Letters to the Editor
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Refill the inland seas
We let too much fresh water run to the sea. We need to divert it to refill inland seas. We built the Alaska pipeline so we can do the same to divert water that would otherwise flow into the ocean and use it to refill the inland seas such as the Aral. We can also use tank cars and haul the water to where it is needed. Dams and canals could also be used as well as existing right of ways such as highways and railways. This would be a massive and long term project but so were the Panama and Suez canals.
By diverting water to the inland sea basins, we not only counter some of the rise in sea level, but we also create fisheries, industry and weather. Refilling the Aral Sea would provide moisture for snow and rain which provide the Indian subcontinent with fresh water which otherwise may be in crisis due to the effects on global warming on the snows.
If you go out to the salt flats west of Salt Lake City, the mountains clearly show how high the water was and to refill that would take a lot of water to fill and that water wouldn't be going to the oceans.
You also have to be able to think in terms of 50 to a 100 years for this project to achieve it's goals but the alternatives are to just give up the coastal regions and cities.