Richard Lawson - Desert Rose - " The use of solar desalination plants to grow forests

[Dave A]

Richard Lawson - Desert Rose - " The use of solar desalination plants to grow forests in deserts"
Desert Rose is a conceptual approach to using two resources - sunlight and seawater - that coastal tropical areas have in abundance to supply two resources that are in short supply and dwindling - fresh water and forest cover using solar desalination plant. It suggests that once past a critical point, the growth in forest and water tend to become a self-propagating system. Energy costings relating to developing this concept are addressed. The Green Belt movement claims that 15 sp. kilometers of forest are sufficient to produce its own rain cloud. The costs and benefits of reafforestation suggest a favourable outcome.