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From pipedream to pipeline: the conundrum

机译：从梦想到管道：难题

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Moving water around the world holds a fascination for entrepreneurs and governments alike. The fact that it's heavy, and requires vast amounts of energy in order to be pumped uphill never seems to hold back these dreamers. The last thirty years or so have seen some remarkable pipedreams hit the headlines, only to sink into obscurity once more when the full political and economic implications begin to emerge. Back in the 1980s the then prime minister of Turkey, Turgat Ozal, who had trained as an engineer, was much taken with the idea of a Peace Pipeline stretching from the mountains of Turkey down to the deserts of Saudi Arabia. The plan was to take river water through Syria, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia to the Gulf. Two massive pipelines would supply water - one to Jordanian and Syrian cities, and the other to Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE. The cost was estimated by Brown & Root at $20 billion. Endless talks were held. There was even a suggestion that a spur might turn south to supply Israel with water - a true Peace Pipeline. Turgat Ozal died, tempers frayed again in the Middle East, the Gulf States lost interest and put away their wallets and the Peace Pipeline plans were put back in the box.
机译：对于全世界的企业家和政府来说，流水都令人着迷。它笨重且需要大量能量才能被泵上山的事实似乎从未阻止过这些梦想家。在过去的三十多年中，头条新闻引起了人们的广泛关注，但是当政治和经济的全面影响开始浮出水面时，这些梦想又再次变得晦涩难懂。早在1980年代，时任土耳其总理的Turgat Ozal就曾接受过工程师培训，他对和平管道的构想从土耳其的山区一直延伸到沙特阿拉伯的沙漠深深着迷。计划是通过叙利亚，约旦和沙特阿拉伯将河水引到海湾。两条巨大的管道将供水-一条流向约旦和叙利亚城市，另一条流向巴林，科威特，阿曼，卡塔尔，沙特阿拉伯和阿联酋。 Brown＆Root估计这笔费用为200亿美元。举行了无休止的会谈。甚至有人暗示，马刺可能会南下向以色列供水—一条真正的和平管道。 Turgat Ozal死了，中东再次发脾气，海湾国家失去了兴趣，收起了他们的钱包，Peace Pipeline计划又被放回了盒子。

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