Damn rivers and their liberal agenda!Originally Posted by oskar
Nah, he perhaps doesn't understand geography and the monumental amount of cost it takes to divert a river. Not to mention that diverting a river has dramatic effects on local biomes and the wildlife they support. River deltas have unique salinity in which some species thrive. Redirect those rivers so the delta is elsewhere and those species have to deal. Then there's the back-flooding of saline sea-water which the outflow of fresh water was pushing back and it destroys the farmland.
None of these consequences are necessarily indicating that the costs would outweigh the benefits, but it's not so easy as, "Just redirect the river to where the water is needed."
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