Electric cars

What is going to happen if we, the consumer start to buy electric cars? Well here is my opinion! It is proven that if electric cars start to become a thing of the future there is not enough electricity to go around that is why oil is so important. We are a country of massive transportation. So we need more electricity that is why more and more coal fired generating plants are being built. If not coal then the next thing is nuclear. Now who wants a nuclear plant in their back yard and what do we do with the waste. What I see is if you want to save the environment and drive electric car, you should also invest in a solar and wind generator to charge it then you are really doing some thing for our environment.
Sifu Hayes www.silentriverkungfu.com
Stony Plain Alberta Canada

What is the cost of going green?

For North American to go green. We have to change, but at what cost, will the change be a small process or a quick one. If it is quick enough to save our world. There will be a total collapse of our economy. Oh, we are in one now. Is this the start of our country going green. I think not but it is possible. We have people trying to shut down the oil sands projects, to get oil. They are saying that it is dirty oil. Why are they trying to shut it down, instead of trying to get the company’s to clean it up? Good heavens the amount of coal fired power plants across the Canada and the United States, that have been pouring tons of carbon and sulfur into the air far out weighs the amount of garbage that the oil sands projects produce. Every body still wants to keep their lights on. Hey, I am not saying we should let any more pollution go on, such as the oil sands project. But why is it that every time, a large corporation gets caught doing something wrong the green wants to shut it down. People still need to work. It is never the people that work at a corporation that want to close it. It’s always put some one else out of work not me!
Sifu Hayes wwwsilentriverkungfu.com
Stony Plain Alberta Canada

Scuba Wow

Very interesting weekend in the pool Scuba lessons were a blast. Learning how to take your mask off and put it back on under water, then clearing it. Taking your mouth peace out, instructors shutting your air off. Taking off your buoyancy control device (BCD), and weights, on the surface and at the bottom of the pool and putting it all back on was a great experience with excellent instructors it is not such a big deal. Sipping air from a simulated broken regulator. Instructors covering scenarios of things that could go wrong, like running out of air in deep water and learning how to do a controlled ascent, makes you feel quite comfortable in the water. First rule never hold your breath, second rule breath slow, deep, easy, and stay calm. Where have we heard that before, fellow martial artists? What did not make me feel comfortable was swimming eight lengths of the pool then, treading water for ten minuets. Good heavens have not done that for about twenty years. But it did give me a great sense of accomplishment. Then it will be off to the mountains, Jasper. May ninth, tenth weekend to do four open water dives to get certified as an open water diver. Hope it warms up by then. Thanks again UBBT for giving me the push over the edge.
Sifu Hayes www.silentriverkungfu.com
Stony Plain Alberta Canada

Studying Scuba

Next weekend I take confined Scuba Diving lessons for the weekend. Confined, just means it is the pool part of the training. I am excited to see what it is like to breath under water. This is a part of my UBBT personal requirements I set for myself. As I had said before Scuba is something that I wanted to try but always procrastinated on it, being we live in the middle of Alberta, that made it easy to put off. So this week is nose to the books, should have started studying last week, lots of stuff to remember. Thank you UBBT for coming along and pushing me to try Scuba.
Sifu Hayes silentriverkungfu.com
Stony Plain Alberta Canada