Posts made in March, 2013
Solar Desalination is the only way
Experts believe that solar desalination is the only way that GCC nations can ensure sustainable water supply for their nation’s growth and development. Saudi Arabia started its first solar-powered sea water desalination plant this year in Al-Khafji, near the Saudi border with Kuwait which will be the world’s largest of its kind.
Read MoreProposed Chinese carbon tax could well be fear-based
Last week’s announcement by China’s ministry of finance that the country will introduce a carbon tax, probably in the next two years, did not dominate the international headlines. The ministry was too vague about the timeline and the rate at which the tax would be levied, and fossil fuel lobbyists were quick to portray it as meaningless. But the Chinese are deadly serious about fighting global warming, because they are really scared. The Xinhua news agency did not say how big the tax in China would be, but it pointed to a three-year-old proposal by government experts that would have levied a 10-yuan ($1.65 Cdn) per ton tax on carbon in 2012 and raised it to...
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Water boatman is a unit on the water, that takes in polluted or sea water, distills it & either stores the pure water – or pumps it ashore. Water boatman is a unit on the water, that takes in polluted or sea water, distills it & either stores the pure water – or pumps it ashore. 
