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Re: What should be done with the Murray Darling
Reply #60 - Feb 7^th, 2019 at 6:54am

John Smith wrote on Feb 6^th, 2019 at 4:53pm:

A bloke by the name of John Bradfield came up with a solution in 1938. No one took him seriously. Consecutive governments since have ignored it. We need to revive the scheme and update it. Bugger the cost. Tunnel through the dividing range, and bury the pipes the rest of the way to minimise loss die to evaporation.

Why can we pipe gas around the country, but not water?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bradfield_Scheme

Between North Qld, the Northern territory and North WA, we get more than enough rainfall to meet the countries needs.

sounds like a great idea, with solar panels and a good borer like the one from the boring Company it might actually be feasible....As technology gets better plans like this could become a reality. Wink

I think most of the posters on this thread have had the same plan of pumping coastal water to the interior Cods...…. Wink

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miketrees Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 6492 Gender:	Re: What should be done with the Murray Darling Reply #61 - Feb 8^th, 2019 at 11:56am As soon as you have to move water over long distances, desalination becomes cheaper. Which is why there is no pipeline from the Ord south.
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Reply #62 - Feb 8^th, 2019 at 12:05pm

miketrees wrote on Feb 8^th, 2019 at 11:56am:

As soon as you have to move water over long distances, desalination becomes cheaper.
Which is why there is no pipeline from the Ord south.

ahh good point... I wonder if the ones that have been made can be relooked at and see if maybe solar panels could make them more feasible...…
or r they just badly designed and need to be bulldozed down and start again . Wink

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miketrees Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 6492 Gender:	Re: What should be done with the Murray Darling Reply #63 - Feb 9^th, 2019 at 3:01pm We can bring the water south as soon as we invent a perpetual motion machine,,, oh yes we may need an anti gravity machine as well,,, or perhaps a time machine just go back in time to when it rained. My desalination machine is probably the best option.
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Re: What should be done with the Murray Darling
Reply #64 - Feb 9^th, 2019 at 5:43pm

miketrees wrote on Feb 9^th, 2019 at 3:01pm:

We can bring the water south as soon as we invent a perpetual motion machine,,, oh yes we may need an anti gravity machine as well,,, or perhaps a time machine just go back in time to when it rained.

My desalination machine is probably the best option.

well you know mike we have put a man on the moon they are busy spending zillions on finding life on Mars and Pluto..this shouldnt be hard at all... both wind and sun being permanent residence of Qld....what could be cheaper?????.....anything at all is worth considering rather than doing nothing just complaining.. Angry

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