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		<title>Pa&#8217;Ris&#8217;Ha Taylor, Grandmother Pa&#8217;Ris&#8217;Ha</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Your day will go where your mind is thinking. Time follows mind!!! Love is. Have a wonder-filled day!&#8221;]]></description>
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		<title>LCFHD Blog Talk Radio</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 18:46:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Eagle&#8217;s Wings In this program, participants receive the benefits of the huge range of Wisdom Grandmother Pa&#8217;Ris&#8217;Ha has lived in her seventy-one years. You have the opportunity to experience what it is to live inside her stories of Native Wisdom. These stories awaken our consciousness to our Ancient Futures; the Quantum understanding that we [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h2><a href="http://cfhd.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/LCFHD-GMP2.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-339" title="LCFHD-GMP2" src="http://cfhd.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/LCFHD-GMP2.jpg" alt="" width="263" height="302" /></a>On Eagle&#8217;s Wings</h2>
<p>In this program, participants receive the benefits of the huge range of Wisdom Grandmother Pa&#8217;Ris&#8217;Ha has lived in her seventy-one years. You have the opportunity to experience what it is to live inside her stories of Native Wisdom. These stories awaken our consciousness to our Ancient Futures; the Quantum understanding that we have already lived this time.</p>
<p>Grandmother Pa&#8217;Ris&#8217;Ha easily weaves together forty years of brain research, her natural grasp of Quantum Physics and her wisdom in Native American Ways to show that modern science totally validates the wisdom of the Ancients.</p>
<p>If you are ready for a Quantum Leap in Consciousness, join Grandmother Pa&#8217;Ris&#8217;Ha On Eagles&#8217; Wings, where you will be with her in matter, energy, space, and time. One hour program weekly.</p>
<h2><strong>Storyteller Hours</strong></h2>
<p>This program gives the audience the opportunity to hear firsthand the<br />
legends and folklore<a href="http://cfhd.org/wp- content/uploads/2011/12/LCFHD-buffalo-skull.jpg"><img class="alignright  size-full wp-image-257" title="LCFHD-buffalo-skull" src="http://cfhd.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/LCFHD-buffalo-skull.jpg" alt="" width="215" height="286" /></a> of Grandmother Pa&#8217;Ris&#8217;Ha&#8217;s People, stories of real science, of creation and of the Cosmos. Sit downand enjoy an intriguing time of immense fun and exciting material told by a mystical Being. Grandmother Pa&#8217;Ris&#8217;Ha does Storyteller Hours onfull and new moon times.</p>
<h2><strong>Tara Chanting and Teaching</strong></h2>
<p><a href="http://cfhd.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/LCFHD-TARA.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-258" title="LCFHD-TARA" src="http://cfhd.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/LCFHD-TARA.jpg" alt="" width="182" height="259" /></a>Here Grandmother Pa&#8217;Ris&#8217;Ha shares life as a recognized reincarnation of Tara by Kalu Rinpoche and Bhutanese<br />
Rinpoche T&#8217;sering Wangdi. Her service is not founded on dogma or suppressive religious rules nor does she represent any one school of Buddhist Lineage. Grandmother Pa’Ris’Ha teaches of Buddha&#8217;s liberation of castes and dogmas and the state of Pure Enlightenment. She says that once we obtain this state, all boundaries are resolved and there is no need to be of one or another, as all are illusions and limitations.</p>
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<p><strong>LCFHD Blog Talk Radio programming is scheduled to begin the third week of January 2012. We will post the times once they are confirmed!</strong></p>
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		<title>Guru Momma</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 17:36:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Right now, we have a 4-week Restorative Yoga Workshop scheduled to begin on February 1st at 6 pm. Here are the details for that: Restorative Yoga is a series of poses that are fully supported by blankets, blocks, and other props, allowing you to fully and completely relax. Each pose is held for an extended [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong><a href="http://cfhd.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/guru-momma1.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-328" title="guru-momma" src="http://cfhd.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/guru-momma1.jpg" alt="" width="309" height="198" /></a>Right now, we have a 4-week Restorative Yoga Workshop scheduled to begin on February 1st at 6 pm. Here are the details for that:</strong>
<p><div>Restorative Yoga is a series of poses that are fully supported by blankets, blocks, and other props, allowing you to fully and completely relax. Each pose is held for an extended period of time, increasing the benefits of the practice. This is a great style of yoga to combat the stress of day to day life, reduce anxiety and depression, and come to a quiet place within.</div>
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<div><strong>Join us for a 4-week Restorative Yoga Workshop at Guru Momma: Yoga and Natural Health (115 E Baseline Rd Tempe, AZ 85283).</strong> We will meet on Wednesday nights at 6, beginning on February 1st. Cost for the workshop is $40, and includes a handout on each of the poses that you learn. Space is limited, call now to register! (480) 256-9642.</div>
