15198: Cooke: Re: 15180: Burnham: coconuts and coconut trees (fwd)

[Bob Corbett <corbetre@webster.edu>]

From: Kevin Cooke <kcooke@fiam.net>

In response to Burnham:

Here in the US there is a growing industry based on the conversion of
vegetable oil to bio-diesel fuel which can be used in any diesel engine.  A
suitable source of vegetable oil for this process could be the planting of
oil palm trees in Haiti.  The problems solved would be many:  A viable
home-grown industry could provide work for Haitians.  The production of
bio-diesel would decrease the amount of fuel imported to Haiti.  The
cleaner-burning fuel would not add appreciably to the pollution problems
around Port-au-Prince.  Reforestation would stabilize soils.  Extra oil
could be exported for badly needed funds. And a very positive story could
come out of Haiti.

Kevin M. Cooke
Pure Water Haiti, Inc.
145-B Brittany Manor Drive
Amherst, MA  01002
(413) 253-5496
kcooke@fiam.net

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob Corbett" <corbetre@webster.edu>
To: "Haiti mailing list" <haiti@lists.webster.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2003 7:31 AM
Subject: 15180: Burnham: coconuts and coconut trees (fwd)


>
> From: thor burnham <thorald_mb@hotmail.com>
>
> I'm in denial about the Iraq deadline, but thought that i should
> throw something i heard at the list for feedback or discussion.
>
> Several days agao i had the pleasure of making the acquaintance of a Swiss
> aid worker  who, at the young age of 70, has more energy than any three
> people i know.
>
> In all of her travels through Africa, the Caribbean and the South Pacific,
> she told me that Polynesia might have a solution to a Haitian problem.
>
> Apparently, Polynesia had acute problems with deforestation and wood as
fuel
> for cooking. She tells me that they planted the barren hills with coconut
> trees.
>
> the benefits were multiple: lots of coconuts, a tree cover for the hills
to
> stop erosion, and coconut husks for cooking fuel.
>
> i thought the idea to be intriguing. is it possible in Haiti?
> food for thought?
>
> best,
> Thor Burnham
>
>
>
>
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