April-21-12

EDEN GARDENS PROJECT OF CORNUCOPIA-ENTERPRISE

Eden Gardens Project, by Cornucopia-enterprise (http://www.cornucopia-enterprise.com) is announcing the new Energy/Food/Water/Composting campus on Earth Day 2012. It is hard to believe that 6 years ago we were thinking of the potential of Wind Power and negotiating with manufacturers in Holland to import their turbines. Today there are thousands of wind turbines producing power for millions of homes. Now, Eden Gardens Project combines not only wind power, but solar PV, solar water heating, in an overall campus that can grow food, create energy, desalinate water, and do all at triple the efficiency of traditional systems.

When www.wind-inc.com first opened its offices between Fort Worth and Weatherford, on I-30, we had 30+ calls a day from people wanting to know more. People are interested in renewable energy, and in some cases prices are coming down.

In 2005 we had to pay $800 or more for a 220 watt solar panel. Today, on Earth Day of 2012 http://environment-solutions.com reports that the same panels can be had for $400 each. Half the price of 2005 and reports are that use of solar PV is increasing throughout the world, because of lower cost for solar power and higher prices for oil.

In 2006 we made a presentation stating that the price of oil would increase as oil reserves depleted. At that time oil was at $80 per barrel, today oil is well over $120.

Earth Day marks recognition that energy is becoming more and more expensive, but also that renewable energy, when combined with other systems, can be very profitable.
While we have had new natural gas development, all experts agree that oil and gas are a temporary solution. Coal is abundant but it is dirty causing millions of people to suffer and some die from coal pollution. Nuclear energy, as Japan has proved, has great risk. Plus drilling and production of oil, gas, coal and nuclear pollutes millions of gallons of water. Water is another scarce and precious resource that we can no longer afford to squander. As Thomas Edison said "We are like people cutting down each other's trees for power. The true solution is energy from wind, water, sun." He was right!.Renewable and sustainable energy production must be expanded.

I can see the day when nearly every small business, or private home, mall, bank, retail building, apartment complex, hospital, university and commercial building will have solar panels or wind turbines or solar water heating. WHY? Because it is logical. See the Eden Gardens Project, when you see the video, the images are worth 1000 words. It could change our society for food, water and energy production.
The Eden Gardens Project is powerful, NOT BECAUSE IT IS 'GREEN' BUT BECAUSE IT IS LOGICAL.

It is appropriate that Cornucopia-enterprise has designed the Eden Gardens Project. It is the culmination of years of work and research to create a self sustaining campus that will provide food, water, and energy for thousands of people. Plus it will not be reliant on any central grid or system, so if there is a weather disaster, terrorist attack or international disruption of our food and energy supply chains, we can fall back on Eden Gardens Projects for supplies.

The Eden Gardens campus by Cornucopia-enterprise, will be able to serve as a back up, redundant supply, of energy, water, food, and jobs and economic development!

We have been in contact with Senators, Governors , Homeland Security, Office of Emergency Planning and a host of municipal and community leaders, who like this approach. We have learned that some remote areas, such as mountain, desert and island areas may have electric rates up to 8 times higher than urban areas of the USA and those areas which were one time huge agricultural producers and exporters have fallen into dependency upon tourism or retail . Much agricultural land has gone vacant and fallow, due to economic change, drought or simple lack of interest. (Does that sound familiar to you?)
Indeed Eden Gardens promotes agriculture In a most profitable way, using greenhouses powered by solar panels and drip irrigated soils to grow healthy organic fresh food year around. We do sub soil heating so that even in cold climates we can grow food.

Other advantages ofCornucopia's EDEN GARDENS PROJECT:

1. Draws on and promotes Eco Tourism, and Agri-Tourism
2. Creates stable jobs
3. Includes a food canning facility to encourage other producers to grow can their foods with Eden Gardens Project, using our equipment and labor, and their label, in accordance with health standards.
4. Includes a composting facility that can take organic refuse and turn it into profitable agricultural soils for farms, landscaping or gardening, thus eliminating tons in land fills and saving municipalities money. This will also eliminate bird and preditor problems in landfills.
In some areas bears populate "land fills" to scavage organic refuse. In others, birds create flying hazards. Composting will eliminate this problem.
5. Desalination. This campus takes salty or brackish water and desalinates it, providing a new supply of fresh water. Areas throughout the world are projecting water crisis. Eden Gardens has the solution and the technology to desalinate, otherwise useless water.
6. Provides a place for students and professors to research and develop new integrated food and water technologies
7. Will include a media center and produce videos, films, and publications for education and promote new and improved agricultural, energy and water applications
8. Will have fish farms for production of food with omega oils and healthy sea food
9. The Eden Garden master plan has areas designed for algae production. Algae can produce over 19 times more feed per acre for livestock than hay, cotton or milo. Also algae for oil production and a enclosed facility to grow pharmaceutical grade algae that may have cures for ulcers, even cancer.
10. Eden Project can work with local developers to create an adjoining areas for housing utilizing PV and wind as well as excess power from the campus. This would allow Eco-tourists, researchers, or students to have a "green house" to stay in.
11. Scalable and sizable, so that Eden Garden Projects could be small enough for a private business or large enough to feed and provide water and energy for large cities.
12. A new market will emerge from people coming to Eden Gardens to purchase fresh and canned foods grown organically, which taste better,are healthier, and are a local product. This will increase traffic and people to the area, from cities far away. For every dollar they spend it multiplies 6.5 times locally.

