Amazing Europe and Mediterranean (John Shanahan et al.) USofA

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AMAZING EUROPE & MEDITERRANEAN John Shanahan Civil engineer specializing in energy Lived in Europe 11 years in 1960s & 1980s Bicycled in Europe 10 years in 2000s & 2010s 180413a

What amazing (exceptional) topics will we look at?

1) Individuals and Society 2) Nature and Geography

3) Energy’s importance in modern world

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Europe & Mediterranean

Baltic

UK

RUS

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CH

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France - F

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France – Bruno Comby Bruno Comby, nuclear engineer. Expert on nuclear power worldwide. Specialist on high level natural radiation around the world.

Dedicated ecologist and healthy living author.

Designed and built his ecological dream home.

Owns nuclear powered electric cars.

Minimum environmental impact dream home: 1) nuclear and solar generated electricity, 2) passive partial heating in winter, 3) complete passive cooling in summer, 4) heat retaining walls and windows, 5) high efficiency heat pump heats the house and the hot water, 6) heat exchangers capture excess heat from water and air leaving home, 7) uses 20 times less energy. http://ecolo.org/documents/documents_i n_english/dream-house.htm 6

France – Bruno Comby His goal is 100% nuclear powered electric transportation for himself by early 2019.

He is first on waiting list in France for a long range Tesla Model 3 electric car. He owns a smaller Zoé electric car for use in Paris.

The French highways are now equipped with two independent fast charging systems.

Gasoline cars are not necessary in France.

There is a big difference about electric cars in France compared to other countries. In France the electricity comes from nuclear or hydro-electric plants. In most other countries, electric power comes from fossil fuels. They are just exchanging gasoline used in car for fossil fuel in power plant. How Zoé French electric car. The battery range is from 125 to 250 km. much better is that for the extra cost?

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Bruno Comby (l) – France James Lovelock (r) – United Kingdom Bruno Comby: Nuclear Engineer. France runs mostly on nuclear power for homes, businesses, industry, trains, subways, buses and some cars.

The world will also run on nuclear energy someday. He wrote 2 books on nuclear power and 8 books on healthy living and eating. They have been translated into many languages.

James Lovelock: Ph.D. Medicine. Developed highly sensitive instruments (mass spectrometry, the electron capture detector) now used in most laboratories, detected DDT at the North pole in the late 1960's. This method also used by NASA to analyze extraterrestrial atmospheres. He is a famous environmentalist.

Author of the Gaia theory, which states that the Earth behaves like a self-regulated living organism. At age 99, he is writing another book.

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Bruno Comby (l) – France Patrick Moore (r) - Canada

Bruno Comby nuclear engineer.

Founder of the Comby Institute (for healthy living) and Environmentalists for Nuclear – International

Patrick Moore: Ph.D. Environmental Science. Co-Founder Greenpeace, 15 years main director of Greenpeace Honorary Chairman of EFN-CANADA

Bruno Comby: France has beautiful seashores and mountains. The quality of fruits, vegetables and meat is very good. French electricity from nuclear and hydro is among cheapest in Europe. Schools & universities are free, (higher taxes).

Patrick Moore: Carbon dioxide is most essential plant food, necessary for life on Earth. Man-made carbon dioxide plays a minor role in Earth’s climate change.

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France Damien Comby

Damien Comby Student in 7th year, age 12

French Alps

Damien Comby: France is a civilized country, it’s not disorganized like

Africa. Not as many fire arms and less criminality than the US. Most houses are solid and long lasting (bricks & stone) rather than wooden houses as in the US. Wildfire devastation to homes in California can’t happen in French cities. At age 10 he was doing elaborate mathematical calculations in his 10 head without pencil, paper or calculator.

France Michel Gay

Retired pilot in French Air Force.

He has written over 300 (!!) articles and 2 books for public education about nuclear power. Enjoys observing nature and studying birds.

Europe and France are a dense conglomerate of varied cultures and landscapes.

