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Fuck it. Let's dig out the interstates, highways, and suburban streets large and small, and turn them all into canals. (self.crazyideas)

submitted 1 month ago by WoodScientist to c/crazyideas

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Why are we'all in such a rush, anyway? If you need to talk to someone right away, we got video conferencing. If you, in an emergency, really need to move somewhere fast, there's helicopters. I say we just consign the whole 'car' idea to the dustbin of history, and just convert everything over to canals. If some insist on speed, we can consider adding a train system. But the only means of private mechanized transport must be by watercraft! That should be enough.

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[–] dual_sport_dork 19 points 1 month ago (2 children)

This would rule from an aesthetic perspective, but I predict you will run into problems with hills.

[–] WoodScientist 11 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

You vastly underestimate just how many locks I am willing to build!

[–] LifeInMultipleChoice 1 points 1 month ago

Won't the cement usage needed create mass amounts of heat dispersal thus accelerating global warming during the transition?

Side note. I wonder how much water it would take. I'm sure we could slowly get the salt out and use fresh water most places, otherwise we would kill all ability to grow plantlife in surrounding areas.

[–] Iheartcheese 4 points 1 month ago

Just fill them with fast water and it should make it over the hills.