Ongoing drought conditions and Panama Canal restrictions due to lower water levels are causing massive shipping congestion at the key trade gateway.
  • FALGSConaut [comrade/them]
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    1 year ago

    It's probably due to the change in elevation as well as using a lake as a chunk of the canals length, it was probably cheaper to use the fresh water instead of pumping seawater over those distances

    • NaibofTabr@infosec.pub
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      1 year ago

      Mostly, it was cheaper to use the lake as the majority of the water path from one side to the other than it was to dig all the way across - which probably would have been impossible.