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No. I live in the Merrimac river basin and the water flow into the atlantic from the merrimac is 1 million gallons every 5 minutes. During spring runoff its 1 million gallons every 2 minutes. Take it before it needs to be desalinated.
Under normal conditions of course that makes sense. However, the OP's linked article illustrates what happens when water flow isn't enough to keep the salt water from heading upstream of the mouth of the Mississippi.
When you have cities on the coast lines with populations in the millions isn't it more wise to have redundant water sources and systems? Or is it just more convenient to hedge one's bets on denying water shortages can happen?
Under normal conditions of course that makes sense. However, the OP's linked article illustrates what happens when water flow isn't enough to keep the salt water from heading upstream of the mouth of the Mississippi.
When you have cities on the coast lines with populations in the millions isn't it more wise to have redundant water sources and systems? Or is it just more convenient to hedge one's bets on denying water shortages can happen?
Israel gets something like 40% of their water from desalination plants or something along those lines can't remember the exact number in the article I read about it a while back. Not sure the costs involved either but it can be done. Obviously the US is much larger than they are but for cities along the coast like Nu Oleens or places in Cali who always seem to have fresh water issues why not look into it? I don't know if they have or not. Makes sense. One would think the fresh water is gonna dry up crew would be all for it.
Israel gets something like 40% of their water from desalination plants or something along those lines can't remember the exact number in the article I read about it a while back. Not sure the costs involved either but it can be done. Obviously the US is much larger than they are but for cities along the coast like Nu Oleens or places in Cali who always seem to have fresh water issues why not look into it? I don't know if they have or not. Makes sense. One would think the fresh water is gonna dry up crew would be all for it.
Like everything else in the impostor rogue state, it's paid for by US taxpayers and German reparations.
If more money had been spent on Aryan science instead of perverted social engineering, by now the planet would be
enjoying clean and unlimited space-based solar energy which would provide plenty of energy for desalination.
The Mississippi River is vital to American commerce.
The drought of 2012 has put the Mississippi River level to an historic low,
affecting those who depend upon the flow of the Mississippi River.
Already barges that carry food and other necessities must carry lighter loads
[30% to 40% lighter] and some barges have run aground halting river traffic.
Salt water moving up the Mississippi from the Gulf is endangering the New Orleans water system.
The conservatives will tell you to keep on believing that global warming is nothing but a hoax.
Political conservativism has no bearing on the facts.
Climate and weather change, records are broken. Ice ages come and go. The Roman empire enjoyed a warmer climate than today.
The "hoax" is the belief that without cap and trade or a carbon tax, civilization will be destroyed.
Or that such taxes will magically cause AGW to disappear.
Or that mankind's contribution of CO2 - miniscule when compared to the outgassing of the oceans - is driving recent weather extremes.
Furthermore, since the #1 Greenhouse gas is water vapor, not a trace gas like CO2, nothing that mankind does to limit CO2 will significantly change H2O's effect on climate and weather.
Frankly, "belief" in AGW or AGCC is a symptom of unscientific thinking. If that is a characteristic of "liberalism", it explains much.
As to the underlying cause of current climate shifts and recent weather records, I would pay close attention to that variable fusion reactor, parked 93 million miles away. And remember, a hypothesis offered to explain an observation is not proof that the hypothesis is correct.
The drought has already caused salt water from the Gulf to replace fresh water
in the lower Mississippi River, endangering the New Orleans water supply.
Now, the latest chart shows Hurricane Isaac targeting not just New Orleans...
but also continuing a path up the Mississippi River.
The conservatives will tell you to keep on believing that global warming is nothing but a hoax.
Conservatives will tell you that man isn't causing 'global warming' that the planet has been hotter and colder than it is now and instead of wasting billions on bogus "carbon credits" money should be spent on adapting to a warming climate, not trying to reverse something that can't be stopped.
I know liberals would much rather stomp on their hankie and cry at the mean old conservatives than actually do something to make peoples lives better.
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