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Sprintcyclist Gold Member Offline OzPolitic Posts: 39506 Gender:	Irrigate central Australia ............ Jan 15^th, 2018 at 11:55pm Desalinate sea water using Carnagie purifiers and pump it inland using solar powered pumps. Easy peasy.
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Reply #1 - Jan 16^th, 2018 at 12:05am

I've always pumped that idea.
I called it 'The Canals of Mars' and it was one of my first Topics on this Forum long ago.
Having lived in the Riverina and seen the 'Irrigation' wonders that makes it our nation's 'Food Bowl'.
I have no doubt that giant Canal systems running through this country's interior would be a benefit in many ways.

Places where it rains heavily and even floods (drain the floods away) - could have such excessive water drained to where its needed.

The benefit of a Canal also brings 'moisture' to the areas it runs through. The ancient South Americans used this practice to 'moisturise' their massive expanses of crops.
Bringing 'moisture' to the interior and accessibility to water would do wonders.

I mean - why can't the interior become a giant 'Nile Delta'?

The legend of the 'Inland Sea' could become a reality.

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AiA Gold Member Offline Posts: 18405 Gender:	Re: Irrigate central Australia ............ Reply #2 - Jan 16^th, 2018 at 12:11am Sprintcyclist wrote on Jan 15^th, 2018 at 11:55pm: Desalinate sea water using Carnagie purifiers and pump it inland using solar powered pumps. Easy peasy. Israel has made advances in desalinating sea water.
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Jovial Monk Gold Member Offline Dogs not cats! Posts: 43607 Gender:	Re: Irrigate central Australia ............ Reply #3 - Jan 16^th, 2018 at 11:27am What is the temperature in summer in central Australian? HM meters of evaporation?
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Sprintcyclist Gold Member Offline OzPolitic Posts: 39506 Gender:	Re: Irrigate central Australia ............ Reply #4 - Jan 16^th, 2018 at 11:51am All the more reason to give it a continual supply of fresh water.
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Prime Minister for Canyons Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 26906 Canberra Gender:	Re: Irrigate central Australia ............ Reply #5 - Jan 16^th, 2018 at 11:53am Sprintcyclist wrote on Jan 15^th, 2018 at 11:55pm: Desalinate sea water using Carnagie purifiers and pump it inland using solar powered pumps. Easy peasy. Yes, by all means yes completely ruin central Australia through salt like we virtually have the MIA
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Jovial Monk Gold Member Offline Dogs not cats! Posts: 43607 Gender:	Re: Irrigate central Australia ............ Reply #6 - Jan 16^th, 2018 at 11:53am I would stick to praying Sprint because you have no idea about the real world.
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Reply #7 - Jan 16^th, 2018 at 12:21pm

Prime Minister for Canyons wrote on Jan 16^th, 2018 at 11:53am:

Sprintcyclist wrote on Jan 15^th, 2018 at 11:55pm:

Desalinate sea water using Carnagie purifiers and pump it inland using solar powered pumps.

Easy peasy.

Yes, by all means yes completely ruin central Australia through salt like we virtually have the MIA

pump fresh water into there

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cods Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 88048	Re: Irrigate central Australia ............ Reply #8 - Jan 16^th, 2018 at 12:26pm why the need sprint??.....
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Sprintcyclist Gold Member Offline OzPolitic Posts: 39506 Gender:	Re: Irrigate central Australia ............ Reply #9 - Jan 16^th, 2018 at 1:05pm cods wrote on Jan 16^th, 2018 at 12:26pm: why the need sprint??..... For the native flora and fauna.
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lee Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 16400 Gender:	Re: Irrigate central Australia ............ Reply #10 - Jan 16^th, 2018 at 1:08pm Sprintcyclist wrote on Jan 16^th, 2018 at 1:05pm: cods wrote on Jan 16^th, 2018 at 12:26pm: why the need sprint??..... For the native flora and fauna. The native flora and fauna have adapted to the environment. You want to change the environment, the habitat, so that other flora and fauna will overrun it?
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Reply #11 - Jan 16^th, 2018 at 1:29pm

Sprintcyclist wrote on Jan 16^th, 2018 at 12:21pm:

Prime Minister for Canyons wrote on Jan 16^th, 2018 at 11:53am:

Sprintcyclist wrote on Jan 15^th, 2018 at 11:55pm:

Desalinate sea water using Carnagie purifiers and pump it inland using solar powered pumps.

Easy peasy.

Yes, by all means yes completely ruin central Australia through salt like we virtually have the MIA

pump fresh water into there

YOu do realise, the salt in the Murray and MIA didnt come from the irrigation per se right.

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In a time of universal deceit — telling the truth is a revolutionary act.

No evidence whatsoever it can be attributed to George Orwell or Eric Arthur Blair (in fact the same guy)

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Prime Minister for Canyons Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 26906 Canberra Gender:	Re: Irrigate central Australia ............ Reply #12 - Jan 16^th, 2018 at 1:30pm Sprintcyclist wrote on Jan 16^th, 2018 at 1:05pm: cods wrote on Jan 16^th, 2018 at 12:26pm: why the need sprint??..... For the native flora and fauna. The native flora and fauna have evolved in central australia to live in conditions of low rainfall. By irrigating them you will destroy their environment.
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Reply #13 - Jan 16^th, 2018 at 1:51pm

Prime Minister for Canyons wrote on Jan 16^th, 2018 at 1:29pm:

Sprintcyclist wrote on Jan 16^th, 2018 at 12:21pm:

Prime Minister for Canyons wrote on Jan 16^th, 2018 at 11:53am:

Sprintcyclist wrote on Jan 15^th, 2018 at 11:55pm:

Desalinate sea water using Carnagie purifiers and pump it inland using solar powered pumps.

Easy peasy.

Yes, by all means yes completely ruin central Australia through salt like we virtually have the MIA

pump fresh water into there

YOu do realise, the salt in the Murray and MIA didnt come from the irrigation per se right.

I think it came from having the trees there cleared

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Reply #14 - Jan 16^th, 2018 at 1:56pm

Sprintcyclist wrote on Jan 16^th, 2018 at 1:51pm:

Prime Minister for Canyons wrote on Jan 16^th, 2018 at 1:29pm:

Sprintcyclist wrote on Jan 16^th, 2018 at 12:21pm:

Prime Minister for Canyons wrote on Jan 16^th, 2018 at 11:53am:

Sprintcyclist wrote on Jan 15^th, 2018 at 11:55pm:

Desalinate sea water using Carnagie purifiers and pump it inland using solar powered pumps.

Easy peasy.

Yes, by all means yes completely ruin central Australia through salt like we virtually have the MIA

pump fresh water into there

YOu do realise, the salt in the Murray and MIA didnt come from the irrigation per se right.

I think it came from having the trees there cleared

Then dumping a shiteload of water on it, thereby bringing the water table up and the salt was in that water

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In a time of universal deceit — telling the truth is a revolutionary act.

No evidence whatsoever it can be attributed to George Orwell or Eric Arthur Blair (in fact the same guy)

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