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Re: Revisit issue of growing things on Mars

From "John F. Eldredge" <john@jfeldredge.com>
Newsgroups rec.arts.sf.written
Subject Re: Revisit issue of growing things on Mars
Date 2015-10-20 23:23 +0000
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On Tue, 20 Oct 2015 00:33:15 -0400, William Vetter wrote:

> 
> In the Tigris/Euphrates/canal irrigation system, it forced the salinated
> water deeper into the water table, where it would wait to rise again to
> be next year's problem.
> 
> And the irrigation water is not "slightly salty," it has trace minerals
> that are concentrated into the ground water to make it salty over a
> century.

I have read that there are ancient fields there that are now so salty 
that not even weeds will grow in them.

Any ground-water you find is likely to have some minerals dissolved in 
it.  In areas where the primary water source is rainfall, this isn't an 
issue.  In areas where the primary water source started off as rainfall 
somewhere else, the water has picked up dissolved minerals along the way 
that are left behind when the water evaporates.

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Revisit issue of growing things on Mars "a425couple" <a425couple@hotmail.com> - 2015-10-17 14:44 -0700
  Re: Revisit issue of growing things on Mars djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2015-10-18 00:37 +0000
    Re: Revisit issue of growing things on Mars Robert Carnegie <rja.carnegie@excite.com> - 2015-10-17 22:23 -0700
      Re: Revisit issue of growing things on Mars Gutless Umbrella Carrying Sissy <taustinca@gmail.com> - 2015-10-17 22:47 -0700
        Re: Revisit issue of growing things on Mars Greg Goss <gossg@gossg.org> - 2015-10-18 17:24 -0600
          Re: Revisit issue of growing things on Mars djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2015-10-19 00:51 +0000
            Re: Revisit issue of growing things on Mars "J. Clarke" <j.clarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2015-10-18 21:12 -0400
              Re: Revisit issue of growing things on Mars djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2015-10-19 02:02 +0000
                Re: Revisit issue of growing things on Mars Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> - 2015-10-18 20:02 -0700
                Re: Revisit issue of growing things on Mars "Brian M. Scott" <b.scott@csuohio.edu> - 2015-10-18 23:34 -0400
                Re: Revisit issue of growing things on Mars djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2015-10-19 04:32 +0000
                Re: Revisit issue of growing things on Mars wdstarr@panix.com (William December Starr) - 2015-10-19 11:28 -0400
                Re: Revisit issue of growing things on Mars djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2015-10-19 18:44 +0000
                Re: Revisit issue of growing things on Mars Robert Carnegie <rja.carnegie@excite.com> - 2015-10-20 03:05 -0700
                Re: Revisit issue of growing things on Mars djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2015-10-19 04:31 +0000
                Re: Revisit issue of growing things on Mars Walter Bushell <proto@panix.com> - 2015-10-19 16:50 -0400
                Re: Revisit issue of growing things on Mars "J. Clarke" <j.clarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2015-10-18 23:16 -0400
                Re: Revisit issue of growing things on Mars djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2015-10-19 04:34 +0000
          Re: Revisit issue of growing things on Mars Robert Bannister <robban@clubtelco.com> - 2015-10-19 12:25 +0800
          Re: Revisit issue of growing things on Mars Gutless Umbrella Carrying Sissy <taustinca@gmail.com> - 2015-10-19 01:34 -0700
      Re: Revisit issue of growing things on Mars William Vetter <mdhangton@gmail.com> - 2015-10-19 01:01 -0400
        Re: Revisit issue of growing things on Mars Lawrence Watt-Evans <lwe@sff.net> - 2015-10-19 01:25 -0400
          Re: Revisit issue of growing things on Mars ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan <tednolan>) - 2015-10-19 06:00 +0000
            Re: Revisit issue of growing things on Mars Greg Goss <gossg@gossg.org> - 2015-10-19 00:15 -0600
