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Posted Fri Jul 17 2009: from
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Turkmenistan to create desert sea http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1247848124
Turkmenistan has launched the latest stage of a plan to channel water across thousands of kilometres of desert to create a vast inland sea.
The lake will be filled with drainage water from the country's cotton fields.
President Kurbanguly Berdymukhamedov said the "Golden Age Lake" plan showed his country was preserving nature and improving the environment.
But critics say the water will be full of fertiliser and insecticides, and will evaporate quickly.
The project is one of the biggest and most ambitious in the world, and could cost up to $20bn (£12bn).
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falcon says: "I hope Werner "Fitzcarraldo" Herzog documents this project."
Hollywould says: "They should get cane toads to come in and help dig!"
dean says: "To keep up with the Uzbekis, the Turkmen family decide to install their own heated, in-ground Aral Sea."
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'Doc Michael says:
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It's charming that "Berdymukhamedov" in Turkmen means "I take on impossible tasks and fail at them."
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