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> It would be a shame to drain a lake just to get stuff from China to New York a tiny little bit cheaper than it already is. Perhaps. There are a whole lot of
by CPLX 10y ago
> It would be a shame to drain a lake just to get stuff from China to New York a tiny little bit cheaper than it already is.
Perhaps.
There are a whole lot of lakes in the world, and only one shortcut between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
- FreeFull 10y agoThere are a lot of lakes, but constructing a new canal that's big enough for these sorts of ships is an expensive endeavour, that can only be done in few select places in the first place.