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<div><strong>We also have a 5-week Infant Massage session starting soon. Is that something that you would list? If so, here are the details:</strong></div>
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<div>Infant massage is a wonderful opportunity to experience the way your baby communicates with you. With nurturing and loving touch, you and your baby feel more relaxed and in tune with each other. Research shows that babies who are massaged may sleep deeper and longer, spend more time active and alert for learning, improve elimination, and increase bonding and attachments to their parents.</div>
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<div><strong>Classes are taught in small groups of parents/caregivers and their babies up to one year of age. Classes are 60-90 minutes long for 5 weeks so your baby gradually adjusts to your nurturing touch.</strong></div>
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<div>This session begins on Thursday, February 2nd from 1pm-2:30. It will be held at Guru Momma: Yoga and Natural Health (115 E Baseline Rd Tempe, AZ 85283). Cost for the 5 week session is $65, which includes a small bottle of massage oil and handouts detailing all the massage strokes you will learn.</div>
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<div>Register early, class size is limited! (480) 256-9642.</div>
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<div>We are working on scheduling a Holistic Health Fair in late February/early March with toe reading, intuitive reading, chair massage, mini facials, holistic nutrition and acupuncture. I will send you the details when the date is set!</div>
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<p><strong>Website: <a title="Guru Momma" href="http://www.gurumomma.com/" target="_blank">Guru Momma</a></strong></p>
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		<title>Operation Smile</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 01:43:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Who We Are: Children’s Charity Operation Smile is an international children&#8217;s medical charity that heals children&#8217;s smiles, forever changing their lives. As a children’s charity, we measure ourselves by the joy we see on all of the faces we help. At Operation Smile, we&#8217;re more than a charity. More than an NGO. We&#8217;re a mobilized force [...]]]></description>
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<h1>Who We Are: Children’s Charity</h1>
<p>Operation Smile is an international children&#8217;s medical charity that heals children&#8217;s smiles, forever changing their lives.</p>
<p>As a children’s charity, we measure ourselves by the joy we see on all of the faces we help. At Operation Smile, we&#8217;re more than a charity. More than an NGO. We&#8217;re a mobilized force of medical professionals and caring hearts who provide safe, effective reconstructive surgery for children born with facial deformities such as cleft lip and cleft palate.</p>
<p>Every three minutes a child is born with a cleft — often unable to eat, speak, socialize or smile. In some places these children are shunned and rejected. And in too many cases, their parents can&#8217;t afford to give them the surgeries they need to live a normal life.</p>
<p>That&#8217;s where we come in as an international charity providing much needed surgical services. Since 1982, Operation Smile — through the help of dedicated medical volunteers — has provided more than 2 million patient evaluations and over 200,000 free surgeries for children and young adults born with cleft lips, cleft palates and other facial deformities.</p>
<p>As one of the most prominent children’s charities in the world and with a presence in over 60 countries, we are able to heal children’s smiles and bring hope for a better future.</p>
<p>Thanks to the generosity and spirit of volunteerism shown by our supporters, we heal thousands of children per year. With your help, how many lives can we change tomorrow?</p>
<p>For more information contact: <strong><a title="Operation Smile" href="http://www.operationsmile.org/" target="_blank">http://www.operationsmile.org/</a></strong></p>
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		<title>Thrive Movement</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 01:43:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Synopsis THRIVE is an unconventional documentary that lifts the veil on what&#8217;s REALLY going on in our world by following the money upstream &#8212; uncovering the global consolidation of power in nearly every aspect of our lives. Weaving together breakthroughs in science, consciousness and activism, THRIVE offers real solutions, empowering us with unprecedented and bold [...]]]></description>
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<h4>Synopsis</h4>
<p>THRIVE is an unconventional documentary that lifts the veil on what&#8217;s REALLY going on in our world by following the money upstream &#8212; uncovering the global consolidation of power in nearly every aspect of our lives. Weaving together breakthroughs in science, consciousness and activism, THRIVE offers real solutions, empowering us with unprecedented and bold strategies for reclaiming our lives and our future.</p>
<h4>Interviews in THRIVE</h4>
<p>Duane Elgin, Nassim Haramein, Steven Greer, Jack Kasher, Daniel Sheehan, Adam Trombly, Brian O&#8217;Leary, Vandana Shiva, John Gatto, John Robbins, Deepak Chopra, David Icke, Catherine Austin Fitts, G. Edward Griffin, Bill Still, John Perkins, Paul Hawken, Aqeela Sherrills, Evon Peter, Angel Kyodo Williams, Elisabet Sahtouris, Amy Goodman, and Barbara Marx Hubbard. For more information visit: <a href="http://www.thrivemovement.com/" target="_blank">http://www.thrivemovement.com/</a></p>
