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The Earth Is Tilting !

11/25/2025

A Going True Green member emailed us about an article called:

“Earth Has Tilted 31.5 Inches. This Shouldn’t Happen.”

From what I can tell this was re-published on AOL.com from Popular Mechanics. The article went on to blame the pumping of drinking water out of the ground for the disturbance of balance and the tilting of the Earth’s axis.

With a more complete picture of details and facts, which the article avoided, we know from geological and environmental data that this is NOT the reason for the tilt. All water pumped out is REPLENISHED with rainfall and melting snow. This cycle has been going on for thousands of years. Now there are some issues being caused by pumping out drinkable water and they can be found on overdeveloped small islands. With all the blacktop and pavement, natural replenishment of the water removed is severely decelerated. This plus the weight of Highrise buildings, such as hotels, is causing the land to sink. In these cases, any claims stating the ocean is rising, are incorrect. The land is sinking.

So, what is the most probable cause for the Earth’s axis tilting 31.5 inches?

Our planet’s inner iron and nickel core if rotating or flipping. Geological evidence has shown that this has happened about 25 times since humankind walked on this planet and we survived. As this occurs again, and not one person knows when or how long this event will last, many scientists have surmised that this is the cause for Earth’s tilt or movement of Earth’s axis. When the event is over, every compass will point to the South Pole instead of the North. This event can and will cause many issues:

Bumble Bees will need time for re-orienteering, our protective magnetic field surrounding the Earth may shift causing electronics to fail unless we protect them. More shelters with protection from the sun may become necessary if we have an increase in solar radiation for an unknown period of time. Nevertheless, humankind has survived this at least 25 times before and without any prior knowledge or modern science to help.

There was a time when a kid could learn many facts from periodicals such as Popular Mechanics, but that was decades ago. Sadly today, the articles are sensationalized to get followers, sell ads, and make money.

Bill Lauto, at GoingTrueGreen.com
Environmental Scientist
International Sustainability and Energy Consultant
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It's a Trick, Not a Treat!

10/27/2025

Our kids today are not eating the food we use to eat when young!

When young, I receive a far higher nourishment level from everyday foods than kids do today.

We are kidding ourselves if we think otherwise and this is a large expense on our kids health. We are being tricked, because the bottom line today is the fact that many products sold are tricking us. Here are just a few examples:

ICECREAM

THEN
Milk, Honey, Organic Vanilla Beans, Egg Yolks, Cardboard Container lined with wax or on a wooden stick

NOW
Mostly Plastic Cups and Plastic Containers, Skim Milk, Cream, Buttermilk, Sugar, Whey, Specs of Vanilla Bean, Corn Syrup, Monoglycerides, Diglycerides, Carbobean Gum, Guar Gum, Carrageenan, Cellulose Gel and Gum, Less Than 1% of natural flavors

American Cheese

THEN
Milk, Salt, Enzymes, Cardboard Box
(We cut each slice from solid bar)

NOW
Plastic Wrappers, Cheddar Cheese a Cultured Milk, Salt, Enzymes, Skim Milk, Milk Fat, Milk Protein, Concentrate, Whey, Calcium Phosphate, Sodium Phosphate, Lactic Acid, Cheese Cultured, Annatto a color, Natamycin a natural Mold Inhibitor, Oleoresin Paprika for color

Peanut Butter

THEN
Glass Container, Peanuts, Salt, Sugar

NOW
Plastic Container, Roasted Peanuts, Sugar, Hydrogen Generated Vegetable Oil, Oils, Cotton Seed, Soy, and Grape Seed Oil

Tomato Ketchup

THEN
Tomatoes, Vinegar, Sugar, Salt, Spices Glass Bottle

NOW
Plastic Bottle, Tomato Concentrate, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Corn Syrup, Distilled Vinegar, Salt, Onion Powder, Natural Flavors

Gatorade

THEN
Glass Container, Water, Sugar, Potassium, Lemon Juice

NOW
Plastic Container, Water, Sugar, Dextrose, Citric Acid, Natural and Artificial Flavor, Salt, Sodium, Citrate, Mono Potassium, Phosphate, Modified Food, Starch, Glycerol Esther of Resin, Blue Number One

