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No. Do you know how much desert there is in the world?

Not at all.

People live there, I don't find massacres to be beneficial, to any extent.

There's lots of desert in the world (world's largest biome, I'm pretty sure).

It'd wipe out I don't know how many species of plants, animals, and insects.

A massive project to put oil derricks there would ensue (causing massive amounts of money to be spent.

I got this from dictionary.com.

a region so arid because of little rainfall that it supports only sparse and widely spaced vegetation or no vegetation at all:

So that would mean Antartica is a desert too. And a lot of the north pole, alaska ect... seems like a bad idea to me.

I'd rather turn it into, you know, land where a heavy percentage of life can use it and not just the desert resistant organisms, or reversing the damage caused to it. This is also essentially a more, err, simpler plan than putting water on top of sand. Sorry, can you elaborate how this would be beneficial?

There are actually things living in the desert, you know. Arguing for them and for ecosystem diversity, it would definitely not be beneficial.
Now, I'm curious as to how exactly you thought flooding deserts could be beneficial.

AHHH! Freaks a mod!!!! About time!!

Deserts are expanding, not much to do about it. Seeing as humans would rather die than change their ways.

2. The water level will rise.

Regardless of human effects, desertification would happen, also I'm fairly sure that deserts play a significant role in the global ecosystem, typically the kind of thing you don't want to mess with.

Now, I'm curious as to how exactly you thought flooding deserts could be beneficial.

This is also essentially a more, err, simpler plan than putting water on top of sand. Sorry, can you elaborate how this would be beneficial?

Wouldn't the ocean water level go down? If they take water from the ocean and channel it into the desert, the ground absorbs it.

Regardless of human effects, desertification would happen, also I'm fairly sure that deserts play a significant role in the global ecosystem, typically the kind of thing you don't want to mess with.

Maybe it has something to do w/ the people who don't have water in those areas. Personally, I'd rather get them to move somewhere else or dig wells where possible.

Well I thought you guys would think about those stories about people getting stuck in deserts and dying out there

But I think if there was to be water there, there would be even more of an ecosystem, right now it is pretty much barren with some tough animals surviving.

Deserts have a reputation for supporting very little life, but in reality deserts often have high biodiversity, including animals that remain hidden during daylight hours to control body temperature or to limit moisture needs. Some fauna includes the kangaroo rat, coyote, jack rabbit, and many lizards. These animals adapted to live in deserts are called xerocoles.

Right, and no one has ever died on the ocean

I beg to differ

Anyway, most of the world's surface is already covered by water, so the fishies already have homes, but if you removed the deserts, all these species would be left without any habitat at all.

Can you say no to this face?

Besides, I fail to see how the deserts turning into oceans would be beneficial.

That's not his point. He wanted to dump an extra load on it