Redirect The keystone XL pipeline to carry water to the SW

[Under The Radar]

If water cost as much as oil it would be a done deal.
Has anyone developed long term solutions to our water issues or are we going to see a migration to the southeast where hurricanes and tropical storms are intensified?

[tritsofme]

1. Yea...no one is going to be taking water from the Great Lakes.

[luv2fly]

5. The Great Lakes Compact wouldn't allow it

and that doesn't even address Canada's half.

[roamer65]

16. A backhoe will solve any water diversion pipeline "problem".

Actually a fleet of backhoes about every 5-10 miles.

Whiskey is for drinking, water is for fighting.

[luv2fly]

2. Carry water from where?

Inquiring minds want to know.

[multigraincracker]

3. Us in the Great Lakes area

are willing to trade a gallon of water for a gallon of gas.

[notinkansas]

10. Umm - hold on there, partner.

Not so much.

[blogslug]

7. I'd prefer alternatives such as water capture, wastewater reclamation, desalination, etc

Also, the bottled water fad needs to die

[Ace Rothstein]

8. Or stop farming water intensive crops in areas with little rainfall.

Also build some desalination plants instead of transporting water 2k miles.

[notinkansas]

12. Or stop selling US land to Saudi Arabia so they can

use our water for their purposes.

https://www.cnbc.com/2016/01/15/saudi-arabia-buying-up-farmland-in-us-southwest.html

[ret5hd]

13. And over mountain ranges.

[tirebiter]

9. Water with an oily taste

[Hekate]

11. Not this again

[PortTack]

14. NO..just no! They live a desert, start behaving like you do.

Another water supply would only encourage more use, or I should say misuse.

I do have family there, and yes it’s an epic disaster. The gqp idiots should have been working on this a decade ago...at least. The SW drought is now in its 20th year

[Volaris]

15. 'If water costs as much as oil...'

Wait 20 more years, Nestle will finish what the oil companies couldnt.