According to www.bread.org, it currently takes five weeks for food to arrive to famine-stricken districts in Niger, Africa. We believe that food can arrive faster where it is most needed. We are designing bio-degradable food packets that contain life-sustaining food and water for a small family. These packets can be air-dropped en masse to areas where people are starving. We believe air-dropping these packets will get the food to the people who need it most. People who are starving will not have to travel for miles, expending their precious energy, to receive food. This method will also be effective in preventing the food supply from being horded by rivaling factions in any region. One small aircraft can carry one pallet containing 500 individual food packets. Or, many pallets can be carried on a cargo plane.
We realize that immediate crisis relief and temporary supplies of food are only the first step in a long series of events needed to rehabilitate impoverished nations. The U.S. could eventually provide seeds, tools and training to enable people to grow their own food. We also have a plan to create a transcontinental African aqueduct, which will provide water for crops. It will help build agricultural communities that can be self-sustaining. Eventually, these communities may grow the food used to air-drop to other areas in needAccording to www.bread.org, it currently takes five weeks for food to arrive to famine-stricken districts in Niger, Africa. We believe that food can arrive faster where it is most needed. We are designing bio-degradable food packets that contain life-sustaining food and water for a small family. These packets can be air-dropped en masse to areas where people are starving. We believe air-dropping these packets will get the food to the people who need it most. People who are starving will not have to travel for miles, expending their precious energy, to receive food. This method will also be effective in preventing the food supply from being horded by rivaling factions in any region. One small aircraft can carry one pallet containing 500 individual food packets. Or, many pallets can be carried on a cargo plane.
Naturally, Peace in the Middle East seems like a lot to ask. The goal is to consolidate a truce among all fighting factions. This can only be accomplished through a systematic de-weaponisation of the region . I recommend a plan for America to have a change of strategy so profound, that it shows our neighbors in the World that we do not want to change their existing order. Instead, we want to offer a new solution to the area's expanding refugee crisis.
I propose building 2 "Super-Safe Zones". One will be located outside of Baghdad; the other will occupy a large part of the Sinai Penninsula. These zones will buffer any population and sectarian violence. The one near Baghdad will be 50 miles in diameter, near the Euphrates River. It will have an outer perimeter which will serve as a barrier blocking the importation of weapons or explosives, including fuel. It will be built using prefabricated recycled materials and will have electric vehicles for transport. The primary energy source will be from Solar and Wind sources. Supplies can reach this area by Railway. Along the border of Iraq that adjoins Iran, a 5 mile wide Corridor can be constructed that guards a central 2 way Rail line. Along this route toward Basra, unmanned tanks will monitor this Railway and offer assistance if necessary.
The second "Super-Safe Zone" will need to have the cooperation and assistance of the Egyptian government. Just as the Camp David Accord provided the land of the Sinai to the Egyptian people, Egypt can lease this land to the U.N.. Security and operating methods will be very similar to the other "Super-Safe Zone". Additionally, desalination of ocean water can supply fresh water to grow food.
These areas can be utilized by all people of the World to mend differences in a weapons-free environment. The social wounds of hundreds of years of sectarian violence are almost too great to resolve in a short period of time. A positive environment that is segregated, yet integrated in parts, will offer a conducive location for this type of healing. Families that choose to participate will be setting an example for future generations to come. Gradually, areas of the Middle East will reach homeostasis. Sectarian violence will subside as a trend toward communication transpires.
Everyone has needs in this region. The more realistic everyone is about how necessary their needs are, the more likely peace can be attained. The possibility of a rogue nation acquiring a weapon of mass destruction is still very possible. However, the likelihood of that occurring is nominal if all players are dedicated to nuclear security and disarmament. Specifically, the threat of nuclear proliferation will be overshadowed by a multilateral search for nuclear solutions to Energy. Clearly the U.S. should provide a tactical buffer zone between nations that have separate intentions. But that should not be based on any ground troop assistance. Let's get our troops out of harm's way. Let's resolve this crisis in the Middle East using détente and strategic creativity.
Water is the basis for life. Much of our country is uninhabitable due to a lack of water. The land between Southern California and the Gulf of Mexico is arid desert. This land can be changed into agricultural prosperity with a precious commodity, water. We propose a seawater pipeline be built between the Pacific Ocean in Southern California and the Gulf of Mexico in Texas.
This pipeline would not be like the canal used to create the Salton Sea (). Instead it would be a pipeline, pumped with electricity and filled with seawater. The pumps would run on electricity created by the oceanic tides. Along the pipeline would be passive desalination greenhouses, where vegetables can be grown and fresh water produced for the local residents. This pipeline would create new oases where people will be able to live in the desert.
We would harness the power from the tides of the very oceans we draw the salt water from in order to generate the electricity that would power the pumps for the pipeline. Although other people () have proposed electrical generators that use the currents of the ocean, we have a completely different electrical generator in mind. Our electrical generator would use the movement of tides.
