Trust and believe, the Baltimore port shutting down for a year will affect plenty of US trade, maybe not on the scale of the panama canal but still... this meme sells it short.

[–] finickydesert@lemmy.ml 12 points 7 months ago (3 children)

That was the Suez canal not Panama

[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 8 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Although the Panama canal is a problem too, because Gatun lake is running low. Every cycle of the locks loses a tremendous amount of water.

[–] andrew@lemmy.stuart.fun 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

They should just require ships to bring their own water to replace it. 🧠

[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 4 points 7 months ago

My solution is: They've got those big ponds where they can somewhat reuse some of the water. Practical Engineering has a video on it (That's the channel with that guy, Grady, right?) Okay, cover those with solar panels. 1: Less evaporation from there because the panels will block the sun and keep them cooler. 2: energy to run some pumps to at least partially pump some water uphill so less is lost when lowering the outermost locks.

The big brain am winning again. I am the greetest! Now all we need is the umpty frillion dollars to build it.

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