Posted on 07/15/2016 10:14:35 AM PDT by MichCapCon
These basins they reference are fascinating to me.
I get the feeling these areas are very flat.
I think I remember something about reversing the flow of a river around that part of America.
California will seize on this as a precedent and will be along shortly to demand their “fair share” of water from the Great Lakes.
Except there’s NO WAY environmentalists would let them build the pipeline needed to transport it, LOL.
Well, the lake surfaces are very flat in a spherical way.
When will New York get it’s “fair share” of oil from Texas?
The Sierra Club sold out on the Delta Tunnels project and I am sure the LA developer crowd would use the same tactics against midwest environmental groups.
Waukesha county covers 581 square miles. Population around 400,000. Lots of lakes in Waukesha County. According to DNR website, there are 144 lakes.
http://dnr.wi.gov/lakes/LakePages/Results.aspx?location=68
New York already gets oil direct from Texas via the “Inch” pipelines.
As a Michigander I have to say this is a bad idea. The Great Lakes Compact draws clear lines around who can draw from the Great Lakes and who can’t. If you’re outside the basin, you can’t.
Give one exception, and you’re almost obligated to consider others.
Lake Michigan is as flat as any ocean. It’s huge, and like the ocean is only unflat during high winds and when the waves hit the shore.
Here in Charlevoix, in northern Michigan, we draw our municipal water from a pipeline two miles offshore for our needs. I guess if the Cheese-heads need it, it’s a proverbial drop in the bucket.
Flat is a relative term. You neglected to account for the curvature of the earth.
No.
Is called the Des Plaines River
South of Chicago
When they're willing to pay for it in cold, hard, cash?
While the amount is piddly it opens the door for other "exceptions" to be made.
During wet years that is not a problem but when we are having to dredge the canals to get them deep enough for the boats to go though and people are looking off their dock and seeing a mud flat rather then water it will quickly become a problem.
On second thought, they can have our water when they pry my cold, dead hand off of my water faucet.
I think the term “flat” implicitly deals with curvature. You can’t really believe anyone thinks the flat earth theory was correct can you? Didn’t think so.
Flat is flat. Not sure why you are confused.
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