Terraforming Australia

>>8793146
This is actually quite interesting.
Of course Australia has the great artesian basin but i doubt that its large enough to make much of that land usable, and the east coast needs it.
so what methods would you purpose to do this?
all i can think is a fuck load of desalination plants (nuclaer or solar powered) built in SA that pump clean water into the centre of the country. once significant amounts of biomass accumulate some water should remain in the system, although it never will be independant

how bout just replacing the rabbit proof fence with a rabbit proof canal, that way you have water being spread all the way across, and whilst it would be saline, you would be able to grow beach style vegetation near it and the evaporation would lead to more vegetation further away form it. an it would also have the benifit of stopping them damn cane toads
in fact get me my shovel

>>8793383
I've never seen a wild cane toad here in my life. Lucky you

>>8793146
Is terraforming the climate near Ayres Rock part of the plan? Wouldn't the abos go mad because >muh spiritual stone

>>8793146
It is worth considering that level of productivity would be required.
much of the interior of the country is nothing but cattle. to graze cattle significantly less fertile land is needed then to say grow wheat or what have you. as such developing GMO grasses that are tolerant to high temperature and drought might be a possibility. central australia gets just 150mm of rain per annum.
the amount of water that would be needed to pump in is insane, however on the same token very little pesitcides or herbicides would be needed as the region is effectivley sterile. methods such as aeroponics could be very effective at water concervation, however due to the low humidity a lot would be lost the the atmosphere.
perhaps a more effective strategy would be to use have large solar arrays and to have vertical farms nearer to the coast which genetically modified plants which can survive under extrememly intense light, and thus have a high yield when grown aeroponically

>>8793488
but realistically this isn't really feasible, at least not with the current socio-economic position of australia, in all honesty the best method for using this land would be to graze speically bred camals than are even more drought resistant and have better tasting meat - or to do the same for emus.

>I think the reason the interior of Australia is so dry and hot is actually simply because it's dry and hot

really made me think

Australia is the size of Europe and they have like 20 million people, is there any point in doing that?

>>8793447
>Wouldn't the abos go mad because >muh spiritual stone

fuck em

>>8794033

If they had most of their land area transformed from inhospitable to a more European climate they could support a much larger population, plus the continent could have a chance to develop more biodiversity due to the fact that there'd be more niches if we changed it from sand and rocks to trees.

>comments about pumping water

I don't think that's necessary, the fact that the presence of trees lowers ground temperature and increases humidity/rainfall would probably be enough on its own.

Just start near the west coast where there's enough rain to keep these trees alive and growing, then start moving east as the amount of moist air flowing into Australia starts making it further and further inland.

>>8794127
They have plenty of room for more people

>>8794144
>plenty of room

But they can't live there, is what I'm saying. Most of Australia is a desert more inhospitable than anything in America, with no fresh water lakes or rivers to irrigate the land.

Canada has plenty of room for more people too, but people can't build houses or roads on muskeg. Open space does not correlate to carrying capacity.

>>8794153
But there is plenty of room for people near the coast. It's not that densely populated

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>>8793146
>reason the interior of Australia is so dry and hot

>>8794127
>they could support a much larger population

no thanks

>could have a chance to develop more biodiversity

All the desert organisms would die out.

>>8793146
>I'm pretty sure that by doing this we'd only be reversing the consequences of some horrible event

There was no event, the desert is there because of where the continent sits on the globe and the way air and sea currents work.

You also fail to address the most important issue, which is that the soil in central, nay, most of Australia is extremely poor.

>>8794234
>desert organisms

do they even count

>>8794238
>the soil in central, nay, most of Australia is extremely poor

So drop a little fertilizer next to every tree you plant. The initial tree planting process would be entirely manual anyway.

>>8794144
FUCK OFF WE'RE FULL

>>8793146
I terraformed your mother.

>>8794299
Lol.

>>8793146
Maybe doing this, you'll win the emu war for once.