• @Toneswirly
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    188 months ago

    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.

      • Captain Aggravated
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        88 months ago

        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
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          48 months ago

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

          • Captain Aggravated
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            48 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.

    • @ThatWeirdGuy1001
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      48 months ago

      That and I’m pretty sure no one died at the canal the ship just got wedged.

      The Baltimore bridge was a public road with people on it when it collapsed. People died there.