Water by rail

[cottonpicken]

I was thinking about the fountains of the bellagio and the front lawns of the most expensive houses in the world

[Oliver88]

Buffet would really cash in hauling water by rail.

[sumdumguy]

The logical place to put a pipeline is between the rails. There is plenty of unused space and the rail is already there.

[furrowtickler]

The only source of fresh water would be to pipe it from the Great Lakes , the Columbia river , or ole Mississippi . There realy are no other sources of major water left in that area

[farmaholic]

Like mustard said, who is in charge of community planning? Here in the Wild West, even rural subdivisions have to clear the hurdles to get the rubber stamp/approval.

[Hopperbin]

California is like hawaii. People moving in from all over the world for the great climate Except they do not have a wet season. Without water they grow nothing. I am sure agriculture water use is shut down is it not? Its all a desert And city where once crops grew under Iirrigation. Nice place to live.

[sumdumguy]

1. I didn't know that pecan orchards use a huge amount of water. 2. That India is desalinating ocean water using energy from waves. 3. 60% of the fresh water is used for agriculture-80% of that for meat prod'n. Irrigation is resorting to digging 1000 foot deep wells to replace shallow ones at costs of approx. $300,000.

It makes sense to me that meat prod'n should be confined to areas with high rainfall. SF3 , you lucly guy, here's your niche.

Also US might like to stop wasting money on wars and instead get desalinization projects
going instead?

[cottonpicken]

What about the bc coast,ship is cheaper,imagine the look on the enviro's faces when an oil tanker pulls up and starts sucking up some fresh water,lol.

[Hopperbin]

That was my thinking also. A tanker could efficiently suck suck up some water at a river mouth purify and have it ready to drink. Unload. Go for another.

[sumdumguy]

At Vancouver, about 10 years ago, we watched a boat towing a glacier south to California. Spring water for bottling.

[cottonpicken]

Actually maybe they could lay a pipeline on the ocean floor no land grab hassle no enviromental problems run it north