Seawater greenhouse project could turn deserts into fertile land for food and water
source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/sep/02/alternativeenergy.solarpower?gusrc=rss&fee...
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The planned project would use solar power to evaporate salt water, generating cool air and pure water thereby allowing food to be grown.
Vast greenhouses that use seawater to grow crops could be combined with solar power plants to provide food, fresh water and clean energy in deserts, under an ambitious proposal from a team of architects and engineers.
The Sahara Forest project would marry huge greenhouses with concentrated solar power (CSP), which uses mirrors to focus the sun's rays and generate heat and electricity. The installations would turn deserts into lush patches of vegetation, according to its designers, and without the need to dig wells for fresh water, which has depleted acquifers in many parts of the world.
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Vast greenhouses that use seawater to grow crops could be combined with solar power plants to provide food, fresh water and clean energy in deserts, under an ambitious proposal from a team of architects and engineers.
The Sahara Forest project would marry huge greenhouses with concentrated solar power (CSP), which uses mirrors to focus the sun's rays and generate heat and electricity. The installations would turn deserts into lush patches of vegetation, according to its designers, and without the need to dig wells for fresh water, which has depleted acquifers in many parts of the world.
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jhydo
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Will some1 tell me why this sudden unnerving interest from the west with the desert lately? Could it be a desperate bid to come across as humanitarian at long last?
- 3 years ago
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jhydo
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BerryHippieGurl
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Cool, I hope it works out good.
- 3 years ago
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BerryHippieGurl
