First of all, there is no connection between Sea Asparagus and Death.  These are two different subjects.  The first has to do with an alert about one of my postings that failed to be published, but is now available.  Secondly, maybe President Donald Trump's various threats are working.  From the  New York Times  this morning: Since taking office, Trump has told several nations he would tax imports from their countries if they didn’t do what he wants. He said he would put a 25 percent tariff on products from Canada and Mexico and a 10 percent tariff on products from China  unless those countries stopped flows of drugs and migrants into the United States . He has also said he would put tariffs on Russia for waging war in Ukraine and on Denmark if it refused to cede the territory of Greenland. Colombia’s quick capitulation ( about accepting back illegal migrants)  this weekend may embolden Trump, raising questions for the rest of the world abo...

The latest good news is that this blog site has, apparently, been seen now by all 251 entities in the Google world, which includes 195 countries and other sites.  More on this later. SIMPLE SOLUTIONS FOR PLANET EARTH AND HUMANITY  began as a vehicle to focus on the subject matter of my books. The  first posting was on 29 April 2008 .  Here is how this blog began: WINDWARD   OAHU BO OK   SIG NING SIMPLE SOLUTIONS for Planet Earth   (www.SimpleSolutionsBook1.com) and   Humanity   (www.SimpleSolutionsBook2.com) Bookends in Kailua Sometime this Summer From   SIMPLE SOLUTIONS for Planet Earth : The analogy I like to use is this. Go back to when you began kindergarten. Sixteen years later, if  you went to college, you would be a junior. However, as a student, you have holidays, weekends, and a long summer vacation. This blog site has been active every day, save for a few days when I was in China and there was no way to do this legally....

Had lunch yesterday with a colleague from Norway, Lars Golmen, and his family.  We mostly talked about world affairs and our past.  However, the discussion eventually settled on next generation fisheries, ocean thermal energy conversion, the Blue Revolution, and our possible plans to re-establish a global plan to accomplish these various tasks. Lars was the organizer in Norway, with Steven Masutani of Hawaii, for the Bergen Declaration. THE BERGEN DECLARATION ON  NEXT GENERATION FISHERIES  November 15, 2005 Whereas, fishing fleets need to travel greater distances for diminishing catches. Whereas, some aquacultured products may suffer from the concentration of chemical toxins or drugs, and may be affected by diseases. Whereas, the consumption of seafood is increasing relative to beef, chicken and pork, being stimulated by the growing human population and recognized nutritional benefits of bioproducts from the sea. Whereas, the seafood industry faces increasing challen...

About my posting yesterday on  MY LIFE , in the first month of this blog I also had a  MY LIFE .  Then on  26April2022 , dressed that first version up with some graphics.  Not much different from that of yesterday. However, I almost purposefully left out some of my life highlights, so rather than go back and add them to my posting yesterday,  here are some of them . My professional life, from first graduating, where I went into biomass engineering, to my academic career where I became a full professor of engineering and spent much of my years at the University Hawaii in the full spectrum of green energy, a satisfying honor came from the American Association of Civil Engineers, the Stephen D. Bechtel Jr. Energy award at their annual conference in 1999. Within the field of renewable energy, I was most active in ocean activities. Drafted the ocean thermal energy conversion bill that became law. Served as Secretary of the Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawaii and...