Large Underground Lake Found In Sudan Could End Conlfict:: Scientist

[RestoreGore]

Who is anyone kidding? While I would love to believe this would be the one thing to end this genocide, it is in my opinion just going to be another resource to be gobbled up by the first corporate bloosdsuckers to get there to pump it out and charge 5 dollars a bottle for it. Can I even believe that this discovery would be turned over to the people of Sudan and the tools and resources given to them to learn how to use it to grow food sustainably to get their lives back and to use for their own needs?

http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/07/19/2641/

Huge Underground Lake Could End Darfur Conflict: US Scientist
by AFP staffwriters

SUDAN - The recent discovery of a huge underground lake in Sudan could spell an end to four years of conflict in the drought-stricken region of Darfur, a US geologist said Wednesday.

More than 200,000 people have been killed and some two million displaced in the conflict, sparked in part by competing claims to scarce natural resources in the western region, according to humanitarian organizations.

“Access to fresh water is essential for refugee survival, it will help the peace process and provide the necessary resources for the much needed economic development in Darfur,” said Farouk El-Baz from Boston University.

The discovery was reported in last month’s “International Journal of Remote Sensing” and the Sudanese government has since launched its “1,000 Wells For Darfur” campaign to raise sufficient funds to tap the precious resource.

Egypt has already committed to sinking the first 20 wells free of charge while the United Nations has sought help in selecting the best sites to sink the wells, Baz told AFP.

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The lake was spotted by satellite and lies more than 550 meters (1,800 feet) below sea level. With a surface area of some 30,750 square kilometers (11,800 square miles), it is slightly larger than Belgium or Lake Erie.

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[Rosemary2205]

1. Coca cola and pepsi will be there tomorrow.

[RestoreGore]

2. They probably already are

[TomInTib]

3. Just another thing to fight over.

And nothing trumps water.

[Elwood P Dowd]

4. Sudan now has WMD. Bush to call up Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts for active duty

on the Sudan front.

[RestoreGore]

5. He already has the Guarini Acquifer

But no doubt they will be more interested in Sudan now.

[Octafish]

6. They can defend Paraguay, post-collapse.

Plus, it'll be cool once global warming kicks summers near the equator over 150-degrees Fahrenheit.