Read this on the BBC and had to comment ...it's funny in a sad kind of way.
Nigerian houses swallowed by sand
By Senan Murray
BBC News website, Yobe State
Ciroma Mohammed is standing on the spot he says was once occupied by his house in north-east Nigeria. "We lose houses to the desert every year," he says from the village of Bulamadu in Yobe State ...blah blah blah ....
The villagers do not seem to see any link between their large appetite for firewood and the advancing sand dunes.
They keep cutting down trees in the vicinity and using sun-dried branches as wood fuel or even as an income earner.
Reminds me of a quote attributed to Einstein .
" Nothing is fool proof, because fools are invincible and will always overcome in the end"
Now some people will say "oh but wait this isn't funny those poor people it's not their fault"
Bollocks..... How about his for a solution ....For every tree you chop down, plant another one...or better yet plant two....it's not rocket science.
Cheers
Spaceman
Nigerian houses swallowed by sand
By Senan Murray
BBC News website, Yobe State
Ciroma Mohammed is standing on the spot he says was once occupied by his house in north-east Nigeria. "We lose houses to the desert every year," he says from the village of Bulamadu in Yobe State ...blah blah blah ....
The villagers do not seem to see any link between their large appetite for firewood and the advancing sand dunes.
They keep cutting down trees in the vicinity and using sun-dried branches as wood fuel or even as an income earner.
Reminds me of a quote attributed to Einstein .
" Nothing is fool proof, because fools are invincible and will always overcome in the end"
Now some people will say "oh but wait this isn't funny those poor people it's not their fault"
Bollocks..... How about his for a solution ....For every tree you chop down, plant another one...or better yet plant two....it's not rocket science.
Cheers
Spaceman
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