> Hi All, > If the people of Cuba really wanted to help >themselves they would overthrow Fidel and the >communist. > I've watched as the US has 5 times tried to >restart relations with Cuba and each time Fidel has >done something like murder people in international >waters and other such acts to stop it from happening. > I live in Fla amoung the early refugee Cubans, >the Batista's generation, which I can see why they >would want to kick them out. Which, like Fidel, they >are no better than the other dictators of past of >central and so America and worst than many. So I don't >want them to take power back either. > Until Fidel and the Communist are gone things >will not get better there to any degree worth >mentioning. > Having visited Cuba in 1979 and following the >situation all my life the lives the people have to >live is very sad. They have less than nothing most of >the time. > Just so you know whom you are helping, it's >Fidel Castro and the commustist, not it's people who >get nothing but some beans and rice but not even soap. > jerry dycus
Hm. No soap, even, eh? Now are you quite sure about that, Jerry? I mean, considering the following (which puts them somewhat ahead of the US), they probably don't go short of soap either: "Cuba was forced to find alternatives to petrol by the American embargo on trade with them. They caught onto the idea of using second hand oil that had already been used for cooking. Collection vans visit houses and business to take away their waste oil and turn it into biodiesel." http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/scienceshack/backcat/adamexp/wlbiodiesels.shtml BBC - Science - Science Shack - Biodieselsr "... nothing but some beans and rice" you say, you're sure about that too? "There's a new revolution on the island nation of Cuba; this time in the production of food. The collapse of the Soviet Union forced Cuba to turn to small-scale organic farming and urban gardens. This dramatic agricultural transformation is unparalleled in the world today. American agricultural experts, including some Minnesotans, are taking notice..." "... Nowadays, most Cubans have enough to eat. Urban gardens produce more than half of the fruits and vegetables consumed in Cuba. By law no chemicals can be used on any urban gardens...." "... In Havana, a city with slightly less population than the Twin Cities, 26,000 people work urban gardens. And so, the experts are asking, is Cuba's system of urban gardens worth exporting to the U.S. and other countries? Does it make sense that valuable urban land be used to grow food? Oxfam's Minor Sinclair says yes..." http://news.mpr.org/features/200104/11_stuckym_cuba/ Havana: An Agrarian City (MPR News Feature) Cuba Leads the World in Organic Farming -- Cuba has developed one of the most efficient organic agriculture systems in the world, and organic farmers from other countries are visiting the island to learn the methods. Organic agriculture has become the key to feeding the nation's growing urban populations. http://www.projectcensored.org/c2001stories/12.html In 1990 Cuba's cheap supplies of grain, tractors and agrochemicals were cut off with the collapse of the Soviet Union. Pesticide use halved overnight, as did the calorie intake of its citizens. Strapped for cash, Cuba was forced to embrace low-input farming or starve. Today, oxen have replaced the tractors, and farmers have adopted organic methods, mixing maize with beans and cassava and doubling yields in the process, helping average calorie intake per person rise back to pre-1990 levels. -- "An Ordinary Miracle", New Scientist, 3 February 2001. A group of Iowa farmers, professors, and students traveled to Cuba in June 2000 to view the country's approach to sustainable agriculture. Cuba relies on organic farming, using compost and worms to fertilize soil. "In many ways they're ahead of us," says Richard Wrage, of Boone County Iowa Extension Office. Lorna Michael Butler, Chair of Iowa State University's sustainable agriculture department said, "more students should study Cuba's growing system." -- AP, 5June 2000 Despite the US embargo, Cuba has turned a severe food crisis into a sustained recovery in food production... Some have called Cuba a national laboratory in organic agriculture... Imports of pesticides and herbicides actually dropped from 1995 to 1998, yet food production rose over the same period... Forty years after the birth of the Cuban revolution, Cuba can claim greater diversity in its production and in its trading partners than it ever has had in modern history. Remarkably, Cuba has brought about this dramatic change in agriculture in the middle of a massive economic crisis. -- Oxfam Report on Cuban Agriculture, July 20, 2001 http://www.oxfamamerica.org/cuba "Cuba: Going Against the Grain" - Executive Summary: http://www.oxfamamerica.org/cuba/execsumm.html All for Fidel Castro, eh, nothing for anybody else? Just as long as you're sure of your facts, Jerry. Keith Addison Journey to Forever Handmade Projects Tokyo http://journeytoforever.org/ >--- cpech <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > See website of a company called BC International > > (www.bcintlcorp.com). > > Sounds like they might be able to help. > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: steve spence <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <biofuel@yahoogroups.com> > > Sent: Saturday, November 17, 2001 11:43 AM > > Subject: [biofuel] Fw: VITA Request: Rice husk fuel > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Bienvenido Sarria > > [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2001 11:22 AM > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Subject: information request > > > > > > November 13, 2001 > > > > > > > > > To Whom It May Concern: > > > > > > My name is Bienvenido Sarria, I am a professor and > > researcher at the > > Center > > > of Energy and Environmental Studies, at the > > University of Cienfuegos, > > Cuba. > > > Our center is responsible for the development and > > implementation of > > > alternative technologies in the area of energy and > > management in rural > > areas > > > of the country taking into consideration the > > characteristics of the area > > and > > > its natural resources. > > > In various parts of our country we have several > > kinds of biomass available > > > to use as a energy source for different process > > and the communities. > > > Recently, we were given a task to develop a Pilot > > Plant to burn rice husk > > > using Fluidized Beds technology. The intention is > > to use the rice husk > > > available in the area to reduce the consumption of > > conventional fuels in > > the > > > drying process of the rice and to produce > > electrical energy for the > > > community where the rice plantations are located. > > Besides reducing the > > > environmental impact this will also increase the > > employment positions > > > available and will improve the living conditions > > of the area. This > > > technology could be introduced in several > > communities in Cuba and Latin ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> StartMeUp jump starts your car's battery using only the cigarette lighter. $24.95 at Youcansave.com http://us.click.yahoo.com/0gK_ND/LTTDAA/ySSFAA/FGYolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Please do NOT send "unsubscribe" messages to the list address. 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