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Oh yes, measuring things in Lake Meads. What is that even the only lake in California or something?

x3n0ph3n3 2y ago
It straddles the Nevada/Arizona border and sits behind Hoover Dam.
alemanek 2y ago
When you get to a certain volume you are required to use Lake Meads instead of Olympic Swimming pools as the unit of measurement. Look I don’t make the rules.
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- fuzztester 2y ago
  It's like light-years. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light-year https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light-year
- rich_sasha 2y ago
  What it is as a multiple of the size of Wales? Or how many storeys of a building? I'm lost without sensible units.
  - NikkiA 2y ago
    > Or how many storeys of a building? 19, but only if you start with a ground floor
    - x______________ 2y ago
      > 19, but only if you start with a ground floor With ground floor starting at 0 like in North America or at 1 as they have it in Europe? Bonus: How do you call an elevator in Japan? You press the button.
bagels 2y ago
It's not in California.
bruce511 2y ago
To be fair, there is a connecting thread here. Lake Mead is the primary water display to a number of states. It's also pretty low (and getting lower). By comparing this resource to Lake Mead, it's making it relevant as a possible source of water. (Americans never found a resource they didnt want to exploit). Of course it's not as simple as that. Water in aquifers is different to water in lakes. And it's not clear if the aquifer water could be directed into the Colorado River. Or how easily it can be extracted from the rock. Or how quickly it will replenish. But the point is made. This is a lot of water that might be useful at scale.
- hulitu 2y ago
  > Or how quickly it will replenish. This is, unfortunately, the last thing that matters.
- bagels 2y ago
  Why would that water go to the Colorado River? There are a lot of mountains in the way of that idea.
pryelluw 2y ago
https://www.nps.gov/lake/learn/nature/images/Lake-Mead-Overview-Fig-1.jpg https://www.nps.gov/lake/learn/nature/images/Lake-Mead-Overv... I searched for that image. It gives me a good idea of the size.

It straddles the Nevada/Arizona border and sits behind Hoover Dam.

When you get to a certain volume you are required to use Lake Meads instead of Olympic Swimming pools as the unit of measurement. Look I don’t make the rules.

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fuzztester 2y ago
It's like light-years. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light-year https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light-year
rich_sasha 2y ago
What it is as a multiple of the size of Wales? Or how many storeys of a building? I'm lost without sensible units.
- NikkiA 2y ago
  > Or how many storeys of a building? 19, but only if you start with a ground floor
  - x______________ 2y ago
    > 19, but only if you start with a ground floor With ground floor starting at 0 like in North America or at 1 as they have it in Europe? Bonus: How do you call an elevator in Japan? You press the button.

bagels 2y ago

It's not in California.

bruce511 2y ago

To be fair, there is a connecting thread here. Lake Mead is the primary water display to a number of states. It's also pretty low (and getting lower). By comparing this resource to Lake Mead, it's making it relevant as a possible source of water. (Americans never found a resource they didnt want to exploit). Of course it's not as simple as that. Water in aquifers is different to water in lakes. And it's not clear if the aquifer water could be directed into the Colorado River. Or how easily it can be extracted from the rock. Or how quickly it will replenish. But the point is made. This is a lot of water that might be useful at scale.

hulitu 2y ago
> Or how quickly it will replenish. This is, unfortunately, the last thing that matters.
bagels 2y ago
Why would that water go to the Colorado River? There are a lot of mountains in the way of that idea.

pryelluw 2y ago

https://www.nps.gov/lake/learn/nature/images/Lake-Mead-Overview-Fig-1.jpg https://www.nps.gov/lake/learn/nature/images/Lake-Mead-Overv... I searched for that image. It gives me a good idea of the size.