US Boquete Warden

Best I can explain, without been a nuisance to the engineer to get more information, is that as they were digging in new areas, they ran into boulders that required the heavy equipment crew. The breaking of these boulders may take days. So, they would move the work crew on to other areas and later to return once the boulder crews cleared the way. Keep in mind these boulders are spread everywhere and that once they break one apart, they may find another a few yards away

Dear friends, recently I reviewed the forum entries on chiriqui.life, and saw I’ve been a subject of conversation. I will try to keep up with the postings and reply as my time permits. With regards to your suggestions for my involvement on the Boquete water project, I have many times offered my assistance to the mayor, explaining that my field of expertise was approving and supervising (with actual hands-on experience) community water and wastewater projects. Panamanians don’t seem very receptive to foreigner assistance. So, as a polite gringo, I don’t push the issue. Furthermore, I’m very occupied with my post graduate law studies and other civic involvements. Yesterday, 6/29/18, I met with the Boquete water and waste water project engineer Patricia Gonzalez to learn a bit more of the facts of the local construction project. · She explained that the project physically started May 19, 2016. The initial plans were to dig sequentially a ditch large enough to lay the distribution and collection pipes. But as luck would have it, they immediately ran into enormous boulders that required very heavy equipment to break. To deal with these boulders, they had to dig up the width of the road, therefore transforming the project completely. · She also informed me that the reason why they started digging in different areas and non-sequentially, was that they received a mandate not to disturb the main road during the months from November to April. With this mandate, she saw no other recourse than to work on the side roads since she could not send the crew on vacation for this length of time. · She explained the project’s water and sewer treatment plants were almost complete. They are presently working on the collection and distribution lines. The project is scheduled to end in December of this year. · On top of the physical obstacles encountered, she explained the project is not a district (local) project. It involved the Panama government with their supervision and their edicts. This has also helped delay and complicate the project. I hope this helps explain a little of what is happening in Boquete. Much information can be obtained about the local area by attending the junta at the mayor’s office on Thursday mornings at 9:30 (Panamanian time). This meeting is open to the public. All reports are in Spanish.

First, my background. I am an environmental engineer (Florida International University). I also have a BS in Criminal Justice (FIU), a Masters in Public Administration, a Masters in Civil Engineering (FSU), I completed law school in Universidad de ISAE, here in David, and I’m currently working on two Master programs (Derecho Procesal and Derecho Procesal Penal) and should finish in December 2017. But my most prevalent accomplishment is a compiling of over 16 years of involvement with environmental science, water resources and sewer treatment. I am a Vietnam vet and so in harmony to the late 60s and early 70s, I too was a believer in the evil contributions to the environment caused by man. The operative word here is WAS. As a young student at FIU, one of my professors explained that man's footprint on earth was miniscule. At that time, the world population stood at about 5 billion. As a tree huger, I dismissed the thought and kept my prevailing belief of man's global destruction. It was not until much later in my life that I objectively revisited my professor's teachings about the insignificance of man's footprint. Then, I felt I had a significant amount of maturity, with practical and empirical knowledge, and greater resources to refine my understanding of the issues involving "global warming". First the foot print; without a reference point, the massive numbers of people, and their emissions of pollution seem tremendous. But, let me start with: "Over population of earth". In the 1970s when my professor first challenged my understanding of man’s squeeze on earth, It was alleged (at 5 billion), that we were going to live like sardines. This silly idea was better visualized (represented) by packing the entire population of the earth into an area that would allow 2 square feet per person. At today's global total of 7 billion, that would require 14 billion square feet. Since one square mile has 27,878,400 square feet, you would need a total area of about 252 square miles (about 16miles x 16 miles) to house my silly depiction. Chiriquí, a state in Panama where I now live, occupies about 2506 square miles, so we have a little more wiggle room to the above silly ocupation. A second example, using the formula to determine the weight of solids in water (Lbs=MG*8.34*ppm), if we assume that the average weight of a human is about 120 lbs, the entire population on earth weighs about 840 billion pounds. Now, if we take the salt content alone in only two cubic miles of ocean water, the salt (ALONE) weighs over 850 billion pounds. In terms of the air, at sea level (14.7 lbs/in2), the air in an area of about 14 square miles (about 3.75miles x 3.75 miles) weighs about the same as the entire population of the earth. The point here is that humanity as compared to the size of the earth is insignificant. The atmosphere is composed of 78% nitrogen, about 18 to 20% oxygen and about 3 to 4% other gases (The variance is constantly shifting depending on many factors). These 4% other gases are responsible for the “greenhouse” effect. It’s mainly made up of 95% water vapor, about 3.8% CO2, and the balance is methane, nitrous oxide, and ozone (there are also a trace of many other gases). The ocean is the main producer of CO2, and it is supplemented by everything that is alive on earth and those emissions associate with the inner earth. It is estimated that man contributes to approximately 1% of the total CO2. Hence, 99% ± 3 to 4%, is produced by nature. So…if we eliminate man…the CO2concentration would not make any difference since it is less than the 3 to 4% variance of natural CO2production. As far as CO2, you well know that without this gas life would not exist as we know it. It's being produced by nature in quantities far beyond what the atmosphere can hold. This gas is 1 ½ times heavier than air and thus precipitates under calm conditions, mainly at night and cooler climates. The media would have you believe that we´re emitting tons of CO2 into the atmosphere annually, so as to insinuate that it stays up there! The variance of CO2 concentration fluctuates with the amount of heat in the air and NOT the other way around. The issue of rising oceans due to melting glaciers is very interesting. Base on my studies, I am sure rising ocean levels are cause by many factors NEVER mentioned by the GLOBAL WARMING agenda. For example, according to the Global Volcanism Program of the Smithsonian there are about 550 volcanoes above ground and that about 70 erupt each year. HOWEVER, this number is insignificant if you consider that under the ocean there are about 4.5 million "volcanoes". Mostly active in the platonic ridges that wraps around the earth and mostly in the ocean floor. So then, if eruptions are constantly occurring and Islands are constantly in the making, is it possible that this intrusion into the ocean floors can be the real cause of the very gradual ocean rise? So what's my point? And why are there many people ringing the panic alarm? Well, if people like Obama and Al Gore have their way, the cost of all goods and services, (it is estimated that TODAY, the average annual cost of Global warming regulation is about $1,000 per person in the USA) through the implementation of Climate Change agreements like the Kyoto Protocol, are due to cause a brutal increase, affecting every living person on earth. At full implementation the cost of goods and services will double if not triple. For these “concerned” leaders, like Al Gore, who would head de Kyoto Protocol banks, a very small percent of the increase (TAX) will flow through their pockets making them the riches men that ever walked on earth by many multipliers. And so, the greatest pain will be borne not by the rich, but once again, by the very poor. All this under the pretext that the reduction of CO2 measures will curb global warming. It’s important to note that I do acknowledge that what man does contribute is to local environmental pollution. That if you discharge trash on the roads, rivers, and oceans, and emit harmful gases into the atmosphere, we do harm to our surroundings. I could spend several hours on this email with very solid facts to back me up, however, I suggest you visit YOUTUBE and search for "Global Warming Fraud". I suggest you start with: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7BGZnDkOVQ This is an eight-part documentary that covers many issues on this subject. A great book on this topic is "The politically Incorrect Guide to Global Warming and Environmentalism", by Chris Horner.