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The locks are all gravity powered. They certainly could operate the locks by pumping uphill instead of releasing downhill, and thus lose almost no water. I expe
by jccooper 2y ago
The locks are all gravity powered. They certainly could operate the locks by pumping uphill instead of releasing downhill, and thus lose almost no water. I expect the expense of this makes it a non-starter.
- fbdab103 2y ago>I expect the expense of this makes it a non-starter. I am seeing numbers that it costs anywhere between $100k-400k per trip to go through the canal, with some tens of ships per day. So of course, this highly profitable venture would dedicate basically nothing to improving the infrastructure until it became a tire fire.