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Re:The Water Wars Come to the Suburbs by lbrito on Tuesday July 05, 2022 @01:54PM (#31991471)
>We can build an interstate water distribution system

Canals are a well-known technology. Humanity has several thousand years of experience with them.

Desalination is the real problem.

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Re:The Water Wars Come to the Suburbs by azinman2 on Tuesday July 05, 2022 @04:09PM (#31993062)
It isn’t magically flat between ocean across the US. You’d need extreme amounts of energy to get it over the mountains.
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Re:The Water Wars Come to the Suburbs by RhysU on Tuesday July 05, 2022 @10:28PM (#31996073)
But not through the mountains. See also the Pennsylvania turnpike.
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