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https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/fresh-water-by-country https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/fresh-wat... You have nearly 10 ti
by hex4def6 1mo ago
https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/fresh-water-by-country https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/fresh-wat...
You have nearly 10 times the freshwater per capita compared to the US. How selfish /s.
Let's thinks of a casus belli. How about something like: "Trillions of gallons of fresh water flow uselessly into the frozen northern seas every year due to Canadian inaction. We are stepping in to build the infrastructure needed to save that water and feed the continent. "
- gedy 1mo agoIt was a proposal: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_Water_and_Power_Alliance https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_Water_and_Power...
- kibwen 1mo agoIt was a political stunt, not a serious proposal. > The Corps of Engineers studied this project in the 1950s and 1960s, but no official proposal was ever developed.
- quickthrowman 1mo agoSo was damming the Strait of Gibraltar: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantropa https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantropa Both ideas are equally as likely to be implemented.
- hex4def6 1mo agoSo what you're saying is, we have a blueprint and it's theoretically possible. That makes it worse. Co-operation from our northern neighbor would be appreciated. But, perhaps, not required, given a thirst great enough.