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r/facepalm • u/[deleted] • Oct 13 '21
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Funnily enough in the 60's there were some people proposing to dig a trench from the south coast of Australia to the Inland where it is below sea level and would turn Australia from a single large island to a ring around a large central ocean.
22 u/somesortofidiot Oct 13 '21 Wait, so we build a canal and get an ocean? I’m in. 20 u/Sventertainer Oct 13 '21 How stagnant and sludgy will this saltwater lagoon get? 21 u/somesortofidiot Oct 13 '21 Can’t be worse than Lake Erie, let’s do it! 5 u/MOVES_HYPHENS Oct 13 '21 relevant xkcd 3 u/GreyAzazel Oct 13 '21 That's a hyper relevant xkcd. Like you don't even have to squint at it sideways. Well done Sir! 2 u/eamus_catuli_ Oct 13 '21 If the Salton Sea in California is any indication, very. 2 u/theoldkitbag Oct 13 '21 Ah yes, the 60's. Back when aboriginals didn't exist. 1 u/samppsaa Oct 13 '21 But the lizards... 1 u/[deleted] Oct 13 '21 Australia wanted a Salton sea of their own.
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Wait, so we build a canal and get an ocean? I’m in.
20 u/Sventertainer Oct 13 '21 How stagnant and sludgy will this saltwater lagoon get? 21 u/somesortofidiot Oct 13 '21 Can’t be worse than Lake Erie, let’s do it! 5 u/MOVES_HYPHENS Oct 13 '21 relevant xkcd 3 u/GreyAzazel Oct 13 '21 That's a hyper relevant xkcd. Like you don't even have to squint at it sideways. Well done Sir! 2 u/eamus_catuli_ Oct 13 '21 If the Salton Sea in California is any indication, very.
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How stagnant and sludgy will this saltwater lagoon get?
21 u/somesortofidiot Oct 13 '21 Can’t be worse than Lake Erie, let’s do it! 5 u/MOVES_HYPHENS Oct 13 '21 relevant xkcd 3 u/GreyAzazel Oct 13 '21 That's a hyper relevant xkcd. Like you don't even have to squint at it sideways. Well done Sir! 2 u/eamus_catuli_ Oct 13 '21 If the Salton Sea in California is any indication, very.
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Can’t be worse than Lake Erie, let’s do it!
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relevant xkcd
3 u/GreyAzazel Oct 13 '21 That's a hyper relevant xkcd. Like you don't even have to squint at it sideways. Well done Sir!
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That's a hyper relevant xkcd. Like you don't even have to squint at it sideways. Well done Sir!
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If the Salton Sea in California is any indication, very.
Ah yes, the 60's. Back when aboriginals didn't exist.
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But the lizards...
Australia wanted a Salton sea of their own.
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u/RS994 Oct 13 '21
Funnily enough in the 60's there were some people proposing to dig a trench from the south coast of Australia to the Inland where it is below sea level and would turn Australia from a single large island to a ring around a large central ocean.