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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."
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!
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.
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.
Someone needs to genetically engineer a big desert worm.
/me rushes to patent the thumper
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-kfg
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