Coal
The industrial stomach cannot live without coal. ~ Jules Verne
Winter is upon us, although the cold north wind has yet to come howling in, here in this green and pleasant land we have been suffering under weeks of dull grey skies. Add a lack of wind to a lack of sunshine and you get a lack of ‘green’ electricity, which means that out largest powerstation, Drax, is operating at peak capacity. Now then, Drax was built to burn British coal, but on the alter of being green now burns wood pellets expensively imported all the way from the USA and Canada. As Aneurin Bevan Wrote; This island is made mainly of coal and surrounded by fish. Only an organising genius could produce a shortage of coal and fish at the same time. There are hundreds of years of coal reserves available here, and coal is highly calorific, unlike wood pellets which burn but with a dull flame. The Industrial Revolution was built upon coal, iron, and steel. We owe our current high standard of living to the giants who drove the steel mills of Sheffield and Pittsburg, not to eco-zealots who think errecting Martian Windmills all across our countryside is a smart idea. Life is worth living, but it’s less worth living in the cold and dark. One day soon, the lights will go out.
Jack Collier
the energy of waves
Life is a series of waves to be embraced and overcome.
Waves are born on the wind, they live in the deep ocean where their power grows, and then, eventually, they die. Waves die of old age. Waves die as they crash upon the rocks. And, waves die softly and quietly as they gently caress the shore. In the end, everything and everyone dies.
Like as the waves make towards the pebbled shore, so do our minutes hasten to their end. ~ Shakespeare.
Waves are not objects like pebbles, or rocks, or cliffs. Waves are living things, more akin to clouds, more akin to trees, more akin to us. Waves are fascinating to watch, and waves are both science and art combined. Waves are filled with powerfully energetic emotions. Waves almost have personalities.
From time to time, one must release the grime built up inside them to free their emotions like the ocean. ~ Suzy Kassem.
Just as sound is not made of air, waves are not made of water ~ waves are made of energy. Waves do not move, only the energy within the wave moves. And energy is the mysterious force that binds everything in the Universe together. The movement of energy creates everything; the stars, the planets, atoms, life, relationships, love…
An understanding of the power of waves helps us to understand ourselves. Throw yourself against a rock, and you will break.
The energy within a wave is always changing, yet always stays the same. The energy within us and within our relationships is always changing yet always stays the same; relationship energies may move from disinterest, to desire, to love ~ and sometimes back again. In that way, our lives mirror the dark power of the waves.
jack collier
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