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32. Is the supply of water from the ocean infinite? That is the question we ignore about every resource

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Sat Apr 18, 2015, 05:45 PM

Apr 2015

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Exclusive: William Shatner�s $30 Billion Kickstarter Campaign to Save California [View all] bearssoapbox Apr 2015 OP

If nothing else, it is a constructive idea that would solve a problem. Trillo Apr 2015 #1

That's what I thought. bearssoapbox Apr 2015 #7

It wouldn't solve anything. Seattle doesn't have "too much water". We're in bad shape ND-Dem Apr 2015 #21

It starts the conversation. It's perhaps unfeasable, I do not know. Trillo Apr 2015 #27

You're saying the light snowpack this year is a "negotiation strategy"? I don't get it. ND-Dem Apr 2015 #36

Environmental lawsuits would halt it for decades. former9thward Apr 2015 #34

JOBS, sign the petition. Trillo Apr 2015 #38

I have been told a hundred times on DU former9thward Apr 2015 #40

This pipeline saves lives... trumad Apr 2015 #44

The poster said the pipeline would create thousands of jobs. former9thward Apr 2015 #45

And also, you wouldn't need any pumps pressurize the pipeline, water runs downhill snooper2 Apr 2015 #51

I see what you did there! Trillo Apr 2015 #52

Actually, kiva Apr 2015 #53

I'm good with it, we have thousands of people moving from Cali to the DFW area! snooper2 Apr 2015 #54

I thought of a pipeline also packman Apr 2015 #2

You would need to know both volume and flow rate. bluedigger Apr 2015 #5

Not the evaporation in the pipe packman Apr 2015 #8

with assumptions, post #9 ProdigalJunkMail Apr 2015 #47

America doesn't think big or build stuff any more. onehandle Apr 2015 #3

We're lucky to get potholes fixed. bearssoapbox Apr 2015 #15

Yes We Khan! napkinz Apr 2015 #4

Very bad idea. Water projects caused this problem NYC_SKP Apr 2015 #6

Greed. bearssoapbox Apr 2015 #12

Shhhh MFrohike Apr 2015 #42

four foot diameter pipe... assume water velocity of 80mph ProdigalJunkMail Apr 2015 #9

Does California even need a kickstarter for this? Blue_Tires Apr 2015 #10

No, you can't have ANY of the Great Lakes water. Pathwalker Apr 2015 #11

That's right!!! bearssoapbox Apr 2015 #14

Yeah, we don't need to honor no stinking International treaty! Pathwalker Apr 2015 #24

eh? bearssoapbox Apr 2015 #25

ayup. People have their own sayings up here. Pathwalker Apr 2015 #28

Most of the relatives on my Mom's side still live in northern Minnisota and northern North Dakota. bearssoapbox Apr 2015 #49

Absolutely not. jwirr Apr 2015 #30

I've been saying this for some time now Politicalboi Apr 2015 #13

What's Shatner's water consumption profile? Retrograde Apr 2015 #16

Would that be famed hydrologist William Shatner? IDemo Apr 2015 #17

thank you. shatner's an idiot. he knows nothing except that seattle = rain, so it must ND-Dem Apr 2015 #22

No shit Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Apr 2015 #50

Californians have enjoyed pretty reasonable costs on water, and many CA cities higher avg use HereSince1628 Apr 2015 #18

Maybe if they didn't let all the rain Faux pas Apr 2015 #19

This was all hashed out in the 'sixties and early 'seventies... hunter Apr 2015 #20

Interesting thanks...nt Jesus Malverde Apr 2015 #43

There's lots of water nearby, it just has a bunch of salt dissolved in it corkhead Apr 2015 #23

Very energy intensive to do. Trillo Apr 2015 #29

more nuke plants...Fission until we get to Fusion snooper2 Apr 2015 #55

That's an old canard, it's been used at least since 1970s. Trillo Apr 2015 #56

Is the supply of water from the ocean infinite? That is the question we ignore about every resource jwirr Apr 2015 #32

well, technically, no... but practically, yes. ProdigalJunkMail Apr 2015 #46

Otherwise known as a renewable resource. closeupready Apr 2015 #58

i was simply commenting on the infinite-ness of ProdigalJunkMail Apr 2015 #60

No worries, I was just being silly. closeupready Apr 2015 #61

He's 85?! abelenkpe Apr 2015 #26

Notice he said Lake Mead. Xolodno Apr 2015 #31

I don't think a 4 foot diameter pipe Jenoch Apr 2015 #33

What a crackpot. procon Apr 2015 #35

from 1992: Alaskan Water for California? The Subsea Pipeline Option Trillo Apr 2015 #39

Those who disagree with be red shirted. Kaleva Apr 2015 #37

If California wants the Pacific Northwest's water Warren DeMontague Apr 2015 #41

not that far off-Bulk water exports from Sitka, Alaska to California to start this summer J_J_ Apr 2015 #48

Last year Washington was in the midst of a terrible drought... joeybee12 Apr 2015 #57

Here's my solution: hunter Apr 2015 #59