Sunday, November 7, 2010

Vote for the Philippines: No Electricity, no Fuel Ram Pump Entry to the BBC World Challenge

VOTE FOR PHILIPPINES as 1 of the 12 finalists in the BBC World Challenge:

"The [hydraulic] ram pump uses the power of the water--no electricity, no fuel. Just energy from the water and bringing up water to a very high elevation." - Auke Idzenga of AIDFI, an NGO

Check out the video on how the ram pump has brought water to... the remote mountain areas of Negros Is. Then VOTE up the Phils.

It's baffling how some inventions fail to achieve a tipping point. The hydraulic ram pump - which has been around for a couple of centuries. falls into this category. The Alternative Indigenous Development Foundation Inc. (AIDFI) is determined to see the ram pump finally come into its own. Using the....
 
 

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