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This is my thinking as well. Maybe it would be cheaper to build water pipelines + green powered desalination + pipe water from the great lakes or wherever it's

This is my thinking as well. Maybe it would be cheaper to build water pipelines + green powered desalination + pipe water from the great lakes or wherever it's in abundance. Especially if we can't or won't move crops? It seems like that growing environment artificially watered does improve yield? Maybe it will happen if we accurately price water, just like we need to with oil, so that the incentives actually align with the bad consequences of the status quo. I wish the infra bill spent most of the money on green energy and plans like this. Spending it on cars and fortifying against floods and weather seems like a losing battle if we don't fix the underlying driver of this chaos.

CabSauce 5y ago
Let's leave the Great Lakes where they are. Thank you very much. It's not their fault people decided to live in the desert.
- i_haz_rabies 5y ago
  yeah, the great lakes have enough problems.
- 01100011 5y ago
  Why are people in the Great Lakes region so paranoid about their water? There are many sources of freshwater in North America. Would you have a problem with reclaiming some of the St Lawrence outflow before it reaches the sea? By establishing a national water grid, you reduce the likelihood that the Great Lakes will be damaged by water use. You allow the Great Lakes to be replenished if there is ever a climate driven drought. You allow water to be taken from the mouths of all of the great rivers in North America, reducing the burden on any single one of them.
  - rad_gruchalski 5y ago
    > Why are people in the Great Lakes region so paranoid about their water? There are many sources of freshwater in North America. “Why are the people of the Colorado river so paranoid about their water” might have been a theme 60 or 70 years ago. I guess the answer is: because once that exploitation starts, it will only intensify in the future.
    - slowhand09 5y ago
      The "Slippery Slope" is NOT a fallacy. Its how things work today.

CabSauce 5y ago

Let's leave the Great Lakes where they are. Thank you very much. It's not their fault people decided to live in the desert.

i_haz_rabies 5y ago
yeah, the great lakes have enough problems.
01100011 5y ago
Why are people in the Great Lakes region so paranoid about their water? There are many sources of freshwater in North America. Would you have a problem with reclaiming some of the St Lawrence outflow before it reaches the sea? By establishing a national water grid, you reduce the likelihood that the Great Lakes will be damaged by water use. You allow the Great Lakes to be replenished if there is ever a climate driven drought. You allow water to be taken from the mouths of all of the great rivers in North America, reducing the burden on any single one of them.
- rad_gruchalski 5y ago
  > Why are people in the Great Lakes region so paranoid about their water? There are many sources of freshwater in North America. “Why are the people of the Colorado river so paranoid about their water” might have been a theme 60 or 70 years ago. I guess the answer is: because once that exploitation starts, it will only intensify in the future.
  - slowhand09 5y ago
    The "Slippery Slope" is NOT a fallacy. Its how things work today.