Seawater Greenhouse

Charlie Paton

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The Sahara Forest

A new source of food,

water and energy.
Planting and irrigating forests would cause surface air temperatures to drop by
4° to 8°C (blue) compared with the rest of the tropics (yellow).
NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, 2009.
Climate Change: Irrigated afforestation of the Sahara and Australian Outback to end global warming
water CSP Power
Sea water CSP Power

Fresh water

Heat
Food
Seawater
Greenhouse

brine Vegetation

Brine Pond Salt

 Sea water CSP Power

Hydro power RO Desalination Fresh water

brine
Food
Seawater
Greenhouse

brine Vegetation

Brine Pond Salt

1-3 kg oil 1000 kg water 1 kg crop

Economy of conventional desalination

for agricultural use
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8 litres / m2 / day 1 litre / m2 / day

CO2 + H2O + light
= (CHOH) + O2
CO2 + H2O + light
= (CHOH) + O2
 Sahel Rainfall Index - wikipedia.org
Joint Institute for the Study of the Atmosphere and Ocean
Seawater Greenhouse

Charlie Paton

www.seawatergreenhouse.com