Bread

THEN
Wheat, Flour, Water, Sugar, Yeast, Salt, Milk, Butter, Paper Bag or Wrap

NOW
Plastic Bag, Unbleached Enriched Flour, Wheat, Flour, Malted Barley Flower, Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamin, Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid, Water, Sugar, Yeast, Calcium Carbonate, Wheat, Gluten, Soybean, Oil, Dough Conditioners, Sodium Stearoyl Lactyiate, Calcium Stearoyl Lactyiate, Monoglycerides, Distilled Monoglycerides, Calcium Peroxide, Calcium Iodate, DATEM, Enzymes, Vinegar, Citric Acid, Vitamin D3, Soy Lecihin, Calcium Propionate to prevent spoilage

No Images Necessary. Just read...
Your Honor, I rest my case.

Bill Lauto, at GoingTrueGreen.com
Environmental Scientist
International Sustainability and Energy Consultant
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Holding More Heat in Clothes Dryers

9/26/2025

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Non-Insulated Dryer Door

So the "Catch" on my Clothes Dryer door broke... I decided to repair or replace the Catch myself.

First thing to do: Remove the door off of the clothes dryer.
Second thing to do: Remove screws holding the two halves of the door together and take the halves apart.
Third thing to do: Do not start swearing!

...because the door is NOT insulated to help hold more heat in the dryer to help clothes dry faster.

I saw that the Catch was not repairable. The half inch long metal, acting as a spring, broke in half between the two plastic clips. So how much can it be to order about fifty cents of metal and about dollar or two of plastic clips... The manufacturer did not have the part, major websites the size of rivers, did not have the part. Finally, a small parts company website had the exact make and model... for only twenty-nine dollars!

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Insulation I Added Between Door Halves

While waiting for the part to come by snail mail to save about ten dollars in shipping, I purchased a small amount of insulation. After replacing the Catch, I installed the insulation between the two door halves. Something that should have been done by the manufacturer in the first place. Something that all clothes dryer manufactures should be doing! Put in some insulated foam between the door halves so we all can save money, energy, and time drying clothes.

Also, get rid of the clothes dryer models with plastic windows! Am I going to do make popcorn and pull up a chair so I can watch my clothes tumble around and around until they dry? What is the definition to insanity? Someone should add plastic windows on clothes dryers.

Bill Lauto, at GoingTrueGreen.com
Environmental Scientist
International Sustainability and Energy Consultant
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Wind Turbine Blade Delivery Delayed

8/9/2025

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The Roth Rock project in Oakland, Maryland, has 20 Nordex N90/2500 turbines. (Chip Somodevilla)

Most of us have received those scam messages about a delivery for a product we never ordered being delayed or held up because of a wrong address or an incomplete packaging label. These scammers just hope we click on their link or call them so they can steal data from us.

However, what would you do if you ordered a replacement wind turbine blade and received this message:

"We're sorry, but the delivery of your one football field long fiberglass
wind turbine blade has been delayed. If you still wish to obtain your blade, with some damage, please contact the Maryland State Highway Administration to schedule a time to pick up your blade on I-70 (Interstate Highway 70), by I-80."

With all joking aside, when we fail to realize all the connecting components to a so called solution, we open ourselves up to the risk of having more issues unsolved, than solved. Additionally, one person was taken to the hospital, who had non-life-threatening injuries, when this occurred in June.

The size of wind turbine blades is literally longer than a football field. How can we manage putting one of these on a truck a driving down the road for delivery? I guess the same way we manage to fill a ship with oil and risk Nevertheless, that is what we do. Thus, after the wind turbine blade came free from the belts that secured the blade to the truck, one person was injured on Interstate 70 in Maryland, Washington County, as per the Maryland State Highway Administration (SHA).

The tractor trailer was traveling westbound on I-70 when the blade came loose and hit a guardrail. The accident caused the blade to go into the eastbound lanes and hit by a tractor trailer heading eastbound.
This crash mandated that all westbound lanes of 1-70 be closed. Additionally, two eastbound lanes located at I-81 were closed by 5:30 in the morning. If this occurred just a little later with Rush Hour placing many more vehicles on the road, the number of people injured could have been much higher.

