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I believe technological developments such as nano-tech can and will relieve both energy issues and production issues in the not too distant future.

I think it will take some great innovation, on the scale of steam engine, discovery of oil as a main source of energy, the computer and the Internet - some major technological breakthrough, in short, to turn things around. The scenario of us descending to a more primitive way of life is too hard to stomach. There are lots of creative and innovative people out there. Something is bound to happen!

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Hopefully things will change a bit when President-elect Obama takes office in January. He’s all about change, right?

Christopher is right, it’s about improving the conditions so a wider range of vegetation can survive there.

No mean feat I agree but given resources, overtime this could be achieved through a combination of Civil and Genetic engineering. Libya and their ‘Great Man Made River’ project is a great example.

I can’t speak for Pete but my thoughts are that it would be possible to green the Sahara.

It isn’t a matter of finding plants that can thrive in such conditions but improving the conditions so a wider range of vegetation can survive there

If you look at the growth of deserts, it is usually caused by one or more of deforestation, unsustainable farming and over-grazing.

It would follow then that a co-ordinated programme of reforestation and sustainable farming could gradually turn back and reduce the deserts.

The Sahara is a desert for a reason: that very few plants are able to survive there in such arid, hot conditions.

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