Owly055
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Despite our squabbles of various sorts, Americans are all pretty much a big family as far as I'm concerned. We can't be indifferent to the travails suffered by fellow Americans in other parts of the country, and honestly call ourselves patriots or even Americans. Floods, Fires, Drought, Hurricane, economic woes, etc, they should concern us all.
Here in the west, the California drought and wildfires loom large. I've long been an advocate of a solution to the California water crisis. A multibillion dollar solution, but a far better expenditure of resources than the silly border wall. Who needs a new Berlin Wall? My solution to the California water crisis is the Columbia River. An unbelievably vast source of fresh water, most of which ends up in the ocean........ But how to get it there? it's used for shipping, irrigation, etc. You can't just dig a ditch to SOCAL and divert it, nor would that be even remotely acceptable or sane. The solution is pretty obvious when you think about it. Once the river reaches the Pacific Ocean, there are no further claims on it. It belongs to nobody. No matter how much of it you took, it would effect nobody.
I propose an undersea pipeline on an unheard of scale. One many many times the dimension of the one between Turkey and Cyprus. It would be at least 100' beneath the surface, would float, being attached to mooring blocks on the seabed, and because it was undersea, it would not require any excavation, or any lift to take it over hills &c. Pumping costs would be very low due to the dimensions, and lack of any lift. Cost would be astronomical........... BUT, water has value. The products of California are of immense value, and we need to preserve this valuable asset to America. The sale of water could ultimately pay the cost of the pipeline, which would mainly supply coastal urban areas. Supplying water to these areas would free up water for agriculture and other uses away from the urban areas. Even Las Vegas would benefit, as well as other areas that depend on the Colorado River.
An infrastructure project like this would also create a lot of jobs during construction. The ultimate actual cost to the taxpayer would probably be virtually nothing. The benefits & revenue would over time exceed the expenditure.
H.W.
Here in the west, the California drought and wildfires loom large. I've long been an advocate of a solution to the California water crisis. A multibillion dollar solution, but a far better expenditure of resources than the silly border wall. Who needs a new Berlin Wall? My solution to the California water crisis is the Columbia River. An unbelievably vast source of fresh water, most of which ends up in the ocean........ But how to get it there? it's used for shipping, irrigation, etc. You can't just dig a ditch to SOCAL and divert it, nor would that be even remotely acceptable or sane. The solution is pretty obvious when you think about it. Once the river reaches the Pacific Ocean, there are no further claims on it. It belongs to nobody. No matter how much of it you took, it would effect nobody.
I propose an undersea pipeline on an unheard of scale. One many many times the dimension of the one between Turkey and Cyprus. It would be at least 100' beneath the surface, would float, being attached to mooring blocks on the seabed, and because it was undersea, it would not require any excavation, or any lift to take it over hills &c. Pumping costs would be very low due to the dimensions, and lack of any lift. Cost would be astronomical........... BUT, water has value. The products of California are of immense value, and we need to preserve this valuable asset to America. The sale of water could ultimately pay the cost of the pipeline, which would mainly supply coastal urban areas. Supplying water to these areas would free up water for agriculture and other uses away from the urban areas. Even Las Vegas would benefit, as well as other areas that depend on the Colorado River.
An infrastructure project like this would also create a lot of jobs during construction. The ultimate actual cost to the taxpayer would probably be virtually nothing. The benefits & revenue would over time exceed the expenditure.
H.W.
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