permaculture

["Andrew Clements" <jara@otenet.gr>]

Dear all,

  There are some fascinating ideas about water here
http://www.frank.germano.com/viktorschauberger.htm I include a quote to whet
your appetite.

Andrew.

'It is possible to regulate watercourses over any given distance without
embankment works; to transport timber and other materials, even when heavier
than water, for example ore, stones, etc., down the centre of such
water-courses; to raise the height of the water table in the surrounding
countryside and to endow the water with all those elements necessary for the
prevailing vegetation. Furthermore it is possible in this way to render
timber and other such materials non-inflammable and rot resistant; to
produce drinking and spa-water for man, beast and soil of any desired
composition and performance artificially, but in the way that it occurs in
Nature; to raise water in a vertical pipe without pumping devices; to
produce any amount of electricity and radiant energy almost without cost; to
raise soil quality and to heal cancer, tuberculosis and a variety of nervous
disorders... the practical implementation of this ... would without doubt
signify a complete reorientation in all areas of science and technology. By
application of these new found laws, I have already constructed fairly large
installations in the spheres of log-rafting and river regulation, which as
is known, have functioned faultlessly for a decade, and which today still
present insoluble enigmas to the various scientific disciplines concerned.'

Viktor Schauberger.