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MineralMan

(150,527 posts)
3. Panama might be happy to sell the canal back to the US.
Mon Dec 23, 2024, 02:15 PM
Dec 2024

Climate change and drought have caused big problems for the canal. There's less water available to keep the locks full. That means substantial traffic delays for shipping through the canal. It also increases costs for whoever is operating the canal. So canal transit fees have to go up.

At some point, it will become quite burdensome to keep the canal operating at even a break-even cost/income basis.

So, maybe Trump can have his wish. Soon, though, he'll wish he hadn't wished for it, I expect.

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I want a pony! mucifer Dec 2024 #1
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Panama might be happy to sell the canal back to the US. MineralMan Dec 2024 #3
He will demand that Panama pay all operating costs, Cyrano Dec 2024 #4
Nothing will surprise me. MineralMan Dec 2024 #8
Everything he spouts is a smokescreen for his griftocracy. usonian Dec 2024 #5
First we take Manhattan DJ Synikus Makisimus Dec 2024 #6
Give it some time... Xolodno Dec 2024 #7
Trying to claim Cuba goes back at least to the 1850s Retrograde Dec 2024 #9
Somebody should tell Donald Greenland is NOT Greedland. n/t valleyrogue Dec 2024 #10
Seriously Matthew28 Dec 2024 #11
Canada Too joemacdawson Dec 2024 #12
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