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		<title>World United International Conference</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 19:20:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[THE WORLD UNITED is a binding force which connects all Individual who are committed to personal and planetary Evolution, working together as one unified whole across the planet to create a positive global transformation. THE WORLD UNITED is not governed by a single individual or a particular organized philosophy. The aim of THE WORLD UNITED [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div id="attachment_208" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 641px"><a href="http://cfhd.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/world-united.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-208 " title="world-united" src="http://cfhd.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/world-united.jpg" alt="" width="631" height="499" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">5th International Conference on Spiritual Science</p></div>
<p align="justify">THE WORLD UNITED is a binding force which connects all Individual who are committed to personal and planetary Evolution, working together as one unified whole across the planet to create a positive global transformation.</p>
<p align="justify">THE WORLD UNITED is not governed by a single individual or a particular organized philosophy. The aim of THE WORLD UNITED is to facilitate the unfolding of positive transformation by bringing together world renowned transformational leaders, scientists, philosophers, educators, etc., in order to facilitate conferences and symposiums around the world where people from all walks of life convene to learn, participate and take action for the betterment of our planet.</p>
<p align="justify">THE WORLD UNITED believes that enlightened vision, intention, attention, and action is the secret that will bring true peace and Harmony to individuals, groups and nations. THE WORLD UNITED believes strongly in the acronym of T.E.A.M. &#8211; Together Everyone Achieves Miracles.</p>
<p align="justify">In order to create positive world change, leaders of all nations are required to unite on the common principles of peace and harmony.</p>
<p>Thus, THE WORLD UNITED has taken the role of bringing global harmony to this planet by connecting various individuals, leaders and groups working in diverse fields such as Spiritual Science, Holistic Health, Environment, etc., together.</p>
<p align="justify">For more information visit: <a href="http://www.theworldunited.org/" target="_blank">http://www.theworldunited.org/</a></p>
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		<title>World Parliament on Spirituality</title>
		<link>http://cfhd.org/world-parliament-spirituality.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 19:00:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Theme of the 5th ICSS : Preparing for the New Beginning The time is narrowing down to much exciting and much awaited event 5th International Conference on Spiritual Science slated on 17-18 Dec 2011@Hyderabad, INDIA This time it is the Pre-Parliament of the 1st World Parliament on Spirituality. Many Magnificent people like you have involved [...]]]></description>
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<p><strong>Theme of the 5th ICSS : Preparing for the New Beginning</strong></p>
<p>The time is narrowing down to much exciting and much awaited event 5th International Conference on Spiritual Science slated on 17-18 Dec 2011@Hyderabad, INDIA This time it is the Pre-Parliament of the 1st World Parliament on Spirituality. Many Magnificent people like you have involved themselves to make all these confluences of awakened human consciousness most enlightening.</p>
<p>Many Thanks to the great support that is given to all the earlier conferences, Enlightenment Summits, Workshops etc., some of the very wise people are the speakers gracing this occasion.</p>
<p>This December Conference is going to be a great blend of Head &amp; Heart, Intuition &amp; Intellect, Thoughts &amp; Feelings. Come participate and celebrate this fabulous weekend of convergence of wisdom, theme of the conference is &#8216;Preparing for the New Beginning&#8217;.</p>
<p>For more information visit: <a href="http://wpsconnect.org/" target="_blank">http://wpsconnect.org/</a></p>
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		<title>Toward a Science of Consciousness</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 18:36:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Toward a Science of Consciousness Known for rigorous and leading edge approaches to all aspects of the study of conscious experience, TSC includes neuroscience, cognitive science, artificial intelligence, psychology, philosophy, neurobiology, medicine, quantum physics and cosmology as well as art, mind technology and experiential and contemplative approaches. TSC is the largest interdisciplinary gathering probing fundamental [...]]]></description>