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Also these Bad Boys can't be Recycled

All this can be seen in a photo capturing the scene with a Maryland Department of Transportation camera, showing the blade in the middle of the interstate, impacting traffic going both ways. Only after heavy tow trucks were called in and the guardrail was cut out, crews were able to back up the trailer truck to place the wind turbine blade back on the truck's bed. After three hours the highways were opened again to traffic. The blade was driven to Maryland Route 63 and parked on the first extra wide shoulder according to SHA.

Bill Lauto, at GoingTrueGreen.com
Environmental Scientist
International Sustainability and Energy Consultant
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Food Labels Decoded, Humanely-Raised

6/5/2025

Humanely-Raised:

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A generic “humanely raised” label doesn’t mean anything, but there are third-party organizations that will put their humane seal on eggs like
Certified Humane
OR
The Humane Society

To find out if those organizations definition of humane meets your own definition of humane, read up on each organization’s standards on their websites.

Bill Lauto, at GoingTrueGreen.com
Environmental Scientist
International Sustainability and Energy Consultant
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FOR TWO THOUSAND YEARS WE HAVE HAD THE BURIAL CLOTHS THAT COVERED JESUS' BODY. WHAT STORY DOES ALL THE EVIDENCE TELL?

Authenticity of the Holy Shroud of Turin can no longer be disputed. Jesus' linen Sindone not only gives us a photograph of Jesus' face, but His whole body front and back, fully crucified. An image made 2,000 years ago for us to see today with our modern technology. An image made a nanosecond before the resurrection. There are no viable theories left or evidence to present a possibility of forgery.

Available in Hardcover, paperback, and digital this weekend. This new edition has all the scientific data, history, and most probable events for Jesus' burial cloth, known as the Shroud of Turin.
The fascinating adventure starts with clicking the image Link above to walk with the apostles in the streets of Jerusalem, cry for their pain, and rejoice with them.

Buying Eggs Ethically, Is That Possible?

5/27/2025

Comparing the difference between factory farm free-range eggs and the backyard chicken version of free-range is big. Bigger than big, it is Hugh.

Many would say that millions of animals are enduring miserable lives so humans can consume chicken, eggs, milk, and meat. Also intensive farming can support the avian (bird) flu. Keeping birds in tight quarters, their own waste, and eating antibiotic-laced food, along with insects, can add to avian flu outbreaks.

If you are fortunate enough to be able to buy eggs from a small farm or someone raising chickens the old way, then do so. All the labels stamped on an egg carton will never tell the complete story. Best to see the complete situation with your own eyes when buying from a small local farm. Also if possible, see what your town codes allow. You may be able to have your own chickens and even a goat!

Bill Lauto, at GoingTrueGreen.com
Environmental Scientist
International Sustainability and Energy Consultant
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We Are All Drinking Micro-Plastic!

5/5/2025

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Not Just Water Bottles! Got Milk?

Years ago we all became concerned when the media finally wrote about BPAs in plastic. Action to remove the chemical from Baby Bottles took precedent, plastic used by adults had a much slower implementation. Next came coverage about how plastic bottles are not being recycled as successfully as we all believed.

Now today, the media has finally caught up with microscopic plastic particles only because of a study recently done by Rutgers University. The study was published in the prestigious Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, (PNAS).

Researchers used a new technique incorporating lasers that are able to detect plastic particles down to the size of 100 nanometers. The study analyzed the plastic water bottles and screw caps of three popular brands. The results found that bottled water "can" contain a much higher number of microscopic plastics than previously thought. An amount ranging from 110,000 to 370,000 particles per liter and 90% was nanoplastic particles.

What Does This Mean?
Each time you open and unscrew the plastic cap of a water bottle, nano pieces of plastic are breaking off and going into the water. As we drink the water, we are consuming these nanoplastics!

What Is The Concern?
Another study just published in NATURE found alarmingly high levels of microplastics in the brains of individuals who had died with dementia, and Alzheimer's disease. Researchers also found that brain tissue samples from 2024 had significantly higher concentrations of microplastics compared to samples from 2016. The amounts of micro plastic particles found in the brains of dementia patients were 10 times higher than healthy individuals.

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A Plastic Hand Grenade?

Not Just Water Bottles!
Back in December on 2017, 8 years ago, I wrote a GTG blog about this concern. We have a full onslaught of these nanoplastic particles getting into our bodies from just about everything. Does any family member or friend drink milk? Do they unscrew that center plastic cap and then pull the pin? That Hand Grenade plastic pin?

