Theos-Talk Archives (June 2005 Message tt00396)

June 15 2005

Dear Jerry:

Conservation & the SECRET DOCTRINE 

Also noted practically:


1	RAIN -- SOFT WATER

75 years ago, as a child in South Belgium, I noted that every farm had a
system of gutters that trapped all rain and diverted it to a cistern to be
used primarily for cooking and laundry. Surface water was "hard."

In So. California this could be done for every home. Saves some of the
"run-off."


2	"FRENCH" DRAINS

In the gentle valleys where clay underlies the arable soil, porous pipes and
gravel were used to drain over-watered fields -- the "drains" were led to
open air pools usually dug close to a stream -- so over-flow would be
conserved there.


3	FARM and ANIMAL "WASTES"

Every farm had a shallow pit for solid wastes, and a covered cistern nearby
for liquid wastes. These were allowed to "mature" for a year and then in
Autumn or early Winter were scattered and sprayed over all cultivable soil
and gently turned in with disc harrows.


4	FRUIT TREES	Outlined most fields.	


5	I have heard of an early very successful farmer in Arizona who
generated steam daily by solar power to run some of his equipment, and keep
the home and barn warm in winter. Later it was used to generate
electricity.  

The same idea is used in "Scotty's Castle" in North Death Valley, where
additionally, a steady runoff of water from a high lake was used in a small
hydroelectric system to generate a permanent flow of electricity for night
use.


6	GROUND WATER in some states is readily available and plentiful,
close to the surface. Year-round, it is a steady 55 degrees F. temperature,
and when piped into a home A/C system, keeps the house and barn cool in
summer and warm in winter. 


7	In India one notices that the turbans of men from various parts of
the country vary in length from about 15 to 25 feet to over 60 feet. On
inquiry it was found that those were used in emergencies as "ropes" to draw
water up from local wells. Those who lived in arid and desert areas wore
the longest turbans and had the deepest wells.


8	Designing a house, and orienting it to be warm in winter and cool in
summer ought to be applied in all construction, and older homes remodeled.
Hot water, from roof located solar heaters can save over $ 500.00 annually
in electrical costs. 

9	Setting an automatic exhaust fan in a hot attic can cut the heat
down from 150 to about 100 degrees. In the South, if all roofs were painted
white, much less heat would be absorbed. Similarly, if roofs are left in
dark colors in the North, more heat will be absorbed in winter -- the warm
attic air needs to be diffused through the house. Automatic exhaust fan
systems can do this at low cost. 

10	The advantages of "desert coolers" by water spray evaporation are
well known.


Best wishes,

Dallas
 
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-----Original Message-----
From: Jerry Hejka-Ekins
Sent: Wednesday, June 15, 2005 7:58 PM
To: 
Subject: Re: According to demand or creating the demand

Dear Anton,

>So, they created radio apparatus out of coca-
>cola preserve, using buffalo's excrement as a source of energy.
>
I had a small collection of newspaper and magazine articles about people 
who did things like make their cars run from pig's excrement, recycling 
rain water for gardening, solar energy for heating water, building 
techniques to take advantage of the sun's energy etc. Occasionally I 
hear of someone who put it all together and became independent of the 
water and power companies, but yet meet any of them. I always thought 
that a real service would be to have people master these technologies 
and teach them in the US which uses 80% of the world's resources. I 
suspect that if it happened, the energy corporations would get a lot of 
laws enacted in order to make such projects impossible.

>Maybe the most interesting and applicable would be his way of 
>breaking stereotypes in which mind see the things. He had some 
>interesting graphic exercises to that purpose, but I can't reproduce 
>it here, so I will send you an example on your private e-mail.
>
Yes, I remember this from the 60s when Gestalt therapy become popular. I 
was working at an open setting Community Mental Health center at the 
time. The mind travels its well worn groves until one gets 
(metaphorically) slapped across the head by a larger reality. I always 
thought of the Secret Doctrine as one of those books which forces the 
reader to start forming new pathways if they are to begin to understand 
what is in that book. It is a really extraordinary book, but must be 
read slowly, carefully and thoughtfully.

CUT