A paper in progress (help us write it!) on how nanotech could restore the beautiful Hetch Hetchy Valley.
cphoenix:
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- Intro
- What is nanotechnology?
- Why did they dam Hetch Hetchy?
- Why restore Hetch Hetchy Valley?
- Damage to the valley
- Silt
- Ecosystem destroyed
- Rocks and soil waterlogged
- The dam
- Capabilities of nanotech
- Very large-scale engineering
- Moving material
- Creating structures
- Creating organisms
- Surveying ecosystems
- Plan for restoration
- Replacing the dam's services
- Water
- Power
- Flood control
- Draining the reservoir
- Removing the dam
- Removing the silt
- Planning the ecosystem
- Preparing the soil
- Installing the organisms
- Monitoring the ecosystem
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