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Louisiana, all the time. Source: Resident.
by sjs382 11y ago
Louisiana, all the time.
Source: Resident.
- stephengillie 11y agoAs Americans, we like pipelines, right? Can we make a cross-Southwest pipeline to move some of that water to CA?
- sjs382 11y agoLet's start with my backyard! I currently have about 4 inches of water in it's southwest corner. One drop at a time...
- maxerickson 11y agoThe wholesale price of water is pretty low. If/when the drought ends, that can make paying for your pipeline difficult.
- stephengillie 11y agoSo you're saying that if the drought doesn't end, I might be able to recoup my expenses? Hmm....
- maxerickson 11y agoI was trying to avoid making a concrete prediction about the weather while I speculated that it might be hard to obtain capital for such a project (because weather).
- greenyoda 11y agoTo get the water from Louisiana to California, which are on opposite sides of the Continental Divide[1], you'd have to pump it uphill over the Rocky Mountains. That would take a lot of energy. You can see this by looking at this topographical map of the U.S.: http://www.united-states-map.com/us402112.htm http://www.united-states-map.com/us402112.htm [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continental_Divide_of_the_Americas https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continental_Divide_of_the_Amer...
- stephengillie 11y agoIf we had a system to reclaim the energy as it flowed down the other side - like hydroelectric generator to power an electric water pump - it might not be too expensive. I suppose an alternative - getting a modestly-sized (6 foot diameter?) drill and drilling from mid-Oklahoma to Eastern-Arizona - wouldn't be a lot cheaper. The tunnel would only have to be approximately 1000 miles long.
- smt88 11y agoIt's saltwater though, isn't it? California has nearly limitless amounts of saltwater on its own...