[taxcontrol]

There is an area in western Egypt that is below sea level known as the Qattara Depression (18,000 m2 and -133 meters). If we were really worried about lowering the sea, how about digging a massive canal, wide enough and deep enough for commercial shipping / ports, etc from these low lands to the Mediterranean.

This would accomplish:
1) more moisture going westward from evaporation and thus creating a green belt area to the west of the depression.
2) lower the sea level abit
3) create the possibility of an inland, central Africa port and thus improve the economic conditions for western Egypt,

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks! I think it should be filled, but not via canal, I’d rather see two (or more) large boreholes, one (or more) leading somewhat downward from the lowest point of the QD, and one (or more) leading from Med sea level, somewhat downward, into the shallower part of the QD. But anyway...

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1589775/posts?page=22#22

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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1804532/posts?page=33#33
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1822392/posts?page=34#34
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1877572/posts?page=12#12
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1965030/posts?page=4#4