Turning the Desert Green - Qatar
 

Anyone know anything about this ?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Eg_YlI7l4E

Re: Turning the Desert Green - Qatar
 

No, not a peep. You'd think something like this would be talked about.
But seriously, Qatar and not wasting energy is like an oxymoron.

Re: Turning the Desert Green - Qatar
 

So it is a Norwegian private company who has set it up.
very interesting

Re: Turning the Desert Green - Qatar
 

It looked quite interesting if all the technology works . The video was from June this year so quite recent too.

Re: Turning the Desert Green - Qatar
 

There are vast areas in developing countries that could be developed for irrigation at costs of some $20, 000 per Ha. But they are not because it is not economic to do so. The schemes such as the one being considered in Qatar have capital cost in the order of $150,000 per Ha. They are uneconomic, unfeasible academic projects.

Much cheaper for Qatar to buy its food from Tesco and fly it in each day

Re: Turning the Desert Green - Qatar
 

My dear chap! Given the Qatari interests in Sainsbury's, and the wiff of the Unmentionable Religion involved with Tesco's, I think you've got the wrong supplier of food for Qatar. Otherwise, probably spot on...

Re: Turning the Desert Green - Qatar
 

I'm sure some luddites said the same thing about the automobile, space flight, the printing press, personal computers, mobile phones, hadron collider..... I could go on.

You simpleton, get back to your 'jobbing'