Comments on: Mediterranean be Dammed

By: JarvisLoop

JarvisLoop — Tue, 09 Apr 2019 00:08:05 +0000

In terms of audacity and possible consequences, this article reminds me of the space cities that Arthur C. Clarke said were technologically possible. They were to be anchored to Earth by an incredibly long tether that would have elevators inside it.

He used the idea in “3001: A Space Odyssey.”

By: Barry Kendrick

Barry Kendrick — Thu, 18 Feb 2016 16:13:27 +0000

Back in the early 1960s a Pasadena, CA engineering firm published their waterway system delivering water & power to 26 western states. People generally do not know of the incredible amount of rainfall in eastern Alaska. This would truly have made the West bloom.

The Eastern Establishment would have none of it:the resultant population growth of the West & power shift were stopped in their tracks.

By: Michael

Michael — Sat, 28 Feb 2015 13:38:17 +0000

you’re not last….

By: Last

Last — Sun, 05 Jan 2014 17:32:14 +0000

Can’t believe that people comment first on this site, amazingly juvenile for what I thought would have been a slightly more mature audience than that of Youtube videos.

By: SlipperyPete

SlipperyPete — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 22:38:25 +0000

[quote]techdawg667 said: “2nd! OMG!”[/quote]

I hate you, and so should you.

By: donga100

donga100 — Tue, 04 May 2010 12:14:01 +0000

“lower the level of the Mediterranean by more than 300 feet. 90,000 square miles of new land would be exposed in the area”

So when an earthquake/tsunami/terror attack/accident/other breaks the dam 90,000 square miles of coastal land (usually the most populated) would now be under 300 feet of water. You thought Katrina/New Orleans was bad? Imagine this scenario!

And another thing; if I owned a waterfront property I wouldn’t be too keen on it suddenly being 500 miles inland.

By: Dan Willis

Dan Willis — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 22:53:48 +0000

What a fascinating bit of historical information. It’s good to see men of vision again. Our collective society has become such a group of small thinkers of late, afraid of our own shadows. The very people who would scoff at this project for its scale are the same ones who believe people exhaling is killing the planet.

Whether or not this project was feasible, it’s ambition is inspiring. We need more visionaries who aren’t afraid to dream big.

By: AbuDhabi

AbuDhabi — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 11:19:37 +0000

This project is totally something a Dwarf Fortress overseer would do.

By: yellowdingo

yellowdingo — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 08:25:49 +0000

Raising the MED behind dams would have kept the USA out. It would have provided consistent growth in jobs and required the development of a strong Euro-Russian-Arab Commonwealth.

The problem was the NAZI propensity to Nationalism.

By: Silverhill

Silverhill — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 23:36:52 +0000

[quote]sulkykid said: “But that was not the plan! The plan was to lower the level of the Mediterranean. Create new land from the sea floor, etc.”[/quote]Either way, there would still be a level differential between the Atlantic and Mediterranean. That differential could be used to drive turbines.