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Old 07-30-2018, 07:07 PM   #27 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by redpoint5
Death Valley isn't being used for much.
That's one of my favorites. Have Elon Musk bore some 32ft diameter aqueducts below sea level from the Pacific to Death Valley. Inline turbines in the flow, an OTEC plant to harvest energy from the temperature difference at the exit, and then algae farms and desalination. (Just like a pig, everything buy the squeal)
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