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The precise number of 10 degrees here, means only a large patch of Earth, not a disputable figure complete with decimals, it may be 5 degrees easily. Besides, the degrees of latitude are always on a large circle, i.e. invariable, while the degrees longitude vary till they are virtually nothing on the poles, where there is no East or West. The 10 is only taken because it is roughly the size of Egypt, in which the significant distance of Alexandria - Assuan is to be found. This latter, (an 8 degrees) might well be the absolute minimum for effective reforestation. It means that some trees by themselves can do nothing in the way of altering their climate, in causing rain. Only large patches, very, very large patches, will do so. In the Sahara (that was once green and lush with vegetation), the Mediterranean (that was already turning brown in Plato's time), in Russia, North- and South- America, India, China, Iran, etc., etc. many of such, sufficiently large patches of new forest are needed in order to make the climate on the whole Earth temperate, survival promoting, in an effective way. For most of these patches, a prohibition for MAN, nature's only enemy, should be installed by the world-government. When a desert has been replanted, the plants watered until they are strong and numerous enough to promote rain by their selves, we should then, let nature alone.
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Ven 2007-09-11