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Campaign to get the UN to offer training to livestock owners and landowners in Allan Savory's Holistic Management techniques.
The biggest challenge in implementing Allan's ideas and methods is to get livestock owners and land managers to take up these ideas. To my knowledge Allan's TED talk might be the biggest platform this method and idea has ever had.
Allan and Holistic Management International have a huge amount of resources and teaching methods that they have developed to help people implement this very simple solution. Much of this is documented in Allan's two books as well as other material. However they would not appear to be especially well funded and the cost of the training is reasonably high.
The TED community has the opportunity to ride on the back of the interest this talk will hopefully spark and start a campaign get the UN and other large bodies to offer funding to Savory's organizations to train trainers. Currently the cost of training for Holistic Management International's Certified Educator Training Program is $7,700 which is comprehensive. According to the website there are only 19 approved mentors for this program.
The world is in desperate need of thousands of these educators who are able to spread the word and the ideas in their localities.
The cost of training 10,000 educators in this program would be $77,000,000. On a world scale this is nothing, but the impact these trainers would have would be incredibly far reaching and an extremely efficient use of money.
This is the biggest platform that THe Savory method has ever had and the if the TED community is able to in some way act on this, the results could potentially be astonishing!
Any ideas?
Mar 5 2013: Please also note that Allan Savory isn't associated with Holistic Management International. He only works with his foundation, the Savory Institute. As a result, we only endorse the work of organizations or individuals that use Allan's body of knowledge through Savory Institute and out accreditation program.
That said, Colin's post on behalf of spreading Allan's ideas and becoming certified is very welcome and appreciated. Savory Institute offers both accreditation training and a program for establishing regional training and demonstration that we call Savory Hubs. Please get in touch with us at email@example.com for all the details. Thank you again, Colin and thank you to the TED community for the humbling wave of support.
Savory InstituteMar 14 2013: The TED talk inspired me to find out more. If you want a summary to post so that people can find out more, here's a blog post you can use: http://www.livefreefromobesity.co.uk/holistic-management-a-way-to-save-the-world-and-get-loads-of-grass-fed-beef/
I ordered, and just received the two books (listed at the bottom of the post). I'm only a few pages in, but I am already seeing that, as important as the range management is, under standing the decision-making process is prior, and prime.
I am looking forward to seeing, and joining in, discussions with people who have read both books. There's more to Allan Savory (and all the many people working with him) than you can pick up in a 20-minute video, however good.
Guess what I will be doing onthe four-hour flight from Orlando to Denver tomorrow!Mar 14 2013: Hi Colin Gordon,
Mr Savory's methods definitely need to have the weight of the United Nations behind them. I suggest that someone start a campaign with the website Avaaz. http://www.avaaz.org/en/. Well worded campaigns on Avaaz garner huge attention and can generate large petitions.Mar 9 2013: The UN ?? Fantastic idea - other large bodies ?? Super !! What about other influential people like Al Gore - Maybe Al would welcome a change from only telling us that global warming is real & anthropogenic, &, yes, we've absolutely got to stop producing so many greenhouse gases, & yes, we've got to wean ourselves off fossil fuels & go renewable, but if Mr Gore knew about some really good WAYS OF ACTUALLY REMOVING CO2 FROM THE BIOSPHERE he could tack such stories on to the end of his talks & leave everyone with a very, very nice taste in their mouths. And Allan Savory method is not the only good - no great - news, we can remove CO2 by turning organic waste into biochar, & by making "eco-cement" (look it up, you'll be amazed). And what about growing your own vegies - as does 'the Guerilla Gardener" in LA. What a fantastic idea. My sister already does it - dining on home grown organic vegies ??!!! Wow.
How do we contact the UN ??!!! How do we contact Al Gore?Mar 6 2013: Hi Colin - Margriet O'Regan from Australia here. As I'v raved on about (waxed eloquent) in my comments on the Allan Savory 'conversations' site at TED - down here in Australia we already have an Allan Savory in the person of one Peter Andrews (books 'Back From the Brink' & 'Beyond the Brink') whose work pretty much exactly parallels Allan's. I could not recommend more highly that whatever we do to promote this particular all-round win/win/win/win solution (Peter calls his method 'natural sequence farming') let's collaborate in every way including getting Peter Andrews & Allan Savory - & whatever organisations with which each is already associated - to network together with each other & with us all. Please also read Peter's books & there is a web site where there already exists some form of promotion of his work. I'll check that out & get back to you.Mar 5 2013: This would be a campaign against science.
