Dead Sea drilling research project portends ominous future for Middle East

Sadly, this is the one place in the world where no-one dares pipe sea-water to it, restoring the water level to historic marks and using the pressure-head for reverse osmosis...

Sadly, this is the one place in the world where no-one dares pipe sea-water to it, restoring the water level to historic marks and using the pressure-head for reverse osmosis...

I don't understand the first part of your comment or why you've gotten 2 down votes, but this is actually not a bad idea. At 1388 feet below sea level, one would achieve 600 PSI of static pressure--certainly in the sweet spot for typical RO applications. The industrial units I'm familiar with run in the 250-400 PSI range, but the incoming pressure would be easy to regulate. Of course, this would do nothing to alleviate the fundamental problem of reduced flows in the various rivers in the region, but could at least help to supplement it. Was your fear that an accident or sabotage could lead to uncontrolled flows? Seems like that would be easy to protect against with a closed pipe system...

Sadly, this is the one place in the world where no-one dares pipe sea-water to it, restoring the water level to historic marks and using the pressure-head for reverse osmosis...

I don't understand the first part of your comment or why you've gotten 2 down votes, but this is actually not a bad idea. At 1388 feet below sea level, one would achieve 600 PSI of static pressure--certainly in the sweet spot for typical RO applications. The industrial units I'm familiar with run in the 250-400 PSI range, but the incoming pressure would be easy to regulate. Of course, this would do nothing to alleviate the fundamental problem of reduced flows in the various rivers in the region, but could at least help to supplement it. Was your fear that an accident or sabotage could lead to uncontrolled flows? Seems like that would be easy to protect against with a closed pipe system...

I didn't understand it either, but was guessing he meant the instability in the region.

Once Israel has been eradicated, the primary cause of regional instability will be gone.

I propose that the Israelis be moved to Easter Island or northern Canada.

Israel / Jordan should use parabolic solar concentrators near Aqaba to generate enough heat on seawater to generate tons of steam. Allow the steam to rise to a point where an aqueduct can allow gravity draw the fresh water into the interior (perhaps all the way to the dead sea) Can anyone explain to me while parabolic solar concentration is not being used? If the unit was built just offshore and the heat applied directly the ocean via a heat conductor, allowing steam to rise above to a condensor there would be no need to remove the salt. This is a virtually energy neutral system.

Once the hate for Israel has been eradicated, the primary cause of regional instability will be gone. Once Muslims, especially Arab Muslims love their children more than they hate the jews, peace might have a chance. Once progressives learn history, embrace freedom with self control and get rid of their hate, there will be no progressives, just conservatives.

Merry Christmas

I propose that the Israelis be moved to Easter Island or northern Canada.

In forming Israel with the Balfour declaration in secret collusion with England, the Rothschilds said they did no care where their Zionist nation were established, so long as it was. They were for a time considering territory in South America.

Once the hate for Israel has been eradicated, the primary cause of regional instability will be gone.

If you love bankster thugs, Nazi Pope and Israel so much why don't you do something productive like joining the Mossad? You need to get out there and start building that New World Order Hitler wrote about and Bush rejuvinated. Remember preparations are already underway for USA's next big bankruptcy blowout in 2071.

Happy solstace

kochevnik, I find it funny that Progressives say Conservatives are racist, anti-semitic, anti-environement, Hitler loving, hateful, anti-science, violent thugs.

Yet it is Progressives that gave banksters a bailout, supported Hitler, support OWS people who trash parks and deficate on the streets while harrassing school children, support terrorists who put explosives on their children back to murder inocent children, support racists like al sharpton, and on and on it goes.

Only fools or the ignorant believe anything progressives say anymore. For example I'm not jewish, I could care less what the Pope says, against the new world order, dispise Progressives of either the communists or nazi type. I judge a man/woman by their character.

Merry Christmas

Tards often laugh at the truth.

"kochevnik, I find it funny that Progressives say Conservatives are racist, anti-semitic, anti-environement, Hitler loving, hateful, anti-science, violent thugs." - FreeTard

Sorry Tard Boy, but TARP was a Bush Era program...

"Yet it is Progressives that gave banksters a bailout.." - FreeTard

So why do you feel a need to lie about it?