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<p><a href="http://cfhd.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/science-consciousness.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-212" title="science-consciousness" src="http://cfhd.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/science-consciousness.jpg" alt="" width="214" height="282" /></a>Known for rigorous and leading edge approaches to all aspects of the study of conscious experience, TSC includes neuroscience, cognitive science, artificial intelligence, psychology, philosophy, neurobiology, medicine, quantum physics and cosmology as well as art, mind technology and experiential and contemplative approaches. TSC is the largest interdisciplinary gathering probing fundamental questions related to conscious experience. An estimated 500 scientists, philosophers, psychologists, experientialists, artists and students from over 60 countries are due to take part.</p>
<p>Click for more information: <a href="http://www.consciousness.arizona.edu/" target="_blank">Center for Consciousness Studies</a><a href="http://cfhd.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/tsc-flyer.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-33" title="tsc-flyer" src="http://cfhd.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/tsc-flyer.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="837" /></a></p>
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		<title>Youth Leadership Programs</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 07:23:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our Youth Leadership program recognizes that the seeds of tomorrow lie in the youth of today. In our Youth Leadership program, called &#8220;Tawah&#8221;, the powers of nature provide the learning environment for inner city troubled youth to discover their inherent leadership abilities. Our &#8220;Tawah&#8221; Youth Leadership program helps unravel the conditioned thinking imposed on our [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://cfhd.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/lcfhd-youth-leadership.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-215" title="lcfhd-youth-leadership" src="http://cfhd.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/lcfhd-youth-leadership.jpg" alt="" width="398" height="298" /></a>Our Youth Leadership program recognizes that the seeds of tomorrow lie in the youth of today. In our Youth Leadership program, called &#8220;Tawah&#8221;, the powers of nature provide the learning environment for inner city troubled youth to discover their inherent leadership abilities. Our &#8220;Tawah&#8221; Youth Leadership program helps unravel the conditioned thinking imposed on our youth by peers, schools, parents and religious organizations. Our &#8220;Tawah&#8221; Youth Leadership program recognizes that unraveling the conditioned thinking is a skill that has a high correlation with success in life. To be effective, youth leadership programs take troubled youth at risk and teach them skills which assist them to integrate back into the community in a positive way. Leadership abilities emerge when a person is able to see there are more choices available to them than they had previously believed. Liberation results when youth leadership programs provide a safe environment to experiment with their untapped potential and discover new outcomes and positive results.</p>
<p>The Learning Center for Human Development&#8217;s &#8220;Tawah&#8221; Youth Leadership Program draws on the creative arts, through music, theater and fine art, to gently develop new life experiences that will create tomorrow&#8217;s leadership profiles. Our &#8220;Tawah&#8221; Youth Leadership program extends a parallel opportunity for parents to learn leadership skills, which they can use to change their lives through identifying and resolving programmed thinking which has limited their perceptions of options and contained them into an environment of mediocre living. Youth leadership programs take the troubled youth of today and create an environment where they can emerge with tomorrow&#8217;s leadership profiles. Whether you are a shy person or an extrovert, whether you have been a leader or not, every exercise gives you an opportunity to test your skills of working and coordinating with others. After immersion into the group psychology, true leaders emerge showing the assimilation of their lessons and their newly acquired skills.<br />
Our &#8220;Tawah&#8221; Youth Leadership program is the key for inspiring a new vision for our youth and therefore a new and successful future.</p>
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		<title>The Path to Renewable Energy</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 07:21:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The path to a renewable energy future has many challenges and many benefits. First we must decide what the end product is going to be. But, we must also accept where we are today to develop a realistic path forward to our new energy future. &#160; Let us begin with a definition for &#8220;Renewable Energy&#8221;: [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The path to a renewable energy future has many challenges and many benefits. First we must decide what the end product is going to be. But, we must also accept where we are today to develop a realistic path forward to our new energy future.</p>
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<p>Let us begin with a definition for <strong>&#8220;Renewable Energy&#8221;</strong>:</p>
<p><strong><em>Renewable Energy</em></strong><em> &#8211; a method for producing energy (electrical or mechanical) which does not require the use of a consumable or non-renewable fuel source. Any by-products of the production of energy must also be capable of being recycled or reused.</em></p>
