“Andrew Goudie, professor of geography at Oxford University,
blames the process of Toyotarisation - a coinage reflecting the
near-ubiquitous desert use of Toyota LandCruisers - for destroying
a thin crust of lichen and stones that has protected the Sahara from
wind for centuries...etc etc... “
Toyota: Stronger and More Evil than Nature!
(/SARC)...as there’s no mention of the sirocco winds (50-70 mph) that
carry Saharan sand all the way across the Mediterranean to Europe!!!!!!!!!!!!
Regardles of the factors bearing down on the Sahara...
IT’S STILL A FREAKIN’ DESERT!!!!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sirocco
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And here he is on Wiki...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Goudie
He's just anti-life, that's all.