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Yes, zen also has walking meditation. It's called "kinhin." But no thanks on your offer to explain anything about any kind of mediation, for two reasons; 1. Meditation (of the kind I practice) doesn’t need “explaining.” That, in fact, is counterproductive to the activity. You don’t have to understand anything; you just need to sit (or walk, or do dishes, sweep the floor, etc.) to remove all intellectual activity (delusions) and “Just Be.” I’ve practiced this kind of meditation (zazen) for over fifty years.

Life needs a purpose, it is not just enough to exist! Your perception of your life does not need a goal or purpose. In fact, if you do believe it does, it is because you believe “you” are a separate, distinct "self” instead of realizing the very idea of “you” is a delusion. There is no “you”; there is only Just This! To help you realize this, I suggest you try sitting zazen. 🙏

You might need a purpose in life for it to have meaning, but I'd recommend you free yourself from the belief that life has to have meaning. Just live!

I find your disagreement with my claim that I’ve been in agreement with you “ONLY ONCE” during recent years to be very regular.

For once, GammaGlobulin, I agree with you 100%. Humans are animals. But when someone, like the author of this article, calls them "animals," it's used as a derogatory term. I’m sure you know that.

What? A Farang falling from a high-story condominium balcony in Pattaya? Whoever heard of such a thing!

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First of all, I resent your calling Falangs “animals.” But to answer your question, it’s probably because they don’t have enough money to hire a prostitute or a ladyboy.

Oh, THAT shareadi! Shareadi is not a force that has no energy. It’s a force that has no direction - or existence,

Sorry, I can’t find a definition of that either.

I define “renewable energy” as the belief that some energy sources are infinite, such as the Sun. No sources of energy are infinite, not even the Sun. I understand that some people define "renewable energy" the way you do above, and limit it to, as you state, replenishment at a rate equivalent to their consumption. I think calling energy sources like that misleading, since their consumption rate changes over time and will likely continue to rise because of the three interrelated causes of our degradation of the Earth’s environment I mentioned earlier in this forum: our creation and use of technology, overpopulation, and human hubris. I had to look up "OTOH," but yes, I agree, as long as rain and snow continue to fall, hydro is a useful technology. That doesn't mean hydro generates more energy than it took to create the physical properties needed to run it, the distribution of harvested energy, the pollution it causes, such as changes to the waterway's natural flow, and the cost to retire it. And, as you said in the beginning, it's dependent upon rain and snow, which might be adversely affected by the changes in the Earth's climate. I have had no professional training in the sciences. I do have a BS in both English and Computer Science and an MBA, but no formal training in the sciences related to energy harvesting. And again, as I’ve said earlier in this forum, my focus isn’t so much on the scientific reasons for our ongoing degradation of the Earth’s biosphere. This forum is based on a scientific report that does that. My book focuses on the human aspect.

Wrong Chareadi I never heard of "Chareadi," so I looked it up online. Here's what I found: Charedi - The Jewish Chronicle - The Jewish Chronicle If there is another chareadi, let me know what it is.

No, I’ve only written ten books which have been published. As an online editor, I have helped format, edit, and publish well over 200 books that other people, my clients, have written.

The only force Chareadi has is genocide.

I use this very comparison in my book, but I arrive at a different result. It takes more energy to produce, operate, and retire a solar panel than the panel ever produces. The difference between my calculation and this one is that I include everything involved in producing, operating, and eventually retiring a solar panel, whereas this one considers only a small part of that. Just a quick example: I include all the energy it takes to mine the materials (trucks, excavators, obtaining the fuel for these, the pollution they produce, etc., for the solar panel, like aluminum and minerals, and all the associated items needed to operate one, like wires, alternators, batteries, etc. And then, the eventual disposal of them. ...Bill!

Name a force that doesn't contain energy.

I say I “equate” them as far as my book is concerned. I know they are different aspects, but all forces contain energy, and I am interested in the disturbance of the force because it expels or absorbs energy. This distinction between force and energy is not important in my book. I am only concerned with energy and where it can be found and harvested. And, it is my assertion that the harvesting results in more unusable (by humans) energy, usually in the form of heat, than usable energy, usually in the form of electricity.

I equated the terms "force" and "energy," not Yellowtail. He objected to this also. I replied to him above, and since I equate both of your posts, it would be the same for you.

I equate them in the context of what I was writing about in my book. The way I understand it is that any force carries energy with it. So, the force that is the attraction of two objects also includes energy. If you force two objects apart, as in nuclear fission or the partial separation of an object from the Earth's gravity, the result will be the release of energy. And if you force two objects together, as in nuclear fusion or the joining of an object with the Earth’s gravity, an increase of energy is the result.

I equate the terms "force" and "energy."

giving stuff away for free is not selling, its just a form of disposal I'm giving away this very short nonfiction book because I want as many people as possible to read it. I even state, in what is usually my copyright claim, that I claim no copyright and that sharing this information is not restricted but encouraged. I also give away copies of my first book, which is a memoir. I do that to introduce readers to my books, hoping they will buy some of the others, which are all fiction - mostly sci-fi. And the copies I give away are all downloadable e-books, not paperbacks or hardcovers. And I vehemently disagree with your last sentence. I'd change it to: Giving stuff away for free is not selling, it’s a form of sharing.

As I said in my earlier post, the term "gravity" is the common term for this force. Gravity is defined online as: "1. physics The force that attracts a body towards the centre of the earth, or towards any other physical body having mass." It’s the last half of this definition I’m referring to. That is the attraction of matter to other matter, including atoms and even electrons. When you get down to that level, there is very little difference between matter and energy.

Hydro power is not a renewable energy source. None of the energy-harvesting sources is renewable. I didn't mean the need for oil is not going away. I’m saying that the quantity of oil in the Earth is being reduced much faster than it's being created (by the Sun). I agree with all the rest of your post above.

Thanks, but as I’ve said repeatedly, my book is not about science. It’s about how humans use technology to harvest energy, and how humans do so with no regard to the damage we are doing to the Earth’s environment, and will continue to do so until we destroy the biosphere we need to survive. All while expecting science and some, as yet, uninvented, brand new technology to save us from ourselves.

I agree with everything you say. I was sorry to hear that Norway’s current fiscal strength was the result of exploiting its North Sea oil assets. Those, as you know, are not being locally renewed at a pace that would allow the energy they have stored to be harvested by humans forever. (Also, I say that there is no such thing as “renewable” or “green” energy.) (Sometimes I like to suggest to people that fossil fuels are just another form of solar power, but few understand that.)