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Water is a highly local resource. The US as a whole has plenty of water, forever -- you could divert 10% of the Mississippi to the West and solve the water cri
by bpodgursky 6y ago
Water is a highly local resource.
The US as a whole has plenty of water, forever -- you could divert 10% of the Mississippi to the West and solve the water crisis. But you can't, because there's a mountain range in the way. Pumping and canals are VERY expensive.
Canada is even further away.
- pmiller2 6y agoCanada is close enough for the army to get to.
- donavanm 6y agoNot relevant. The US Army Corp & DNR studied this in the 50s and 60s. It’s not feasible to get water from the Columbia, eel, or Klamath rivers to central or Southern California. As parent mentioned there are too many mountain ranges in the way and nuclear tunneling didn’t even pass muster then. Why would the US go to BC when it already flows in to WA & OR, and is still too isolated from CA populations?
- pmiller2 6y agoYou miss the point. Take over Canada and make it part of the US. Move the people, not the water.
- garyrichardson 6y agoDon't tell Suncor or Alberta. They'll be happy to build you a pipeline anywhere.
- gfxgirl 6y agoThe point is Canada's water is not close enough to the places in the USA that would need that water for it be compelling to invade Canada for their water.
- pmiller2 6y agoSure it is, when Canada becomes part of the US and people who live where the water isn't just get to move there.
- orf 6y agoIf this line of comments is a sarcastic joke then you need to make it a bit more obvious.
- berrynice 6y agoI don't understand why you think he's joking
- pmiller2 6y agoNot sarcasm: https://bigthink.com/strange-maps/what-the-world-will-look-like-4degc-warmer https://bigthink.com/strange-maps/what-the-world-will-look-l... Everywhere that's not green is where humans won't be able to live by the end of the century.
- kungito 6y agoIs it trillion$$ expensive tho? Or maybe 10 trillion $$ ? Because that is still not that expensive