And where would America be without TARP? In year 2 of a 20 to 30 year long economic depression.

Apparently causing an economic depression is the Republican goal.

"Only fools or the ignorant believe anything progressives say anymore." - FreeTard

Planet Retard has spoken.

America clearly needs to return to it's Conservative borrow and spend roots.

I leave you with these wise words from the Republican previously in charge of U.S. Internet Regulation.

http://www.youtub...oQFa5ug8

Can't you just smell the intelligence?

Great tune by the way....

Salt flats would provide more area for exploding palestinian and fundamentalist israeli populations to occupy. And to fight over.

Let it dry, they need the land.

As to desalination, wouldnt it make more sense to do it on the coast and pump fresh water inland rather than piling up salt downstream? Of course it would.

The economics of the situation is simple. When the water runs out something else will be found to take it's place.

Resources after all are infinite according to the followers of Conservative Economic principles.

supported Hitler

You get a lot of mileage out of that mantra, don't you? Never mind the fact that Hitler was a hardened Catholic, Himler was a Catholic SS priest, and they spoke the same ideology as you, and he wrote his second book New World Order. Sorry, you're not made of teflon. The Nazi stink precedes you.

Hitler was a Progressive Socialist. Come on Kochevnik, saying Hitler was a hardened Catholic is just plain stupid. But has Himler stated, say a lie often enough....

Nazi a member of the National Socialist German Workers' Party.

Kochevnik your anti semetism, your anti catholism, your anti every good institutionism, stinketh....

Merry Christmas.

Hitler was a fascist.

Fascism opposes class-based identity and society, it is thus both anti-bourgeois and anti-proletarian; and individualist based identity and society. It is opposed to many ideologies, including conservatism, liberalism, and two major forms of socialism: communism and social democracy. It opposes a variety of economic, political and social systems, it is opposed to democracy, parliamentary systems, is anti-clerical, and holds a distinctive opposition to capitalism.

it is thus both anti-bourgeois and anti-proletarian

Anti-proletarian, do you understand that? If you don't let me know, I'll explain it.

It is opposed to many ideologies, including conservatism, liberalism, and two major forms of socialism: communism and social democracy.

Notice I didn't edit out conservatism.

and holds a distinctive opposition to capitalism.

Conservatives tend to define "opposition" to capitalism very dubiously. It's a rhetorical tactic for otherizing.

Progressives repeat lies and are incensed when people don't believe the lies.

Case in point DNC Chair denies that unemployment is up under Obama.

http://www.realcl...ama.html

Either she is lying or she is very ignorant.

Merry Christmas

You are the one telling lies freethinking. Care to address the whopper you dished out above?

Hitler was a Progressive Socialist.

Hitler was a fascist. You are a liar.

Is your ideology so intellectually bankrupt you have to resort to reductio ad hitlerum?

Io, Saturnalia! ( The pagan holiday Christians stole and morphed into Christmas. http://en.wikiped...turnalia )

Progressives repeat lies and are incensed when people don't believe the lies.
Case in point DNC Chair denies that unemployment is up under Obama.

You do realize, don't you, that strawmen are a logical fallacy? Perhaps you have some subconscious attraction to phalli? We're not judging you. That would be a xtian thing.

Merry solstice.

"Hitler was a Progressive Socialist." - FreeTard

Who just happened to hate socialism, and wage war on Communism.

Hitler Coopted the socialist movement in Germany, and your comments prove that you libertarian frauds are as ignorant about history as you are about Economics.

"Case in point DNC Chair denies that unemployment is up under Obama." - FreeTard

The DNC Chair is correct. U.S. unemployment spiked in Oct 2009 as a result of the Conservative economic policy failures of George Bush Jr. Since then - Under Obama unemployment has fallen to 8.6 percent.

http://www.google...amp;q=us unemployment rate

As the chart indicates, the decline has been reasonably steady while the increase 10.1 percent was pure Republican Poison.

@freeofthinking Hitler was a Progressive Socialist. Come on Kochevnik, saying Hitler was a hardened Catholic is just plain stupid.

Nazi General Gerhard Engel reported in his diary that in 1941 Hitler stated, "I am now as before a Catholic and will always remain so."

I guess you consider history "plain stupid."

Happy solstice.