Mar 6 2013: Hi Sam - Margriet O'Regan here - an Australian. Re your comments that this particular kind of desert reclamation work has not only not been conducted in a properly scientific manner but has received few citations. In some high contrast I myself have posted a number of highly supportive comments on the Allan Savory 'conversations' TED site in which I extol to the heavens not just Allan but one Peter Andrews a fellow Australian down here who's work essentially exactly matches Allan Savory's. Peter openly states that he is not a 'qualified' 'scientist' & makes no pretense to be so except to note that anyone who cares to observe his reclamation work can see with their own eyes using their everyday common sense exactly what is going on. Sure it would be great to have 'qualified/certified' scientific support for this but, heck, scientists (not science itself) have been wrong or just inattentive in the past. One of the biggest hurdles to due & proper 'scientific' verification is that these days many if not most, scientists have to work exclusively as to $$$ grants & as essentially all granting bodies expect to get big bucks back from any research they sponsor, any project that promises little - or in this kind of grass-roots re-greening enterprise - NO patentable returns, our world & all its 7 billion-&-counting inhabitants may never ever get the benefit of these amateur mavericks, unless we just use our own god-given common sense & examine their work make our own judgement calls without waiting for the recognized experts to catch up.Mar 6 2013: Hi Sam, Your link appears not to support your argument. Yes, while the report does argue that various systems of grazing had little effect above and beyond that of the stocking rate(p57), it argues this in the context of "in the absence of adaptive management". The report seems to assume the reader knows the definition of adaptive management, which I don't, so you'll have to excuse me if I'm a touch off base here, but adaptive management sounds akin to holistic management meaning that the argument wouldn't apply.
If I'm completely wrong about that, not to worry - the report continues: "However, the potential contributions of grazing systems to broader conservation goals and ecosystem services, at landscape or regional scales, and their potential interactions with adaptive management have yet to be evaluated." (p57-8)
Given that one of Mr. Savory's primary arguments appears to be concerning stocking rate (he wants a *lot* of animals on an area) and that his purposes are directly related to "broader conservation goals and ecosystem services" I think this particular report has very little to offer the debate within this thread.
At the very least, I would argue that until large scale controlled trials are conducted of Mr. Savory's particular method - not just any "prescribed grazing" method - you cannot convincingly argue that his method has been disproved.Mar 24 2013: I agree this is a big solution to a big problem yet there are small local solutions also handled by the Joel Salatin methods of pairing animals to create the same effects seen in the grassland that Alan Savory shows, which are Permaculturally applied with no pathology in any of the process of land management, creating deep mulches appropriately designed by Joel with deep feather bedding, having chickens on mobile tractors to scratch & eat insects where the cattle are selectively grazing in a very small portion of his 600 acre tract & moved in tandem while in the coop rabbits run & fertilize the deep beds of feathers below, & water is gravity fed with no machines or pumps necessary. Or Geoff Lawton who greened the desert by observing permaculture principles of swales on contour instead of engineer-straight lines, setting sheet mulch thick & planting 7 succession layers from below ground tubers to tall trees appropriately over the swales to bring back mushrooms, figs & water in Jordan where digging more than 20 feet down yielded salt in meager water deeply found to no potable use, also finding in rehabilitation of the desert that salt had been encapsulated to neutralize its effects in the water. So here we can count on big solutions & small, appropriate solutions all, that together can save the world. Our tiny local individual gardens as well can contribute to greening & desertification; all land can follow the same principle of being covered by deep sheet mulches, worms, green manures & compost layers from everyday life, sowing with perennials & companion planting in guilds that offer maximum local slow solutions to sink all local water into the ground & rain gardens via curb cuts in overdeveloped roads instead of channeling stormwater underground into dying streams lakes & rivers. We all can learn Permaculture methods & EcoMachines, place small & large solutions in our town & city Comprehensive plans & apply them in rural & underdeveloped areas at minimal cost.Mar 16 2013: We can restore vegetation without the use of livestock! Savory's methods do not provide a solution for many developing and under developed nations, a reliance on livestock is unsustainable in the face of disease or infections which may decimate a whole heard of livestock. Grasslands do not provide biologic diversity in the same degree as forested lands. Forests not only provide natural habitat and sequester Carbon, they provide shade and shelter, they restore hydrologic cycles and capture more rainwater than a grassland ever could, and they prevent sediment from coming lose and running off into streams and rivers. Supporting natural habitat is important, and that means incorporating the local herbivores and their predators as opposed to integrating non-native species whose effects on the land cannot be foretold, whereas the native species have thrived in a region for thousands of years.
Savory's methods provide one thing, a mass quantity of livestock which do not provide a developing community with the nutrition necessary to thrive, the intensive work involved in managing livestock is not justified by the end result. Whereas a Permaculture system incorporates many species, is self sustaining and provides abundant bio-diversity, shelter, produces it's own mulch and restores natural ecological systems and hydrologic cycles. With this system, as has been demonstrated, you can grow an abundant amount of fruit, vegetables, nuts, seeds and herbs without the incorporation of livestock. Retrieving MUCH higher yields with minimal input. It is a win win scenario for everyone involved! I'd say it's a MUCH better option than Savory's.
Permaculture is a branch of ecological design, ecological engineering, and environmental design which develops sustainable architecture and self-maintained horticultural systems modeled from natural ecosystems. Learn more for yourself! Watch "Green Gold" or look it up. http://youtu.be/YBLZmwlPa8A http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=keQUqRg2qZ0&listMar 16 2013: Campaign on Permaculture instead, a much better solution, especially for developing countries!Mar 13 2013: I have waited a couple of weeks after returning from TEDActive to write this post. I had hoped that my feelings of intense disappointment and disillusionment would dissipate, but they haven't. Would someone please explain the selection of Allan Savory for a TEDTalk, knowing that he had systematically exterminated 40,000 majestic elephants, as a result of his incorrect hypothesis? He did not even consider minimizing his recklessness by testing his theory on a much smaller population, in a smaller area. He removed native people from their land, destroyed 40,000 elephants and THEN discovered he was wrong. How can this barbarian be invited to speak at TED?!
