Why not make huge solar powered water de-salination plants along the coast of africa?
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Solar-powered desalination plant is the best possible solution for an increasinglywater-thiesty planet. Not justAfrica alone, but even green Europe and rivers-rich US, China and India are all facing a potential shortage of not just water, but also electric power. As I see it., there is a necessity for urgent research in ths area to provide both. If you are a young person, you will be doing a great service to complete independance from oil dependant economy, when you take up this programme.
part A is nice but part B is plain absurd.
desalinization requires way more power than current solar technology can provide.
who is going to provide the technology ?
who is going to fund it ?
in many places people make small solar powered water de-salination plants already, many in the spanish coast and morocco, and probably in many other places
they provide water, yes, but it doesn´t help sea rising
I'd say a big reason is the instability of the governments and the intial monetary requirement to build the infastructure needed.
*Very difficult to have foreign investors (most African countries themselves are poor) put that much money in such a high-risk venture.
We don't want the united states of africa getting it together with the united states of south america. Let them eat anger and handouts. Scuse, rudely interrupted by one of my multiple personalities.
Crikey. Shifting economic power is the way to go.
It's all about money and no one will or can pay for it. Solar won't power it so liquid fuel would have to be used. Fine. Who's going to pay for the diesel to run the generators? The equipment and the fuel would probably be commandeered by the government anyway and would do the people not good. The rising seas premise isn't even logical.
Well, I think your on to a great idea, What we need to do is convince all the governments in the world to buy the equipment for this process instead of guns & bombs, swords to plow shares sort of thing. Never stop dreaming! some day we will quit shooting and start helping, the world is coming around to this just at a snails pace. Yes it can be done with very low tech materials on any scale you want, it won't solve all our issues but every little bit helps.
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