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In response to ""pollutant and impactful" - hence the need to improve the tech. " by Agent.Vermin

and the idea of growing plants in the desert is a bit like robbing peter to pay paul

Posted by znufrii Dec 8 '09, 11:19

destroying one ecosystem to support another...

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not to mention that the soil is usually lacking in nutrients - Guy Dec 8, 11:22
for the most part, desertification is an example of ecosystem destruction. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 8, 11:21 3
- that's not entirely true. it may have been the 'destruction' of an ecosystem as it is beneficial to humans - Guy Dec 8, 11:24 1
  - thats also not true - Danedukenuuk Dec 8, 11:29
- and you might actually get as much effect by sending free fencewire to africa -- nm - Danedukenuuk Dec 8, 11:22

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