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There is one interesting technology that has not been mentioned yet. That is the seawater greenhouse.
It is a combination of a greenhouse using seawater and some surplus on desalination. This is much more efficient than using standard desalination in combination with irrigation. It only requires a greenhouse, some plastic pipes and some solar cells to power the fan and pumps.
They also propose the aqua theatre on Gran Canaria for desalination:
A combination of cold deep ocean water, hot air and wind.
That looks pretty interesting - thanks for pointing it out.
Some more reference material for the Seawater Greenhouse can be found at
http://library.greenocean.org/swglibrary
Some videos are available at
http://www.greenocean.org
Sorry for being so brief but I type this in a phone.
Cheers Bjelkeman