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Watch This New Technology in China That Converts Desert Into Productive Land Rich With Crops (Original Post)
Quixote1818
Sep 2018
OP
don't need tech, some people w/ the idea can do it.. PBS doc from a few years ago.
pansypoo53219
Sep 2018
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customerserviceguy
(25,183 posts)1. Interesting
I wonder where they get the water from.
I used to live in Washington State, by damming the rivers that flow through eastern WA, and collecting the waters flowing easterly of the Cascade Mountains, they have turned desert into farmland. But, in WA, they have gravity on their side, and I wonder how the Chinese get water from where it is plentiful to where it is scarce.
NBachers
(17,108 posts)2. Well worth watching - Thanks for posting this.
pansypoo53219
(20,976 posts)3. don't need tech, some people w/ the idea can do it.. PBS doc from a few years ago.
an african who started to plant trees to stop the desert & now a forest. an indian who wanted new generations to enjoy the fruits he did. created a forest. a woman who planted trees. pretty sure the inca did similar at machu pichu.
but does show china is INVESTING in technologies, the moron wants to mine coal......
Roland99
(53,342 posts)4. Fascinating