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California's existing aqueduct system already moves water over greater distances. If Northern California can supply Southern California's water, then so can Co

California's existing aqueduct system already moves water over greater distances. If Northern California can supply Southern California's water, then so can Coastal California supply water for Inland California and beyond. Hell... Lake Lahontan. Megalake. Barely alive. Gentlemen, we can refill it. We have the technology. We have the capability to build the world's first bionic lake. Lake Lahontan will be that lake. Better than it was before. Wider. Deeper. Wetter. jazzy intro music

jdsully 4y ago
There's the small problem of it being much more difficult for water to go up a mountain than down it.
- yellowapple 4y ago
  That's where Nevada being a giant blob of untapped geothermal energy (not to mention open desert for solar and nuclear) comes in.
- bsagdiyev 4y ago
  I mean the aqueduct system already pumps water up 1900 feet over the Tehachapi mountains[0], so that might be hard but feasible. [0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmonston_Pumping_Plant https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmonston_Pumping_Plant