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Anonymous at Sun, 24 Nov 2024 17:52:10 UTC No. 16491733
Hypothetical map if the Congo River was dammed allowing a Lake Congo to form that would eventually flow into Lake Chad, expanding that as well.
What would be the long term ecological, geographic, and economic impacts if this had happened?
Anonymous at Sun, 24 Nov 2024 18:59:48 UTC No. 16491800
>>16491733
It would help close the racial equity gap of swimming
Anonymous at Sun, 24 Nov 2024 19:54:55 UTC No. 16491865
>>16491784
>>16491821
I don’t understand either of these responses
Anonymous at Sun, 24 Nov 2024 20:21:29 UTC No. 16491901
Anonymous at Sun, 24 Nov 2024 20:24:30 UTC No. 16491906
>>16491733
You'd submerge a shit load of rain forest.
Anonymous at Sun, 24 Nov 2024 22:27:15 UTC No. 16492034
>>16491733
Interesting idea except they’ve already dammed the Congo river.
Anonymous at Sun, 24 Nov 2024 23:57:49 UTC No. 16492120
>>16491733
There was a debate on r/stupidity, and between all the virtue signalling, it seems that the map does not really take the existing mountains into account. After that it really went off the rails.
With Lake Chad in the desert belt, you would get enormous evaporation and possibly more rainfall around the lake. any rain to the west would kill off the phosphorous dust transport to South America, which would have a major impact. The lake itself would probably support a lot mroe people than live in the (desert) area today. Trouble is, there is a major conflict between nomadic Arab Muslim herders and sedetary Christian black farmers. The lake could probably provide water for irrigating the entire desert, in which case there owuld be a major territorial war. Hydroelectric power resources would also come into this.
Summing up: this will end in war.
Anonymous at Mon, 25 Nov 2024 00:38:52 UTC No. 16492170
>>16492120
So nothing different from today?
Anonymous at Mon, 25 Nov 2024 03:44:50 UTC No. 16492385
>>16491800
those lakes would fill up fast with crocs and hippos. you just do not go swimming in sub saharan afrika or australia
Anonymous at Mon, 25 Nov 2024 04:00:23 UTC No. 16492399
>>16492120
>The lake itself would probably support a lot mroe people
Africans don’t farm for themselves lol
Anonymous at Mon, 25 Nov 2024 06:00:48 UTC No. 16492506
>>16492170
war but with way more black people
Anonymous at Mon, 25 Nov 2024 12:50:33 UTC No. 16492738
>>16492385
And giant tiger fish, don't forget those campers.
Anonymous at Mon, 25 Nov 2024 12:58:52 UTC No. 16492747
>>16492170
Correct. Had this been outside Africa, the "situation" in and around Congo would have been clasified as WWIII. And with the new giant lakes, the war would also cover practically the whole African continent.
>>16492385 >>16492738
Africa has a lot of horrific parasites living in water in the stages when they are not living inside human hosts.
You may want to trust me that you do not want to read up on that topic. I got a presentation once, it sure killed my appetite for several days.
Anonymous at Mon, 25 Nov 2024 14:02:29 UTC No. 16492800
>>16491733
Enough of Earth is already covered by water we don't need to add more water also fuck African and everybody in it
Anonymous at Mon, 25 Nov 2024 16:08:57 UTC No. 16492929
>>16492747
Is it the parasites that blind people?
Anonymous at Mon, 25 Nov 2024 18:05:33 UTC No. 16493079
>>16491733
Any chance of irrigating the Congo River such that it's not damned, but actually brings in ocean water to help
Make
Africa
Get
Aquaponics
?
You could create areas that are designed to prevent the salinity from ruining the big lakes' ecoculture, while being able to circulate additional water/nutrients into desired locations. Is the Lake Congo supposed to have any resemblance to Antarctica, or am I crazy?
Also, I can't help but notice there seems to be a decent chunk of landmass that is for some reason missing up there in the northeast corner? Is this project expecting to have some additional construction beyond the Congo water systems? Overall I think the proposal is near flawless desu.
Personally I think the project looks exciting, and I send our African brothers and sisters my full blessing for this to be a safe and prosperous endeavor for them. They deserve to have this W.
Anonymous at Mon, 25 Nov 2024 20:13:54 UTC No. 16493218
>>16492929
That is just one of them, yes. There are others that are more grisly too.
I normally avoid the "please trust me, anon" approach, but in this case I have to make an exception: please trust me, anon.
Anonymous at Mon, 25 Nov 2024 20:16:57 UTC No. 16493222
Male.
Just cover it all in sea.
Anonymous at Mon, 25 Nov 2024 21:21:07 UTC No. 16493291
>>16493079
>actually brings in ocean water to help
That is a separate proposal.
https://retro-futurism.livejournal.