[sbMKE]

Abandoning the Great Lakes is akin to handing off an oil field. No one would let their control go - there are already local municipalities fighting over Great Lakes water rights. A freshwater supply like that will only get more valuable as population grows.

[kosciusko51]

Good points. My thought on the Great Lakes is that there are a lot of libs living on them. I think it might be something in the water.

I am beginning to sound like Brigadier General Jack Ripper...