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It's not a problem of the ocean, but of lake Gatun.

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Lake connects to ocean? How much difference can they be?

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The canal uses a system of locks. You should read up on how the canal was built. It's a fascinating engineering feat. One I doubt we could replicate with affirmative action hires and removing white engineers.

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No doubt. Can't water be pumped from the ocean at higher elevation into the lake?

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They don't run out of ocean. The canal is like 40m higher than sea level. Ships pass a lock and dam where they are raised to canal elevation, then sail the canal and are lowered through a lock and dam on the other side. The drought would effect river, lake, and canal water level, not sea level.

I pondered how tides would not race through it one way and then the other before I learned this.

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Sheeeeeit just pump water to fill the lake up from the ocean

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By relying on only fresh water rather than building infrastructure to desalinate.

But running out of water in a ocean-to-ocean canal is a new one.

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From a comment "They could send all the unsold Bud Light…"

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Why do you want to turn the fish gay?

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It is heart warming that so many have kept up the fight against bud light. Similar to me, I have given up eating Chinese company pork. That means only buying from local places because they own virtually the entire US market now thanks to our feckless politicians.