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We need to create more rivers! Water transport is still cheap and important for development, but sub-Saharan Africa and the middle of Asia are sadly deficient in rivers.
River creation is an interesting example of something which isn't forbidden by the laws of physics, but seems utterly unfeasible. Is there any imaginable technology for making rivers?
Use clean (mostly fusion) nuclear weapons to blast a channel through the landscape.
Could we do this to dig holes for geothermal power?
Apparently this possibility has been considered, but never got off the drawing board.