            Re: Revisit issue of growing things on Mars Lawrence Watt-Evans <lwe@sff.net> - 2015-10-19 02:39 -0400
              Re: Revisit issue of growing things on Mars Robert Carnegie <rja.carnegie@excite.com> - 2015-10-19 05:32 -0700
              Re: Revisit issue of growing things on Mars Kevrob <kevrob@my-deja.com> - 2015-10-19 13:21 -0700
        Re: Revisit issue of growing things on Mars djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2015-10-19 13:22 +0000
          Re: Revisit issue of growing things on Mars petertrei@gmail.com - 2015-10-19 08:04 -0700
          Re: Revisit issue of growing things on Mars Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2015-10-19 17:13 -0700
            Re: Revisit issue of growing things on Mars David Johnston <David@block.net> - 2015-10-19 18:31 -0600
              Re: Revisit issue of growing things on Mars djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2015-10-20 02:17 +0000
                Re: Revisit issue of growing things on Mars David Johnston <David@block.net> - 2015-10-19 20:47 -0600
                Re: Revisit issue of growing things on Mars djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2015-10-20 04:03 +0000
                Re: Revisit issue of growing things on Mars William Vetter <mdhangton@gmail.com> - 2015-10-20 00:33 -0400
                Re: Revisit issue of growing things on Mars "John F. Eldredge" <john@jfeldredge.com> - 2015-10-20 23:23 +0000
                Re: Revisit issue of growing things on Mars Greg Goss <gossg@gossg.org> - 2015-10-20 17:55 -0600
                Re: Revisit issue of growing things on Mars mzenier@eskimo.com (Mark Zenier) - 2015-10-20 17:00 +0000
                Re: Revisit issue of growing things on Mars Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> - 2015-10-20 20:38 -0700
                Re: Revisit issue of growing things on Mars djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2015-10-21 04:06 +0000
                Re: Revisit issue of growing things on Mars "J. Clarke" <j.clarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2015-10-21 04:09 -0400
                Re: Revisit issue of growing things on Mars djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2015-10-21 13:19 +0000
                Re: Revisit issue of growing things on Mars "J. Clarke" <j.clarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2015-10-21 18:17 -0400
                Re: Revisit issue of growing things on Mars djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2015-10-21 23:31 +0000
                Re: Revisit issue of growing things on Mars "J. Clarke" <j.clarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2015-10-21 23:22 -0400
                Re: Revisit issue of growing things on Mars Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> - 2015-10-21 20:01 -0700
                Re: Revisit issue of growing things on Mars djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2015-10-22 03:38 +0000
                Re: Revisit issue of growing things on Mars Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> - 2015-10-22 17:11 -0700
                Re: Revisit issue of growing things on Mars Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2015-10-22 17:38 -0700
                Re: Revisit issue of growing things on Mars Greg Goss <gossg@gossg.org> - 2015-10-22 22:28 -0600
                Re: Revisit issue of growing things on Mars Walter Bushell <proto@panix.com> - 2015-10-26 23:16 -0400
                Re: Revisit issue of growing things on Mars Robert Bannister <robban@clubtelco.com> - 2015-10-23 14:48 +0800
                Re: Revisit issue of growing things on Mars petertrei@gmail.com - 2015-10-23 08:07 -0700
                Re: Revisit issue of growing things on Mars djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2015-10-23 15:33 +0000
                Re: Revisit issue of growing things on Mars petertrei@gmail.com - 2015-10-23 10:10 -0700
                Re: Revisit issue of growing things on Mars Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> - 2015-10-23 19:07 -0700
                Re: Revisit issue of growing things on Mars Larry Moore <larry@wightman.ca> - 2015-10-24 12:56 +0000
                Re: Revisit issue of growing things on Mars Cryptoengineer <treifamily@gmail.com> - 2015-10-24 10:57 -0500
