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The World Development Federation
VirtualGlobal Super Projects Conference
November 2!
"mancipator# $ceanic %acro&
en'ineerin'() *Ne+ )tlantis,
in 2!stCentur# Tunisia&)l'eria-
Richard B. Cathcart
Geographos1608 East Broadway, Suite #107Gledale, Cali!oria "10$%1$&
'S()818* &6%8&
E+ail r-cathcart+s.co+
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/here appears to -e, +ii+ally, a 1 chace that our world%oceas sea%le2el will
rise 31 +eter -y the ed o! the 1 stCetury, a rise which will lap the 4editerraea Seas
315,000 ilo+eter%log Basi strad the crudest esti+ate o! the total cost o! coastal%
protectio )'S(0011 +illio9lieal ilo+eter* results i a !iacial -urde to the
Basis ta:%payig residets o! appro:i+ately 'S(00115 trillio;
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e:ecute wors the +ere thought o! which would !reee our +erceary souls with horror.
or istace, the co+-ied order will udertae the coIuest o! the great desert o!
Sahara they will attac it at 2arious poits -y te ad twety +illio hads i! ecessary
ad -y dit o! trasportig earth, culti2atig the soil ad platig trees e2erywhere, they
will succeed i rederig the lad +oist, the sad !ir+J. /hey will costruct caals
a2iga-le -y 2essels, where we caot e2e +ae ditches !or irrigatio, ad great ships
will sail Ko the+LJ.A&)( arrow ad shallow Sue Caal was !irst opeed to high%seas
ship tra!!ic i 186".* By 1877, Moald 4aceie )= % =* pu-lished /he loodig o! the
Sahara, a geographical !iasco%to+e proposig a e:ca2atio !ro+ North (!ricas (tlatic
>cea strad to the @-elow sea%le2el cetral SaharaA per+ittig a )i+possi-le*
su-+ersio o! a large area o! that hostile hot desert;$ Be!ore 4aceie, howe2er, heroic
rech +acro%egieers had cote+plated a si+ilar pla, -ut !or aother locale their
speculated arti!icial @la +er iterieureA was to -e situated etirely withi +oder%day
/uisia%(lgeria ad was pro+oted -y racois Elie Roudaire )1856%8$*.6
Curretly, theres o !ier +appig o! the aciet >ld Oorld tha the
cartographically stadardied Barrigto (tlas o! the Gree ad Ro+a Oorld )001*
edited -y Richard /al-ot +ost o! the 4editerraea Sea Basi is topographically
illustrated -y 19$00,000 scale +aps, although there is o detailed pla o! i!a+ous
Carthage. /he ladscape, as !ar as it ca -e ow today through paistaig
geographical ad historical @itellectual recostructioA, icludig chagig sea%le2els, is
show as it was durig that historical period, ot as it is owadays. /he 4yth o! (tlatis
still !asciates our worlds pu-lic, as the 8 Mece+-er 1""8 issue o! Mer Spiegel clearly
idicates o! the +ay sites proposed !or the locatio o! legedary (tlatis that are
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loosely docu+eted therei, oly the setchy circa1"50 Tritonis PalusK@/rito aeAL
sceario de2ised -y Ro-ert Rae Gra2es )18"$%1"8$* co+es close to the -elie2a-ility o!
Ro-ert . Sch+als geo%+arie theory.
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littoral poses a +aHor threat to the log%ter+ wel!are o! its per+aet hu+a populace.
E2e a well%regarded sciece%!ictio o2elist, Da+es Graha+ Ballard, has i+agied the
4editerraea Sea Basis orther strad as @/he argest /he+e Par i the OorldA, i
Oar e2er )1""0, pages 75%80*. Ohat +ight sti+ulate large u+-ers o! ra+-lig
orther Europeas to +igrate to the 4editerraea Seas strad= Gradual de2elop+et
o! a illig +ega%Greehouse E!!ect, !oresee !or circa(.M. 00%&00, could -eco+e
a etirely su!!iciet cause.15 Ballards o2er%crowded so%called the+e par is a Euro%
MiseyesIue @ad !or the MyigA; Ca a @New (tlatisA -e i+agied !or the
4editerraea Sea Basis souther strad= es;
Besides !reshwater )0.%& salts* reser2oir storage, it is practica-le to chael
large Iuatities o! seawater )5&.7 saliity* ito so+e o! our worlds great iterior
draiage -asis that lie -elow preset%day sea%le2el i order to dya+ically cotrol our
world%oceas 2olu+e. ( atural potetial si adHacet to the 4editerraea Sea is
Egypts attara Mepressio.1& ( arti!icial potetial si is e2isioed as a ow low%
ele2atio regio, the +ost easter part o! the Toe o! Chotts, which e:teds westward
!ro+ /uisia ito (lgeria.1$ Murig the period !ro+ 1"$7 util a-out 1"88, uclear
eergy researchers i -oth the 'S( ad 'SSR cosidered the +udae purposes
achie2a-le usig +udae tools?peace!ul uclear e:plosi2es )PNEs*.16 ouded i
1"$6%$7, /uisias lad co2ers 1$$,5$0 sIuare ilo+eters ad is ho+elad to 3".$
+illio li2ig persos )o! our Earth%-iospheres 6 -illios*.