How many nanoplastic particles are going into our milk?!

What was wrong with the old way we opened our milk cartons?
STOP using the center plastic cap with the hand grenade plug!
STOP buying the clear plastic milk containers! Plastic cap is still an issue and the clear container allows LIGHT to break-down the vitamin D in the Milk.

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Peel Back and Pour !

Solution:
Peel back the corners of the cardboard carton and pour the way we always did years ago!

STOP using plastic pill containers. Get small glass jars with metal screw-on covers.
STOP using plastic cups, get steel containers or glass with protective silicone wrap on the bottle.
STOP using plastic lunch boxes, get cloth insulated bags or compartment packs.

I think the above examples set the idea of what we have to do for ourselves, loved ones, friends, and strangers, because we do not know all of the longterm issues with nano plastics.

Bill Lauto, at GoingTrueGreen.com
Environmental Scientist
International Sustainability and Energy Consultant
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Malnutrition

4/24/2025

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Cornucopia

In the 1960s Batman and Robin were on American TVs solving crime, while real famous people were on TV Talk Shows predicting the world will not have enough food to feed the masses by the 1990s. A prediction that did not come true, thank God, because the earlier work of William Godwin and Marquis de Condorcet was correct, and Thomas Robert Malthus' theory, was incorrect.

However today, while less people die of starvation, our world has almost 9 million people die each year of malnutrition related diseases. Yet, we have enough food in this world to feed all 8.2 billion humans. The project called Zero Hunger by the year 2030 has some stating that the project will need additional time based on current statistics of progress. One estimate claims 100 more years are needed to accomplish that goal. I myself, do not have all the data to know what is true or not true with those estimates and/or predictions.

What has gone wrong, and why are we falling short of preventing anyone from going hungry. As I have written many times before in previous Going True Green blogs about the progress towards our answer for the world's energy needs, the answer to the question - What has gone wrong? - is the same: GREED.

Hydrogen fuel cells that work on demand to make world wide free energy from free rainwater, and free sunlight, will eliminate all monthly bills. Therefore, we do not see this solution, because there's no money to be made. All energy sources we have today are a transition to the hydrogen fuel cell answer. The same holds true for supplying food to those in need. The solution will be a transition until we're able to establish the neighborhoods in need to support themselves with growing crops and having a sufficient food supply.

So what's the solution for malnutrition in this world? We have enough food, we have the technology to produce more food, delicious food, or not so delicious. Healthy food or not so healthy food. Nevertheless, the solution has to be a transition toward the ability for many of us to be contributing in a small way or larger way to the food supply. As for myself, I do what I can with the little property I have. However, what I do, can also be done on the rooftop of an apartment building or in a vacant lot. Even growing something by windowsills will help.

As for the malnutrition problem our world suffers, we need to put greed aside and actions such as the following need to take place; but first let us look at what we have so that we may evaluate the complete picture for a solution.

Freeze dried food was a technology needed by NASA.
Restaurants around the world throw away leftover food that some calculate can feed everyone who is hungry, every day, several times over.
Companies today make computers and cell phones that can print out labels in multiple languages.
Areas of Asia and Africa, where malnutrition is at the worst levels, are at remote parts of the world.
We have entities, such as the United States post office, making deliveries with half filled trucks and planes to major distribution centers.
We have technology used by the military to AirDrop, just about anything, on a landing site the size of a helicopter’s landing pad.

Therefore, we need an organized initiative between all the countries of the world so that the following talents can be implemented:

NASA or a private corporation needs to develop a small, fast, and efficient piece of equipment that can be utilized by any restaurant to freeze dry unused food.

Well established restaurants will partake in a program that allows for weekly pick up of their freeze dried leftover food that is clearly labeled with specific data and in all languages spoken along all routes.

Cell phone and computer companies can produce a small and efficient system that can be maintained at any restaurant to print out labels with all significant data relating to the freeze dried food in multiple languages.

Here in the United States, the United States post office, or any private company will facilitate the weekly pick ups of the freeze dried food so that they can be processed through distribution centers for delivery to neighborhoods in need.

