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To: Zakeet

They’d be better off to build a canal.


2 posted on 06/06/2012 2:47:54 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: Paladin2

the canal/barge system has been a reliable transportation system all over the world for hundreds of years..


5 posted on 06/06/2012 2:50:42 PM PDT by elpadre (AfganistaMr Obama said the goal was to "disrupt, dismantle and defeat al-hereQaeda" and its allies.)
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To: Paladin2
They’d be better off to build a canal.

Takes too much land compared to elevated (unipost) tracks.

7 posted on 06/06/2012 2:51:14 PM PDT by Drill Thrawl (Another day. Another small provocation. Another step closer.)
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To: Paladin2

“They’d be better off to build a canal.”

Wouldn’t it be pretty hard to elevate all that water?


11 posted on 06/06/2012 2:53:33 PM PDT by ngat
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To: Paladin2
They’d be better off to build a canal.

And how many sets of locks over that 250-mile stretch between Dallas and Austin? I-35 climbs higher above sea level as you head north.

16 posted on 06/06/2012 2:58:52 PM PDT by Charles Martel (Endeavor to persevere...)
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And where is the water to come from? This is Texas we are talking about?

Lake Travis
23 posted on 06/06/2012 3:13:03 PM PDT by Kartographer ("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
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