In another thread, I suggested that we use our collective scientific capability to create an algae that would solve our carbon dioxide in the atmosphere problem...
Now I'd like to suggest that we look at something else, and consider what we could do about it...
Here is a map of Africa:
Take a look at that humongous grey area...
That is the Sahara, a barren waste land...Larger in land size than Canada...
(But it wasn't always a barren wasteland; we know this for a fact, because we have found cave drawings in the middle of the Sahara of hippos and alligators...)
Apparently, about 10,000 years ago, there was a slight jiggle in the earth's orientation that altered the rain patterns..and completely changed the place....
There's a very plausible theory, that it was this climatic change, this desertification, that was first responsible for the creation of civilization...
It was after this happened that after 150,000 years of hunter gathering, we finally had to gather on riverbanks and develop agriculture...
But I digress...
What if we could use all the expertise we have accumulated since then....
To figure out a way, to make that grey area on the map, the size of Canada, once again as green as Canada?
What if we could figure out a way to make it rain there?
We live on a planet today with about 7 billion souls...
What if we could make a whole new place for people to live in, the size of Canada?
A place for towns, and cities, and most of all rich farming land...
It really isn't as crazy an idea as it sounds...It's all about applying ourselves, and the time, resources, and brain power to the objectives we want to achieve...
That's the great thing about the human race...
Despite our humble and ignoble origins, there are almost no limits to what we can achieve, once we put our collective minds to it...
We can figure out a way to make the Sahara bloom...
