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I've always thought Australia should build a giant canal from the Great Australia Bite up through central Australia. Perhaps forming a permanent inland sea. The
by hyperpallium 9y ago
I've always thought Australia should build a giant canal from the Great Australia Bite up through central Australia. Perhaps forming a permanent inland sea. The sea water evaporating would fall as rain (not sure where, though...).
A question for this article is who would have gotten that rain had it not been seeded.
- akerr 9y agoDo you mean Lake Eyre? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Eyre https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Eyre There has been discussion about flooding it with sea water for years but it seems impractical.
- hyperpallium 9y agoNot specifically, more DIY inland sea. I think the big problem is motivation: we have heaps of arable land, and people are increasingly concentrated in cities. EDIT thanks for the headsup, there's quite a bit online about it. I had this idea pre-internet, but haven't had the idea of googling it. IANA millennial, AMA (but I won't know).
- ThrustVectoring 9y agoThe Qattara Depression in Egypt should probably get dug to the sea first. It's significantly deeper, which would allow you to generate significant amounts of hydroelectric power by flooding the depression.
- cbHXBY1D 9y agoJudging by the Suez Canal or the Salton Sea it doesn't have good long term effects. Eventually it dries out and the salt left behind gets flung around surrounding areas, contaminating water supplies and ruining crops.