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2013-08-27 Israel-Palestine-Jordan

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Posted by Fred 2013-08-27 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 just some more lawyers looking for shakedown money.

Posted by 3dc 2013-08-27 01:23|| 2013-08-27 01:23|| Front Page Top

#2 I read of a hydropower project set for the Dead sea, the idea was to use the river TO the dead sea, and allow it to go to the dead seat hrough turbines, (No exit needed, As the drop was 400 Plus feet, the hydro power available was tremendous)

Now to eliminate the Muslims, and all is go.

Looks good to me.

Posted by Redneck Jim 2013-08-27 12:24|| 2013-08-27 12:24|| Front Page Top

#3 this $1B project is just the first phase of what could ultimately be about a $10B project

this first phase would make up about 10 to 20 percent of the missing Jordan River flow

enviros will undoubtly oppose this but the environmental benefits of restoring the Dead Sea to its Kennedy era level is surely many times whatever environmental damage would occur with the Red to Dead project

Posted by lord garth 2013-08-27 16:00|| 2013-08-27 16:00|| Front Page Top

#4 3dc and I looked at this a while ago and did some napkin calcs. The project makes sense. The dead Sea has been environmentally damaged by years of excessive water withdraws from the Jordan River. Some more water would bring it back up to historical levels, hydro power would be produced, and would provide power for reverse osmosis salt removal, with the RO reject water going into the Dead Sea. Everyone benefits.

Bacteria issues and their effects need to be studied, but they can be dealt with, despite the Dire Warnings from the so called environmentalists.

It would be a great project.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2013-08-27 17:03|| 2013-08-27 17:03|| Front Page Top

#5 "Everyone benefits."

And that's what the "enviros"* hate the most, AP.

*note the scare quotes; these clowns don't care about the environment - they just want control of everybody. And if a lot of people die, or suffer, they don't care, as long as it's not them. >:-(

Posted by Barbara 2013-08-27 17:13|| 2013-08-27 17:13|| Front Page Top

#6 Two years ago my wife and I went to Israel for a pilgrimage with our church. When we visited the Dead Sea, the guide said that the water level had been dropping due to "global warming".

Posted by Rambler in Virginia 2013-08-27 17:36|| 2013-08-27 17:36|| Front Page Top

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