Comments by "" (@tekannon7803) on "PBS Terra"
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Thank you Arlo Perez Esquivel and Ms Greeshma Gadikota and Caitlin. This is the news I've been waiting for. I believe the only way we can win the climate problem is to take CO2 out of the atmosphere. But I would like to add something: Turn the CO2 in stone pipes. Why stone pipes? This is what they could be used for in countries like America where drought-stricken regions are suffering tremendously from lack of rain and water-soaked regions have too much water. I am an inventor and artist and here is an idea I have for possibly resolving the drought conditions in California and the American west. It is an idea about getting water to drought-stricken regions, if you find it plausable, could you pass it on? Here is my idea. What about having water pipes made from CO2 taken out of the atmosphere installed under the major highways and/or train tracks from the water-rich regions to the drought-strickend regions in the western states and other parts of your country? It would make roads and train tracks get two things done at the expense of one thing; roads and train tracks would have a duel purpose and save money tearing up more land to make room for yet another ugly eye sore of endless piping that would stretch from coast to coast. These would be the new equivelant of acquaducts that could be concealed under roads and rail lines that could have hydraulical pumps that kicked in when extreme weather brings flooding to a certain region for example, or simply pumping water from, say, the Great Lakes. Concealed pumps could be set up all along the underground acquaduct system at specific intervals to be able to keep the water moving on uneven terrain, over hills and overpasses etc. There are already train tunnels and car tunnels so they wouldn't have to build more tunnels, in fact, the infrastructure in your country is going to get a make-over soon it seems, so they could add the water pipes under the already existing highways and rail lines and bridges they are going to be renovating. They could outfit the new bridges they're going to be building with the water piping encased and concealed under the tracks and road. The underground acquaducts could be activated at a moment's notice and it would be a win/win situation because money would be saved from regions that had extreme flooding avoided and drought-stricken regions would be saved by getting the water to parched farmlands and dangerously low reservoirs that is badly needed. Environmentalists might be convinced it won't harm the natural world and if they get on board, it could help at least in a small way to get needed water to regions that are experiencing drought conditions. Of course, making stone pipes from CO2 might require additional alloys to make the pipes less brittle. The idea is to use the CO2 gas which is causing the extreme climate conditions to make the piping and combine it with modern materials to make if flexible. The underground acquaducts would move water across safely and discreetly across great distances unseen to the naked eye and running 24/7 underneath the roads and train tracks that would now have a duel purpose.
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