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Red Sea Dam
The proposal is to dam the narrow inlet to the Red Sea, shown at the bottom-right of the image.
LocationDjibouti
Yemen
Coordinates12°33′25″N 43°22′20″E / 12.55694°N 43.37222°E / 12.55694; 43.37222
Dam and spillways
ImpoundsBab-el-Mandeb Strait
Length29 km (18 mi)
Power Station
Installed capacity50,000 MW

The Red Sea Dam is a speculative macro-engineering proposal put forward in 2007 by a group of scientists and engineers.[1] Although the authors' intentions are to explore "the ethical and environmental dilemmas and some of the political implications of macro-engineering", the proposal has attracted both criticism and ridicule.[2]

  1. ^ Power from closing the Red Sea: Economic and ecological costs and benefits following the isolation of the Red Sea by Roelof Dirk Schuiling, Viorel Badescu, Richard B. Cathcart, Jihan Seoud, Jaap C. Hanekamp
  2. ^ New Scientist critique

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