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What America really needs(lemmy.world)

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argh_another_username@lemmy.ca
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Well, the Panama Canal is exactly that, built mostly that way.

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Rayspekt@lemmy.world
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Panama Canal is the biggest NIMBY project ever

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Serinus@lemmy.world
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Because it was built at the thinnest part of the content and used existing lakes?

Pretty sure Omaha would have loved an East\West canal across the continent.

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Kecessa@sh.itjust.works
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Because it wasn’t done for or with the approval of locals

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HootinNHollerin@lemmy.world
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It connected several lakes in the narrowest part of the continent. Not ‘exactly that’ at all

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