Post AbMxN7cLm18Wv2ASWW by gemlog@tilde.zone
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 (DIR) Post #AbMxN7cLm18Wv2ASWW by gemlog@tilde.zone
       2023-11-01T16:27:40Z
       
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       Panama Canal reduces ship traffic due to drought, as El Nino bites    The waterway, through which about six per cent of global maritime trade passes, welcomed an average of 39 ships a day in 2022    Traffic will be reduced to 25 ships a day from Friday, down from 29, and will drop to 18 ships a day by February, the Panama Canal Authority saidhttps://www.scmp.com/news/world/americas/article/3240016/panama-canal-reduces-ship-traffic-due-drought-el-nino-biteshttps://news.yahoo.com/drought-forces-deeper-cuts-shipping-000612882.html?fr=sycsrp_catchallhttps://en.mercopress.com/2023/05/03/shortage-of-rain-water-threatens-panama-canal-crossings-forcing-ships-to-reduce-their-draft-and-cargoes
       
 (DIR) Post #AbMxN8OCu5PxJSYg7M by publius@mastodon.sdf.org
       2023-11-01T17:19:24Z
       
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       @gemlog In the 1970s, the US Army's nuclear power barge STURGIS was stationed in the Canal Zone, so that water could be used for the canal locks rather than for hydropower.It seems to me that modest-sized nuclear units at Panama and Colon could be used, in addition to providing power, and drinking water from desalting (thus reducing those calls on the water supply of the Central Highlands), to pump water back up from the lower locks instead of allowing it to run into the sea.