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France Michel Gay

France is the same size as Texas with 2.5 times the population.

France has dramatic natural beauty and geographic variety.

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France Michel Gay

Modern French Architecture in Paris.

Millau Viaduct: Tallest bridge in world.

Tallest mast is 343.0 meters, 1,125.3 ft.

Higher than the Eiffel Tower.

France receives the most tourists in the world! (more than the United States ...). In 2017, there were 49 million tourists, almost 13 as many as French citizens (60 million).

France Electrical energy choices From the beginning, France planned to continue with nuclear power forever.

French Nuclear Power Plant Saint Laurent des Eaux 14

France Excellent Nuclear Power Program

Two sites for next generation nuclear power plants

Two sites for present generation nuclear power plants

Penly Nuclear Power Station - Two operating 1st generation 1300 MW nuclear power plants (right) and future sites for two 1700 MW nuclear power plants (left).

A nuclear reactor works for 50+ years. It takes less than 50 years to dismantle the two on the right while the two on the left will be operating.

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France - USA Compare nuclear and coal plant Three coal fired units totaling 1410 MWe at Comanche Generating Station in Colorado.

This is about equal to 1 nuclear power plant at Penly, France.

Plant has low-nitrogen oxide (NOX) burners to control NOX, and limespray dryers to control sulfur dioxide (SO2) emissions. Activated carbon injection is used to control mercury emissions. Comanche Station is the first plant in Colorado to control mercury emissions. Uses low-sulfur coal.

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France - USA Compare nuclear and coal plants

Approximate fuel delivery requirements for 1000 MW plant Coal plant: ~ 100,000 coal cars per year. Similar large amounts through pipe lines for natural gas. Very vulnerable to delivery interruption.

Nuclear plant: 1 rail car per year. Flexible delivery options.

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Germany Sigrid Heller

Young girl in WW II. Lived in same home since 1966. Travelled the world.

Likes German constitution which requires “tolerance� toward everyone. Equal opportunity, cultural opportunities, free education. Far less corruption by elected officials. Acceptance of refugees. Grandchildren should travel the world for education, then come back to live in Germany.

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Germany Tobias Zahn

Tobias Zahn: Cell biologist & chemist.

Consultant in medical regulatory affairs.

Research in diabetes and Alzheimer’s disease.

The high speed trains are wonderful, I prefer them so much over driving or flying. Just a few months ago Berlin was connected to Munich - it‘s now only 4 hours by train! From Karlsruhe it‘s 5 hours to Berlin or to Hamburg, almost all the way across Germany. Even better, from Karlsruhe it‘s only 2.5 hours to Paris!

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Germany Tobias Zahn and family Food: Is Germany perhaps excelling at yeast culturing? The bakeries and the selection of different types of fresh breads, rolls and cakes is amazing!

Breweries: There are still more than 1,000 active breweries in Germany. The selection is still dominated by Pils (lager), brewed according to the “Reinheitsgebot von 1516” – Purity Law of 1516!

Cheese and dairy products!

France has more extravagant cheeses. But the sheer variety in a regular German grocery store is very impressive.

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Germany - USA Helga Appelt

Rocky Mountain Arsenal after environmental restoration.

Young girl in WW II. Canada needed nurses in 1950s. She left Germany and was nurse for native Americans visiting them on horseback. In the 1990 – 2000s, she managed OSHA safety for clean up at Rocky Mountain Arsenal chemical weapons site.

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Germany Sebastian Luening

Paleo-Geologist: He has been working to reconstruct natural environmental changes in the very long term geologic past. Member of the American Geophysical Union. Coauthor of book with Prof. Fritz Vahrenholt, Die kalte Sonne.

Literal translation: The Cold Sun, Why man-made climate catastrophe is not happening.

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Germany Walter & Rotraud Wunderlich

Germany: Walter and Rotraud Wunderlich’s garden in former very dirty Ruhr Industrial Area.

Every tree in Germany is protected by law. Have to have permission to cut it down.

