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re: The Panama Canal is running dry. That's the U.S.'s fault and the U.S.'s problem
Posted on 9/18/23 at 3:09 pm to Ace Midnight
Posted on 9/18/23 at 3:09 pm to Ace Midnight
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I'm not an engineer, but there seems to be a somewhat obvious (long-term) solution to this water problem.
If you are thinking of using ocean water, that is certainly possible, but it would be extremely expensive to pump that water 25 miles and up 100 feet.
Also it would require massive rework so the saltwater does not destroy the ecosystem.
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Posted on 9/18/23 at 3:30 pm to Indefatigable
And that could be filled with salt water, couldn't it?
Posted on 9/18/23 at 3:33 pm to djmed
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The Panama Canal is running dry.
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The interest is up and the stock market's down And you only get mugged if you go downtown…
This post was edited on 9/18/23 at 3:34 pm
Posted on 9/18/23 at 3:43 pm to thelawnwranglers
quote:I think a lot of people picture the Panama Canal as just this for its entire length:
Lol couldn't they just design it not to use fresh water
when in reality much of it is an open lake:
As you can see, pumping that much seawater uphill would be a monumental undertaking to say nothing about the impact of filling a huge inland lake with saltwater.
Posted on 9/18/23 at 4:02 pm to djmed
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the man-made lake to supply the man-made canal.
So it’s climate change drying up an area that was dry before man put a lake and canal there?
Posted on 9/18/23 at 4:05 pm to djmed
Just dig the canal deeper on each side. Problem solved.
Posted on 9/18/23 at 4:16 pm to Indefatigable
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The lake forms the center of the canal, and is something like 100 feet or more above sea level. That’s why where are locks at both ends. Ships ascend through the locks, traverse the lake, and descend on the other side.
The lake is about 85 ft deep and also 85ft above sea level. Seems they should dredge a channel through it
Posted on 9/18/23 at 4:19 pm to deltaland
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The lake is about 85 ft deep and also 85ft above sea level. Seems they should dredge a channel through it
Why hasn’t anyone ever thought of that!!?!
This post was edited on 9/18/23 at 4:19 pm
Posted on 9/18/23 at 4:22 pm to djmed
The Sahara used to be a tropical greenland . That had nothing to do with man made climate change. The Earth does this all on its own… There is no crisis.
Posted on 9/18/23 at 4:24 pm to Indefatigable
Who said just make the whole thing sea level? I know I didn’t. It would be easy enough to manipulate levels backwards or forward opposite of the lock procedure on any given level with pumping the levels needed. It also would help maintain the unnatural lake developed to for the canal.
Posted on 9/18/23 at 4:26 pm to Indefatigable
If you think, making the rich pay their fair share or some such rubbish…
here’s your sign
here’s your sign
This post was edited on 9/18/23 at 4:27 pm
Posted on 9/18/23 at 4:32 pm to djmed
So terraforming has unfortunate results? Who knew?
Posted on 9/18/23 at 4:57 pm to Indefatigable
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quote:
I'm not an engineer, but there seems to be a somewhat obvious (long-term) solution to this water problem.
What is it?
The Nicaraguan Canal is the better solution. $10 billion to construct and a much shorter distance than the Panama Canal.
Posted on 9/18/23 at 5:28 pm to djmed
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djmed
Posted on 9/18/23 at 6:16 pm to djmed
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The 50 million gallons of fresh water used to fill the locks of the canal are lost to the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
Not to sound like a greenie but couldn’t you just build a massive storage tank to recycle the water used to raise and lower the ships at each lock.
Posted on 9/18/23 at 6:47 pm to Indefatigable
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No. It still has to climb over significant terrain.
“Just make the whole thing sea level” is a really fricking dumb assessment.
Idiot liberals in Califprnia want to pump water from the Mississippi thousands of miles over the fricking Rocky Mountains to solve their water problems, but pumping water from the oceans for the canal is impossibru?
Totally makes sense.
Posted on 9/18/23 at 8:17 pm to djmed
Easy fix.
1. Build nuclear power plant
2. Build desalinization plant on the coast
3. Pump fresh water into said lake.
4. ????
5. Government steals profit
1. Build nuclear power plant
2. Build desalinization plant on the coast
3. Pump fresh water into said lake.
4. ????
5. Government steals profit
Posted on 9/18/23 at 8:23 pm to djmed
How long have they been telling us sea levels are rising "at an alarming rate"?
And now a canal, nearly equidistant to both [melting] polar caps, connecting the two largest oceans, is running dry.
Huh.
And now a canal, nearly equidistant to both [melting] polar caps, connecting the two largest oceans, is running dry.
Huh.
Posted on 9/18/23 at 8:30 pm to djmed
So we built lakes that dry up during droughts and we are going to blame man made climate change on it?
How the frick does that work?
How the frick does that work?
Posted on 9/18/23 at 8:31 pm to djmed
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And remember, it wasn’t just American ingenuity that built the canal, but also American imperialism. Not until 1999 did we relinquish control
And look at how Panama has fricked things up since
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