So+eti+e -e!ore 1"6, /uisia scietists co+prehesi2ely proposed a @Chotts
Mepressio Sche+eA to serially -last huge craters i the Chott el edHadH ad Chott el
MHerid ad su-seIuetly iudate the resultig depressio with 57.$%58.$ saliity
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seawater chaeled !ro+ the 4editerraea Sea. 4ii+ally, 3&,"0%$,560 sIuare
ilo+eters?aroud 1950 o! /uisias atioal territory located $ ilo+eters west o! the
seaport City o! Ga-es?plus the %5 +eter Chott el Gharsa was plaed !or !uture
uatural ocea water iudatio. ! course, old ad -uried (tlatis archaeological site would -e
Hu+-led )rapid stratigraphic displace+et ad e:tre+e arti!act +i:ig* or destroyed
)istataeously 2aporied* -y asty PNE use?literally, a treasure 2ault 2ioletly sprug
ope ad its pried cotets highly disrupted ad lost. Because o! the dry cli+ate
regi+e, the shallow water -ody therei would e2aporate rapidly, icreasig its saliity to
300V salts, thus producig a cotiuous !low o! sea%water through the chael
/uisia +acro%egieers aturally 2isualie that cheap ad relia-le hydro%electricity
would there-y -e produced as a direct result o! this costat curret )steady i!low*.
)/he uaterary history o! the salt !lats ad hypersalie laes o! souther /uisia is
-eig i2estigated -y Mr. Nic (. Mrae.*17
Fow -est to produce hydro%electricity= irst, a +a%+ade chael )100 +eters
wide -y 17$,000 +eters log -y $ +eters deep* +ust -e e:ca2ated -y a !loatig dredge
capa-le o! swi!tly ad ecoo+ically re+o2ig 38$,$00,000%100,000,000 cu-ic +eters o!
roc ad loose uaterary sedi+ets to Hoi Ga-es )populatio $0,000V* with (lgerias
Chott el 4elrir. /he cost !or the +acroproHects iitial diggig phase oughtt to e:ceed
'S(0011 -illio. Spoils !ro+ the +iig, heaped i use!ul +ouds )arti!icial earth
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sculpture*18-y desig, !or+ gigatic geo+etrical -er+%-ordered pods wherei seawater
+ight -e deposited te+porarily )pu+ped%storage power plat*1" or calciu+ hydro:ide
e+placed to a-sor- car-o dio:ide gas !ro+ Earths at+osphere.0 ( sigle !loatig
e:ca2ator ca +o2e $0,000 cu-ic +eters o! +aterial per day the !irst%phase could -e
!iished i less tha !i2e ad oe%hal! years the triciest worig +o+ets will co+e
whe the auto+ated dredge arri2es at the two places where the Caal eters the -elow%
sea%le2el chotts. Secod, se2eral pre!a-ricated !loatig road%rail -ridges1 with pre%
istalled @tidal strea+ eergy +achiesA ought to -e towed ito their proper !ial
istallatio sites, ad therea!ter su to !or+ a ship%passa-le pierced lad trasportatio
causeway.5 Rotatio o! the eergy%geeratio +echais+s withi this per+ea-le -arrier
will there-y produce a iter+ia-le electricity supply that /uisia +ay wish to sell out%
o!%coutry, use itsel! ad share with (lgeria. /here is a 4editerraea Sea Basi
precedet?although ot !ully co+para-le?at
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upredicta-ly.$ /oo, it is possi-le there +ay -e so+e worries o2er potetial !uture
hydro%seis+ology owig to seawater loadig o! the depressios crust sur!ace sice sea%
water is less dese tha the +aterials that ha2e -ee !orce!ully re+o2ed ad redistri-uted.
>e uiIue i+port would -e rich, !ertile silt o-taied at ad carried !ro+ the !reshwater
reser2oir created -y the (swa Ma+ large%scale reser2oir desiltatio ser2es two iterests
-ecause it could prolog the operatioal period o! the (swa Ma+6ad +ieral%rich silt,
especially i! widely spread, could pro2ide suita-le soil -ase +aterial !or a -arre, arid salt
!lat i /uisia%(lgeria.7 Ships that ow use -allast water, ad oce used stoes, ca -e
adapted to use a appropriately !or+ulated thic +ud slurry cosistig o! Nile Ri2er
!reshwater ad (swa Ma+ Reser2oir sedi+et. ouriers @hadsA ca -e supple+eted
with ro-ust solar%powered ro-ots, o!!%sprig o! those N(S( RQM has de2ised ad
roughly costructed !or use i the ear%ter+ !uture e:ploratio o! 4ars.
Realistically, this ilad oceaographic creatio wot -e easily predicta-le i its
hydraulic -eha2ior, as the Dapaese ha2e disco2ered with their pre%+odi!icatio co+puter
+odels o! the Seto
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agree+et )-i%lateral treaty* ad -idig 'N>%-roered iteratioal legal accords
-e!ore a grossly re2a+ped Chotts Mepressio Sche+e e2er -eco+es a ew ae /rito;
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1C. Perissoratis ad M. Georgas, @/he role o! the earth scietist i assessig the i+pacts o! cli+atic chages due to thegreehouse e!!ect two case studies o! Xprogostic geologyA, /erra No2a /he Europea Doural o! Geoscieces 6 506%51)4ay9Due 1""&*.See R.B. Cathcart, @ceaariu+A.5See www.tas+e.org.&Charles Gide, Mesig !or 'topia Selected Oritigs o! Charles ourier )1"70*, page 180.$Gro2e Yoger, @/he Great Sahara Sea (
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results !ro+ the co+ple: iteractio o! -oth wa2e syste+s.56Ste2e eie, @Sea or ae= Fut !or Caspia >il Stoes Border euds (d (rcae /heoriesA, /he Oall Street DouralCC[[[