This concept is based on the use of barges as platforms for electrical generators. Each generator would have a cable and pulley leading to the ocean floor where an anchor would hold it stationary. There can be many generators stacked on top of these barges. As the barge goes up and down with the tides, generators will spin along the anchor lines to produce electricity. Using extremely powerful magnets, these generators can produce huge amounts of electricity using this design.
Construction can begin with the creation of these tidal electrical generation barges. Initially, the electricity generated from these tidal barges can be sent along power lines to shoreline communities. Eventually, this electricity will be used to run pumps that would pump ocean water into the beginning of the pipeline. Any excess electricity can be stored in deep cycle seawater batteries on the barges for use when electric generation is low. If there is a large amount of excess electricity generated, it can continue to power homes on the mainland.
The Pipeline itself will act as a passive desalination structure as well. With a Carbon Fiberglass Outerhull it will be relatively unbreakable. Along each side of the Pipeline, streaming channels of condensed fresh water will collect and purge into sloughes(or covered chambers) where they can outflow onto the land nearby. Thus, moistening the parched Earth, making plant growth sustainable.
Once the Seawater is flowing into the pipeline, main outlets at various locations can be opened and closed as needed. At each of these outlets, there will be also be a passive desalination system. To maximize the potential of salt water on the planet we can build a pyramidal structure that can purify water. This design offers maximum stability in high wind environments. The tripod of the pyramid provides a structure that can withstand extreme winds as evidenced by the Pyramids in Egypt. By utilizing every area under the pyramid to condense water molecules, we will provide an unlimited source of fresh water.
Within each pyramidal desalination unit, there can be shelves of corrugated plastic descending from the center down toward the base. These shelves offer water the greatest surface area to evaporate. By maximizing the surface area of water, we achieve maximum condensation up above at the wall of the pyramid. The pyramid concept also allows for the greatest convex of heat possible. Evaporation requires extreme heat to fully take place in a highly saline environment. The residue from this entire process will accumulate at the base of the pyramid. It is here that it can be collected for use in our deep cycle seawater battery system. The salt collected here will power the batteries which will power the salt water pumps for the entire seawater pipeline.
The design for this type of desalination unit can be deployed in deserts and regions with access to salt water. Our design entails a wall built from nested layers of waffle board, or corrugated plastic, separated by a few inches. This plastic will be perforated in certain areas to allow pure water to enter as condensed vapor and then freely leave the system along set path ways in the corrugated plastic. The peaks of the interior corrugated material would have holes down the center. As the salt water evaporates, the water vapor would go through the holes in the peaks of the corrugated plastic. Then it would condense on the greenhouse material and drip into the valleys of the corrugated plastic which do not have holes. As the water collects in the valleys of the corrugated plastic, it would flow down the sides of the pyramid. Avenues of water will flow into collector bins around the base of the pyramid into a collection area where it can be piped to nearby homes and settlements. With the advent of our seawater pipeline and pyramidal desalination units, deserts can become habitable havens.
The current state of the U.S. auto industry warrants your serious consideration. In short, I am proposing that you support me in developing a Corporate Government Enterprise (CGE) to purchase ailing auto companies. I propose the formation of a new Automobile Manufacturer, titled, the U.S. Auto Corp. at the current Chrysler Production facilities. The primary goal of this CGE will be to create 2 types of vehicles that will perform with high mileage as their main selling feature. They will utilize hybrid technology, as well as alternative fuels.
First off, the U.S. needs a Hybrid Economy Car that will be affordable to the average citizen. This vehicle can be a 4 passenger car similar to the Dodge Neon, but will get up to 60 MPG! The popularity of similar cars has catapulted Toyota to lead the Nation in auto sales this year. If our price point is under $15,000 per vehicle, we will have a guarantee of success in our domestic market. Furthermore, the mass production of such vehicles will drastically lower our dependence on foreign oil!
Secondly, the U.S. Auto Corp. can create a high mileage Delivery Truck that can be purchased by postal, medical, and passenger transportation services around the country. It will also utilize Hybrid technology and will offer an economical alternative to companies that are seeking to lower their operating expenses. This Truck can be modified to meet any specific function, from deliveries, to human transport. It will be retrofitted to run primarily on bio-diesel and/or hydrogen. The target fuel consumption will be 30 Mpg. With the specialization of our industrial and service sector needs in the U.S., these trucks will serve as a new transportation backbone for our country. Government organizations can use these vehicles, thereby diverting the money for new vehicle purchases back into the government.
Additionally, the purchase of an ailing auto company by the citizens of the Untied States, will serve as model for many other industries. The United States is in a unique position to create a Universal Health plan and Pension Fund for workers at the U.S. Auto Corporation. If this is created, it will serve as a plan that many other troubled U.S. industries can adopt to alleviate their fiscal crisis. I realize this is a major undertaking for our government, but I believe it will launch us into the 21st Century with a renewed economic directive. I will be leading a coalition of citizens in support of this idea. I am completely open to your input and discussion on this matter.
