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Article #251Re: Water shortage worsens: Sydney steals Wollongong's riivers.
From: DBDriver
Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2004 01:40
Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2004 01:40
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"Stan Pierce" <tpierce@bigpond.net.au> wrote in message news:HsYed.37922$5O5.28790@news-server.bigpond.net.au... > > "Ned Latham" <ned@arthur.valhalla.oz> wrote in message > news:slrncnofol.trp.ned@arthur.valhalla.oz... > (snipped) > > Compare that with a solar furnace, which can be built anywhere the > > sun shines, can be as large as desired, and can supply both power > > and distilled water. > > If only we could get stuck into a project like this. All other methods > could be tried as well. It's not a case of one or the other. The training > of young engineers alone would be worth the effort. The whole country could > be greened in a generation or two. New technologies would come about in the > process and would be sellable. New types of business could start up and > provide taxable income. > Providing usable acreage land with abundant water would entice people to > shift from the cities. So many possible end results. Just needs vision. > It would be a great way of increasing funding of the Unis around the country. Although, in all honesty, it would more likely be a situation of wait for an innovative US company/person to work out the processes, IP everything about it, and then we'll buy the technology. If we are ever going to get ahead we need the skills (and associated IP) being developed here. RJ.
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