Additionally, Mr. Savory's newest hair brained hypothesis flies in the face of widely accepted research about the root causes of desertification - including global warming, short-sighted over-planting, feeding methane releasing livestock instead of adopting vegetarianism, and deforestation.
I am a foster mother to a couple of orphaned baby elephants at the Sheldrick Wildlife Trust. Both of them were rescued after having witnessed poachers murder their mothers for their tusks. Some of the orphans die of grief. The ones who survive are greeted and surrounded in a literal circle of love by the other orphans, trunk to tail. The Sheldrick Wildlife Trust is the only organization that releases orphaned elephants back into the wild. After two years of care, they are ready to return to the African wilderness. The Sheldrick graduates send a subterranean message to each other, and then arrive from miles away to "pick up" the newest member of the herd.
If Allan Savory feels any guilt for his grievous crime against nature, he can help -http://www.sheldrickwildlifetrust. It is my fervent hope that the TED organizers would choose to invite real humanitarians like Dr. Daphne Sheldrick, Dr. Jane Goodall, Ric O'Barry - Dolphin Project, Dr. Con Slobodchikoff, among others. Please add to the list - I will be happy to forward it.
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Mar 13 2013: It is clear that in the couple of weeks waiting, you did not bother to read any of the 700+ comments on the talk. If you had you realize that being a foster mother to a couple of orphaned baby elephants is nothing compared to what he is doing.
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You should thank him, because if not for his work your elephants would likely grow up only knowing a hard life in a desert.Mar 11 2013: I would personally love to see a synergy of Allan Savory's hollistic management and Wangari Maathai's Green Belt Movement. http://www.greenbeltmovement.org/
Andy Lee
Mar 8 2013: Is there a significant difference in continuous stocking vs. intensive managed grazing? If I condense my cattle into sections of grazing area, thereby increasing the grazing density for a small area for a short period of time, how is that inferior to a lightly stocked larger area for the duration of the grazing season? I listened to the talk and Mr. Savory seemed to be making an argument for using methods that mimic the animals natural behavior. To me this is a low tech solution with multiple benefits and I'm rather pleased with the simplicity of it and its potential for broad implementation.
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One more thought, how would continuous light stocking work as a means of restoration in a blighted area? Would that not require continuous feeding of the animals to prevent death by starvation until the landscape could produce a susatainable level of forage? How would continuously grazed and unrested pasture regenerate?
Mar 9 2013: Andy.
Here are some basic principles underlying Savory's work in using livestock to mimic the herds and predators that once co-evolved and existed with the grassland environments. Beyond these basic, the planned grazing process helps a livestock owner work out the greater details needed to really work with the complexity of a landscape, weather, livestock health, wildlife moving in and out, etc.
Grasslands need two things - disturbance and grazing that removes the leaf and then leaves the plant to regrow leaf and rebuild root. When we use larger areas and/or lower densities and longer periods, the density is insufficient for the disturbance needed on the soil surface, the plants get regrazed before they can recover their leaf and root. Also, over time, the animals go back again and again to the new green shoots coming up, thus, grazing the plant to death (because it needs to recover leaf and root); other plants get no grazing (because the animal will most often choose the greenest freshest leaf) and these ungrazed plants end up with too much dead material on top, can't get sunlight to their growth points and die of "over rest." In your first example, the smaller, higher density on a quicker move will likely be healthier than the lightly stock, larger area scenario. On your second thought, light continuous stocking is what these grasslands have had for a very long time and they are, under this practice, deteriorating. So, it has not proven to be an effective approach to restoring a blighted area. One might have to feed animals if the area is truly blighted. The important point, thought, is that if you want to restore the site, you need to change the management; need to get disturbance, dung and urine in high concentrations and keep the animals moving so they can find sufficient forage. They then leave behind them a mulched, fertilized landscape ready to capture moisture (if it rains) and set seed. (Shannon Horst, co-founder Savory Institute)Mar 6 2013: Stephen,
there is confusion over many of these topics that are balled up in history. Mr Savory claimed that the world was over-grazed but understocked--e.g. the world should be heavier stocked-- with bunches of animals. The research in the report and many many papers suggest that light stocking is the answer. It is a function of biomass/forage produced and how much a cow consumes. If you use it all then there is nothing left to cover the ground. I am simply -- as the link argues-- that these decades of data that suggest light stocking rates are the most sustainable, regardless of their distribution, is correct.
As for the adaptive management-- there is no question that adapting is critical- in fact adaptive management is an oxymoron. The issue-- one should adapt with stocking rate not rotating your cattle. Think about it-- 100 ac produce 2000 lbs of forage - you want to leave half of it- cattle stomp some- insects and wildlife eat some so generally the rule of thumb is take about 30% - that leaves you 60,000 of forage-- a cow eats 26 lbs a day so 9,490 per year-- woohoo you get 6.3 cows..... it doesnt matter if you rotate them / stake them / put them of hover crafts. Now, the adaptive management comes in-- if it doesnt rain you only get 3 or 4 cows-- if it does rain you get 8 cows.
