crop irrigation Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Fri, 10 Apr 2015 11:07:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Polluted Wastewater From Oil Production Sold For Irrigation in California https://www.greenoptimistic.com/wastewater-oil-production-california/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/wastewater-oil-production-california/#respond Fri, 10 Apr 2015 10:44:18 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=54266 The extreme drought in California is now way beyond a simple emergency, heading fast towards unsolvable crisis. Yet, many companies seem to be benefiting from those in need, first were the water bottling firms, now the oil companies. If we have to be optimistic, there is one good thing that comes out of the devastating […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/wastewater-oil-production-california/feed/ 0 54266 Solar-Powered Irrigation System Increases Vegetable Production Up to 500% in Sub-Saharan Villages https://www.greenoptimistic.com/sahara-solar-irrigation-20100110/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/sahara-solar-irrigation-20100110/#comments Sun, 10 Jan 2010 20:37:28 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=6114 A recent study made by Jennifer Burney from Stanford University, shows hope for the next generations: it seems that solar-power irrigation systems have significantly enhanced the living standards of sub-Saharan Africa villagers.

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