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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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mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]


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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[[[

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