Getting fresh seafood to an inland city takes a fair amount dedication, since it typically has to be flown or driven in from the coast.

Instead, we could build a saltwater-filled pipeline from the coast to one or more points inland and pump live fish, crustaceans, and the like through it.
-- frankus, Aug 24 2006

And who is going to clean up the squid slicks in Nebraska?
-- Galbinus_Caeli, Aug 24 2006


So alongside the gas and water mains we now have chow meins?
-- Srimech, Aug 24 2006


To clean it, from time to time we could flip open the top half of the pipe and let the seagulls peck it dry.
-- phundug, Aug 24 2006


[frnkus] I like this idea so (+) You can take a look at my Breakfast Hose sometime to see why, but I have a question: In what direction would the water have to be pumped, to cope with live salmon?
-- xenzag, Aug 24 2006


First, people eat seafood only if they live by the sea.
Then, refrigeration and transportation bring frozen seafood inland. - Overfishing becomes a problem.
Now, an idea to pipe mass quantities of live fish inland...

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-- Shz, Aug 24 2006


[xenzag], it could incorporate a return water line for the salmon. Which would keep Omaha from filling up with salt water, and maybe reduce pumping costs.

I don't think this would be do-able, but [+]
-- baconbrain, Aug 25 2006


//pump live fish, crustaceans, and the like through it.//

That's terrible. 'Pumping' live animals though a long stretch of narrow tubing with foreign sea creatures and a rapidly varying climate is inhumane so loses my otherwise positive vote.
-- jellydoughnut, Aug 26 2006


Love it! If I were a fish and I had to die anyways, then why not have the ride of a lifetime when it's still possible.
-- django, Aug 26 2006


Terrible idea, but truly halfbaked so avoids a fish.
-- wagster, Aug 26 2006


Now a pastry pipeline - that *would* be useful.
-- wagster, Aug 27 2006



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