In the USA, magnificent ancient redwood trees support whole ecosystems for birds, animals, etc.

For Americans in the last century, they were just building materials.

Germany - USA Helga & Hans Meng

They came separately to Colorado from Germany in 1950s. Met in Denver. Chemical Engineer. They have four generations of wonderful, successful family.

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Germany Electrical energy choices - amazing

Germany is closing their nuclear power plants and going for wind and solar backed up by coal fired plants.

Germany imports 40% of its natural gas from Russia.

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Italy - I

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Italy Tony Francomano

Quality food:

delicious fresh flavors & seasoning, no GMO & minimum use of insecticidesherbicides

Family life: close knit, respect for elders, meals together

Holidays: themes are honored

Wedding in Sicily

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Italy Tony Francomano Education Free: from grade 1 through Ph.D. at public schools.

Healthcare Urgent care is free.

Cost of drugs is reasonable.

Pharmacists are licensed to prescribe drugs.

Physicians will come to a home, very important for elderly.

Government pays for home care for elderly, even not your relatives.

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Italy Tony Francomano

Problems: Government corrupt. Organized crime.

Government administrative services slow.

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Italy Electrical energy choices

50% of Italy’s natural gas comes from Russia 31

Jordan - HKJ

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Jordan Located in very troubled part of the world Problems:

- Conflicts in all neighboring countries - Have taken in over 1.4 million Syrian war refugees

- Precipitation (4 to 18 inches) - Almost no energy resources - Little ($) help from neighbors ($6 billion ~ 5 years from US) ($4 billion ~ 5 years from Russia for new nuclear power) ($ ??? from Saudi Arabia)

Syrian refugee camp in Jordan

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Jordan Jordan University of Science & Technology

Faculties: Engineering, Medicine, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Nursing, Agriculture 34

Jordan Jordan Research and Training Reactor

built by South Korea

To train operators for new Russian nuclear power plants, produce radioisotopes for medicine, research 35

Jordan Electrical energy choices

Jordan is adding Russian built nuclear power plants.

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Russia - RUS

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Russia Semen (Sam) Dukarevich

Hermitage Museum – St Petersburg Russia has the biggest territory in the world. Its population is about is about 144 million. Japan’s population is about 127 million. Russia’s population has been decreasing because of drugs, emigration, bad medicine and alcoholism.

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Russia Semen (Sam) Dukarevich - Cryogenics Some groups of population are growing. Especially – Muslims in Tatarstan, Bashkorstan (Kazan, Ufa) and native of the Caucasus.

Some experts predict that in about ten years more than 50% of the Russian army will consist Muslims.

Because of inconsistent crop production, partly because of communist legacy, the country needs to import food. Milk products –cheese, butter etc. –from Finland, Denmark, etc., fruits and vegetables - from Poland, Ukraine, Belarus, Israel. Beef and chicken - from the USA, wine, whisky - from Italy, France, Spain, Georgia, Scotland, Ireland, beer – from Germany, Czech Republic, Denmark.

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Russia Semen (Sam) Dukarevich Moscow

Education and Medicine These fields are corrupt.

Ideology The majority of Russians support nationalism and its worst part – chauvinism.

Russia has lots of oil and gas. Some countries in Europe get more than 50% of energy from Russian Federation. The Jamal peninsula is entering the world market with lots of additional natural gas.

Russia has vast amounts of rare metals - tungsten, vanadium, molybdenum, nickel.

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Soviet Union – Baltic Countries Semen (Sam) Dukarevich During the years of occupation by the Soviet Union, 1940 – 1990, Russians looked west to Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania to find out something about western life style, culture, freedom of expression.

The Baltic countries are reducing their supply of natural gas by pipelines from Russia to LNG by ship from the Middle East and the USA. 41

Czech Republic Semen (Sam) Dukarevich Prague

The Czech Republic, Bohemia, Prague is one of the best countries in Europe for culture, education, economy, life style.

