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> There is also no shortage of area on land or sea that is otherwise useless to us That's a bold statement considering ecological factors.
by folli 4y ago
> There is also no shortage of area on land or sea that is otherwise useless to us
That's a bold statement considering ecological factors.
- nine_k 4y agoI'd say that Sahara is an ecological disaster already, the result of ancient deforestation. Even if we might considering preservation of its ecosystem, we likely won't plan to preserve all of it.
- rob74 4y agoWhile some ecological disasters are definitely man-made, the Sahara has been mostly the way it is today for the last 10,000 years (source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sahara#Desertification_and_prehistoric_climate https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sahara#Desertification_and_pre...). Of course the current climate change will influence whether it will expand in the future, but the "core" Sahara has been there before human influence...
- jsjohnst 4y ago> I'd say that Sahara is an ecological disaster already, the result of ancient deforestation. There is literally zero scientific evidence I’ve seen to back up that claim, unless by “deforestation” you mean natural “deforestation” by glaciars.
- kuhewa 4y agoThey could be put on top of the massive surface area of oil sands deposits that are currently being treated as ecologically unimportant. A lot of oil extraction isn't as 'punctiform' as it used to be.
- dredmorbius 4y agoMuch oil sands extraction occurs in regions poorly suited to large-scale reliable solar generation.
- kuhewa 4y agoAlberta has wind though.