptiles.<BR/>We the humans are the earth's problem. We are going against nature. So we are going the way giant reptiles vanished from the surface of the earth. Our skeletons would be excavated would be kept in museums and future new intellegent species would study them. Perhaps one million years from now. Hope my skeleton is found by some music lover. He would study my skull with music on.<BR/>I would prefer a she. <BR/>And i say that earth has underestimated human love kindness and compassion. We would prove to be tough nuts to crack. I am not relying on human intelligence.<BR/><BR/>Angel, you must see our garbage. It will defeat yours. Perhaps our garbage is more biodegradable. But there is a lot of plastic. You and i do not know where the developed countries are dumping the radio active toxic waste. Pacific and antartica seems to be their dumping place. i don't know how many nuclear reactors we have got, there is one close to my city. They must be dumping their toxic waste some where very quietly. But i think we can defeat you when it comes to plastic bags.<BR/><BR/>Yes farmers here are still maintaining ancient methods, most of them depend on rain, they don't use much energy like in the west. But giant companies are taking over lands here too and have introduced modern energy consuming methods of farming, rendering poor farmhands jobless who are committing suicides every day. Genetic Engineering has reached here some 20 years ago plus heavy use of toxic pesticides. i know what i am talking about as coconut water is no longer sweet as it used to be, it is sort of bitter now. <BR/>I had one in january on Pongal festival and it was sweet surprisingly and i was told that they don't use any pesticided in the soil. That was the last sweet one i had, rest are bitter as usual. they tastes like medicine.<BR/><BR/>I am complaining about the wars and poverty creating economies, racism as the causes of our going extinct, perhaps genetic engineering would speed up the process. We have to take this planet, hijack it away from the greedy politicians. It is a massive effort. Abandon the coastal lands allow the earth to heal itself, it doesn't need our help. i have demonstrated that with pictures some months ago hope you remember how plants jut out of concrete in abandoned houses and roads. We should play along with the earth. We need massive anti governments campaigning. We cannot eat money Angel, money is not going to help. Only kindness love and compassion from each other. i am glad it is not dead yet and it is on the rise, you are a living example of that dearest Angel.<BR/>lots of love and Hugsraufhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14069291890495563749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18166829.post-27913926005660088742007-04-25T15:11:00.000+05:302007-04-25T15:11:00.000+05:30Chinna this requires massive campaigning which wou...Chinna this requires massive campaigning which would involve you Mala and Meghu, hope Meghu doesn't choose any other field. <BR/>It would be a human interest campaign. You can do it peacefully since it will not be in the wake of some disaster.Only politicians need a disaster to act. It would be your job to keep kindness compassion alive. Plus all the social service organisations and green peace movement would be involved in motivating people. No one would give up their lands, so military help is required. Media will be interested in creating a panic. There is money in panic. Campaigners can urge the media to act and to behave. I can't talk about other armies but i sincerely have a very high opinion of Indian army. Plus we have to accomodate people from the islands and perhaps some Australians too. <BR/>So stick on to 13 degrees North Chinna.raufhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14069291890495563749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18166829.post-31762477816495606722007-04-25T14:56:00.000+05:302007-04-25T14:56:00.000+05:30I am fine Nasra, Thank youI am fine Nasra, Thank youraufhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14069291890495563749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18166829.post-27226142920406793022007-04-25T12:36:00.000+05:302007-04-25T12:36:00.000+05:30OK, dearest one.... I am rolling up my sleeves - ...OK, dearest one.... <BR/>I am rolling up my sleeves - jolted me awake from tiredness and sleepiness!<BR/>(I will fault you if I can’t sleep now – I came over to enjoy your magnificent pictures… yeah, yeah, another day…, hmmmm)<BR/><BR/>I have no idea why you - with your heat and water situation - are not entertaining that global warming IS HERE and, that these people are just now beginning to catch on.<BR/>NO fear factor here.<BR/><BR/>Not going father than our region - it hardly stopped raining since November bringing all kinds of disaster to the region - the end nowhere is sight, as the Spring thaw has not even started!<BR/>For almost a coupe of weeks the sealing boast of the East coast have been frozen in place and most boasts are going be destroyed, catch lost as they are being rescued by helicopter (ice breakers can’t brake through the ice thickness!!!!)<BR/>Last week an Inuit (Eskimo) village lost homes to the sea, which has already claimed a lot of land from hem the village, will have to be relocated, the Gov. is not happy and very hesitant, as it will cost millions.