What better today than Earth-day for Cornucopia-enterprise to make this announcement.

Financially, Saneh Boothe is using the feasibility studies done by the USDA and reported by www.benboothe.com pointing out that:
1. The average high tunnel greenhouse makes $5 to $7 per year per square feet of area. So assume that a farmer has only 10 acres of land, that could produce $2,178,000 per year or more. This has an impact to encourage more people to put their idle land into greenhouse food production.
2.The pictured campus is projected to generate $950,000 per year gross and $550,000 net per year.
3. The USDA numbers do not make into consideration free energy, free water, or sub soil heating for the cold winter months,therefore it is possible that the earnings potential can be higher.
4. Desalination systems when powered by wind inc turbines and PV can produce potable water for about 1/4 of the average cost of a typical city in the USA. Thus there is a huge profit potential in the desalination.
5. Algae is being referred to as one of the future's best sources of food, feed and fuel in the next decade. The Eden Gardens Project is designed to utilize algae and develop it to the fullest. The profit potential per acre crop is 20 times greater than traditional crops such as sugar cane, wheat, corn, or cotton.
6. Accepting and handling organic biodegradable garbage from cities and counties which normally pay $40 to $60 for tipping fees and fuel expense to dump in landfills can take these to Eden Gardens for $20% less and the resulting compost can be sold for a 200% profit by Eden gardens Project.
7. The canning area and kitchen will generate about 72% profit while also providing a useful service for local area growers.
8. The media center can be a profitable area in publications, how to publications and videos.
For more information, programs or meetings, contact: Cornucopia-Enterprise, Saneh Boothe, at 800-379 8048 ext 103 or 104. Or email, sanehboothe@gmail.com
Other information links:
See: http:// www.cornucopia-enterprise.com
See: http://www.wind-inc.com
See: http://www.environment-solutions.com
See: http://www.benboothe.com
See: http://www.bootheglobalperspectives.com
 
April-19-12

Senator Phil Griego, an Exceptional New Mexico Senator

Senator Phil Griego, "Senator Phil" as New Mexicans call him, is a rare politician. He is honest,
he loves people and he works as hard to represent the poor, to empower them, as he does the rich.
The link to the above video if you want to copy it is:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sU_8WdKOm9o
We did research on "Senator Phil" and then got to know he and his wife. We were pleased, to find an intelligent, well informed, senior Senator, who as a Democrat, could still work with Republicans, to get things done for his constituents.
Plus, we like him. He is a genuine man. Not "slick", not movie star handsome. He doesn't feel the need to wear $1,000 suits, but is more comfortable in his cowboy hat and boots. He is a rancher, who understands city people. His is a Senator, who loves small towns and unincorporated communities.
He loves to get phone calls from his voters, and has a rare talent for saying either:
"Yes, I can help you." or "Not, I just can't do that" and in either case, people love him for his honesty and respect.
We think he is a man, New Mexico is lucky to have.
 
March-04-12

What is the Efficiency of Coal Fired Electric Production vs Wind Power?

Coal-fired power plants, lose about two thirds of the energy in the coal (meaning only about 1/3 of the energy in the coal ends up as electricity). The electricity then leaves the power plant, and around 12 percent is considered "line loss" due to resistence and innefficient systems(making transmission efficiency around 88 percent). So the end-to-end efficiency if coal-fired power is probably 0.33 x 0.88 = 0.29 or 29 percent efficiency. This does not take into consideration that a coal fired plant, uses millions of gallons of water and also creates long term carbon and coal sludge waste that has a reciepie of toxic or harmful chemicals that impact ground and water supply. The impact of the coal "emissions" is well known as a leading cause of pollution in the world.

By contrast, a typical wind turbine is about 30% efficient in converting the energy from the wind, into electricity, and turbines placed near the "user", typically show a 1%, maximum 2% line loss. Wind uses no water, and has no emissions, or sludge. So we might say that wind energy isas efficient as coal production, which much less financial cost, or negative impacts upon health or the environment.One of the key factors is that wind turbines can be placed locally, or near the location of consumption. Industrial plants, malls, hospitals, and universities are learning that turbines can be sized, so that one can produce the electrical needs for a dormitory, or an assembly line, or kitchen. Therefore, because of the "close proximity" there is very little line "resistance" loss, increasing efficiency. Battery packs, or systems can be installed so that the turbines always keep a one or two day supply of power charged up into the back up battery system in the event of a "no wind" period. Furthermore a master switch, and put a building "back" on the grid, if there is an extended "no wind" situation. But, that is rare and another system we like, is to put in a hybrid system that includes wind power, PV solar panels, and solar water heating. The three together can bring many buildings to a "net zero" status. (Meaning, they produce as much energy as the building needs, therefore eliminating electric bills.)

