tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6383741895455123821.post1019714494295422179..comments2024-02-04T14:05:34.412-08:00Comments on Rim Country Gazette: Water pipeline would solve myriad of problemsJames Keyworthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16778065398076170813noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6383741895455123821.post-68801319611162107102011-10-20T08:51:38.914-07:002011-10-20T08:51:38.914-07:00No one thinks it is a bad idea.
However, there is...No one thinks it is a bad idea.<br /><br />However, there is a proposal to build a pipeline from the very oil rich tar sands of Canada to oil refineries in Texas. According to experts, this would represent a source of oil greater than Saudi Arabia. The howls have already begun, however:<br />"Not through my state!"<br /><br />Just sayin'Noblehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16411125087902480818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6383741895455123821.post-73945909293157185622011-10-18T13:03:41.082-07:002011-10-18T13:03:41.082-07:00I've been saying for years that we should be b...I've been saying for years that we should be building a canal or pipeline to bring floodwater from the midwest to the parched deserts of the far west.<br /><br />The longest journey begins with a single step. I can't imagine this would be any more complex than deciding to put another interstate freeway across the country. Instead of assuming it can't be done, maybe we should be focusing on the steps required to GET IT DONE.<br /><br />Payson is getting its pipeline -- finally. Yes, it took a lot of finagling, but it is getting done. But it wouldn't have happened if 10 years ago (or whenever the subject first came up) we decided it would be too hard to do it because of all the bureaucracy in the way and decided not to even try.<br /><br />I think once we got our national pipeline up and running we will be scratching our heads saying, "Why didn't we do this 20 years ago?"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6383741895455123821.post-90087974661689675062011-10-18T09:10:40.072-07:002011-10-18T09:10:40.072-07:00It's probably a task on the order of a NASA mi...It's probably a task on the order of a NASA mission. That's not the problem, though. The cost to build and the cost of the water to users would be enormous, but that's not the problem, either.<br /><br />Payson AZ can't even get a thirty mile pipeline built because it has to be approved at multiple levels of bureaucracy - EPA and The Forest Service, being just two. <br /><br />Can you imagine the enormity of getting a national pipeline built?Noblehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16411125087902480818noreply@blogger.com