Posted on 07/24/2009 3:05:40 PM PDT by JoeProBono
A plan to build a 6,000km-long wall across the Sahara Desert to stop the spread of the desert has been outlined. The barrier - formed by solidifying sand dunes - would stretch from Mauritania in the west of Africa to Djibouti in the east. The plan was put forward by architect Magnus Larsson at the TED Global conference in Oxford. A 2007 UN study described desertification as "the greatest environmental challenge of our times".
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I say we call in somebody that know’s what they’re doing when it comes to cement “Halliburton”.
That’s why I said the wall would have to be really tall. Like a couple miles.
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