Well, there is the problem of getting the flood water into the pipelines. May be a more decentralized system would help with that. Like issueing crates with water bottles or barrels to the people (in the regions with much rain), who then can fill them with the water that has flooded their house, instead of just pumping it out of the window, from where it just comes back in anyway.
And then everybody who is traveling west - into a dry region - is obliged to take a few crates with him. Most people drive alone or with just one other person in the car, so there is plenty of room for that. And those who return can bring the empty bottles back to the flood regions.
It may also promote a new feeling of solidarity and unity, which is missed nowadays. "United we stand" and all, you know. Plus, carrying crates is a good training for shoulder muscles. :)
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Well, you just solved that part of the puzzle!
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Yeah, but now there is a new problem already: the extreme heat in the north west and west coast region.
I'm working on that one, but don't have anything so far. Was thinking of towing icebergs down from the arctic - but they are melting already there.
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Oh, I already thought of that. Once we've pumped enough water there, we can begin planting a lot of foliage and trees. When Phoenix expanded and began doing that (back when they had water), it actually reduced the temperature in the city. Just like walking into a forest and noticing it's cooler--and no icebergs needed.
Okay, I just now thought of that, but it could happen.
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Well, thats more of a long term project. And Phoenix is just one city - but this heat wave area stretches out for thousands of miles.
The iceberg idea is probably off the table anyway. Because they sonn don't have icebergs anymore. The pole ice cap is already reduced to half its previous size. And the famous nort-west passage, which didn't exist when they send expeditions to find it, is now actually open.
So not really enough ice there, other than for making a drink.
But in theory this idea of changing a regional climate by planting forests does work, and the Chinese have experimented with that. To stop further desertification and sand storms and such, which has increased and causes problems for the big cities.
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It's a lot easier for the Chinese to try these things. "Okay, you're all going to work on this. Or else. Remember, our men outnumber our women by a hundred to one, so who's going to miss a few million of you?"
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They probably don't need to be as harsh as that. Its much easier to simply pay the workers and appeal to their patriotic pride, since they work together for a greater cause. And those who live in the big cities themself don't need to be talked into it - they know first hand how nasty this smog and sandstorms can be.
But its all a monumental task of course. Just planting a little forest doesn't change the climate already. Its got to be thousands of square miles. And it takes time, too. Its much easier to create a desert than to reverse that again.
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The government should never tell Americans to work together for a greater cause! They can do it, but it needs to sound like it's their idea or a threat from some other part of the world--then they can't be beat, no matter what the challenge. The whole country was founded on the notion of being contrary.
But pay helps, of course.
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I was talking about the Chinese. Of course their government could just command them to work, but also there its more efficient to have the people believe its a patriotic duty to take part in the effort.
But in the US it would work as well, I assume. Especially if it becomes obvious that the situation is critical, and that it will affect everybody. Like the dust bowl thing in the 1930s, for example.
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