I received some push back from my environmentalist nephew that the Buttigieg Pipeline was a bad idea.  Here is my response.

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Hi, Chris--One more try on my part.

The thing would work like a water tower, linking the West to the Great Lakes--for example link right into what is already there--.Lake Powell and Lake Mead.

1 cubic mile of water is equivalent to 10,560 square miles of 6 inch deep water.  or 5,280 square miles of 12 inches of water.

I doubt if the drain would be anymore than 1 cubic mile of water a year.  And the Great Lakes by themselves has more than 5,000 cubic miles and that is not even beginning to count the complete water table underneath the ground outside of the Great Lakes, which i know is also quite large..

Think about it in those kind of terms.  5,280 square miles would cover a stretch of land 50 miles wide and 100 miles long.  10,560 square miles would cover a stretch of 50 miles wide and 200 miles long.  I am not sure how much extra water is needed from that they already have access to, but you need to go through this kind of thinking before you throw the idea completely out.

That's what environmentalists need to do.  The math behind a project.  In this case, i think you would find you could end up pleasing everyone, including the environmentalists.  Think about it in Pareto Optimum terms--where everyone involved in the decision process benefits--that is something i am always preaching to my followers.

Respectfully,

Jim