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To: benwood who wrote (96609)	4/17/2009 5:22:14 PM
From: NOW	Respond to of 116555

not just ONE of the massive investments but the LARGEST ONE

To: benwood who wrote (96609)	4/17/2009 7:57:00 PM
From: koan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 116555

Benwood, in my state I wrote the first State plan for a comprehensive emergency medical services system (EMS) with 15 components with goals , objectives and methodology and I was the first State Director and implemented it. Before I figured out a plan people who were injured or ill were thrown in the back seat of a car or truck and good luck. Now policemen, firemen and EMT's are trained all over the state to be EMT's or parmedics and can stabilize a patient at the scene and everyone knows the next step depending on whether it is a heart attack, broken back or 3rd degree burns. We have a 911 phone number and in urban areas medics are usually there in 10 minutes. In rural areas we train thousands of people to be emergency medical technicians and parmedics. That was all government money used to coordinat with local communities. And the costs were minimal. A few million dollars including ambulances and equipment. Before I wrote and implemented that plan we had nothing. And people needlessly died like flies. Our EM system is now a model for the world and thousands of lives have been saved. I doubt anyone would want to go back to the old ways. Where was the private sector before I wrote and implemented that plan with federal money PL 93-154.? Hurricane Katrina was allocated to the private sector and it is stil a mess, Gustav was the public sector. Which worked out best.

To: benwood who wrote (96609)	4/18/2009 3:54:07 PM
From: Hawkmoon	1 Recommendation Respond to of 116555

a light went off in everybody's head in the room, and instantly, they all realized how wrong they had been for so long about the first guy's theory. A little off topic, but I predict this very same situation will occur relating to the work of Dr. John Martin. He researched and promoted the idea of fertilizing the oceans with Iron and other nutrients to promote phytoplankton growth in order to sequester CO2. palomar.edu There has been up to a 30% reduction in phytoplankton in many parts of the oceans (primarily areas away from land). In other parts, particularly those regions subject to agricultural run-off, phytoplankton growth has risen 50%. The problem is that there are many types of phytoplankton, some being beneficial to CO2 sequestration, and others exacerbating it. The algal growths caused by excess agricultural run-off has typically been non-Diatomic growth, which lives and dies at the surface, thereby taking in CO2, but emitting Methane upon decomposition. Diatoms, on the other hand, have hard shells that cause the majority of them to sink upon death. This sequesters the CO2 to the bottom of the ocean. Now.. if there is an overall large reduction in Diatom phytoplankton, then it stands to reason that CO2 levels in the air are going to rise. CO2 is a vital ingredient to plant growth. And if all the other elements critical to the promotion of floral growth exist, then CO2 should be utilized and captured. Thus, the evidence based upon John Martin's work demonstrates that CO2 levels WILL increase if phytoplankton levels decline due to lack of vital nutrients. What is ironic is that even if mankind reduces its CO2 emissions, if they don't surpass the percentage decline in phytoplankton growth, CO2 levels will STILL rise. Btw, a nice little by-produce of Ocean Fertilization is that it will augment the marine food chain and assist in the replenishment of our depleted fisheries. Hawk