 
January-29-12

Call for National Energy, Food, Production Centers to Increase Homeland Security

TRUE "HOMELAND" SECURITY, HOW SAFE IS YOUR FOOD AND FUEL SUPPLY IN THE EVENT THE GRID AND FOOD STOCKS FAIL?

By: Saneh T. Boothe CEO of Eden Project and Cornucopia Enterprises http://www.cornucopia-enterprise.com

Co-Author: Ben B. Boothe Sr., International Consultant (USIS, World Bank), CEO Boothe & Associates, Appraisals and Consultants http://www.benboothe.com

 
January-29-12

NATURAL GAS RESERVE ESTIMATES LOWERED 66%

The Energy Information Administration announced that former statements estimating natural gas reserves in the United States were overstated by up to 66%.
Estimates of the life span of natural gas reserves, obtainable through tracking and shale deposits, were dropped, in some cases from a 25 year supply to 12-15 years. "Those who look at the data carefully, also note that as much as 25% of the reported reserves are still in small pockets, too expensive or difficult to extract" said Ben Boothe, of www.environment-solutions.com.
"While we have all been heartened to think that we have a reprieve of energy supplies, this painfully reminds us that supplies of natural gas and oil reserves in the USA, are a depleting resource and eventually will run out." continued Boothe. "It is incumbent upon those gas and oil companies to follow wise and prudent practices, and set aside some of the fantastic profits they now enjoy, into developing renewable energy production. This will in the long term, be a wise and profitable path to follow." Citing history, Boothe recounted the example of the Ancient Egyptians, who in years of bounty, set aside huge reserves of grain, which proved to be a life saver when drought and crop failures occurred.
The Energy Information Administration admitted that thesharp downward revisions to its estimates were informed by more data.
 
January-25-12

Warren Buffet says New Housing Starts Will Recover the Economy

We mention Time Magazines issue on Warren Buffett reports an optimistic view for the future of the USA economy. We recommend this article to you, especially his comments highlighted.

Buffett Optimistic about the USA's Economy

See the octogenarians thoughts on the U.S. housing market. It is a succinct analysis of what Buffett believes is the intricately linked relationship between housing starts and employment.

"Once we get back to a million housing starts per year”– the current tally is 685,000 — “I think pundits will be surprised just how fast unemployment will come down in this country,” he says. “There are 4 million people hitting age 22 every year in this country. Sure, you can double up on households for a while, but at some point, hormones kick in, and living with your in-laws loses its allure.” Buffett notes that nearly every one of his major non-housing businesses has had several strong quarters, and Berkshire companies are making a record number of investments, the vast majority of which are in the U.S. “I am 100% sure that people in this country will be doing more business 10 years from now than they are today.”

As we consider his words, I remember as a banker tracking every job created when a house is built. Our appraisal firm http://www.benboothe.comtracked the details. It is amazing. With every house there is a need for some worker or the following products to be purchased, and people hired to install them:

 
January-25-12

9 of 10 Most Recent Years Indicate Record High Temperatures Worldwide

Reuters and many other publications have reported warmer temperatures of our world.

Higher Temperatures, More Solar Flares.

9 of the 10 warmest years on record occurred since 2000. Warmer temperatures and more radical and unstable weather patterns cannot be ignored. Something is going on out there and this week we experienced the radiation from massive solar flares. All of this, and we consider what happens if the ice caps at the poles do continue to melt and shrink. Will sea levels continue to rise and endanger people in coastal areas?

Then we read that indeed, the oceans have been measured and have increased temperature world wide. Explorers tell us that glaciers are melting at a rapid pace, unlike ever documented before.

 
January-23-12

Radiation from Massive Solar Flare Hits Earth

SUN'S MOST POWERFUL FLARE SINCE 2005

Radiation from the sun started hitting the earth and will continue until mid week. Tuesday night, look to the north, because the last time this happened, the "Northern Lights" moved south and could be seen in much of the USA. The radiation—in the form of protons—came flying out of the sun at 93 million miles per hour.

 
January-23-12

Want to see an honest politician? One of integrity?

Then you must watch this. She is an honest person, one who demonstrates integrity and what she thinks is best for "the people". What a great and strong person. If only more of our politicians had her character. She could stay in office and enjoy the "perks" at taxpayer expense, but she has too much integrity for that. Gabby, we admire and love you.

 
January-23-12

Energy and National Security from Boone Pickens

In 2011, the U.S. imported 4.1 billion barrels of petroleum accounting for 60% of the U.S. supply. The total cost of those imports was $453.6 billion. That represents an increase in cost of 34.6% over 2010 and a whopping increase of 71.8% over 2009.

In the election cycle of 2008, virtually every candidate for every federal office from both political parties made a campaign promise to enact legislation to reduce our dependence on OPEC oil. These numbers I have cited prove little has been done.

Today we're paying about $100 per barrel for foreign oil and, in the case of OPEC oil, often to nations that are hostile to our best interests. Oil prices are up when they should be going down. Demand for oil globally is down while domestic production in America is up. There's one word that describes why oil prices are up instead of down: geopolitics, much of it attributable to the seemingly never-ending turmoil in the Middle East.

 
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Dear friends,

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