This is all the range scientists have been saying for years. Rotating does not grow more grass....
Andy Lee
Mar 9 2013: Sam are you perhaps missing the point of Mr. Savory's talk? It wasnt about the most efficient means of rasing cattle but rather about reversing desertification. Your focus on grazing systems seems to overlook the point entirely.
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Perhaps it is simply the conversation thread that you disagree with.Mar 9 2013: Please correct me if I am wrong dr. Fuhlendorf, since I am not working in your field, just curious.
Quoting from Rangeland Ecol Manage 61:3–17 | January 2008 co-authored by you:
When stocking rate was less for continuous than rotational grazing, 75% (3 of 4) of the experiments reported greater animal production per area for rotational grazing (Fig. 1B).
This coincides exactly with what Allan Savory is claiming, is it not? So where is the disconnect, I am wondering?
In particular since there was no difference in plant production as your Figure 1 shows (which is somewhat misleadingly described as: " When stocking rate was less for continuous than rotational grazing, 75% of the experiments (3 of 4) reported either no differences or greater plant production for continuous grazing"). According to your own hypothesis, one would have expected crop degradation due to higher stocking rate. But it did not happen.
I was also wondering, how long did these experiments last? That tends to be all-important in ecology, e.g. effects of ocean pH change on corals. Might it be the case that practical management experience covers longer periods of time than the experiments cited? And what about the initial conditions for the experiments?Mar 6 2013: Adam,
No one has given any scientific evidence. I am a scientist so that is the evidence that I believe in. I am sorry if extremely confounded offended you-- I should have said - COMPLETELY confounded-- In other words from a scientific perspective---impossible to interpret.
I have worked with many of the people discussed here and have only seen ethical problems from those that tend to profit from these ideas---- e.g. not the research scientist but instead some of those that are selling a product.Mar 6 2013: Christina,
Thanks. I know the Kerr WMA well. I would say this land is amazing because it is moderately stocked. This is one of the advantages of science where stocking rate and grazing system is controlled for. These studies show that it is all about stocking rate rather than system. The Kerr area is outstanding but as a study it is extremely confounded.
Adam Sacks
Mar 6 2013: Hi Sam -
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I think you've made your point. You are one of Briske's colleagues and you share a firm and apparently unshakeable point of view. Despite comments from people with years and decades of experience that differ from yours, you are not going to change your mind. We get that.
It is clear that no matter how many times others present well-supported evidence or point out that you, Briske, Holochek, et al. misunderstand and misrepresent Savory's work (intentionally or not), it will make no difference to you. It is also clear that you know all the arguments from the Holistic Management camp, you've interpreted them to suit your purposes with a win-the-debate-no-matter-what approach, and you've decided to reject them wholesale. That is, of course, your right.
However, I for one would welcome thoughtful critique of Holistic Management based on actual empirical evidence - that is, impartial observation of actual practice by experienced rangeland practitioners like Jim Howell and Allan Savory himself. But until you are willing to do that, I would have to say that so far your contributions are, to use your derisive terminology (apologies), "extremely confounded."
Perhaps you would consider a modicum of restraint, if not objectivity.
Thanks!Mar 6 2013: Thanks Margriet.
I am not saying this hasnt been studied. It has extensively. It has just been found to not work.
I am a researcher on this topic and I can tell you that it is one of the complete topics that have been researched. It is not only not supported by research but it is conclusively rejected.
Mar 6 2013: Donnie Harmel, who was manager and research director at the Kerr Wildlife Management Area in Texas for many years, set out in 1984 to prove that Allan was wrong. The Kerr is a complex 6,500 acre management unit where research on whitetail deer, Federally endangered Black-capped Vireos & Golden-cheeked Warblers, fire regimes and grazing were Donnie's passion. By the time I met him in 1991 Donnie had become an advocate for Holistic Management. He saw first hand the benefits of planned grazing to the land he managed.
Among the benefits he documented was a dramatic decrease in soil erosion and increase in effective rainfall. In one small catchment area of less than 300 acres, a hurricane driven thunderstorm dumped 90 million gallons of water over a period of 5 hours. The runoff water was CLEAR and not one crossing fence was damaged. By 1990 browse, grass and forbs had reached a record high in the areas managed with grazing. And vireos and warblers demonstrated huge population increases because Donnie had worked out a way to use the cattle as bait for nest-predating cowbirds.
Yes, there is a chasm between some of the older research and direct experience of Holistic Planned Grazing. Most of that research looks at HM grazing mechanically - as a recipe, and it is far from that linear.
Apr 4 2013: I've just looked at the managment page for the Kerr WMA http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/huntwild/hunt/wma/find_a_wma/list/?id=12§ion=management_program
it does not specifically mention Savory or HM but there is a rotation system which involves burning, a short graze followed by 60 days rest. Quite a few other interventions seem to have been carried out. Burning isn't something I've seen mentioned by Savory.
It seems to me this is typical of lots of management. There is no one formula which can be applied world wide. Each site needs its own management regime. This might be why the academic results are mixed. Its also why a UN resolution is a bad idea. Blindly putting lots of animals on sites would do more harm than good.