<p>The ultimate goal is to have 100% renewable energy with the smallest ecological impact. You may ask: &#8220;How can a renewable energy source have a serious ecological impact?&#8221; All renewable energy sources have some form of serious ecological impact. Wind and Water Generators use aluminum, steel, and copper which must be mined and refined. Solar Cells use silicon and gallium which must be purified and processed. We need to expose the life cycle of each energy production method to understand the complete ecological impact of each renewable energy source.</p>
<p>To truly have renewable energy resources, there must be some process for recycling the waste products when repair or replacement of worn-out parts occurs. Otherwise, our garbage dumps continue to grow and we continue to strip the Earth of valuable resources.</p>
<p>A significant issue with most renewable energy sources is the consistency of the output power. An individual off-grid user relies on banks of batteries to store sufficient power for use during low or no energy production. This is not a practical solution for supplying the power for a large city.</p>
<p>Electrical utilities engineer a power plant to supply a consistent base load of power with some capacity to increase output on demand to meet peak load requirements. Brown-outs occur when peak load generation capacity falls short of demand. The electrical network grid of power lines has some ability to ship power from areas with surplus power to areas with deficit power. But the existing grid is not capable of massive redistribution of power.</p>
<p>How do you design for base load and peak load power demand with renewable energy resources? You must be able to distribute the power from where it is being produced to where it is needed over large distances. New High Voltage DC (HVDC) transmission lines can be built to provide this service. This relies on differing weather conditions across the country and allows for peak power generation areas to distribute their excess power to areas with usage below base load power.</p>
<p>Most power today is purchased at a fixed price. The cost of peak load power generation and distribution is built into this fixed price. The reduction of energy production and distribution costs requires the difference between base load and peak load to decrease. Power meters can be installed to measure power consumed during base load verses peak load periods. The end user can be billed more for peak load power consumption. The end user would then ask for products to assist in reducing peak load power in order to also reduce their power bill.</p>
<p>Conservation of power in all of its aspects is the most powerful form of energy saving today. Installation of insulated windows and increasing the amount of insulation in homes can provide a huge return on investment. Switching out incandescent bulbs for Compact Fluorescents or LED lamps is another step. Improving energy efficiency of any product or process ends up reducing both the base and peak load requirements for energy production. Even conservation of water conserves energy. Energy is used to purify and pump water to the user, and again to process the waste water at the sewage treatment facility. All forms of conservation should be considered.</p>
<p>Today we rely on Coal, Nuclear Energy, Natural Gas, and Oil to provide most of our energy resource. Oil is used to make gasoline and diesel fuel. Hydrogen or Electrical vehicles are envisioned to replace gasoline and diesel fueled vehicles. The power grid would again require major expansion to supply the additional energy requirements to support Hydrogen and Electrical vehicles.</p>
<p>Coal is a low cost, but dirty fuel. Carbon sequestration can be done, but requires additional energy and water at the generation site. Lower grade coal also contains large amounts of mercury and sulfur. Coal provides the largest percentage of electrical power produced. However, cleaning up coal does not make it renewable. Natural Gas is cleaner, but still creates carbon and other by-products. It also is not a renewable resource.</p>
<p>Nuclear power has received a very bad reputation, due to the failure to complete the planned program to recycle fuel. France is the only nation with a full nuclear program in place. They recycle spent nuclear fuel rods in fuel enrichment facilities. Long-term storage of high-level nuclear waste is still a problem with the current program. Existing reactors rely on a slow neutron reaction with moderators in the core to control the fission reaction. This form of reactor only uses about 2% of the fissionable material in a fuel rod before it is &#8220;used up&#8221;. A fast neutron reactor can be engineered to use up 98% of the fuel in the fuel rod. Most nuclear reactor sites already provide for multiple reactor installations, which were never built. The used fuel rods are stored on-site, due to the lack of a recycling facility. The new fast neutron reactor can be built next to the existing nuclear reactor(s) on the unused sites at the same facility. The stored &#8220;used up&#8221; fuel rods can be used on-site to fuel the new fast neutron reactor.</p>
<p>The resulting high level nuclear waste is significantly reduced. Older reactors can be shut down, and uranium mining could be significantly curtailed if not eliminated completely. The downside is the time to develop and deploy a new fast neutron reactor. China and India are planning to build many new nuclear reactors. The new reactors being built are still of the slow neutron style. The increased need for fuel in existing and new reactors will cause additional Uranium mining. The fast neutron reactor is required to clean up the high level waste these new reactors will produce and to curtail uranium mining.</p>
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