Should This Plan To Drain The Med Be Taken From Its Pigeonhole And Dusted Down?

sandyRoe | 11:27 Thu 24th Sep 2015 | ChatterBank

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The land recovered would provide a new home and a new beginning for the countless refugees seeking peace and safety.

http://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/atlantropa-the-colossal-1920s-plan-to-dam-the-mediterranean-and-create-a-supercontinent/ar-AAep6Qq?li=AA9SkIr

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mushroom25

no.

those that conceived this clearly had no concept of what the removal of such a large body of water will do to the climate.

sandyRoe

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If the water extracted from the Med could be desalinated it might be used to turn the Sahara into a fertile land as it was in Roman times.

dannyk13

Before draining they would have to block off the Atlantic.

sandyRoe

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And the Suez Canal would become redundant. But aren't they minor problems?

dannyk13

I don't think blocking off the Atlantic could be described as a minor problem.

sandyRoe

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These things look easier to do on paper than they would be in reality. That's probably why the plan was pigeonholed for so long.

ivor4781

drain !! think ya mean pumped ,hows it going to drain when it's level with what ever area chosen, cant see and massive depressions around there to take it

ivor4781

also not to mention all the very many resorts that would "dry up" costing millions in lost revenue,what a ridiculous plan any

melv16

Where would the water from the Nile go?

sandyRoe

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We tamper with nature at our peril. The Soviet regime diverted the rivers that fed the Aral Sea to water cotton fields and the sea nearly disappeared.