Comments by "Jack Haveman" (@JackHaveman52) on "Can A Desert Be Reclaimed For Human Habitation?" video.

Can A Desert Be Reclaimed For Human Habitation? I might suggest a trip to Israel. Transformed over a human lifetime through hard work and commitment.
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@saeedhussain4646 Well, it wasn't 150 years ago and it is now. That is my point. Also, blood doesn't cause the land to become fertile after its been worked out for centuries. Hard work does and that's how it was done. Throwing money at something doesn't do it, either. Hard work does. I didn't mean it as a political example. I meant it as an example of what hard work and ingenuity can accomplish. It was done, whether you like it or not.
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@Tadpoletofrogs I'm not American. You're allowing anger and hatred to get in the way of your judgement. Also, I'm not making any kind of political point. My point is that once the land was dry and worked out. Now it's fertile and they're growing crops there. That's my point. They did something right to make it that way. You don't have to like someone to learn something from them. However, I'm thinking that you're so full of blind rage that if you were living in a barren wasteland, you'd continue to do so rather than do what those hated Zionists did to improve the land and your own well being. Grow up a little.
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@ElieBei A great deal of the Middle East was desertified due to over grazing and erosion over thousands of years. Israel is no different. It's high population is why so much water is being used. If the population density of Israel was comparable to the Gobi desert, agriculture would not have needed near as much water and neither would there be the need for water for the general population. If you took the methods used in Israel, taking into consideration the different needs that the Gobi desert would need, then you would have sustainable reclamation of desert lands. Also, as desalination technology improves, so will their dependence on the river systems for agriculture. New agricultural practises could lessen the amount of water needed for agriculture as well. You'll have to consider that this need grew for water grew incredibly fast. In 1970 the pop. of Israel was a little over 2.5 million. Now, it's 8.5 million. That's a 3.5 times increase in the need for water, just for public consumption. They had to act quickly just to make sure everyone had water. The need far outstripped the technological growth in water management and agricultural technology. That's not going to happen in the Gobi desert or in many of the areas that are being desertified.
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@ElieBei A lot of the water used in Israel isn't used for crops at all. Israel has an extremely high population density. A lot of the water used is for the over 7 million inhabitants in a very small area. They use it to drink, shower, flush their toilets, in manufacturing and cooking and in a very robust tourist trade. Had the land been only used for agriculture with a low population density, the water problems would be a lot different. These are all factors that are not considered in your comment. The southern Negev desert is still dry but that has to do with the fact that to get water there is a major undertaking but it may still eventually happen, especially with the advanced in desalination technology. Remember also, that the greening of Israel is a relatively new phenomenon. There are still a lot of wrinkles to work out and one of them is the fact that there are too many people living in too small an area.
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