Architect Halima Tayo Alao, the Minister of Environment, Housing and Urban Development is a committed community leader who has served Nigeria in several professional and administrative positions before attaining her present status.
Author: Steve Klaber
Mon Jul 28 00:22:42 2008
To fight desertification and the expansion of the Sahel, I suggest the
radical harvesting of the Typha infestations in Lake Chad and in the rivers
that should feed it and drain it. Typha, and all the other aquatic weeds
that plague you, is a powerful dessicating factor, removing both the
visible water and the ground water. It can be readily brewed into ethanol.
Some of it, perhaps most, is fit for human consumption. Typha can be made
into food in many ways if uncontaminated. With the vampire gone, and KEPT
gone, Lake Chad (and its associated ground water) will recover with even
poor rains, and will soon become again a barrier to the desert to the North
of it.
The ongoing effort to keep the lake and rivers clean can be sustained
profitably by exploiting the plant as a crop in restricted areas. This is
the sane man's ethanol plant. It costs nothing to grow, can grow on land
that is other wise useless, and drastically outproduces its competition.
Grown in clean conditions, it is one of the most productive food plants in
the world.
To fight desertification and the expansion of the Sahel, I suggest the radical harvesting of the Typha infestations in Lake Chad and in the rivers that should feed it and drain it. Typha, and all the other aquatic weeds that plague you, is a powerful dessicating factor, removing both the visible water and the ground water. It can be readily brewed into ethanol. Some of it, perhaps most, is fit for human consumption. Typha can be made into food in many ways if uncontaminated. With the vampire gone, and KEPT gone, Lake Chad (and its associated ground water) will recover with even poor rains, and will soon become again a barrier to the desert to the North of it. The ongoing effort to keep the lake and rivers clean can be sustained profitably by exploiting the plant as a crop in restricted areas. This is the sane man's ethanol plant. It costs nothing to grow, can grow on land that is other wise useless, and drastically outproduces its competition. Grown in clean conditions, it is one of the most productive food plants in the world.