Comments on: Waterproof Nanotech Sand Could Change Deserts into Farms

By: marcoruss

marcoruss — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 03:52:36 +0000

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By: Like Free Shipping

Like Free Shipping — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 08:25:08 +0000

My weekend plans aren’t over the top. Saturday I’m just spending the day with my son and probably taking him to the park. Sunday my husband will be off work so we will just be enjoying our day as a family

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website design — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 22:16:18 +0000

wow, that looked really awesome

By: Sandy

Sandy — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 15:31:23 +0000

So what happens to magic sand when it is no in controlled situations? What about when a pile of it is exposed to wind? Will it blow everywhere like real sand? And then what happens to it?

Does it ever degrade back to regular sand + its coating chemical? And what happens to its coating chemical? Does that degrade into something toxic or nontoxic? Or does it not degrade and its permanent?

By: CourtGQuinn

CourtGQuinn — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 07:23:24 +0000

Interesting. Two thoughts come to ming after reading this article. What about clay? Winnipeg is basically built on the Red River flood plain…a few feet below the city is basicallya thick clay layer that prevents ground seepage to a certain extent and causes surface pooling. Also, read a few weeks back that in the Amazon area…many hundreds of years ago biochar was spread along a vast area of S.America to create a better soil growing area. They -”the scientists”- figure an area the size of France was covered in biochar by the natives to better soil growth. Amazing.

By: john magill

john magill — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 03:59:39 +0000

A tarp would not work. Water, under the influence of gravity goes down. That’s obvious. Pressure is equal to force/area. Calculate the force exerted by the above sand and water, multiply it by gravity (~9.81 m/s^2) and then divide the total by the area. This would be a very large number in most cases. Leachate (garbage water) collection systems in landfills essentially collect and then pump polluted water into a processing area. This is very similar to your tarp idea. This water in an agricultural setting could be pumped back onto the fields. Now, imagine all the nerds necessary to make that happen, the labor (installation and maintenance), and the materials cost. Then, compare that to essentially digging a hole and putting sand in it. The tarp could work for a period of time, but eventually a leak could form, and water under that much pressure would seep through. With pressurized sand, the relationship between the grains (cubic or hexagonal) is called packing. The ability of sand to withstand breaking into smaller fragments is because sand is itself, a product of weathering and erosion. In other words, breaking down sand is difficult because sand is a product of being broken. Kind of like rusting rust.

By: Griffin

Griffin — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 03:35:50 +0000

This is a ridiculous plan that would just drain what little water remains in the aquifers of middle eastern countries.
It will hold what water falls nearer to the surface, where it will quickly evaporate, instead of allowing it to accumulate and be stored in the natural aquifers in the bedrock.
This is a terrible idea that will turn dry but livable desert into dead space.
Sand that can help feed your family? Or sand that can starve entire nations.

By: Mike

Mike — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 02:39:30 +0000

This used to be a childs toy. I remember playing with it in a bowl of water.
http://www.inthe80s.com/toys/magicsand.shtml

By: Russtopia

Russtopia — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 01:59:45 +0000

I suspect this would be a self-healing solution — if the layer were sprayed to be many grains thick, it couldn’t be punctured easily; and it’s easier to spray a huge area with sand than to manufacture a single, seamless sheet of plastic spanning multiple acres.

By: Bob

Bob — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 01:39:30 +0000

Why wouldn’t you just put a cheap liner under the soil like a tarp or something cheap?!?!

By: Digital Product Reviews

Digital Product Reviews — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 22:05:08 +0000

Wow. If this pans out the benefits are truly unimaginable.

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