SpencerGulfCanal

Revision as of 11:34, 15 February 2008

Spencer Gulf is the South Australian gulf which faces Lake Eyre (famously dry and below sea level)

There have been proposals in the past (by nutters) to build a canal from Spencer Gulf to fill Lake Eyre.

This page is for brainstorming this idea, with an eye towards the following rational to do so.

In an environmentally sound planet, this idea is insane, as it fundamentally will alter the climate if Australia's dry interior. However, in these times of global climate change, might we assume that this interior climate will change regardless. Therefore that reason for dismissing ideas such as this are no longer valid. Should we reconsider?

For

• Extra water in Australia's interior will vastly increase the possible land use
  • evaporation -> clouds -> rainfall on the western dividing range

Against

• Haven't we done enough damage?
• unpredictable outcome
• massive money spent
• extra water in the Australian interior does not nescessarily make the land any more fertile.