> > Before President George W. Bush signed the federal energy bill into law on >Aug. 8, he got a firsthand glimpse of a technology that could transform the >deserts of the Southwest. Instead of a sandy >wasteland, there would be >gleaming farms with thousands of giant dish-shaped mirrors measuring 37 feet >in diameter. Each dish would track the sun and focus its heat rays on an >oil-barrel-size >contraption suspended out in front, harnessing the heat to >drive a 25-kilowatt generator. > >typical, >have you ever truly LOOKED at a desert? its not the moon people, there is a >huge booming ecosystem that noone can seem to see behind all the sand >(actually the sand is only a thin layer above the raw earth) there is plant >and animal life that only begins to liven up at night, insects are rampant, >and the whole thing is perfectly balanced around the water supply which is >usually found as frost at night, and collected in plants as it becomes >liquid just before sunrise. it is NOT a wasteland, you just have to know >how to look at it. and now for the sake of a clean earth, you would destroy >the only place humans dont WANT to go?
Thankyou Jason, truly said indeed. No lawns so it's useless. I never did see a Bushman mowing his lawn. "In this desert that looks like a paradise..." Best wishes Keith _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
