[sysOpOpPERAND]

it would be interesting to use it as a way to pump water and desalinated it, then use that clean water to reforest the dessert by making swells in the soil that collect the water. but don't know the area, the ocean might be pretty far away

[EarlKing]

> Turkmenistan

> the ocean might be pretty far away

That, sir, would be an understatement.

[nl]

To be fair Turkmenistan does border the Caspian Sea (the world's largest lake).

The nearby Aral Sea has been pumped dry, and the Caspian sea is dropping at 7cm/year though: https://theconversation.com/the-caspian-sea-is-set-to-fall-b...

[foobar1962]

Reforest the desert… surely humans have fucked up the environment enough times to realise that ideas like this only end badly.