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PORTLAND, Ore. — IBM Corp. unveiled Thursday (Nov. 17) what is
said is the world's first electroluminescent nanotube transistor and
claimed it glows 1,000 times brighter than a light-emitting diode
with as much as 10,000 times more photon flux.
By emitting thousands of photons in silicon with the same energy expenditure as one photon in gallium arsenide, IBM predicted that carbon nanotube transistors will lead to integrated optics on silicon chips. According to IBM, integrated optics on silicon chips could lower costs, accelerate electronics and mitigate the need for exotic semiconductors like gallium arsenide. IBM said its technique achieves 1000-fold brighter emissions by electrically stimulating a carbon nanotube suspended over a doped silicon wafer. The resulting excitons are electrically neutral, yet emit infrared light when recombined. Other research groups have reported light emission by carbon nanotubes stimulated to photoluminescence with a laser. IBM claims its technique uses only electrical stimulation to create an exciton density that is 100-fold larger than photoluminescence in nanotubes. IBM claimed it achieved very high efficiency with its light-emitting technique, IBM through the extreme confinement within a 2-nm-diameter carbon nanotube suspended from each end over a silicon back gate. IBM fabricated the light-emitting transistor by etching trenches in a silicon dioxide film on a highly doped silicon wafer. The wafer substrate acted as a back gate to the carbon nanotube transistor. The resulting devices emitted infrared light with strength that was exponentially related to the back gate's drive current.
3) X Files Opened: The National Security
Agency's UFO Investigations Unearthed
By Leonard David, Senior Space Writer, 16 November 2005, Space.com www.space.com/news/051116_nsa_ufo.html There
is one question that persistently circles the community of
Unidentified Flying Object (UFO) true-believers: If the government
has nothing to hide, UFO fans often ask, then why is it keeping so many
UFO records under lock and key? “Well,
it turns out that the government does have something to hide,
but it has nothing to do with extraterrestrials,” said Steven Aftergood,
director of the Project on Government Secrecy at the Federation
of American Scientists in A
document has surfaced that had been stamped “Top Secret
Umbra”—the codeword for the highest, most sensitive category of communications
intelligence. The once-classified affidavit was originally
filed by the National Security Agency (NSA) in a 1980 lawsuit to justify
the withholding of records on UFOs. The document is largely
declassified—with certain sections cut out, ostensibly to protect
employee names, and keep NSA technologies, skills, and foreign
connections out of the limelight. The
document—In Camera
Affidavit of Eugene F. Yeates: Citizens Against
UFO Secrecy v. National Security Agency, Foreign
signals A
read of the document yields insight into how a super-secret agency
like the NSA became caught up in the UFO phenomenon. Created in
November 1952, The National Security Agency/Central Security Service
is Being
a high-tech organization, the NSA is a cutting-edge home for
communications and data processing. It is also a center for foreign
language analysis and research within the government. The
just-released 1980 document explains that a total of 239 documents
related to UFOs were located in NSA files, with 79 of those
documents originating with other government agencies. One document
is an account by an NSA official attending a UFO symposium. A
healthy chunk of these reports were produced between 1958 and 1979. Deceptive
data The
titles of NSA-related UFO documents that are noted in the
declassified document are intriguing, such as UFO
Hypothesis and Survival Questions. Another
title cited is UFO’s
and the Intelligence Community Blind Spot to Surprise or Deceptive
Data. In this seven-page, undated, unofficial
draft of a monograph authored by an unnamed NSA employee, the author
reportedly points out what he considers to be “a serious
shortcoming” in the NSA’s
communications intelligence (COMINT) interception and reporting
procedures. That is, “the inability to respond correctly to
surprising information or deliberately deceptive data.” The
unidentified author uses the UFO phenomenon to illustrate his belief
that the inability of the Other
intercepted and decrypted reports of bright lights, luminous
objects, and unidentified aircraft—along with an elongated ball of
fire—scooting through the skies over non-U.S. countries are noted
too. Intercept
operations The
21-page affidavit makes clear that release of documents for public
scrutiny, for a variety of reasons, “would seriously damage the
ability of the The
majority of these records, explained NSA official Eugene F. Yeates
in the 1980 affidavit, were
communications intelligence reports that “are the product of
intercept operations directed against foreign government controlled
communications systems within their territorial boundaries.” New
insight According
to Aftergood, the newly declassified Yeates
affidavit provides new insight into the types of records sought by
UFO researchers that have been withheld by NSA. “Even with all of
the deletions, one can get a sense of the enormous scale—and the
apparent success—of the worldwide electronic intercept operations
conducted by NSA at the height of the Cold War,” Aftergood
told SPACE.com. “Unfortunately
it is not clear from the affidavit how the withheld documents might
have related to UFOs,” Aftergood said.
