Has anyone ever given any thought to trying to capture all the floodwaters that seem to be increasing lately, and moving them to the more drought affected areas?

  • meco03211@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    Why can’t they pipeline water?

    Physically there’s no issue. But oil goes from one specific spot (where it’s located) to another specific spot (where it’s refined). Floods and droughts are a little more random. So you’re setting up massive infrastructure for sporadic use going from one random point to another. And all this doesn’t generate money. Maybe it could save money, but bean counters don’t care about that.

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      6 months ago

      And there is my tidbit about blowing up Palestinians instead of ensuring Americans have potable water.