Apr 5 2013: Richard,
Allan maintains that fire is ONE tool in the Holistic Management toolbox. I think he would say that in most cases it has been misused and so does not deliver the long term results possible with livestock. It also generates compounds much more damaging to the atmosphere.
In the case of the Kerr, small controlled burns are followed relatively quickly by livestock, which is a somewhat refined application of both tools that tested out as delivering the complex habitat mosaic that the Kerr is managing for. (FYI, Donnie Harmel died about 10 years ago; and for political reasons Texas Parks and Wildlife is loathe to step into anything appearing to be an endorsement of HM.)
I agree that each site needs its own management regime. But what we know is that, in seasonal moisture environments, livestock are a critical component of management that fulfill a role other tools do not. Timing of the livestock tool and it's use with other tools varies from site to site.
Personally, I would not dismiss a UN resolution out of hand. It depends on what it says.Mar 5 2013: I made a slight blunder in the proposition. The course which costs $7,700 is designed for people who already have a gone through a getting started course which comes out at $1750 and potentially then a follow on course which comes out at $3000.


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One of my clients has a 4.5 Hp, 60 gallon tank air compressor from 1997, one of those oil free types that will drive you nuts in 30 seconds or less. It shattered the connecting rods in the compressor section, probably from over-heating and dirt since the crankcase is open.
Since he isn't flush with cash, he was in a bind. Well, Harbor Freight has component compressors which are near copies of IRs and the reviews are mostly positive. The price is right if the motor can be saved.
Yesterday, I hacked the compressor crankcase with a recip saw, retaining the motor mounts. The bearings are fine so we proceeded.
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Some of the tricks I added were 1/2" steel tube bolt hole liners, autogenously welded to the tubes. Instead of welding to the tank's 12 gauge bracket, I used one existing hole and drilling two more 3/8" holes which are also two of the compressor's mounting bolts.
He has a 14" abrasive chop saw, I managed to make beautiful miter joints, tacking carefully and just needing a bit of 0.023" ER70-S6 filler.
Sure, he could go get a new compressor+tank for $500 but it would still be noisy, this one you can actually carry on a conversation next to it.
Tomorrow, we finish the plumbing. The old one had 3/8" tube for the compressor outlet, the new one uses 1/2". Can you say "choked flow"?
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Would love to see some pics of the work!
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Pictures are coming...the server is unreachable at the moment...grrr..they have had issues with malware.
Anyhow, this morning we exchanged the 47 inch belt for a 44, perfect fit. Tension adjustment worked very well, didn't need fine thread bolts but it worked.
Plumbing was a bit hairy, the tank check valve has a 3/8" compression, the pump a 1/2" compression. This is a bit of a bottleneck so we used about 3 feet of 1/2" tube in gentle bends for a bit more volume to moderate the compressor impulses. This also makes for better unloading, when the compressor cycles off, an unloader depresses a Schraeder valve to drain the compressor to tank check valve. More volume here means the pump starts unloaded, reducing the load on the start capacitor.
Once the electrical was connected and double checked, it was cautiously plugged in and then the switch turned to on. Runs perfectly, quiet and much faster than the original direct drive. Cooler too as the 12 inch pulley-fan makes a good breeze running at 950 RPM.
You don't know how much you depend on compressed air until it breaks down. And quiet air is always better. Before, hearing protection was required in the shop, now you can talk on the phone right next to the compressor.
We are all very happy with the results for under $200 in used materials. We had to buy 10 feet of copper tube, it doesn't spoil and handy to have.
Here they are:
The first is the frame, about 7" x 16", 1" square tube (old recycled stuff from earlier project). Holes are for the compressor, drilled 1/2" an lined with 1/2" tube (0.065" wall). Bolt holes for the compressor are 8mm, bolts used are 5/16" grade 8. Not shown is the 1/4" thick bar, 2" wide in the middle of the compressor footprint for a 5/8" bolt to the existing compressor mount on the tank. The two bolts in the middle of the frame also secure it to the bracket. It is rock solid mount to the tank. All GTAW welds with ER70-S2 filler for all but outside corners, used S6 for that due to sharp edge and I have thinner S6.
None of us are strong enough to lift both compressor and motor so it was assembled in pieces. That is the second photo. Compressor dry is 52 pounds.
Third photo shows motor and compressor mounted but not plumbed or connected electrically.
Fourth photo shows the compressor sitting on the shop floor. I must have moved that thing fifty times or so my back feels.
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Your tip off the old compressor was going bad was the fact it was so loud ...now you know it was telling you to prepare for a project. Did you check the tank for internal rust while you were at it? The reason I ask is because now that it's fixed you will probably be so happy that you it works so well that you wont look at it for preventative maintenance for a while. Good work and an interesting repair.
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Yes, I looked at the bottom tank head (2:1 elliptical) through the top port. Nothing flaky, just light surface rust. The owner has been draining the water daily.
It is a 1997 ASME Section VIII, Div 1 U stamp so it is a bit more conservative with regards to maximum allowable working pressure. IIRC, it was 1998 when the higher allowable stresses kicked in. One key to this, other than the date, is the 600 F maximum design metal temperature.
