MooPig State of the Art Department :: "China's Toxic Sky"

A nurse puts in a drip for a baby diagnosed with respiratory diseases at a provincial children's hospital in Hefei, Anhui province, on January 16, 2013. (Reuters/Stringer)

Retrieved by Pat Darnell | Mar 7, 2013 | Bryan TX

Smog at Beijing airport at noon local time, earlier this month. Photographer John Williamson took this shot before boarding his plane, one of the lucky few to get out, as some 800 flights canceled that day. Williamson: "You literally can see the smog inside a large enough building. The airport terminal, the hotel lobby are large enough that you can no longer see clearly across the room." (© John E. Williamson)

A man walks under the trees during severe pollution on January 23, 2013 in Beijing, China. (Feng Li/Getty Images)

A combination photograph shows people wearing masks on a heavy smog day in Beijing, on January 29, 2013. (Reuters/Jason Lee)

Cans of fresh air are seen piled up before being given away by Chinese multimillionaire Chen Guangbiao, near a street on a hazy day in central Beijing, on January 30, 2013. China's recent streak of foul air has rekindled a tongue-in-cheek campaign by a Chinese multimillionaire with a streak of showmanship who is raising the alarm by selling canned fresh air. Chen Guangbiao, who made his fortune in the recycling business and is a high-profile philanthropist, on Wednesday handed out soda pop-sized cans of air, purportedly from far-flung and pristine regions of China, from Xinjiang in the far northwest to Taiwan off China's southeast coast. (Reuters/Barry Huang)

A bright video screen shows images of blue sky on Tiananmen Square during a time of dangerous levels of air pollution, on January 23, 2013 in Beijing. (Feng Li/Getty Images)

Severe pollution clouds the Beijing skyline on January 12, 2013. Air quality data released via the US embassy twitter feed recorded air quality index levels so hazardous that they were classed as 'Beyond Index'. Just after midday the particle matter (PM) 2.5 figure was 519 on a scale that stops at 500 and advises against all outdoor activity. (Ed Jones/AFP/Getty Images)

A woman helps adjust a mask for her friend outside an amusement park on a smoggy day in Beijing, on January 12, 2013. (AP Photo/Alexander F. Yuan)

China's Toxic Sky - In Focus - The Atlantic: "Since the beginning of this year, the levels of air pollution in Beijing have been dangerously high, with thick clouds of smog chasing people indoors, disrupting air travel, and affecting the health of millions. The past two weeks have been especially bad -- at one point the pollution level measured 40 times recommended safety levels. "

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http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2013/01/chinas-toxic-sky/100449/

MooPig's Tech Coroner :: "Demise of the Fossil Fuel Industry" PART TWO

[Picture LINK]  ... Heat Waves and Our Aging Electrical Grid

" ... Electricity now powers devices of amazing technological sophistication, from lightning-fast desktop computers to flat screen TVs. But our means of getting power from the plant to the plug hasn't changed much since the early 20th century. "

Equipment Aging
Retrieved by Pat Darnell | June 28, 2012 | Bryan TX

IEEE Xplore - Abstract Page: "Thereby, the results can provide an early forecasting for equipment fault and scientific evidences for equipment maintenance and out of service, which are caused by equipment aging."

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" ... Models have been published addressing the issue of the calculation of the remaining life, future failure rates and the probability of failure of power equipment. ... " (HERE)

" ... Older equipment have higher failure rates, leading to customer interruption rates affecting the economy and society; also, older assets and facilities lead to higher inspection maintenance costs and further repair/restoration costs. ... " (HERE)

" ... Aging transmission and distribution infrastructure poses increasing obstacles for the power industry. Industry-wide run-to-failure policies have left large portions of utilities' transmission and distribution infrastructure rapidly approaching or exceeding expected service lifetimes. ... " (HERE)

" ... At 3:05 p.m. on Aug. 14, 2003, a 345-kV transmission line in northern Ohio began to sag. This happens commonly, especially during hot summer days, when the demand for power created by all those air conditioners can cause power lines to slacken.

