New Study: Electromagnetic Radiation More Dangerous Than We Thought
This warning comes from Forbes Magazine, not exactly a hotbed of liberal activism. Everyday electromagnetic radiation — from TV sets, microwave ovens, cell phones, etc. — is a lot more hazardous than we thought; especially to children.
Maybe this will galvanize a few more people who haven't been concerned about the Navy's planned electromagnetic warfare experiments in Olympic National Park and adjacent communities. If nothing else, the Navy's legions of disinformation trolls will have to replace their favorite talking point: “Aw come on, do you have a cell phone? A microwave? Quit your handwringing,” yada yada.
Maybe this will galvanize a few more people who haven't been concerned about the Navy's planned electromagnetic warfare experiments in Olympic National Park and adjacent communities. If nothing else, the Navy's legions of disinformation trolls will have to replace their favorite talking point: “Aw come on, do you have a cell phone? A microwave? Quit your handwringing,” yada yada.
posted by Tom Harper at 2:53 PM
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Oh, Tom, now don't you go telling us things we don't want to hear about. Consumerism is what makes America great, and we have a duty to support business, no questions asked.
Anybody who questions what we are sold must be un-patriotic.
We dare not read studies that show Americans have a lower life expectancy than many other countries. Our infant mortality rates, child death rates and education statistics are horrible, but we don't want to hear about it.
So, keep buying those cell phones, and keep buying those big engined vehicles. It is all good today, and who cares about tomorrow?
Speaking of electricity, did you see this? Energy freedom for individual homeowners has arrived.
"Silicon Valley electric-vehicle automaker Tesla Motors is expanding its presence beyond luxury cars with plans to produce a wall-mounted battery pack designed to store renewable energy in the home.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk revealed the Tesla Powerwallunit in an event late Thursday in California that was live streamed online.
The unit, he said, would go into small-scale production in three to four months at the company's Fremont, Calif., plant. Next year it will hit production at the company's currently-under-construction battery factory in Nevada. Customers can place orders online.
The reveal of the Tesla Powerwall underscores the company's transition from electric-vehicle designer and manufacturer into advanced energy device company.
The lithium-ion, software-equipped Tesla Powerwall comes in two versions: a 7 kilowatt-hour pack for $3,000 and a 10 kilowatt-hour pack for $3,500. Those fees don't include installation. Either version will power a typical U.S. home during peak evening hours, the company said."
And, the tech guy on radio yesterday said they expect the price to drop by 50% in 3 years. So, for $1,500, people can be free of Port Angeles electric bills. Imagine what that will do for city revenues!
LOTS of ways to make this work for you, such as charge it up in the middle of the night, when electricity rates are at their lowest, and disconnect from the City when rates are highest, and use your stored cheaper power then. Or add on solar panels as you can afford, until you don't need City power at all. Add a plug-in electric car to run around town, run off your own system.
Think of the implications. How valuable will that huge oil rig out in the harbor be, when people can affordably create, store and use their own energy?
Imagine how this will shake up the US economy, which has been dominated by Big Oil for so many decades.
The future is here.
Um. That is a theoretical $1,500 for the unit. Installation is extra, solar panels are extra, the installation of solar panels is extra and tying it all together is extra. It's a long ways from just $1,500.
But I agree that this is promising, far more promising than it's been for decades. We're far more mixed-use of energy, the technology is starting to jump in leaps and bounds, the costs are inching down to where us common folk can afford it... Hell, even Big Bad Walmart is using solar and battery combos. We're starting to see a point on the horizon where it's not just the United States that's energy independent, but where the individual homeowner can be free from the grid as well. Exciting times!
If you look into it, other countries are way ahead of the US on this. Even Nissan in Japan advertises it's Leaf electric car as a potential part of peak shifting, and has been long before Teslas' announcement the other day. Nissan shows an apartment building underground parking lot full of all electric cars, with their combined batteries acting as a storage bank for the residents should the power go out.
What is peak shifting? Most electric utilities offer discounted rates for off peak hours to encourage consumers to spread their power demands over a wider span of the day, instead of the few hours in the morning and evening. Power generating plants run 24/7, regardless of whether anybody is awake to use the electricity they are generating.
So, people can buy storage batteries, and charge up at the lowest use times of the day/night, when rates are lowest. Then, during peak use times, they disconnect from the grid, and use their stored cheaper power. No need to stay up until 3 am to do your laundry.
This also means new power plants are not needed, because people are using existing power plants more effectively, as in peak shifting. Which means rates don't go up to pay for new power plants.
Then, with solar panels getting cheaper ever day, it just gets better.
But, Big Oil isn't promoting in the US what is going on in other countries.
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