Still, this is a thin vessel so your concerns are valid. I know ASME code for pressure vessels, that is why I didn't do any modification or welding to the pressure boundary. In fact, the only modification are two 5/16" holes drilled for mounting. A third 5/8" bolt goes through an existing hole in the bracket.


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What happens after a TED or TEDx conference?
As a long-time lurker and 2-cents adder online at TED.com; a real life participant / volunteer / organizer with TEDxTokyo and xToronto; a careful steward of the TED brand having raised money for the Sapling Foundation etc., I notice that a talk / conversation topic / TED Prize / TEDx event attracts a great deal of excitement among many intelligent people. But what comes of all this? Are any of us here prepared to get together for real world action? Unfortunately, I've seen a lot of parting of ways and dissipation after an event. I'm afraid that for real change, a lot of it has to necessarily get political, and even TED is too shy for that. I have yet to hear of a post-TED cross-discipline, integrative, problem-solving success story among people who found each other here and did something synergistic about it!
Is TED the end or the beginning?
I like devising strategies to incentivize similarly inspired strangers to break out of their routines and take on an issue together after their minds have been set ablaze...
May 2 2013: I am afraid most people are just keyboard revolutionaries ... I am one of them ... We still live in nations kept apart from each other by nationalities. Governments keep most of us in check even without razorwire fences.
May 3 2013: "keyboard revolutionaries" is hilarious. arm-chair warriors of today!Apr 21 2013: "Is TED the end or the beginning?"
I believe TED is BOTH. Duality... Go! I think TED can be viewed as an "end" because TED conferences and the speakers at them seem to always share their experiences, discoveries, or research up to that point in time and give a "recap" of the conclusions they have arrived at. In this respect TED is an "end", but I like to think of it more as a "moment of reflection". TED I think can at the same time be a "beginning" because people have the opportunity to take action with what they have just been made aware of and start something new by building off those ideas. And also, I guess sometimes the speakers leave the audience with something thought provoking at the end of their talks and maybe that can be the "start" of a something too.
"I like devising strategies to incentivize similarly inspired strangers to break out of their routines and take on an issue together after their minds have been set ablaze..."
Whoa! Sounds cool! (cool as in meaningful and constructive) How can this happen?May 10 2013: Sometimes I wonder. Surely it is an honor to speak at or participate in a TED conference. But sometimes I get the sense (from watching the videos) that there's more going on here. And the real business is being conducted elsewhere -- often (always) with other people. Good Ideas, and thoughtful insights can only get you so far. You have to do something with them. Business ideas? Business implementations? New web sites? New stuff for sale? We need a TED conversation about that. We need a systematic opportunity to follow up and report! We have IDEAS, QUESTIONS, & DEBATES - why not add "follow up" to the other three? Would there be anything reported under "Follow up?" Good ideas from TED that led to great businesses, great social change, and a better world. That's the overall idea. But is there any hard documentation as to what's come out of all this? Is it all just entertainment? Is that all there is?
Hey, some ideas are dangerous. Might such as simple idea as "Follow UP" conversations on TED reveal information that might make some uncomfortable? Or maybe not. Maybe we'd all be excited, energized and proud? Could TED or an idea arising from a TED conference become as big as The Olympics? Could an idea born at TED become as big as Microsoft? You have to ask, where do we go from here? Fair question, yes?
I am interested (very interested) in what comes out of the TED education conference this May (2013). That was a single conference with a single theme. I am sure that there have been others, but many (if not most) cover a range of subjects. You can't always get a Nobel Prize Winner to come give an entertaining speech.
May 11 2013: Oooh, hard and interesting questions! I am a big fan of yours btw :P
I remember reading an odd entry in the City 2.0 TED Prize blog once stating something like: sorry, we hoped this would be big, but it didn't turn out as amazing as we'd hoped. Thanks for those who tried to do something, but overall it was a disappointment and maybe it was from our end. (The project seems fine now--but I don't know why it had posted that once ??)
So, I think there have been attempts at movements off the top of my head from the TED Prize: compassion, save the oceans, use art to change the world. Here's a little anecdote from my experience: I participated in the last one, but it was hard to sustain the momentum because in real life because there are a lot fewer TEDsters who know WTH you're on about--and it's their participation that really make the numbers. And then you find yourself having to be a secondhand leader in your own vicinity on the issue. The people at TED did what they could to support--but really it's remote at best, probably because of limited resources. I think a movement requires numbers and that might depend on how ubiquitous TED gets. I think we've erroneously assumed (because it's so enlightening? to us) that there are enough people IRL who care. It needs to be like Facebook huge. Or it may need to join forces with actions that already got momentum.Apr 26 2013: I too am a lurker, mostly because I am not a scientist and confess to having nothing but an avid interest in ideas. For me anyhow this is TED biggest gift to the world, some of the most dedicated thinkers of our time giving away their ideas effectively for free for other (perhaps not so dedicated like me) people to consider, and spring board off into fanciful often-half-witted theoretical imagination and converse. Its an intellectual gift of monumentally generous proportion. I think the people who share my lack of mental capacity are very grateful deep down, I know I am. To think and ponder together is far more magical, enlightening and productive experience than doing it in the dark alone. The supplied TED mental spring boarding fabric lifts us poor mortals to heights and possibilities never previously experienced and therefore brings the sciences and the art of reflective thinking into a more socially accepted, fashionable light. A most worthy accomplishment I believe, especially for the majority who thinks clubbing and sports are the cogs that make the Universe spin....that's right I said spin :)
Apr 26 2013: Remember you may only lack a degree or that certain experience but you never lack Ideas, and the only thing innovation needs is an Idea and the will to follow through with it.