Energy, which was responsible for powering northern Ohio, should have detected the loss of that first line, but its energy management system wasn't working at the time (the company didn't know that). Higher up, the Midwest Independent System Operator's state estimator, which helps ensure reliability for several utility companies in the region, had just been taken down for troubleshooting that day, and wasn't fully back online yet, so operators were unable to get an accurate, real-time picture of what was happening to the grid. ... " (HERE)


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http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/login.jsp?tp=&arnumber=5448903&url=http%3A%2F%2Fieeexplore.ieee.org%2Fxpls%2Fabs_all.jsp%3Farnumber%3D5448903
http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/login.jsp?tp=&arnumber=4912630&url=http%3A%2F%2Fieeexplore.ieee.org%2Fiel5%2F4912595%2F4912596%2F04912630.pdf%3Farnumber%3D4912630
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrical_grid
http://www.euci.com/events/?ci=1689&t=O
http://www.euci.com/events/?ci=1377&t=O
http://www.fujielectric.com/company/tech/pdf/55-03/FER-55-3-099-2009.pdf
http://site.ge-energy.com/prod_serv/plants_td/en/downloads/casestudies_dtech.pdf
http://www.scribd.com/doc/94623624/Equipment-Aging
http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1831346,00.html

MooPig's Tech Coroner :: "Demise of the Fossil Fuel Industry?"

[Picture LINK] " ... We have now passed Peak Oil which began back in 1979 (some disagree with this date but all concede we have past peak oil) the decline is unavoidable. Few can conceive of what lies ahead. Complacency reigns. By far the great majority of people, including those at the very top in all strata of society, including governments, industry, and the media, will be caught unawares. ... "

Retrieved by Pat Darnell | June, 2012 | Bryan TX

350.org: "After the birth of our first grandchild (Dougie), my wife Karen and I participated in the March on Blair Mountain last June, we were arrested in front of the White House on August 22 as part of the Tar Sands Action, we were part of the Ring Around the White House in November and we haven't looked back.  Little Dougie needs to grow up in a world freed from the tyranny of fossil fuels.  There is something about rubbing elbows with climate activists of all stripes, all ages, all races, and from every region of the world that lets us know that we aren't in this alone, that there is hope." (Michael Bagdes-Canning of Tour de Frack posted by Duncan Meisel - 06/27/12. HERE )

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The real story is about our Power Grid and it's strengths and frailty. How safe is our electricity that flows to, well, flows to everywhere?

Does each person in fact have the ability in today's tech world mechanics to actually produce his own electrical power source? And does each one of us have the right to this technology?

These are the questions MooPig will be asking for the next few days. But it all starts with the raw material of Power, doesn't it? Fossil fuels.

One would hope that in the current climate change situation world wide, that a common goal is to limit the emissions of CO2 into the atmosphere. This site, 350.org, is about limiting the CO2 index to 350 ppm, and below. We are currently at 392 ppm CO2:

" ... At 350.org, we're building a global grassroots movement to solve the climate crisis and push for policies that will put the world on track to get to 350 ppm. (350.org)... "

World Politics?! YIKES! Why is it always some political football? Oh, well, we give up. What happened to the decision making process?


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http://350.org/
http://www.democracynow.org/2012/6/27/bill_mckibben_of_350org_on_colorado
http://www.thefuture.net.nz/peakoil.htm


WKPDA Footnotes:
In cities and towns of North America, the grid tends to follow the classic radially fed design. A substation receives its power from the transmission network, the power is stepped down with a transformer and sent to a bus from which feeders fan out in all directions across the countryside. These feeders carry three-phase power, and tend to follow the major streets near the substation. As the distance from the substation grows, the fanout continues as smaller laterals spread out to cover areas missed by the feeders. This tree-like structure grows outward from the substation, but for reliability reasons, usually contains at least one unused backup connection to a nearby substation. This connection can be enabled in case of an emergency, so that a portion of a substation's service territory can be alternatively fed by another substation.

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Mr Big is Big Daddy now, Age 53

My Wife will not read my Blog Unless I plug this Man on it... and do some certain things to keep her favor:


Christopher Noth, famous for his role as Mr. Big on the hit television series Sex and the City, has announced the birth of his son Orion with Tara Wilson. Orion was born weighing 7 pounds and 10 ounces. Prior to his baby’s birth, Noth reprised his role as Carrie’s (played by Sarah Jessica Parker) boyfriend in the film version of the HBO hit.

From the NY Daily News: “I am happy to confirm that Chris Noth and Tara Wilson are the proud parents of a happy and healthy baby boy. Chris and Tara are thrilled and all are doing well,” the actor’s rep said. Noth, 53, met Wilson when she was working at his New York bar, The Cutting Room, in 2002.

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Yes, dear we both males are the same age, and you coulda'... easily been a contender if I hadn't handcuffed you in front of witnesses, and taken you to Cook County Court house back in 12/1992... no?