is anti-smoking about to take a backseat to obesity?
"The scourge of obesity"
........................all badnews??
To see the silver lining, read this.
Carbon/Satan
Harvesting the Vineyards
In Revelations there is the conclusion whereby two angels having sickles, as they are called, are sent forth to "harvest the vineyards for they are fully ripe". The meaning of this has been explained to me and can be understand when you learn more about the ripening process of carbon life forms.
When organisms reach a certain maturity, genes trigger their cells to begin to release a hormone known as ethylene. This causes their metabolism to change over from the production of structural tissues used for growth, to the production of sugars and fats for storage. This is then deposited in the organism for use during Winter here on Earth, or for the food for other species and the dispersion of seeds which can be contained within its "fruiting body".
The human species, through its industry, predictably began the production of ethylenes around WW II, the 1940s, making plastic food wraps, or polyethylene bags, films, and food storage containers. This was also a time of rapid petroleum sbsorption. Remember Tupperware? Almost everything humans eat is now filled with ethylenes and it saturates human tissue. It works well, and the result of course has prompted the organs of our food industry to produce sugars and oils, and for the public to grow increasingly fat, due to the higher hormone levels in the individuals, which also makes them each convert all their food to fats. This phenomena is not yet recognized by human scientists.
In the mid 19th century, certain whales, the Right Whale, and especially Sperm Whales, were hunted almost to extinction because of the high quality of their oils, for phamapseutacles, lubricants, skin care products, and many other uses. But human oil, cold pressed like wine, is unequaled for its rich hormone content, and its light oils which can be extracted and used for everything from rejuvenating tissues, to the production of prosthesis and complete organs. It is collected in a process similar to suction harvesting, a very selective technique, and anyone slender would not be collected having almost no economic value. The cold rendered oil, known in the trade as "Jaequer" (phonetic spelling), is highly prized. It can sell on the open market for much more than other commonly traded commodities when in season. Black market prices are higher. But I get ahead of myself.
The Earth lies in a rural area of our galaxy, out toward the rim. From the more dense urban center, it takes lots of fuel. This means that there needs to be a large enough crop for it to be economically advantageous for the hunter/farmers to "get it to market" from our region. And there is a misconception about what angels are: they are not necessarily good, or bad; but they are absolutely much larger than any human person, for sure.
Jaequer is rare in a universe where competition is strong and most life forms remain rather lean in their struggle for survival. Another major reason for limited supply is that species often suffers from injury due to a dull witted and aggressive faction seizing control of the group and waging battle, thus causing injury and depleting resources which could otherwise go into added weight gain for the heard. However, at this time portions of the Earth have been blessed with a sufficiently bountiful crop.
The current population of the USA has just turned 3 million, and conservatively speaking, 65 percent are nicely overweight or obese. This represents an attractive yield, about 6 billion pounds of Jaequer from the USA alone. One billion are overweight world wide, and 300 million are obese. This is definitely an economically viable yield.
It should be expected that the harvest of most of the Earth could begin very shortly as there seems to be a peak in rich petroleum deposits, so decline is population weight is likely soon. Typically, a farmplanet's population is reduced by about 3/4 in harvesting, and it is usually a time of great opportunity for those who remain, similar to past extinctions when larger organisms failed due to their inability to... adapt to sudden change. This failing then made way for the smaller but more agile and highly evolved animals to thrive.
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Some of you have asked me about Adam Whitestone ... who he is. I do not know much about him other than we spent part of a very intense year working on his book. He taught me much. What can I say.....
He is a slender individual. I cannot tell how old he may be. He is traveling just now with business which takes him unimaginable distances, doing conservation work of some sort, or resource management, and it involves commodities trading as well.
He has been away for a couple of years but I do expect him soon, though it will probably not be this year. I expect that he may return early next year, right after the holidays.
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