I had this same idea on an HN comment early this year lol. Part of my idea is to use desalinated water to build artificial lakes and rivers. Specifically, a ri

I had this same idea on an HN comment early this year lol. Part of my idea is to use desalinated water to build artificial lakes and rivers. Specifically, a river system along interstate highways, especially in the US west and alongside that infra build highspeed railways. These two things along with interstate highway will allow new towns and cities to flourish which will help with economic activity recouping some of the cost but also solve homelessness, climate goals and even social unrest and instability. It passed my poorly done napkin math. If hitler had plans to dam the mediterranean and turn the sahara into an fertile land and generate crapton of energy wth are we doing today with all the peace, economic health and insane amounts of technical progress? $300B in subsidizing ev car chargers (car makers should pay for) instead of high speed railways makes me sad.