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From: Mark D. Harrell [mailto:mdharrell@c...]
Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2008 12:06 PM
To: Bill Taggart; 'Jim Esten'; 'oldtools'
Subject: Re: [OldTools] Galootaclaus Opt In is OPEN!!

 >  (anyone ever heard of strawbale construction?)

Yes indeed.

> The house is powered by the sun with eight, 100-watt solar panels,
> and I obtain household water needs some 200-year-old piece of
> technology called a water ram (that the Amish still use).
> Not that the device itself is 200 years old, just the concept
> regarding how it works. I built my own with PVC and galvanized
> metal fittings, and it's powered by the water gushing out of the
> eye of one of my springs that promote the cyclic action of two
> check valves, which harness the energy and inertia of moving water,
> pumping it 275' laterally and 18' vertically from the source to
> my house. I describe all my cabin's operating systems at my
> website found below my signature block. This phase of my life can
> best be characterized as 'Earth First! meets the NRA. . . .'

I love it!

Sounds like I'd enjoy having you as a neighbor...

- Bill T.

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