“There must have been some connection in order for them to be
within the scope of the original FOIA request…but I have no idea
what it was.” But
for those hungry to show a great government conspiracy is at work
and that alien-driven UFOs routinely cruise through our skies, the
just brought to light document won’t help you. “The
affidavit does not discount the UFO phenomenon…it simply doesn’t
address it one way or the other,” Aftergood
concluded. For Further Information
Concerns have been growing over future power supplies and
rising gas costs. The BBC's Nick Robinson said despite the
prime minister's support, no decision has yet been made on
Britain's nuclear future.
Tony Blair's spokesman said: "The prime minister's
view is that we need to look at all the options and
everybody knows that is what we are going to do." He
said it was important to look at it in terms of the UK's
energy security and also "in terms of climate
change".
Government Chief Scientist Sir David King told the BBC
that a "fresh look" was needed at the situation
but denied that any firm decisions had been made ahead of
the review.
"My advice has been clear for some time, but I don't
believe that decisions have been made, " he said.
Earlier he had urged the government to "give the green
light" to more power stations.
Business pressure
The CBI, the business lobby organisation, says energy
requirements are now top of the business agenda as fuel
costs rise and worries grow over gas supplies this winter.
Mr Blair is expected to use the CBI annual conference
next week to announce the energy review and signal the
government's change of direction. BBC political editor Nick
Robinson says that the Prime Minister has been convinced
that building more nuclear power stations is the only way to
meet the country's energy needs and stick to the targets on
climate change.
Cost study
The CBI has stressed a firm decision on a new generation
of nuclear stations must be made urgently. It said one-third
of the UK's generating capacity would have to be replaced by
2020 and called on the government to commission a study into
the cost of nuclear energy compared with alternative sources
of power.
"A decision on the future of nuclear power has been
allowed to drift too long," said the CBI's director
general Sir Digby Jones.
"Potential investors and the British public both
deserve certainty." He told BBC Radio Five Live:
"It is high time this nation had an integrated coherent
energy policy."
And he warned that high-use large industrial outfits
would have to "throw the switch" if the price of
gas continued to rise. "This government is going to
have to hold a proper constructive debate on nuclear power.
We want them to have a public debate and stop
prevaricating."
Gas supplies
The call comes as the price of wholesale gas has almost
doubled during the past week, prompting fears about winter
supplies to industry in the UK. Experts believe tight
supplies have triggered the rise.
UK supplies are low as a pipeline from Europe is running
at half capacity and shiploads of gas are being diverted to
Spain and the US where prices are high.
UK energy minister Malcolm Wicks said the government was
looking into why the gas interconnector was not working
properly, but said it was operated by private companies and
"is not something the government switches on and
off".
He admitted that the rundown in North Sea supplies and
the delay in getting new pipelines from Norway up and
running meant that some sectors of UK industry may
experience a difficult winter or two. "We have got a
tight equation between supply and demand of gas," he
said.
'Clear steer'
Former Labour energy minister, Brian Wilson, told the
Midday News on Radio Five Live he hoped the government would
"give a clear steer in favour of nuclear power
stations". He added: "Both in order to meet our
environmental responsibilities but also to maintain security
of supply and avoid this gross over-dependence on gas."
But former environment secretary Michael Meacher said
that while the government had "to act quickly... I
think we need nuclear like a hole in the head".
