Well, I was in Cuba in 1992 (Special period). It seems something changed. That is good.
Regards Reinhard "Keith Addison" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb: > Hello Reinhard > > >It seems the Cubans are sticking to their ideology, that everything > >there comes from sugar cane. > > Well, no, not really. The link I gave came from this site: > http://www.globalexchange.org/campaigns/cuba/sustainable/index.html > Cuba Campaign: Eco Cuba Exchange > > Have a look at the Organic Agriculture and Natural and Traditional > Medicine sections. > > >They have all the resources (climate, land, Jatropha) to grow oil > >plants and the possibility to use it directly in truck engines > >(IFA-trucks from former East Germany) without conversion. > > > >But nothing happens. > > > >"Progress is a snail!" > > They've made some quite extraordinary progress in some directions. > Jatropha is an excellent oil plant, but no matter how excellent it > is, I think a top-down, one-solution approach just wouldn't work > there, and could be disastrous if that meant they abandoned further > efforts at natural oils for fuel. It's a perfect set-up for the niche > approach, highly localized, and that always means variety, options > should have as much variety possible. They could probably succeed > with this to the same spectacular extent they've succeeded with > micro-farming and organics, which would be a real eye-opener for the > rest of the world, as their organics success is proving to be. Even > to Americans. But it requires an extremely localized approach, with > local people fully involved in all the decisions, nothing decreed or > imposed from above, except encouragement. > > Regards > > Keith > > > >Reinhard Henning > > > >"Keith Addison" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb: > > > http://tlent.home.igc.org/renewable%20energy%20in%20cuba.html > > > Renewable Energy Development In Cuba: > > > Sustainability Responds To Economic Crisis > > > April, 1997 > > > > > > ... "Cuban annual per capita energy consumption has dropped to about > > > four barrels of oil equivalent, half of what it was before the > > > Special Period. By comparison, the U.S. uses the equivalent of 59 > > > barrels of oil per person annually."... > > > > > > This is somewhat out of date, and there's no mention of biodiesel. > > > I've read elsewhere that recycling of waste oil and fats into > > > biodiesel is at a high level, but I see no more about it. Does anyone > > > have more info on this? > > > > > > By the way, there's a study tour to Cuba being organized on the topic of: > > > > > > >SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE: > > > >Cuba's Unprecedented Conversion to Organic Agriculture > > > > > > Contact: > > > > > > >U.S. Mailing Address: > > > >Global Exchange > > > >Cuba - Sustainable Development/Sarah Dotlich > > > >2017 Mission Street, Suite #303 > > > >San Francisco, CA 94708 > > > >Phone 415-255-7296, ext 231 > > > > > > This should include sustainable and renewable energy. If not, why not? > > > > > > Regards > > > > > > Keith > > > > Biofuels at Journey to Forever > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > Biofuel at WebConX > http://www.webconx.dns2go.com/2000/biofuel/biofuel.htm > List messages are archived at the Info-Archive at NNYTech: > http://archive.nnytech.net/ > 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/ > > > -- bagani GbR, Reinhard Henning, Rothkreuz 11, D-88138 Weissensberg, Germany Tel: ++49 8389 984129, Fax: 984128, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] internet: www.bagani.de ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> 4 DVDs Free +s&p Join Now http://us.click.yahoo.com/pt6YBB/NXiEAA/mG3HAA/9bTolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Biofuels at Journey to Forever http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel at WebConX http://www.webconx.dns2go.com/2000/biofuel/biofuel.htm List messages are archived at the Info-Archive at NNYTech: http://archive.nnytech.net/ 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/
