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World's land turning to desert at alarming speed, United Nations warns
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| 6/15/04
| wcco4
Posted on 06/15/2004 6:23:44 PM PDT by freedom44
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posted on
06/15/2004 6:23:45 PM PDT
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freedom44
To: freedom44
You had me worried for a moment. I thought the world's land was turning to dessert.
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posted on
06/15/2004 6:27:17 PM PDT
by
mhx
To: freedom44
Too bad the rest of the world is too smart to listen to us. No, sirree... they like their inefficient and wasteful habits when it comes to farming. And none of those GM crops which need less water and are resistant to spoilage.
What do we know? We just feed our people so well.
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posted on
06/15/2004 6:28:29 PM PDT
by
Bogey78O
(McDonalds rejected slogan "Billions served....millions if not counting Michael Moore")
To: freedom44
The sky is falling (again).
I couldn't make it all the way through the article. Where does it say it's Americas fault?
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posted on
06/15/2004 6:30:02 PM PDT
by
Fzob
(Why does this tag line keep showing up?)
To: freedom44
Time to get out my little plastic bucket and shovel.
To: freedom44
``It's a creeping catastrophe,'' said Michel Smitall. Quote of the week?
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posted on
06/15/2004 6:35:29 PM PDT
by
Cicero
(Marcus Tullius)
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To: freedom44
Barbra Streisand!
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posted on
06/15/2004 6:39:07 PM PDT
by
buffyt
(There is no limit to what a man can do - as long as he doesn't care who gets the credit. R Reagan)
To: Cicero
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posted on
06/15/2004 6:39:32 PM PDT
by
buffyt
(There is no limit to what a man can do - as long as he doesn't care who gets the credit. R Reagan)
To: freedom44
UN scams turning to graft at alarming speed.
To: Fzob
"I couldn't make it all the way through the article. Where does it say it's Americas fault?"Lol -- to be "officially" announced here and there:
The United Nations is holding a ceremony in Bonn, Germany, on Thursday to mark World Day to Combat Desertification, and will hold a meeting in Brazil this month to take stock of the problem [America].
To: freedom44
I seem to remember an article posted a few weeks ago about how global warming would make the earth wetter.
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posted on
06/15/2004 6:49:02 PM PDT
by
nuconvert
("America will never be intimidated by thugs and assassins." ( Azadi baraye Iran)
To: freedom44
Shouldn't the good ol' USofA be desert-ified the fastest since we're the cause of all the world's problems?
It really is just easier to ignore anything that has "UN" in the title.
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posted on
06/15/2004 6:49:52 PM PDT
by
mykroar
To: freedom44
Uninhabitable????? Last I checked there were plenty of people living in deserts around the world.....
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posted on
06/15/2004 6:55:28 PM PDT
by
HamiltonJay
("You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong.")
To: freedom44; Eagle9; freedox; chesty_puller; GRRRRR; MouthOfTheSouth; Memother; joan_30; ...
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posted on
06/15/2004 6:59:30 PM PDT
by
ATOMIC_PUNK
(‘All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent.’ TJefferson)
To: nuconvert
I seem to remember an article posted a few weeks ago about how global warming would make the earth wetter. Depends on which article you read. My understanding is tha Global Warming will make the world Colder and Wetter. Desert areas will be hardest hit. And women and minorities. It's creepin' catastrophe, man!
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posted on
06/15/2004 7:15:19 PM PDT
by
ClearCase_guy
(You can see it coming like a train on a track.)
To: ClearCase_guy
All your deserts are belong to us!
To: ClearCase_guy
"Global Warming will make the world Colder and Wetter"
Do you think "they" will get around to re-naming it?
How about 'global dog's nose'? That's cold and wet.
Or 'global Ale'?
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posted on
06/15/2004 7:20:51 PM PDT
by
nuconvert
("America will never be intimidated by thugs and assassins." ( Azadi baraye Iran)
To: freedom44
Slaughter all the grazing animals that range through the marginal lands that are on the edge of deserts. And more than anything, do not turn already semi-arid regions into farming enterprises with irrigation water. This accelerates the growth and spread of deserts more than any other single enterprise mankind engages in.
Why? Because even the freshest of irrigation water carries some salinity. The water is flushed out acrose the irrigated tract, and part of it evaporates, concentrating the salinity of the remaining water. Over time, unless certain steps are taken, the salinity of the soil rises to the point that only salt-tolerant plants thrive there.
By laying sub-soil drainage tile, so that the excess somewhat more saline water is drained away, carrying the salt with it, the tendency for the irrigated tract to to turn saline is averted. But it takes a LOT of extra irrigation water to assure the salinity does not rise to serious levels, and the effluent will be even more salty, to the detriment of downstream users of the water.
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posted on
06/15/2004 7:59:51 PM PDT
by
alloysteel
(Win one for the Gipper. He's watching, you know.)
To: alloysteel
Oh do shut up!
Just because you know all those fact thingys,like cause and effect, does not make you the equal of a UN diplomat, a media spokesperson, or a murderous African dictator!
Who do you think you are? /sarcasm//
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posted on
06/15/2004 8:11:18 PM PDT
by
sarasmom
(Sometimes, I wish liberals had beliefs, so I could desecrate them. (spok))
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