Thats curious, the sea levels on both ends of the canal are rising but the canal is running dry.
DEI hires manning the pumps, presumably.
Bingo!!! Either the seas are rising and this is debunked or they’re not rising and every thing “climate change” is debunked.
Actually I looked this up…it’s a man made canal, fed by a man made lake then blaming man made global warming?
Read the article. It’s fresh water that’s used to raise the ships. Fresh water doesn’t come from the ocean, at least around here.
Yeah. Funny how that works. I call BS.
The Canal is fed by Lake Gatun, and apparently the over 200 inches of rainfall they have always experienced has decreased significantly. There are no pumps in the canal system.
Yes. That is constantly happening 24/7.
Turn on the pump, Juan!
So, they are saying that the canal, which I presume utilizes ocean water, is running dry, but ocean water levels are normal??? Sum Ting Wong here.
Panama has a high ridgeline running down the center of the country, which ships moving across have to take first steps upwards through the locks, then after passing the ridge, take similar steps through the locks leading downward. The necessary water to effect this drainage has always come from heavy rainfall in the interior, which provided the float both up and down the stepped locks.
If the rains fail, the locks are soon drained dry.
My solution for the forfeiture of the Panama Canal is to dig a sea-level trench at least a half-mile wide all the way from Brownsville, Texas, to Chula Vista, California, following the course of the Rio Grande River, and where the Rio Grande turns inland, continue to cut a trench along the US-Mexican border through the mountains, crossing the Colorado River between California and Arizona, and continuing on the US/Mexico border all the way to the Pacific Ocean. With the entire length all at sea level, there would be little need for locks of any kind, and El Paso, Texas, becomes a seaport.
Mexico is thus no longer contiguous with the US, with a trench much too deep to simply wade across, and with what would be a steep bank, mostly not even accessible on foot.
High suspension bridges would then be the only surface access between US and Mexico, and commerce would have to funnel over these access points.
The spoil from dredging out the depths of this trench would be hauled out into the Gulf of Mexico, to build an artificial island, which would be a holding facility for all persons who wish to enter the US on asylum or for extralegal reasons where they would be retained until they were sent home, or alternatively, sent home.
It’s ok, now, the cargo is offloaded onto diesel powered trains, and moved from coast to coast, to be loaded onto diesel powered ships on the other side.
Our Mother the earth is pleased.
There are storage basins for the canal. Plenty of drought years...found one 1950, 2016...but didn’t go back further. Seems to be naturally periodic.
The canal’s highest point is 89 feet above sea level.
That’s why it has locks.
Why aren't they reusing the fresh water from the locks? Sounds like that when they empty a lock, they're just dumping the water and then refilling the next time from Gatun Lake.
Just pump the water back into the lake and use it again.
< sigh >
Do we REALLY have to go through this again?
The Panama Canal is not at sea level, and it is not powered by sea water. It's powered by fresh water, derived from rain, and stored in artificial lakes.
1) Panama is currently experiencing a time of less than normal rainfall. Therefore, less fresh water is available to run the canal.
2) The ChiComs doubled the carrying capacity of the canal locks, but they didn't double the amount of fresh water available to run it ...
I'm sure you can take it from there, to understand the nature of the problem.