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Love the vision. Feels like something that can’t get done and isn’t proposed as viable - if a RE developer tried to do it for profit, they’d get shut down - ir
by briandswartz 2y ago
Love the vision. Feels like something that can’t get done and isn’t proposed as viable
- if a RE developer tried to do it for profit, they’d get shut down - ironically probably by environmental groups
- govt doesn’t actually build anything audacious anymore
Unless I’m missing something?
- photonbeam 2y agoMaybe he’s hoping a well meaning billionaire will want to try it
- onthecanposting 2y agoThe CAPEX seemed a bit glossed over. $50ish billion isn't a small ask. Perhaps I missed a zero somewhere, but 5MAF/yr would require pumping 6,900cfs of water to/from the gulf with 230+ft of head. We're going to need a bigger boat.
- oceanplexian 2y agoActually, Arizona is quietly advancing a plan to do desalination with Mexico, and Arizona has a history of building audacious infrastructure (New highways, etc). We will probably see desalination but it won’t come out of California.