But I agree wholeheartedly, Teds gift to the world is it's communication of a idea to the rest of whomever wants to hear it. An open source model if I ever did see one.
What I do know is, we haven't even come close to ending our innovative endeavors, and even when we think we have, someone in their basement will show us all up, and make us think harder and outside the box inside another :)Apr 21 2013: GT, I submit this as pure speculation. I would believe that each attendee has a agenda .. the cost of attendance is prohibative for most to just wake up and say I want to go. I would imagine that a lot of the attendees are attending at the expense of a coorporation or business. There is certainly a lot of networking and business being conducted and I would think it has been successful or attendance would start to fall. Corps and businesses write all of the travel, food, lodging, and fees off on taxes.
If a project is presented and with prior approval donations of goods, services, and funds are committed as a part of the company public image (and also written off) and hopefully is returned in new clients and future contracts.
The missing ingrediant to success is the people who are willing to get dirty and play in the mud to achieve the goals. In our society it is easy to throw money at problems and sleep well.
Ron Finley had it right ... want to help .. grab a shovel and get to work.
I wish you well. Bob.
Apr 24 2013: Let me see I have this straight, this stuff requires real work? how can that be?
Apr 24 2013: Pat work is a four letter word that ends in K ... The alternative is to live in a country that has a benevolent government that will provide you with programs that meet all of your needs ... currently available in the USA and the EU member nations ... all broke.
May 5 2013: Now that is not entirely true Robert. They are not all broke.....yet.Apr 20 2013: Yay TEDx Tokyo and Toronto!
The entire ideas into action is big sub theme for the TED community. The TED Prize is an example of ideas into action, with, I believe JR, being a solid example of ideas into action. Personally, I think there is a lot to learn from the social entrepreneurship and united way crowd.
Apr 21 2013: Hi Ross, I went to YorkU! :)
What kind of action broke out after an idea set everyone's heads on fire at a TEDxYorku conference?
I had a lot of fun doing the Inside Out project in Tokyo (and got to meet JR over breakfast!!) and though it is totally natural that a project needs to come to an end, I think things like that have a potential for ongoing momentum too. But how?May 8 2013: An excellent point. I would like nothing better. I recently joined and left several posts. Learning things and doing nothing with what you have learned is empty and selfish. Either we join a cause or create our own and solicit help. I am open to either and have over my life pursued things of significant social value. One was connecting education to the Internet, for the past 15 years.
My current thought is to pursue a new form of currency. See my post on Communism vs. Capitalism. But that was exactly my thought too. I would like to gather some for the best thinkers out there to devise a new currency system that would better serve the world. Then if it looks viable act to get it implemented.
Thanks for your post and comment.May 5 2013: Genevieve you have raised a very important point - what next ? However, on the flip side, although no noticeable world wide movement has started on any Ted Talks and Ideas, on individual level - micro level the Ted platform, and here I am talking about myself, has made me sit up and reflect on various topics, and surely in my small world, I have tried to share the knowledge gained in my blogs and in my work and interactions.
It has made me a better and an understanding person. I am sure many are benefiting by the Talks and discussions, and those who have wider reach and clout in their respective field or organizations, may be percolating the ideas and concepts gained from this platform to their colleagues, friends and family.
May 7 2013: that's how it is for me too. i am just curious to know how far some people have been able to take it?
Gord G
May 5 2013: Better said than not.May 2 2013: Post ted talk, I like to believe there is a one hell of a party, where intellectuals gather and shoot ideas off each other and discuss the talks, elaborating upon points and arguing over the validity of others. In essence distilling the experience to its core and taking it to the next level. *NOTE* this is my imagination, no idea in reality.
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Apr 29 2013: Is TED at the end or beginning? A thought or two.
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Incidentally, your 2-cents is often beautifully distilled.
Perhaps the real beauty of TED lies in the unexpected.
TED can be viewed as a refreshing reservoir. These ongoing retrievable talks, and resulting conversations, comments and discussions about our modern state of technology, education and design helps define and explain the modern era. Our connections and circumstances can be better appreciated by better understanding the dynamics of all this ingenuity.
This posting activity tends to be thoughtful and useful. It's easy for me to be sidetracked by a fellow member comments. I personally like the room to fully express thoughts on TED over the more constraining popular texting trends in this arena.
I would not underestimate the developmental capacity of the TED enterprise, nor the influence of members such as yourself.
Apr 30 2013: Hi Dan! I don't want to underestimate what TED is either. It is both refreshing and sad to realize that there is no other place online really that has this level of discussion, outside of like, a Masters course or something.
