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TexasTowelie

(112,707 posts) Fri Dec 22, 2023, 05:13 PM Dec 2023

How Czechia plans to connect Europe's major rivers - CaspianReport

#Czechia looks to dig a new canal to connect three peripheral seas: the #BlackSea, the #BalticSea, and the #NorthSea. #European commerce and trade would flow uninterrupted from one end to the other.

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How Czechia plans to connect Europe's major rivers - CaspianReport (Original Post) TexasTowelie Dec 2023 OP

That would be a helluva project! -nt CrispyQ Dec 2023 #1

Yes, it's a huge project, but over the long term it would be an economic boon as the price of transporting TexasTowelie Dec 2023 #2

This could be an ecological disaster -- invasive species will be able to move easily between these seas. eppur_se_muova Dec 2023 #3

CrispyQ

(36,567 posts)

1. That would be a helluva project! -nt

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Fri Dec 22, 2023, 05:30 PM

Dec 2023

TexasTowelie

(112,707 posts)

2. Yes, it's a huge project, but over the long term it would be an economic boon as the price of transporting

Reply to CrispyQ (Reply #1)

Fri Dec 22, 2023, 05:43 PM

Dec 2023

material goods decreases as well as creating jobs in the regions that aren't as prosperous as Western Europe. I would say that the idea is ambitious.

eppur_se_muova

(36,317 posts)

3. This could be an ecological disaster -- invasive species will be able to move easily between these seas.

Reply to CrispyQ (Reply #1)

Fri Dec 22, 2023, 06:46 PM

Dec 2023

Hope everyone in Europe likes asian carp, snakeheads, zebra mussels, lampreys, and parthenogenic crayfish.

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