>We located a jewelers supplier that sells .999 silver, processed in >Switzerland, and finally found someone in the market who could roll this >into the size strips we need. ## I suspect that bullion coins hammered out or left untouched would do to eliminate the need for Swiss jewlers.
And after a search in several of the >markets we were able to come up with locally blown, glass jars, each 4.5 >liters. ### A plastic coke bottle will work..or any jar or bottle with the neck broken off. ...maybe even a coconut shell or bamboo section. Fortuitously there is a locally made plastic lid that fits the jar beautifully. ## Even here in the USA, many generators don't have lids, nor do they need to fit tight. I've seen popsicle sticks used on commercially sold generators. Now we finally located someone who can take our >220volts AC and convert this to 110DC, maximum 15 to 20mA. ### 6 volts DC will work just fine, 12 volts...just about any voltage. No one had a battery charger? Not a single wall wart in town? Time is the variable. But the >water is what has taken us the longest to source. (A big problem with >acid rain here makes solar distillation out of the question. You'd be >surprised how much air polution there is in less developed countries.) ## Unless the air itself is extremely acid or otherwise contaminated, a still made from a sheet of plastic suspended closely over a damp hole in the ground with a pebble in the center and a catch container under the hole will yield distilled water. [Especially early in the morning.] A triangular sheet of plactic positioned vertically with the pointy end down and a catch container under the point would probably collect dew quite well. Dew is distilled water. > >Every brand of distilled water we have tested has been too high TDS to do the job. ## Even a good spring water can be used. The result might not be excellent but it should still be useable. Heck, I bet even old nasty river water would do something. Even some of the de-ionized water is no good. For a month >or so we thought we'd have to make our own de-ionized water, but then we >found somebody who sells this to a couple of industries. What luck! > >But I consider Bangladesh to be highly developed when compared with most >of Africa. A really good primer on why it is that nothing works in >Africa, and much of the third world, is the novel, 'Things Fall Apart,' >by the Nigerian author Chinua Achebe. Take for example the millions of >tube wells that have been installed by UNICEF and other UN agencies. >The vast majority of these are unused and rusting, for the fact is that >when the very first part on the pump breaks, there are no parts to >replace this. ## Lowering a tube with a leather flap valve on the bottom and the appropriate weights [rocks] to make it sink [might be needed if the tube is bamboo] into the well on a rope and raised by hand over a pully [or not] will serve as a pump even at great depths. This phenomenon has lead to the new watchword of >developers 'sustainability.' Perhaps 99.9% of all development ideas for >Africa have been rejected as unsustainable and wishful thinking. ## Perhaps they haven't been de-teched by the application of "Afro engineering" priciples. [PC for "properly nigger rigged" ....apologies to the over sensitive... I happen to be a great fan of the "McGiver"...TV speak for "nigger rig"] Use what you have, not what you don't have. Something else might work better, but if it works at all, it's worth doing. > >Even if the resources were available most of the good ideas would >require staff who are dedicated, intelligent and posessed of a lot of >initiative. ### I cannot believe that the native population is not intelligent, however uneducated. Initiative might be the problem. Such people can be a rarity. To make CS in Africa is >theoretically possible, but only if there is concerted effort. ## Simplification can be a great asset...and not telling people what can't be done. Then >again, a lot of education and awareness building would be key. You >would also have to contend with health professionals who would be ready >to quote the FDA and WHO viewpoint on colloidal silver. If the truth >can't come to light in North America, what about the dark continent? ### I'm sure the WHO doesn't approve of Voodoo, yet it quietly thrives in various places. I don care what the WHO do when i do what I do...see? > >Anyhow, I'm thrilled about our new Bangladeshi generators, because I >don't feel right about setting somebody up to sell expensive CS, then >exploit people. We must teach people to make CS and to make CS >generators. There's a saying in poor countries that if you teach >someone to fish you feed them for life. ## Absolutely! But if you teach them that they can't fish without bait, steel hook and fiberglass fishing poles...[I've used wooden hooks made from thorns and tin foil or beer can tabs and dental floss] I know about ten ways that catch fish better than using a pole and bait. I can catch more fish faster with a handful of rocks and a pot and a fork...and I get to choose which fish. [not sure how legal it is] The pot and fork are optional. An armful of vines and a few sticks works better too. [definitely not legal here] When I'm out in the wilderness and hungry, you can bet I'm not gonna be sitting around moaning about what I don't have to work with...not in a vast field of potential. [Yes, I have eaten snails cooked in an old hubcap and toasted grubs...not too bad either] Ground hogs are tough, rats are tastey. Ya gotta catch a lot of frogs. Black snakes taste like sh*t but rattlesnakes are great! Wild lettuce is better if soaked in a stream all day, Poke salid, winter cress, various grass seeds, sprouted bean greens...on and on. Telling people what they can't do negates their natural intelligence. Fuel pump goes out in the car in the middle of nowhere?...the gas tank suddenly belongs on the roof. [had to do it at least twice] One time I designed a hydroelectric system made from a cable drum, tire tread, old boards, bicycle generator [for field current], junk auto alternator and lawn mower wheel mounted on a couple of logs. Later that week I saw the exact same system on the drawing board of a design firm, only it cost $25,000 [or more] and used shiney aluminum pontoons and machined gears. Has anyone ever thought to take an old bicycle wheel, front forks, bike light generator and some plastic jug slices for wind vanes in the spokes to make a wind generator out of it? Education? I'm not sure if I graduated High School. I AM sure that I didn't learn very much that was useful there. >Bye for now. >Reid >P.S. You asked the price of Microdyn and I do think it's about 10 cents >a gallon, once diluted. But this is not generally available outside >Mexico and North America. ## Cool Ken > >Ode Coyote wrote: >I'll bet that every village has at least one motor vehicle with a >battery. Even a marginal junk battery that won't start a car or motor >bike >will do. > Solar distillers, rain/dew collectors and the like are dirt cheap to >build >out of junk, if not absolutely free. The only expense would be the >silver >at $6 or so an oz. One oz .999 fine Bullion coins cost between $8 and >$12 >to literally make barrels of CS. > If they have the infrastucture to get to the store or have things >brought >in and the money to buy Microdyne, they can make their own CS a lot >cheaper...probably for less than 10 cents a gallon. > How much does Mycrodyne cost? > Ken > > > > >-- >The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. > >To join or quit silver-list or silver-digest send an e-mail message to: >[email protected] -or- [email protected] >with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the SUBJECT line. > >To post, address your message to: [email protected] >Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html >List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]> > >
