<|endoftext|> the past, the priest was now himself a patient, and the rules of quarantine applied even to him. For a man who spoke so often of the ��narrow way�� to heaven, a man who had written notes reminding himself of the consequences of ��the least infraction�� and of the need to constantly ��watch over my vile self,�� regular confession was essential. ��I beg of you, let some one descend into my tomb once a month to hear my confession!�� he wrote his superior, Father Leonor. Sometimes Damien��s soul was so heavy that he blurted his confession to a statue of the Virgin Mary in his church.
In 1886, Damien pleaded with Father Leonor to let him make a trip to Honolulu. Leonor rebuked him, writing that such a trip could plunge the Honolulu mission into quarantine. ��Your intentions prove to us that you possess neither delicacy nor charity towards your neighbor,�� wrote Leonor, ��and that you think only of yourself.��
These words could not have come at a worse moment, since one of the most bizarre and improbable symptoms Damien presented with in his final sickness was what Dr. Mouritz referred to as ��Melancholia Religiosa,�� or ��the delusion of his being unworthy of heaven.�� The doctor added, ��This was most remarkable, for if there was any man in the universe who had every prospect of future happiness and salvation, that man was Damien.��
But his superior��s harsh letter confirmed Damien��s self-doubt. After all, why would God have allowed his body to continue to grow leprous, if his soul had been pure? ��I still await Our Lord, through the intercession of our good Mother, to perform a miracle in my favor,�� Damien wrote, ��but alas, I am not worthy.��<|endoftext|>[oldembed src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/QxCZOAMAHAQ" width="425" height="300" resize="1" fid="21"]
I wonder when it will be as unthinkable for businesses to cause greater harm to the environment as it seems to be to tax them. It's uncontroversial at this point that injecting the wastewater that's a byproduct of fracking is likely to trigger any surrounding underground faults and cause an earthquake:
The injection of wastewater from natural gas drilling into a disposal well probably caused a dozen earthquakes in Ohio, state officials said Friday, prompting new regulations to deal with the issue.
The findings about the probable cause of the earthquakes, which occurred in the Youngstown area between March and late December 2011, are certain to intensify an increasingly bitter debate about the safety of hydraulic fracturing within states that sit atop natural gas deposits.
Hydraulic fracturing injects sand and water laced with chemicals into the earth at high pressure to break apart shale rock formations and free natural gas trapped inside. The process, also known as fracking, creates wastewater that must be disposed of, often by injecting it into a disposal well, as companies did in Northeast Ohio.
"After investigating all available geological formation and well activity data, ODNR regulators and geologists found a number of co-occurring circumstances strongly indicating the Youngstown area earthquakes were induced," state officials stated. "Specifically, evidence gathered by state officials suggests fluid from the Northstar 1 disposal well intersected an unmapped fault in a near-failure state of stress causing movement along that fault."
Ohio's Department of Natural Resources issued new regulations for transporting and disposing of brine wastewater, a fracking byproduct, making for the nation's toughest disposal regulations, state officials said.<|endoftext|>Last year, Elon Musk promised to fix South Australia's power problems with a giant rechargeable battery. This year, he's building that battery which will count as the world's largest once installed. Now Musk is turning his attention to the US and believes it's easily possible to power all of the US using solar power.
At the National Governors Association meeting in Rhode Island, Musk explained his solution to powering the entire United States with solar panels, and it sounds surprisingly simple. All Musk would require is two plots of land. The first would be 100 miles square and filled with solar panels. The second would be one square mile and filled with batteries.
100 miles square, as Musk pointed out, is "a fairly small corner of Nevada or Texas or Utah."
Of course, putting aside a piece of land that big isn't going to happen. Also, it doesn't make sense to rely on one location for all power needs as it would instantly become a target. However, it does show how little is required to fully embrace renewable energy.
So instead of a giant plot of land, the same could be achieved with rooftop solar and utility-scale solar plants spread across the US. Of course, Musk would