Oil and water

First the bad news. Due to the misguided policies of Barak Hussein, ISIS has captured Iraq's major refinery, after having grabbed 250M dollars of currency. It also threatens to demolish a dam on the Euphrates river, plunging Iraq's agriculture (what there is of it) into ruin. There is a suggestion in DC that Iraq may have to be re-occupied.

Now for the good news. Oil producers are predicting that they will be able to replace Iraqi oil even if ISIS takes over the rest of Iraq. But the real good news is the inventions that allow water to be used in dry areas. The first one of these are nets (polypropylene) that capture water from fog. These devices are now being put to use from India to the Atacama desert of Chile. The second is the so-called "solid rain," a chemical used by a Mexican chemical engineer, Sergio Jesus Valesco, to capture and hold water.

Solid rain is potassium polyacrylate. It can hold 500X its weight of water, Used in agriculture, it has been shown to increase crop yield in an arid area (Hidalgo province of Mexico) between 50-100%. Take note, Ron in Utah.