• A Back-of-the-Envelope Master at work (on how to get renewable drinking water for 2m people.)

    by  • October 13, 2008 • Personal, Science, The Global Picture • 0 Comments

    Thomas Bjelkeman-Pettersson on Global Swadeshi fleshing out how to provide water security for the Canary Islands.

    I just love this post. This is exactly the kind of magic that I hoped that Global Swadeshi would produce. Now let’s build it!

    I’ll note that the same logic applies to the dry coastlines of Africa too. And I bet there are ways, at scale, of cutting corners we can’t even imagine now.

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    Vinay Gupta is a consultant on disaster relief and risk management.

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