For remote area deliveries, distribution will go to appropriate military bases where they will contribute by combining training missions with freeze dried food airdrops for all remote areas.

The last action will combine students from around the world that are studying in the fields such as agriculture, land management, engineering, composting, water management, weather, energy, insect control, storage, environmental, distribution, etc. So that they can work as a team for neighborhoods ready to establish their own sustainable means to grow, produce, and supply food. This is most necessary because people do not want to eat freeze dried food forever.

"Golly-gee Batman, you think of everything!"
"Yes Robin, now the only thing left to do, is get greed out of the way."

Bill Lauto, at GoingTrueGreen.com
Environmental Scientist
International Sustainability and Energy Consultant
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No Hormones or rBGH Labels

3/8/2025

Hormone and rBGH Free... Really?

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Label on Milk Container

What is rBGH? A growth hormone, a recombinant bovine growth hormone. Do you want this in your dairy products? Do you want hormones in your meat?

Zilmax is a hormone that will help a cow gain weight in a short period of time so when the cow's life is ended to produce meat there would be extra meat to sell. AKA: More Profits

There are labels on food products that state Hormone-Free Meat and rBGH-Free Dairy, but here comes the BIG BUT...the labels are just an implication that no hormones were used at anytime during the life of the animal, HOWEVER, the USDA has ALSO stated that there is no way the statement can be VERIFIED by anyone! THEREFORE, the USDA allows for the following statement to be used: No Hormones Administered.

Now the USDA will hold manufacturers accountable. How can they do this when the USDA states that claims can't be verified? Nevertheless, foods that have USDA Certified Organic labels actually means "no artificial hormones are capable of being inspected or approved". AND things get worse... FDA has declared that the hormone Zilmax is safe. So why did a company (Tyson Foods) voluntarily stop using Zilmax in their cattle feed? What was the reason? Concerns of future legal action dealing with health issues or to cut cost and increase profits? Additionally, our government states that there is no difference between products having rBGH and not having rBGH. Then why use this artificial hormone?

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Label on Ground Beef

One more very interesting thing is that the FDA states any milk claiming "No Hormones" or "Hormone-Free" is incapable of being true because naturally occurring hormones are always found in milk. So adding all of the above into the equation, along with these labels, we have no clear understanding of what may be considered natural or what may have added unnatural hormones. In the end, all this for these labels is a waste of tax payers money and a lie through the process of omission.

Bill Lauto, at GoingTrueGreen.com
Environmental Scientist
International Sustainability and Energy Consultant
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New Year, Same Deal

1/29/2025

old deal

Gambling with the same old deal

We must realize "Going True Green" is not accomplished by just purchasing a few LED light bulbs nor is this achieved by someone yelling we must all change yesterday because the world is doomed. That is someone just trying to get 15 minutes of fame based on speculations and predictions that may or may not occur. No one can say what will exactly happen and when. However, facts do show that we have serious issues and no company or person should RISK our future.

Saving a great deal of money, living healthier and all without sacrificing the life you know is accomplished by each one of us when we have all the data. For example:
The previous owner of my house use over 1,000 gallons of oil a year and I reduced consumption to 250 gallons! This is possible when you have the trade secrets and privilege information, that makes the difference. Today, I no longer use oil and I am close to getting off the grid without sacrificing a single thing. Due to actions like this that are done by individuals around our country, EPA reports Greenhouse gases have decreased by 2.3% between 2014 and 2015. Also reported was a total of 11.5% since 2005. We the People are making a difference.

As a responsible individual we are the solution to a better tomorrow. By living a more "sustainable life" we will save Money, Health, Energy, and Earth without making any sacrifices! But we MUST work as a Team toward good Environmental Stewardship! I have no electric bill, and what I have done is not rocket science. We hear the millionaire talking heads on cable channels, but what do the scientific peer reviewed studies really tell us? Humankind's biggest environmental concern is not CO, but microscopic plastic particles that never decay. They only breakdown smaller and smaller, thus getting into our environment and our bodies. Facts, trade secrets, and encouraging support, is what the world needs.
The Blame game must end. We must stop looking for a solution from a politician, corporation, political party, organization or celebrity and make the difference ourselves!

Bill Lauto, at GoingTrueGreen.com
Environmental Scientist
International Sustainability and Energy Consultant
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