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it would be interesting to use it as a way to pump water and desalinated it, then use that clean water to reforest the dessert by making swells in the soil that
by sysOpOpPERAND 5y ago
it would be interesting to use it as a way to pump water and desalinated it, then use that clean water to reforest the dessert by making swells in the soil that collect the water. but don't know the area, the ocean might be pretty far away
- EarlKing 5y ago> Turkmenistan > the ocean might be pretty far away That, sir, would be an understatement.
- nl 5y agoTo be fair Turkmenistan does border the Caspian Sea (the world's largest lake). The nearby Aral Sea has been pumped dry, and the Caspian sea is dropping at 7cm/year though: https://theconversation.com/the-caspian-sea-is-set-to-fall-by-9-metres-or-more-this-century-an-ecocide-is-imminent-152229 https://theconversation.com/the-caspian-sea-is-set-to-fall-b...
- foobar1962 5y agoReforest the desert… surely humans have fucked up the environment enough times to realise that ideas like this only end badly.