                Re: Revisit issue of growing things on Mars Anthony Frost <Vulch@vulch.org> - 2015-10-25 10:40 +0100
                Re: Revisit issue of growing things on Mars wdstarr@panix.com (William December Starr) - 2015-10-25 17:23 -0400
                Re: Revisit issue of growing things on Mars Cryptoengineer <treifamily@gmail.com> - 2015-10-25 16:41 -0500
                Re: Revisit issue of growing things on Mars Thomas Koenig <tkoenig@netcologne.de> - 2015-10-25 22:32 +0000
                Re: Revisit issue of growing things on Mars Robert Bannister <robban@clubtelco.com> - 2015-10-26 10:39 +0800
                Re: Revisit issue of growing things on Mars Cryptoengineer <treifamily@gmail.com> - 2015-10-25 21:47 -0500
                Re: Revisit issue of growing things on Mars Robert Bannister <robban@clubtelco.com> - 2015-10-27 10:42 +0800
                Re: Revisit issue of growing things on Mars djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2015-10-23 00:57 +0000
                Re: Revisit issue of growing things on Mars Walter Bushell <proto@panix.com> - 2015-10-26 23:12 -0400
                Re: Revisit issue of growing things on Mars David DeLaney <daviddelaney@earthlink.net> - 2015-10-28 20:33 -0500
              Re: Revisit issue of growing things on Mars William Vetter <mdhangton@gmail.com> - 2015-10-19 23:33 -0400
              Re: Revisit issue of growing things on Mars Robert Bannister <robban@clubtelco.com> - 2015-10-20 15:00 +0800
                Re: Revisit issue of growing things on Mars David Johnston <David@block.net> - 2015-10-20 01:09 -0600
                Re: Revisit issue of growing things on Mars William Vetter <mdhangton@gmail.com> - 2015-10-24 05:17 -0400
                Re: Revisit issue of growing things on Mars Cryptoengineer <treifamily@gmail.com> - 2015-10-24 10:43 -0500
                Re: Revisit issue of growing things on Mars "J. Clarke" <j.clarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2015-10-24 13:27 -0400
                Re: Revisit issue of growing things on Mars William Vetter <mdhangton@gmail.com> - 2015-10-25 10:45 -0400
                Re: Revisit issue of growing things on Mars djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2015-10-24 16:01 +0000
                Re: Revisit issue of growing things on Mars Joy Beeson <jbeeson@invalid.net.invalid> - 2015-10-24 23:16 -0300
                Re: Revisit issue of growing things on Mars Robert Bannister <robban@clubtelco.com> - 2015-10-26 10:41 +0800
                Re: Revisit issue of growing things on Mars Bill Gill <billnews2@cox.net> - 2015-10-25 08:37 -0500
                Re: Revisit issue of growing things on Mars djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2015-10-25 14:10 +0000
                Re: Revisit issue of growing things on Mars David DeLaney <daviddelaney@earthlink.net> - 2015-10-25 09:43 -0500
                Re: Revisit issue of growing things on Mars Cryptoengineer <treifamily@gmail.com> - 2015-10-25 11:19 -0500
                Re: Revisit issue of growing things on Mars Bill Gill <billnews2@cox.net> - 2015-10-25 11:42 -0500
                Re: Revisit issue of growing things on Mars Robert Bannister <robban@clubtelco.com> - 2015-10-26 10:43 +0800
                Re: Revisit issue of growing things on Mars Larry Moore <larry@wightman.ca> - 2015-10-25 18:18 +0000
                Re: Revisit issue of growing things on Mars Greg Goss <gossg@gossg.org> - 2015-10-25 12:54 -0600
                Re: Revisit issue of growing things on Mars William Vetter <mdhangton@gmail.com> - 2015-10-25 12:07 -0400
                Re: Revisit issue of growing things on Mars wdstarr@panix.com (William December Starr) - 2015-10-25 17:32 -0400
                Re: Revisit issue of growing things on Mars William Vetter <mdhangton@gmail.com> - 2015-10-25 19:49 -0400
                Re: Revisit issue of growing things on Mars Robert Bannister <robban@clubtelco.com> - 2015-10-26 10:47 +0800
                Re: Revisit issue of growing things on Mars Greg Goss <gossg@gossg.org> - 2015-10-26 03:52 -0600
                Re: Revisit issue of growing things on Mars Robert Bannister <robban@clubtelco.com> - 2015-10-27 10:44 +0800