I do use these TED talks all the time to inform my work. I can't not know great ideas after I've heard them. I'd like to think that my awareness of these thoughts have at least adjusted the things I've chosen to do or say--making the quality of my work and actions better.
But, even though I'm sure that's happening--and it's already great, I still think that by now, TED has the potential for a movement. People meet over favourite DJs on dating sites for crissakes, I'm poking around to see what kind of get-together people are up to here. Or are we all smart, well-meaning, introverted e-lurkers only?
Dan F
May 1 2013: Hi Genevieve,
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For what it is worth, I like and relate to your creative restlessness.
There is a real world escapism element to those of us fitting the description of your e-lurker (is this your word?) description. My first personal response was to prefer the reference of an ADVERURESOME smart, well-meaning, introverted e-lurker, just to make you smile (I'd even be will to drop - smart!).Apr 28 2013: I've always seen TED as a place to learn about new ideas and get inspiration. And I think that's a lot. By inspiring people, they see that they can make small changes in their lifes and these changes can make a whole difference in the lifes of others... Changes doesn't happen overnight. It takes patience and care to get the right results... but it is even better if people choose to do those changes by themselves and not because a ramdon law ask them to do it.
I can understand that you want to see those changes happening now, today but... Is it the political way the paht to follow? Endless discussions between party 1, 2 and 3 till they create a law that satisfies their own agendas? I don't trust politicians. They're jus necessary evil because a country needs to have a general manager, as any other company, to keep it running. But every single politician thinks about one thing.
And what about forcing people to act because a law? Is that the right path? Shouldn't people be encouraged instead of forced?
And lats, but not least... are the solutions/ideas exposed by TED Talkers (or any discussion group created during the breaks) the right ones? why? Any of these talkers are by far much more knowledgeable and smarter than I am but that doesn't mean that I have to hold on their ideas as the only possible truth.
The greatness of TED is that it makes me think but it doesn't make any decissions for me.
Yet, if you do want to check if that synergy created really gets to something, maybe you should do a follow up. Let's say that you propose a 30-day experiment to those who go to a live event. Ask them to participate, write their names on the list so you can contact them to know the results, and ask them to come to this web page and share those results, if not with everyone at least with TED itself. That could be a way to know if these ideas do something or not.
May 7 2013: I think it's"enough" for some people to be inspired and set off thinking things in ways that are new...can you tell us if those new thoughts have helped you form something substantive in real life? That's what I'm wondering about. I wonder how far inspiration like this can go...Apr 20 2013: Hopefully a raging rave breaks out afterwards, or attendees go out and Flash Mob a train station somewhere. We can dare to dream right?
Apr 21 2013: I hope so too :P
I've heard it's becoming quite the place to meet your significant other! In which case, action does follow! lolApr 19 2013: I am not sure if I understand your question. As I see it TED byline says it all. Ideas worth spreading. Period. Activism is a different cup of tea. Probably you got carried away.
Apr 21 2013: Well, if you think an organization's tagline ends at a literal interpretation, then many an organization better be more descriptive:
Hyundai - Drive your way
American Express - Don't leave home without it
Movember - Healthier men, one moustache at a time,
lest we get inspired to think beyond it. lolApr 19 2013: IMO the question should not be what but why.
When people exchange ideas it often gives birth to new ideas. This process from the bottom up can have more impact than the top down. This concept is organic to individuals, the results may not be discernible, but without this purpose no forum would exist.Apr 18 2013: I had two thoughts in relation to your interesting question and am interested also in the responses you receive here.
One thought was that I know that after the TED Prize is announced, people in the audience get up and offer what they will commit to help the effort. Someone gets up and offers a software platform. Someone else gets up and commits to start a SOLE where she is. Those attending in person or online are given a link to make commitments of what they will offer.
After the talk about planting vegetable gardens on the streets of LA, Chris Anderson asked from the stage whether anyone could help the speaker further what he said his next step was going to be, and connections were left to be made during the breaks between talks.
At the TEDxs, I wondered how often people go as groups, effectively, and bring the messages they have heard back to the group for action among those who already are a connected team. For example, the Gates foundation may host a TEDx event for employees at their headquarters.
In other cases, I would guess those who are inclined to network would do so at the TEDx event and that collaboration may result.
Apr 21 2013: This year at TEDxToronto, we hope to incentivize strangers who attend these salons, to meet up and do something on the days TEDx is not happening! How, how?
I like how Ron Finley (the man who did the guerilla gardening in S. Central LA) told the audience at the end that if they really wanted to do something to help him, they would pick up a shovel and come down to his garden, otherwise he wouldn't be interested in sitting around at a board table.
Apr 21 2013: It is an excellent question and depends on who you have in attendance.
Some people who attend your event are probably deeply invested in their own projects. In that case, the most productive way of getting them to do something together is either 1) to connect them with others like them doing projects that have synergies with theirs so they can both see an advantage in it or 2)to find them others in attendance who are interested in being part of something but do not care about leading it and who don't demand more supervision than the person at the helm is prepared to offer.
You might want to do a survey in advance of your participants asking them what they are looking for. Some people want to be an extra pair of hands in a project, while others are interested only in a leadership or central role or a situation in which they will be mentored..


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