Would the energy used pumping the water from the quite low lakes, over the Rocky Mountains and Sierras to the west coast be less than a desalination plant?
Another option is just moving the water usage closer to the usable water.
Another option is just moving the water usage closer to the usable water.
Would love to see the numbers.
It’s fun looking at rivers from the Rocky Mountains in California that don’t make it to the ocean anymore.
I recently proposed a transatlantic natural gas pipeline and people thought I was insane, but it would only be ~5x longer than the longest existing underwater natgas pipeline, which doesn’t sound impossibly viable.
> I recently proposed a transatlantic natural gas pipeline and people thought I was insane, but it would only be ~5x longer than the longest existing underwater natgas pipeline, which doesn’t sound impossibly viable.
Nordstream is 759 Miles. Newfoundland to Ireland is 1900 Miles!
Though it makes you wonder what kind of gas fields might exist along the way. As it goes, we exploit the oil and flare the gas. Pffft.