<BR/><BR/>Perhaps where you are observing from, you may not need to make may changes, but here, is "the land of milk and honey” and plastic and paper bags and tons and tons of waste per person per year…<BR/>The use of fossil fuels - and the greed for land to plant corm crops for alternatives... etc. etc. etc...<BR/>Farmers using more energy than we ever imagined they would - as we don't farm up here - we "have a food industry". <BR/>We don’t grow in the land by sunlight.<BR/>We grow hydrophonically in glass-encased beds... ha!<BR/><BR/>You have - despite the poverty and chaos - maintained a somewhat healthier relationship with the land, not much here, where the crops are “produced” with the incentive of potent chemicals, in huge land parcels by small families with huge machinery!!!<BR/><BR/>Were that is not the case, the few, poor MIGRANT or IMPOSTED farmers are working for almost slave labor in utter poverty – another story altogether<BR/><BR/>Yes, my dear Raufie - Global warming is here... and we will be suffering it more profoundly "sooner than later".<BR/><BR/>And, YES we are sacrificing our children - hedonism is alive and well in this continent - money, or the pretence of having it, rules!<BR/><BR/>Getting rid of greedy politicians?<BR/>Sweetness, that is definitely on another planet!<BR/>lol<BR/><BR/>Your opportunity for debate is appreciated – particularly on this topic as this past Sunday was internationally “Earth Day”.<BR/><BR/>The old gal is groaning and moaning and going thought some serious changes<BR/><BR/>But I know that for you and me as well Earth Day is every day.<BR/><BR/>Lots of love and lots of big hugsAlicia M B Ballard StudioGaleriahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11330807567104236747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18166829.post-54500819793344691382007-04-25T12:35:00.000+05:302007-04-25T12:35:00.000+05:30if there is a controlled migration, i suspect ther...if there is a controlled migration, i suspect there will be no love and compassion involved. it will become scientific. here, the survival of the species will be more important than individuals. as the available land mass will be limited, that would mean choosing who has the 'right' to survive because they have the best ability to propogate the species. sure to lead to some 'sophie's choice' moments. or maybe some of us can do the lemming thing . . . we are doing it in slow motion anyway.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18166829.post-33498319292083331892007-04-25T11:43:00.000+05:302007-04-25T11:43:00.000+05:30hope all is well on your sidehope all is well on your sideiamnasrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16030794699915000249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18166829.post-13316643946675992282007-04-25T04:47:00.000+05:302007-04-25T04:47:00.000+05:30Seher, You enjoyed it ?Seher, You enjoyed it ?raufhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14069291890495563749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18166829.post-11442658886921054702007-04-25T04:23:00.000+05:302007-04-25T04:23:00.000+05:30Amazing post...! Its an awakening post! I enjoyed ...Amazing post...! Its an awakening post! I enjoyed it<BR/>Keep writing<BR/>CheersDawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15924485784546039937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18166829.post-69279406477542384232007-04-24T18:00:00.000+05:302007-04-24T18:00:00.000+05:30FOUR DINNERS, we are indeed thick headed, speciall...FOUR DINNERS, we are indeed thick headed, specially Indians, We are repeating the blunders which the West has committed and regretting.<BR/>Politicians, Educated people are are running after 'progress' <BR/>We have no idea where we are going. We want New york City in India. We want a London here. That seems to be the vision we have. the way cities are expanding, the way construction industry is booming is really mind boggling. South India which has 'Progressed' faster has no water. All the rivers barring one have gone dry.<BR/>India had 40% forest coverage now it is reduced to 3%.<BR/><BR/>i think i told you earlier FOUR DINNERS that we are fighting over the river waters. Riots in Karnataka. The supreme court ordered the state of Karnataka to let more water into State of Tamil Nadu. Now if i go to Karnataka and speak in tamil i'll get bashed up. Any vahicle with TN registration is damaged or set on fire. This is just the beginningraufhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14069291890495563749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18166829.post-63973113977700087272007-04-24T17:35:00.000+05:302007-04-24T17:35:00.000+05:30Ruth, Big cities have their own charm, i longed fo...Ruth, Big cities have their own charm, i longed for traffic noise <BR/>when i had enough of wildreness.<BR/>Bombay and Manhattan i think would be first to go under the sea. Bombay's Nariman point extends into the sea, lot of money is spent every year to keep the sea away. Its a smaller version of Manhattan. More than the imposing structures it is the people who make the city. It is micro organism and insects which really make a forest, not the trees and animals.<BR/><BR/>Your flight adding carbon in the atmosphere has very little consequences.