I think about this every know and then. What do you get started on first? It ends up being a mind boggling enterprise. Modern society has an incredibly complex supply chain. Out here in Silicon Valley where it doesn't rain 8 months of the year getting water flowing from the reservoir systems is mandatory in my opinion if your going to support anything over a tiny population. So that means you also need power to work all the pumps, gates, etc. Power is going to need coal or gas which isn't located in Silicon Valley (assuming we use a local water supply). So moving coal probably needs a functioning railroad. See where this is going? Everything is so intertwined.
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