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To: Snowshoe who wrote (73227)	4/12/2010 3:46:49 PM
From: Maurice Winn	2 Recommendations of 74559

For a couple of decades I have had plans to cover Australia in pine trees and other crops, as well as photovoltaics, with desalination of sea water. The photovoltaics would be arrayed as 1 metre diameter units like beach umbrellas, with suitable spacing to grow crops underneath. Sea water would be used to water the crops though it's possible that shipping water from the tailrace of Manapouri power station would be cheaper. Or perhaps the Waikato River with some fertilizer runoff included as free bonus nutrients. Or maybe sewage treatment works outfalls would be a free water and nutrient supply - heck, they might pay to take it away to avoid polluting the local environment. Australia is huge and mostly desert. With water it would bloom. It's constantly sunny too, so photovoltaics would be great if they are cheap enough. Mqurice

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