<BR/>Ruth there are 25 000 private jets in US alone, this was some five years ago, now there should be more. Here again the environmentalists are scaring us. <BR/>Draining up the resources is not a problem for the earth, <BR/>pumping out oil and digging metals is not a problem for the earth. <BR/><BR/>Draining the resources is a problem for us.<BR/><BR/>They are running out fast. i think they are afraid of paper money losing its value. We can't eat money. The economy would fall if drastic measures are taken. Have to think on this Ruth. Its confusing. Our attention is being diverted for some reason. We have another 20 years to sit down and carefully plan without involving politicians, without fear or in a state of panic. Scientists are divided. Don't know whom to trust.<BR/>most of them are funded by giants.<BR/>It will not take much time to make people understand without creating panic. Media will not help unless there is a disaster coming in a few days time.raufhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14069291890495563749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18166829.post-86684719863362880982007-04-24T01:09:00.000+05:302007-04-24T01:09:00.000+05:30'Nature will teach us a lesson'I hope we're not to...'Nature will teach us a lesson'<BR/><BR/>I hope we're not too thick to learn it.<BR/><BR/>Great post mate.FOUR DINNERShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15675014976854343039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18166829.post-47096562890973766562007-04-24T00:33:00.000+05:302007-04-24T00:33:00.000+05:30rauf, thank you for asking Isabella to be nice to ...rauf, thank you for asking Isabella to be nice to me. She might not otherwise. Hehe.<BR/><BR/>Just got home from an island that might be one of the ones under water in a few hundred years -- Manhattan. Glad to say we rode on lots and lots of electric trains. It made me happy not to drive a car. But then I got on an airplane and burned up enormous amounts of fuel and added carbon to the air. I am the problem, I can't kid myself.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18166829.post-11628457795039569582007-04-23T22:38:00.000+05:302007-04-23T22:38:00.000+05:30Thank you Mystic RoseThank you Mystic Roseraufhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14069291890495563749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18166829.post-24788192249197198632007-04-23T20:29:00.000+05:302007-04-23T20:29:00.000+05:30definitely food for thought.. and sounds like a ve...definitely food for thought.. and sounds like a very viable plan.. that ofocurse, knowing you are practical and everything.. :P<BR/><BR/>sometimes the more scholarly accomplished we are, the more the sinmple solutions elude us.<BR/><BR/>agree the rivers are drying up.. desert is spreading. and feels like something needs to be done, cant ignore the signs of global warming anymore and hope it will go away or someone else will do something about it.mystic rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05125795139102746210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18166829.post-54548405789084714702007-04-23T12:07:00.000+05:302007-04-23T12:07:00.000+05:30Shimmer, i really wish older people and the decisi...Shimmer, i really wish older people and the decision makers could think like you. What we need is a change of attitude and change of heart and we have to start making sacrifices now and learn the art of survival. We can't wait for some disaster to wake us up. We already had warnings. You are the furute of this planet Shimmer. i have hopes on youngsters like you in bringing about the change.raufhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14069291890495563749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18166829.post-90629648541276909462007-04-23T09:23:00.000+05:302007-04-23T09:23:00.000+05:30another interesting post of yours...umm...for me.....another interesting post of yours...umm...for me...global warming is caused by so many things gone wrong...i really don't think we can solved this problem...the least we could do is try our best...but then again only few people trying to do the right thing won't change a bit...sad to say but we are going downhill...<BR/>not unless all of us human beings change our ways to prevent global warming...even if we do...it'll take years...maybe decades or even more to restore it...we all need to share a helping hand...otherwise nothing will happened! :(Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18166829.post-3388337136799833512007-04-23T07:29:00.000+05:302007-04-23T07:29:00.000+05:30I never knew about earth day Isabella. True, we ha...I never knew about earth day Isabella. True, we have to adapt ourselves. This is the change of heart i am talking about, it involves many things. Vegetarianism like you have mentioned in your post is completely out of line. i have written in detail about it in my environmental posts. i think there is one post on this subject alone. every citizen of this world turning a vegetarian would be an environmental catastrophe.<BR/><BR/>Now i have to make a list of people<BR/>i have to be nice to. i am on the eastern coast of south india, i have seen the devastation of tsunami, we seem to have forgotten about it. <BR/><BR/>Isabella, please send Ruth a box of chocolates.raufhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14069291890495563749noreply@blogger.com