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Russia Electrical energy choices

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Russian Energy Exports Natural gas exports: Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania: 100%

Slovakia, Bulgaria, Czech Rep. Greece, Hungary, Slovenia, > 50% Austria, Poland, Croatia, Germany > 35%

Russia has nuclear powered ice breakers and is developing floating nuclear power plants. This is for oil and gas exploration and electric power and heat in remote 44 industrial locations.

SWITZERLAND - CH

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Switzerland Theo Schaub Outstanding career in nuclear power in Switzerland, 1955 – 1988.

Swiss Nuclear Power Plant Leibstadt 46

Switzerland In retirement, Theo Schaub walked over 2,500 kilometers on Medieval Pilrigm Paths all over Europe to Santiago de Campostela, Spain

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Switzerland John Shanahan

For five years, we lived above Lake Zurich with view of the lake and the Alps. Family loved living in Switzerland, going to Swiss and international schools, excellent public transportation to Zurich. Had many Swiss and international friends. He hiked all over the country.

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Switzerland John Shanahan Worked for three Swiss companies from 1983 – 88 in nuclear power and chemicals. Very good experience in technology, business organization and working with regulatory agencies.

Nuclear Power Plant Leibstadt

Nuclear power needs 1 railcar of new fuel per year.

Same size coal plant needs ~100,000 cars of coal per year.

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Switzerland Electrical energy choices source of electrical energy hydro nuclear fossil fuels waste incin. solar biogas wood

wind

The final decision for energy mix is made by Swiss voters.

Like Germany, the Swiss recently voted to replace nuclear with renewables.

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United Kingdom - UK

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United Kingdom Wade Allison - Emeritus Professor of Physics at Oxford University

Studied the biological effects of low dose radiation, the Fukushima tidal wave accident and radiation standards. Recommends that radiation standards be raised to allow for economical nuclear power.

He voted OUT of the European Union. “The Europe we joined years ago was about free trade not regulations and bureaucracy.�

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United Kingdom Wade Allison About the UK Theresa May is a tough operator.

Nothing stops her.

She maintains a good team.

The Prince Harry / Meghan Markle (American) wedding will be a great uplift for all.

Kitchen at Inn on the Cornwall hiking trail 53

United Kingdom Wade Allison About the USA Delighted to see the US Constitution working.

Even the upwelling against the gun culture.

A taste for guns, litigation, and unjustified FEAR of low level radiation. Cornwall, England: A boulder probably carried by a glacier hundreds of feet thick. It was dropped at the What else did the top of a cliff. Earth’s natural climate changes are on a US try to give us? huge scale. It has warmer now and the glacier is gone.

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20th Century nuclear scientist!

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21st Century nuclear scientist!

Melanie Windridge, Ph.D. in fusion energy, youth science educator, wilderness adventurer

She is climbing Mount Everest in spring of 2018. She runs a UK nation wide project to inspire young people, especially girls, to reach new heights in Science, Technology, Engineering, Math and Business.

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United Kingdom Electrical energy choices

UK gets 15% of its natural gas from Russia 57

Amazing Europe Conclusions 1)

For three thousand years Europe and the Mediterranean have been a center for progress in philosophy, music, literature, art, science, engineering, education, government, commerce.

2) There have been horrendous wars.

3) Some “ordinary� Europeans live outstanding lives and are inspirations for mankind everywhere.

4) The modern world runs on plentiful, reliable energy: mostly fossil fuels and nuclear energy. Countries everywhere are deciding what mix of energy sources to use: wood, wind, solar, biofuels, wave, tidal, geothermal, hydro, fossil fuels, nuclear. The countries with the best energy plan will be most successful.

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Nuclear power is best used in peaceful countries with good government, economy, education, and industrial management.

France and Switzerland are outstanding examples.

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Amazing Europe Question 4) The Swiss are exceptionally precise and neat.

5) How do the Swiss stack their fire wood?

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Message in Swiss wood pile

7 feet 2.1 m

Thank you.

John Shanahan 60