        Re: Revisit issue of growing things on Mars Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2015-10-19 17:10 -0700
          Re: Revisit issue of growing things on Mars "J. Clarke" <j.clarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2015-10-19 22:02 -0400
          Re: Revisit issue of growing things on Mars Thomas Koenig <tkoenig@netcologne.de> - 2015-10-20 05:07 +0000
            Re: Revisit issue of growing things on Mars William Vetter <mdhangton@gmail.com> - 2015-10-20 01:27 -0400
              Re: Revisit issue of growing things on Mars Thomas Koenig <tkoenig@netcologne.de> - 2015-10-20 21:17 +0000
          Re: Revisit issue of growing things on Mars Robert Carnegie <rja.carnegie@excite.com> - 2015-10-20 03:00 -0700
            Re: Revisit issue of growing things on Mars Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2015-10-20 11:20 -0700
              Re: Revisit issue of growing things on Mars petertrei@gmail.com - 2015-10-20 11:49 -0700
                Re: Revisit issue of growing things on Mars Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2015-10-21 03:13 -0700
                Re: Revisit issue of growing things on Mars petertrei@gmail.com - 2015-10-21 08:21 -0700
                Re: Revisit issue of growing things on Mars Kevrob <kevrob@my-deja.com> - 2015-10-21 17:29 -0700
                Re: Revisit issue of growing things on Mars Cryptoengineer <treifamily@gmail.com> - 2015-10-21 22:05 -0500
                Re: Revisit issue of growing things on Mars Walter Bushell <proto@panix.com> - 2015-10-26 23:03 -0400
                Re: Revisit issue of growing things on Mars wdstarr@panix.com (William December Starr) - 2015-10-27 08:37 -0400
                Re: Revisit issue of growing things on Mars "Brian M. Scott" <b.scott@csuohio.edu> - 2015-10-27 19:28 -0400
                Re: Revisit issue of growing things on Mars Larry Moore <larry@wightman.ca> - 2015-10-28 20:28 +0000
                Re: Revisit issue of growing things on Mars wdstarr@panix.com (William December Starr) - 2015-10-29 06:07 -0400
                Re: Revisit issue of growing things on Mars Robert Bannister <robban@clubtelco.com> - 2015-10-22 09:03 +0800
                Re: Revisit issue of growing things on Mars Robert Carnegie <rja.carnegie@excite.com> - 2015-10-21 21:17 -0700
                Re: Revisit issue of growing things on Mars wdstarr@panix.com (William December Starr) - 2015-10-25 17:42 -0400
                Re: Revisit issue of growing things on Mars Walter Bushell <proto@panix.com> - 2015-10-26 23:05 -0400
                Re: Revisit issue of growing things on Mars mzenier@eskimo.com (Mark Zenier) - 2015-10-21 15:55 +0000
                Re: Revisit issue of growing things on Mars "nuny@bid.nes" <Alien8752@gmail.com> - 2015-10-22 23:19 -0700
                Re: Revisit issue of growing things on Mars David DeLaney <daviddelaney@earthlink.net> - 2015-10-24 02:16 -0500
                Re: Revisit issue of growing things on Mars Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2015-10-24 14:33 -0700
          Re: Revisit issue of growing things on Mars Bill Gill <billnews2@cox.net> - 2015-10-21 08:13 -0500
      Re: Revisit issue of growing things on Mars Walter Bushell <proto@panix.com> - 2015-10-19 16:42 -0400
        Re: Revisit issue of growing things on Mars Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2015-10-19 17:15 -0700
          Re: Revisit issue of growing things on Mars "Brian M. Scott" <b.scott@csuohio.edu> - 2015-10-19 20:46 -0400
          Re: Revisit issue of growing things on Mars djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2015-10-20 02:18 +0000
            Re: Revisit issue of growing things on Mars Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2015-10-20 11:15 -0700
            Re: Revisit issue of growing things on Mars Greg Goss <gossg@gossg.org> - 2015-10-20 18:00 -0600
              Re: Revisit issue of growing things on Mars William Vetter <mdhangton@gmail.com> - 2015-10-20 20:44 -0400
    Re: Revisit issue of growing things on Mars "artyw2@yahoo.com" <artyw2@yahoo.com> - 2015-10-20 14:51 -0700
  Re: Revisit issue of growing things on Mars Des <desmondkavanagh@gmail.com> - 2015-10-22 09:59 -0700

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