For Further Information Friends of the Earth is urgently seeking a
meeting with the Prime Minister to put forward a
range of alternatives that, if implemented, would
massively reduce carbon dioxide levels and reduce
electricity waste. The environmental group fears
that the Prime Minister has fallen for a charm
offensive from the wealthy nuclear lobby, and that
he has made his mind up even before the Energy
Review has begun. Friends of the Earth's director Tony Juniper
said: "The UK can meet its targets for
tackling climate change and maintain fuel security
by using clean, safe alternatives that are already
available. But these have so far been underplayed
by the Prime Minister who has fallen for the
nuclear industry's slick PR campaign. The
Government's Energy Review must cut through this
spin, promote the clean, safe measures we know
will meet our energy needs and show that nuclear
power is unnecessary, as well as unsafe and
uneconomic." "The UK could be a world leader in
developing a low-carbon, nuclear-free economy. The
Energy Review must deliver a sustainable energy
plan for the future. Investing in energy
efficiency, renewable energy and cleaner use of
fossil fuels could achieve this. Will the
Government seize the opportunity, or has it
already fallen for the latest nuclear con?" Cost-effective measures that the Government has
underplayed include (see below for details): The Prime Minister is expected to announce a
Government Energy Review on Tuesday 29 November. The review is expected to set out a long-term
strategic vision for UK energy policy including
environmental issues, security of supply,
competitiveness and social goals. It is expected
to largely focus on electricity production to 2020
and beyond rather than looking at energy for
heating or transport. It will consider whether or
not to build a new generation of electricity
producing nuclear power stations. A separate
nuclear briefing is also available from Friends of
the Earth. Friends of the Earth believes that the Energy
Review provides a huge opportunity for the
Government to realise the massive potential of the
UK's renewable energy resource and dramatically
improve the efficiency of our use of energy,
including fossil fuels. This would cut UK
dependency on fossil fuels and help the UK cope
with price fluctuations. The environmental campaign group also believes
that the UK can meet its climate change targets
and maintain energy security without nuclear
power. We have highlighted six, out of many,
cost-effective ways - which the Government has
underplayed - to massively reduce electricity
consumption, generate electricity from new
renewable sources and use fossil fuel more
efficiently. Information on these is shown on the
table below. In addition the Government should also: In short these and other measures can reduce UK
emissions of carbon dioxide from electricity
production by more than 60 per cent by 2020, and
reduce the amount of fossil fuels used to make
electricity by around 40 per cent, at the same
time as closing down all but one of the UK's
nuclear power stations. Beyond 2020 there is huge
further potential for energy saving and for
renewable power generation. Friends of the Earth is inviting the Prime
Minister, Tony Blair, to discuss these solutions,
amongst many others for a cleaner and safer
future. Friends of the Earth is also calling for a new
law to make the Government legally responsible for
cutting carbon dioxide emissions by three per cent
each year. See www.thebigask.com (1.75 per cent) (2 per cent) (6 per cent) (4.5 per cent) (7.5 per cent) (31 per cent) * about 400 Twh ** as in Westinghouse's AP1000.
Nb. comparing the power and output of electricity
generators is difficult because some, e.g.
nuclear, generate at an invariable rate while
others, e.g. micro-gas boilers, generate different
amounts at different times. Contact details: Friends of the Earth 6)
Recycling Liquid Wastes into MagneGas™ The City of Tarpon springs is asking for State Energy
funds to clean up sewage and other liquid wastes using the
submerged plasma process developed by US Magnegas and using
the magnegas to supplement natural gas and natural gas
vehicles. I did a short study at the USDOE during President
Clinton's Administration showing that Washington's famous
Blue Plains Sewage Treatment plant could process all the
sewage in a scalable fashion and provide all their power and
send excess gas to at that time PEPCO and that was with only a
COP of 3 for heat and gas that can run generators and
now they can achieve a COP of 10 by using Coal electrodes
and high pressure of about 300 psig. Furthermore, this
fits well with Honda's push for natural gas vehicles with a
home compressor (Phil) and a family of 4 could easily heat
their home and provide magnegas to the Phil unit and
probably also use excess magnegas to run a generator for
their electricity. FOR TECHNICAL INFORMATION http://www.usmagnegas.com/technology/part5.htm Contact: Hadronic Press,
Inc., 35246 US 19 No. # 215, Palm Harbor, FL 34684, U.S.A,
Email: info@magnefuels.com. 7)
2050 Project Predicts Decentralized Self-Powered Energy Thomas
Valone, adapted from Pathways, Fall, 2005, "Nonlocal
Awareness and Visions of the Future" by Daniel Redwood
http://www.pathwaysmag.com/articles.html Stephan
Schwartz is one of the world’s foremost researchers of
consciousness, one whose interests and areas of expertise cannot
easily be pigeon-holed by category. He has published dozens of
scientific papers on topics including remote viewing,
creativity, consciousness, intuition, therapeutic intent, as
well as earlier works on the history and philosophy of science
and on geopolitical and strategic analysis. He is a co-founder
of the International Society for Subtle Energies and
Energy Medicine and the founding editor-in-chief of Subtle
Energies, the society’s peer-reviewed journal. Much of
his work can be found on his website, www.schwartzreport.net
, updated daily, focused on trends that he considers vital to
understanding where human society is headed. Dr. Schwarz hosts
an annual Conference on Issues in Consciousness www.schwartzreportconference.com
. Schwartz’
intriguing 2050 Project involved interviews with over 4000
prople, who were guided into a state of nonlocal awareness and
asked to project forward to the year 2050 and answer a series of
questions about what they saw there. A discussion of remarkable
agreement among participants on a wide range of future
developments comprises the second half of the interview…of
greatest importance to Future Energy readers is the
following excerpt: REDWOOD:
What were some of the other areas of agreement among most of the
people involved in this 2050 project? SCHWARTZ:
That there has been an energy revolution, that energy is no
longer an issue. There’s some decentralized kind of energy.
