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Even if you could do this you'd have to pump the water back uphill to NV and AZ.
by fred_is_fred 2y ago
Even if you could do this you'd have to pump the water back uphill to NV and AZ.
- dylan604 2y agoJust install some additional solar powered pumps along the way
- fred_is_fred 2y agoThe amount of energy needed to pump enough water for ag uphill is insane. Well beyond "just" throwing some solar panels out there. If it was that easy we'd pump Mississippi water into west Texas (which there was a plan to do in the 60s with nuke plants, but I cannot find the name right now).
- dylan604 2y agoi left off the /s as to me anytime someone starts a comment off with "just ____" is usually a farcical idea. like just remove the salt from water and boom, done.
- fred_is_fred 2y agoHah! It can be a very HN comment to "just" something especially around physical engineering.
- aidenn0 2y agoCould you save on pumping energy by sending the water to underground aquifers rather than the surface?
- bastloing 2y agoOk, so it's two problems to solve. Get on it MIT!
- itscrush 2y agoNo, start with modifying the Colorado River Compact and other underlying agreements to allow more upstream retention than is currently allotted.