Converting desert into fertile farmland

[binthere]

Yup built the three gorges dam. Displace millions of farmers. Now use irrigation on state owned farms. The commie way.

[Guest]

Hydro, my friend grassy. You need water to grow crops and CO2. Remember?

nope , not anymore , new varieties don't need rain, lol

[furrowtickler]

I wonder how much CO2 was burnt for the cement alone to build that dam. And oh all those evil diesel burning cement trucks that delivered the cement... unless they were solar powered 🙄.
Yup them there guys really showin is how it done 👏

[furrowtickler]

We in Canada can’t even let a far far smaller dam get built in BC because it’s terrible according to the earth muffins and natives.

[Guest]

We in Canada can’t even let a far far smaller dam get built in BC because it’s terrible according to the earth muffins and natives.

yea , she's time for a major reset , otherwise canada is f#$ked. some of these earth muffins need to wake up hungry .

[biglentil]

Why? like you don't think the ability to reverse desertification is just about the most important thing we could do right now?

Grassy it takes millions of years to build a foot of top soil, putting a pot in the desert, with an irrigation line. A game changer really.

[farmaholic]

Didn't the Saudis or the UAE try greening up the desert using aquifers? And then they quit.
I hate poo pooing the Chinese efforts but those look like "shifting" sand dunes....everything will be buried in the "sands" of time. And human efforts are no match for Mother Nature's forces, she makes the rules and changes them at will.

[furrowtickler]

Did Saudi Arabia not try this a few years ago . A noble effeort for sure but it had a little trouble did it not ?

[furrowtickler]

For China and India sakes , I hope they succeed, they need it ... very desperately. Regardless of what phoney restrictions they apply to any food imports . There is close to 3.5 billion people in that neck of the woods .

[biglentil]

Did Saudi Arabia not try this a few years ago . A noble effeort for sure but it had a little trouble did it not ?

Ya cost!!! With a huge amount of energy and resources we could probably grow a tomato on the moon. Saudis realized the Canadians would be dumb enough to hand over the cwb assets for free, hire a few googly eyed graders, and join in on the screwing.