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Originally Posted by mojiferous
...And we should not count on a "Manhattan Project for climate change" for this. There is no world where you can engineer and build a massive water delivery system for even one city in less than a decade. Because you need more than just the delivery mechanism, you will also need to build storage and treatment and handle interconnections for the new water. Regulatory speedbumps, like the environmental impact, are way down the process after you've already determined how and where you're building the infrastructure. Acquiring the land alone will take forever...
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Friend, I have been all around the world and I have seen with my own two eyes most countries doing things of far greater scale than a simple water pipeline that's 600 miles long. China could literally build and complete something like that in 30 days. It's not an exaggeration. If you think it is an exaggeration, go travel to some of these places and see with your own eyes what industrializing countries are accomplishing, it's absolutely astonishing, overwhelming, and inspiring. What took us 150 years, they're doing now in less than 20. They have the will, we don't, that's the only difference. Civilizations have been re-routing water since the dawn of....civilizations.
PS: congress could very easily vote to disregard an EIS for a special project. That could be a part of the package. Better yet, FEMA could declare a disaster under existing rules exempting them from EPA interference...there's many ways to get this done but if there's no will, you're right there's no way.