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moonshinegnomie

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8. not really feasible

Reply to mitch96 (Original post)

Fri Oct 7, 2022, 11:15 AM

Oct 2022

for example.

lee county florida is 785 square miles or 518000 acres.
there are about 325000 gallons of water in an acre foot.
thats 168 Billion gallons of water to cover lee county to 1 foot deep

the alaska pipeline for example can transfer about 2 million barrels or 110 million gallons of oil per day
it would take 4 years to drain all that water just from 1 county

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This is a neat idea. Moving flood waters to areas of drought. Via cleaned out existing pipe lines [View all] mitch96 Oct 2022 OP

Good luck with that. Srkdqltr Oct 2022 #1

Any better ideas? nt mitch96 Oct 2022 #2

we have been talking about this within our family recently rurallib Oct 2022 #3

It kinda sorta seems plausible. Romans did it way back when, Vietnam showed proof of concept. mitch96 Oct 2022 #5

If oil pipelines can be run for hundreds of miles, Bayard Oct 2022 #4

And if the water pipeline ruptured Jerry2144 Oct 2022 #10

But isn't this most seawater? viva la Oct 2022 #6

As for the Great Lakes, except for Lake Michigan, Canada owns half of them rurallib Oct 2022 #11

Well. I've been hollering about that for years now. CousinIT Oct 2022 #7

not really feasible moonshinegnomie Oct 2022 #8

In the vid they addressed this problem. Water is less viscus than oil and moves faster. mitch96 Oct 2022 #12

It's uphill all the way, at least 1500 miles. PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 2022 #9

Do the oil companies move oil up hill? I would "assume" it would cost less to move water than oil.nt mitch96 Oct 2022 #13

Is water selling for five dollars a gallon? PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 2022 #15

As stated in the vid, fixing the infrastructure after a flood is very expensive. mitch96 Oct 2022 #16

It took 7 years for the Colorado River to fill Lake Mead taxi Oct 2022 #14

I think... all of you guys who think it is such a good idea and easy peasy should get together, Srkdqltr Oct 2022 #17

Nobody said it would be easy but if you have a better plan let the drought and flooded people know. mitch96 Oct 2022 #18

Of course I don't have a better idea. Srkdqltr Oct 2022 #19

As I said in post #3, get some person with megabucks to deal with the project would be my guess. mitch96 Oct 2022 #20

romans did all that using gravity nt msongs Oct 2022 #21

Yup, great engineering for so long ago.. nt mitch96 Oct 2022 #22

Anyone who believes this is feasible has no idea of scale or cost NickB79 Oct 2022 #23