Phoenix is trying to eliminate the need for Middle Eastern oil by becoming a huge “Persian Gulf”-type center, producing solar power for export to the rest of the US?and maybe the world. Ironically, oil-rich Saudi Arabia is planning to do the same thing.

The Spanish company Abengoa Solar will turn 3 square miles of desert near Phoenix into one of the largest solar power plants in the world, that can supply power to 70,000 homes. They already have similar plants in Spain, Africa and other parts of the US. They plan to be up and running by 2011.

CNN quotes Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano as saying, “There is no reason that Arizona should not be the Persian Gulf of solar energy.”
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UFOs aren’t just showing up in Texas and Canada, Turkey and London. Researchers know that UFO activity has always been incredibly high in Brazil. Now aprominent Brazilian Air Force general is demanding that thesame thing that is being done in the UK must be done in his country too: “All UFO secrets must be disclosed.” In his Brazilian UFO magazine, A.J. Gevaerd quotes Brazilian Air Force Brigadier Jose Carlos Pereira as saying, “It istime to end all secrets about UFOs in Brazil and everywhere.” Pereira was once thought to be the man who had the only key to the safe where Brazilian UFO secrets were kept.read more

On March 7, Unknowncountry.comreported thata member of the French National Center forScientific Research, Gilles Lorant, had met with two UNofficials who gave him details of a meeting February 12-14at the United Nations concerning a possible admission by theG-8 countries in 2009 that UFOs represent a scientificallyimportant unknown.This is thefirst known US report of the meeting, and of theparticipation of Mr. Lorant.

Then wereported thatMr. Lorant had admitted to the FrenchUFO study group FEA (F

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Is it possible to create a perfect city? This has been tried before, with varying degrees of success, with the creation of cities such as Brasilia in Brazil, Canberra in Australia and Arcosanti right here in the US, but the most successful cities seem to be those that rose up naturally (although some may be sinking down again). Now the Middle Eastern country of Abu Dhabi is trying to create a city that is environmentally perfect. And in the US, city planners are warned not to build too close to the coasts, because global warming will cause floods.
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