There are areas in the world where the soil is so loose that rains cause disastrous mudslides that sometimes engulf entire villages. What is needed is something that ties down the soil and prevents heavy rains from turning it into mud. Simultaneously the world is overloaded with plastic waste - plastic bags and bottles that do not decay with time. I wonder if some of this eternal garbage can be mixed with the soil in mudslide areas to permanantly stabilize it and give plants the time to further fix the soil with root systems.
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Environmental pollution is a concern. But mud slide soils often are many tens of feet deep, to stabilize the entire surface would be impractical from a mixing point of view. Think about how much volume would need to be stabilized.
I would think changing the weather patterns would yeild greater benefit by controlling the maximum amount of rain within a given period. Weather Control Systems aren't science fiction, we need only to organize and implement existing technologies.
A Practical Weather Control System
I have looked at the weather control site and although the system may be theoretically feasible the idea that any current administration would consider the project in light of the lack of enthusiasm for even the most modest moves towards curbing global warming does not bode well for an intensive and expensive project. NASA is having severe problems towards financing sensible use of space in lieu of a politically amusing but idiotic and highly premature adventure of sending astronauts to Mars.
The cost of moving the trash may be higher than cultivating a plant/root solution. I would like to see suitable trash converted into pre-fab walls or something.