This is the case where even though I was only looking less than
a hundred years into the future, the descriptions don’t mean
anything to me or anyone else that I have shown them to. All I
can say is they describe this thing, that’s probably three
feet high and maybe three feet wide, like a big box. There are
various sizes of them. They sit either in individual homes or in
neighborhoods and they provide power. In 2050, nobody
thinks much about power anymore. I can’t tell you
what it is. I thought for a while that it was cold fusion, but
we don’t know yet whether cold fusion is real. I just don’t
understand. They try to describe it to you, but the technology
has not yet been invented, the concept is not here yet. People
say, “Well, it’s a box.” I said, “Does it get very
hot?” thinking there might be something inside the box. They
said, “No, it just kind of hums along, and produces power.”
So I said, “How does it do that?” and they said, “Well,
there are these wires.” The net of it is, there has been an
energy revolution, that’s a big one, and also a medical
revolution. Most illnesses, most chronic illnesses have
disappeared. Multiple sclerosis, muscular dystrophy, the chronic
genetic diseases have largely disappeared because they’re
engineered out at birth, or at pre-birth. For
More Information: See
the following books by Dr. Schwartz: Documents obtained by Greenpeace and seen by the Guardian
reveal a systematic plan to persuade European business,
politicians and the media that the EU should abandon its
commitments under the Kyoto protocol, the international
agreement that aims to reduce emissions that lead to global
warming. The disclosure comes as United Nations climate change
talks in Montreal on the future of Kyoto, the first phase of
which expires in 2012, enter a critical phase.
The PowerPoint document sets out plans to establish a group
called the European Sound Climate Policy Coalition. It says:
"In the US an informal coalition has helped successfully
to avert adoption of a Kyoto-style program. This model should
be emulated, as appropriate, to guide similar efforts in
Europe."
During the 1990s US oil companies and other corporations
funded a group called the Global Climate Coalition, which
emphasised uncertainties in climate science and disputed the
need to take action. It was disbanded when President Bush
pulled the US out of the Kyoto process. Its website now says:
"The industry voice on climate change has served its
purpose by contributing to a new national approach to global
warming."
In January Sir Robert May, the former government chief
scientist who stepped down as president of the Royal Society
last week, warned in the Guardian that US lobby groups with
links to the oil industry were turning their attention to the
other side of the Atlantic. He wrote that a "lobby of
professional sceptics who opposed action to tackle climate
change" were targeting Britain because of its high
profile in the debate.
Countries signed up to the Kyoto process have legal
commitments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Oil and energy
companies would be affected by these cuts because burning
their products produce most emissions.
The PowerPoint document written by Mr Horner appears to be
aimed at getting RWE, the German utility company, to join a
European coalition of companies to act against Kyoto.
The document says: "The current political realities in
Brussels open a window of opportunity to challenge the course
of the EU's post-2012 agenda." It adds: "Brussels
must openly acknowledge and address them willingly or through
third party pressure."
It says industry associations are the "wrong way to do
this" but suggests that a cross-industry coalition, of up
to six companies each paying €10,000 (£6,700), could
"counter the commission's Kyoto agenda". Such a
coalition could help steer debate, it says, by targeting
journalists and bloggers, as well as attending environmental
group events to "share information on opposing viewpoints
and tactics".
RWE says it met Mr Horner earlier this year but that they
have not taken the idea forward.
In the email, dated January 28 this year, Mr Horner
describes Europe as an "opportunity". He says it
"would be like Neil Armstrong, it's a developing untapped
frontier". He adds: "US companies need someone they
can trust, and it's just a den of thieves over there."
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