I keep seeing a video on YouTube about the canal drying up.

I'd think it should have water as long as there's water in the oceans.

Should not be. The global warming nuts say the ice pack is melting and the ocean is rising. So go figure. But if may be silting in but doubt it

According to Algore the canal should be 3 feet deeper by now.

I'm wrong. The 51 mile canal depends on rainwater.

All the water they could possibly need is no more than 25 1/2 miles away. Pump all you want.

There's more to it. Some of the water used comes from a fresh water lake. It's much lower than normal.

Also political. Russia and China would love to take over the canal. It would be a big problem for shipping things to the U.S.

Hair sniffer and crew aren't looking to help the canal situation.

Spending billions everywhere else.

The ships get bigger the drafts get deeper.

Osky

bingo
we have a winner

and many more ships than before

they are backed up for months to get through, but a little extra mulua gets them to the front of the line

It's a fear campaign. They are using it to raise prices. It's only 121 miles farther for ships to go east or west from china to New York . Suez canal can fix that bottle neck. When they redid the locks wonder why they didn't just convert to ocean water . Unlimited supply on both ends.

No there is a size limit. Ships are built to certain size so they can fit. Didn't look but did Clinton "give it to panama in 1999. Or did they buy the US out. What am I thinking . A foreign country giving us money ?


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I think Carter gave it away.

Limited by width. A ship can stack higher thus increasing load and draft.

Osky

The highest part of the canal is 85 feet above sea level. The locks are used to raise ships up over the continental divide and then lower them back down to the ocean on the other side. I don't know what it would take to dig down to make the whole thing sea level so that locks aren't require, but I'm sure it could be done.

It could be engineered, but think of the environmental impacts and earth first protests. What if South America sinks, flips over, or drifts away? Could be a bigger existential threat than climate change.

So your saying there’s a chance?

Osky

The Pacific and Atlantic oceans are not the same elevation. It's only about an eight inch difference but I wonder what the current would be like if they dug straight through and they tried to equalize.

I would think the number of ships passing thru has the most effect this. More ships, more water from the reservoir being expelled.

Here's a thought
All the illegal aliens headed north from south America each carry a 5 gallon bucket of water to pour into the canal.
Water problem solved

Hope so…….
Bring back manufacturing and production to America.

If I had my way,
You all would be paying more for quality goods that will last