I agree with you completely about arms reduction. The US has been wrong about this for too many years to count. It's considered as a form of aid to other Nations, which is wrong.
Our President, Nobel Prize winner, continues the same strategy. Go figure.
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Don't worry. The US Congress may miss the August 2 deadline, but they will find a way to extend the deadline somehow.
Both sides will have to give and take and come to a consensus that will be acceptable for the American People. It's all about revenue {Raising Taxes VS Spending Cuts}.
There are many wasted tax money dollars that can be cut.
Example:
Much money has gone into Michelle Obama's plan about our eating habits. Mrs. Obama was caught eating a meal that included a double order of French Fries, a greasy Hamburger and a large calorie filled drink at a function in Washington DC.
Everyone has Air Conditioning here. It's a very big Industry in the US. I also studied Heating and Air Conditioning as part of my Masters Degree. It does use more Electricity, but Electric power in America is very inexpensive now.
This is exclusively my idea about heating homes without the use of power. This was part of my Master's Thesis and It's all true. I passed because I actually built the Prototype:
If you go outside on a nice sunny day, and you have your car sitting along a tree nearby. (Heat transfer)
Go touch your car; it is most likely made of metal. It is hot because metal is a conductor. Go touch the tree made of wood.
Wood is not a conductor. It is cool to the touch.
Plastic and porcelain are also not conductors...That's why Electricity Companies use them; to protect us from shock.
The Sun provides heat to the Earth by convection. Warm air like the Sun always flows to cool air or objects like our Earth.
This is my idea:
Depending on whether you live in the Southern Hemisphere or Northern, one wall will face the Sun and the opposite will not. Since heat flows from warm to cool, make the hot wall as the conductor and the cold wall as the receiver.
This can be done if the right materials are used in each wall.
This would be a brand new heating and cooling system for the World, electricity free.
This new unit would be close-by or attached to the house on the warm side where it can catch the rays of the Sun.
It would be enclosed in a glass or Plexiglas case to receive maximum protection from our environment and oxygen contaminants.
Fans...run on the flow of air. The blades of the fan can be engineered to turn without power and return the airflow to the cold wall. This would heat the house as the air flows.
Electronic devises are also available that require no power to check the system.
My first prototype worked when I built it in 2003. Since I used leaves and animal droppings as a fuel, I discovered a new theory.
What I did was take 55 gallon steel barrels filled with water and placed them positioned toward the Sun. I only filled them 2/3 of the way because of the expansion of water pressure and included pressure relief valves.
It worked. The water drums ran at about 180 degrees. I even grew plants on very cold winter days.
{Many of life’s Adventures are on a guided tour path led by a professional tour guide. It is best not being a Desperado through the steep hills and rooted trails of a Nature Preserve}.
The best time to begin a hike is in the early morning when Nature is waking up to the new day. Holden is a Bird Sanctuary and we mostly hear the tweets of Joy from birds and the hoots of sleepy Owls.
The steep trails are sweetened by the scent of awakening flowers as they strive for another day in the Sun. The fragrance of Sassafras roots abounds in the air as we walk on these tender roots; using them as stepping stones in the journey back to our destination; where we started.
Small waterfalls and creeks of fast streaming water must be crossed or walked with /against the currents of Mother Nature.
The flat rocks underneath are slippery with moss that provides feeding for fish, minnows and other aquatic life. It’s a must to hold hands along the crossings to protect each other.
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