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[–] 14 points 3 months ago (5 children)

That's a very, very short time for such a major change. Makes me wonder what currently green ecosystems we take for granted a bit too easily.

But it also makes me wonder whether a reversal is within human reach. To start with, cheap solar potentially enables desalinization and irrigation at unprecedented scales... What a nice thing to feel optimistic about, if nothing else.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 months ago*

    I'd say revesal is not just within reach, it's just a matter of people deciding to do it. We know that just digging a bunch of crescent-shaped pits/ponds is really effective at turning desert into green space, and that's hilariously low-tech.

    Add on actually complex interventions and ngl i think it could be reversed within like a hundred years.
    I mean imagine if massive desalination plants were built and the water pumped inland, we can do that shit, it's just expensive.

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