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China has a lot of uninhabited dessert land in the west that they don't treat that well already, I don't think they really need to do something as elaborate or
by novok 5y ago
China has a lot of uninhabited dessert land in the west that they don't treat that well already, I don't think they really need to do something as elaborate or expensive as shipping it to africa.
- FooBarWidget 5y agoI think you'd be surprised how well they treat it. That desert is subject to a decades-long reforestation effort -- with results. Many parts that were once desert are now filled with fruit trees, a major source of income for locals, as part of their poverty allevation efforts (which, yes, extends to all minorities in that area). Plus they already put a shitload of solar panels in that area. They still have a lot of empty land left for storage but it's not like they can randomly dump stuff somewhere.
- dragonelite 5y agoThe Taklamakan Desert has been there for ages, they are paving it with solar power and actually created infrastructure capable of transporting that power back to other regions of the country. They have been reforesting big chunks of the Gobi desert as a green wall against sand storms.