Native American reservations - autonomy, development, free energy

[Owledge]

I might have a chance of finding someone here with knowledge about the reservations of American Indians. I've read a basic outline, mainly about the casino stuff, and I am wondering whether they might create more difficulties than there really are. Or probably the feds interfere too much, but that's why I ask.

 

When I hear that because reservation land can only be lent, industry business won't go there, I wonder what they need foreign industry for. Can't they do it on their own? It sounds like they are already so assimilated to US culture that they can't imagine doing those things on their own; that they have to take part in the very system that is such a source of trouble for them. Some people might say that they can't make a living in a reservation and in reality mean that they can't sustain their much-desired US-consumerism-lifestyle there.

 

One specific example to express what I mean:

How comes that - at least as far as I know - they don't use their at least relatively great autonomy to build free energy generators? They would have all the electricity they need, and intervening in that activity in a reservation would be very difficult and cause a lot of public attention.

I mean ... if the government wants to intervene in that activity, it would be somewhat ridiculous, considering that Walt Disney World has - with the power of money and lobbyism - even the freedom to build and run a nuclear power plant free of outside regulation or supervision if they like.

 

By the way... the specific topic of free energy generation makes me wonder in connection to other areas of the world, too. Why is there no free energy technology in Cuba?! Can you imagine anything more suitable for a relatively isolated, socialist island?! There is no powerful industry lobby (yet) to fight its development. Does Castro maybe fear the loss of control? Or the reaction from the US? I mean... a huge free-energy-program in Cuba might appear to the US powers like back then when Russia stationed nukes there. They probably would expand their covert subversive CIA activities there tenfold.

Edited January 1, 2010 by Hardyg

[Marblehead]

Hi Hardyg,

 

I am a member of a forum that has a number of NA members. I was in a discussion with one just last week.

 

Actually, the Department of Indian Affairs still exists and it is still screwing over some of the Indian Nations. Many of the assets of many of the Nations are still held in trust (yeah, right) by the US government.

 

Most of these Nations are located on lands that are non-productive so there is no source of income. Whenever they want to develop something they need to ask for funds from the outside. Most people who have money for investment will not offer the money if there is little potential for a substantial return on their investment.

 

Gambling does well because it is a low cost investment with low cost operation and high profits and therefore high return on the investment.

 

I doubt that there are many Nation, if any, that have sufficient funds to construct any significant electric generating capability.

 

The walk-out over the Grand Canyon is the only construction I have heard of other than gambling that has been constructed as a tourist attraction that has potential of generating income for the Native people.

 

Yes, some Nations do have oil on their lands but they have always been screwed over by the government and oil companies of this resource.

 

Just last week it was announced that a small Nation in New York had been awarded the rights to land that had been taken from them by the state of New York. But here again, the land is non-productive so the Natives who do return are going to have a very difficult time.

 

Alternative energy generation is way too slow in developing, in my opinion. It seems that the world wants to wait until the is an energy crisis before any significant effort is put into its development. This is not true for all nations of the world because Germany and Spain have made significant investment into alternative energy generation.

 

There really will never be "free energy" because there will always be costs of transmission lines, etc. involved and where they are constructed commercially the investers will want a return on their investment.

 

Peace & Love!

[Owledge]

Thanks for the info.

There is a misunderstanding though. I don't mean conventional free energy, because you don't need autonomy or protection for it. I mean the kind that is suppressed the moment someone tries to enter the market with it.

 

I know that sometimes it is an irony how some information is not available just because it's not known, but by now something should have happened.

Just as one of innumerable examples of possible ways, a delegation of American Indians could travel to Switzerland and visit the Methernitha community there, learning about their Testatika machine. That might be one of the cheapest machines to build, and a big tabletop version is capable of generating 2-3 kW. More likely 3 kW in the dry air of southern US reservations. Those guys probably would be glad to help them.

And with a virtually unlimited supply of free electricity, you can do all kinds of stuff to help a reservation develop. In this regards, electricity is almost like a currency of development. What would slow it down is that they can't directly use this technology for income and thus exponential development, because in no way they would be allowed to sell that energy.

But at least it wouldn't pose a real threat to the industry, because they don't use significant amounts of electricity now, and that is of course not expected to change. And I've read of several cases where inventors were only threatened not to enter business with the technology, but were 'allowed' to pursue it purely in private, without going public with it in terms of advertising.

Edited January 1, 2010 by Hardyg

[Marblehead]

... travel to Switzerland and visit the Methernitha community there, learning about their Testatika machine.

 

I am ignorant of that subject so can't speak to it.

 

If I get inspired I will check it out.

 

I use solar for my fish ponds. That has reduced my energy cost by 1/3. But I still have battery maintenance and replacement periodically.

 

Yes, even solar and wind would be good for most of the Nations, especially those out West where sunshine is abundant. And I am sure they could use the energy for some form of income production.

 

Peace & Love!