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Bacteria Could Help Stop Desertification
Bridgette Steffen writes "In attempt to slow down desertification, a student at London's Architectural Association has proposed a 6000 km sandstone wall that will not only act as a break across the Sahara Desert, but also serve as refugee shelter. Last fall it won first prize in the Holcim Foundation's Awards for Sustainable Construction, and will use bacteria to solidify the sandstone."
No word on your mortar yet, but you can keep your overlords kthxbye.
The World Wide Web is dying. Soon, we shall have only the Internet.
If our overlords are shitting out dung, no matter how useful, I'd prefer then to be underlords, or over-to-one-side-lords, or not-over-my-head-at-least-lords.
Fascism trolls keeping me up every night. When I starts a preachin', he HITS ME WITH HIS REICH!
Nonsense. You can't use atomics on shields, you can only use them on geological features. Otherwise the other great houses will obliterate you.
Computers allow humans to make mistakes at the fastest speeds known, with the possible exception of tequila and handguns
Who the hell are you? Muad'Dib?
Fascism trolls keeping me up every night. When I starts a preachin', he HITS ME WITH HIS REICH!
follow the path of least resistance.
That's how I'm working on my thesis.
Real men read Slashdot articles at -1, bottom up.
If our overlords are shitting out dung, no matter how useful, I'd prefer then to be underlords, or over-to-one-side-lords, or not-over-my-head-at-least-lords.
Some aborigines consider dung a delicacy, you insensitive clod!!! Consider it a "desert" if you will...
Other invasive species that were intentionally introduced but are now wrecking havoc in the northwest include English Ivy, Himalayan Blackberry, and Californians.
I've abandoned my search for truth; now I'm just looking for some useful delusions.
...by artists so full of themselves that they think can understand and harness something like stone-making bacteria. I know many of these types. They want to discuss ad nauseum every single scientific advancement and it's cultural implications, thinking that they can make some important contribution to the field. It's obvious these guys don't have a clue, as they think that an ice-nine scenario is something that, first nobody thought of, and second is even possible. These are the same people who hear about the LHC and think that there's a good chance that the universe might implode when they turn it on. As if the world works like it does in the politically motivated somewhat-sci-fi books that are all the rage in these circles.
Please, stay in the coffee shops in the village, discussing the importance of your latest pathetic attempt at relevance through putting mannequin arms in toilets bowls and calling it art.
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I propose genetically engineering bacteria that turn sand into chocolate in an attempt to speed up dessertification, with a side effect of feeding starving refugees.
I've abandoned my search for truth; now I'm just looking for some useful delusions.
If our overlords are shitting out dung
Actually, we should start to worry if they start shitting out anything other than that. At the very least I'd say a trip to the doctor is in order.
I would love to see that bacteria stop my CCNA from expiration.
Someone needs to genetically engineer a big desert worm.
/me rushes to patent the thumper
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Shooting them on sight is always an option.
why exactly are we to interfer with this process?
Gotta do SOMETHING with all that bacteria and sand.
Where do they expect to get enough sand to build a wall 6000 km long?
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TFA also has a blurb about "sustainable" bricks... made out of cow dung.
That's just bullshit