Hi Davis, Try http://www.seedstrust.com for "high altitude seeds". George
--- davis ron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > May 25, 05 > > > Dear Group, > > We began developing our ram pump design about 15 > years > ago in anticipation of the inevitable time when the > seemingly endless tide of immigration from the rural > areas of Bolivia to the city comes to a halt, and > these people, who have been lured or forced off > their > land, require the means to return. > That time may have come. > We have nearly a million formerly rural > indigenous > people living on the barren, 4000 meter high plain > above La Paz, called simply �El Alto�. El Alto is a > vast, unpaved village; a product of $5 a barrel oil, > forced loans, and the cheap U.S. supplied �food aid� > that effectively undermined rural production of > basic > foodstuffs, > such as wheat. When my wife and I came to Bolivia in > 1973, El Alto did not exist! > Now we have $50 a barrel oil. The low-paid, > unskilled > jobs are fast disappearing. > Who is going to feed these people, and what is going > to become of them? > Yesterday I was tear gassed downtown in our > Artesania Sorata textile art shop. Many tourists > were > gassed. A flying gas canister injured our > accountant. > Tens of thousands of protesters from El Alto had > marched down from above the city to attack the > government offices. They are demanding that Bolivia > reclaim the gas and petroleum that corrupt > politicians > have given to foreign multinationals over the years. > This may be the last major natural resource in the > Americas over which the indigenous people still > maintain some control. > There is no question that ram pumps are a > practical > way to help make it possible for these people to > successfully return to the countryside by making new > home and garden sites available for them. > The question is how to do it? > We have developed an efficient, high quality ram > pump > that can be produced in small local metal working > shops using locally available materials. Waterpower > is > the only "natural energy" resource for which > machines > can be locally produced. > > Any ideas? > > All the best, > Ron Davis, > La Paz, Bolivia, www.watermotor.net http://www.geocities.com/mogiljan/SustainableFuture.html Check out Dr. Williams' Proposal for a Solar Tower http://f1.pg.briefcase.yahoo.com/mogiljan To obtain three pdf files (600k) - send your Yahoo ID only to download; or I will send via email attachment. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business - Try our new Resources site http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/resources/ ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> In low income neighborhoods, 84% do not own computers. At Network for Good, help bridge the Digital Divide! http://us.click.yahoo.com/EA3HyD/3MnJAA/79vVAA/FGYolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Does your company feature in the microhydro business directory at http://microhydropower.net/directory ? If not, please register free of charge and be exposed to the microhydro community world wide! NOTE: The advertisements in this email are added by Yahoogroups who provides us with free email group services. The microhydro-group does not endorse products or support the advertisements in any way. More information on micro hydropower at http://microhydropower.net To unsubscribe: send empty message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/microhydro/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
