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I think they should do it.
I would also like to see this happen.
Doesn't sound like a very smart idea: Train tracks under the ocean floor.
What if it breaks open, whole thing starts flooding.
What if a fault shifts near it, bloody cracks it open.
[QUOTE=Karmah;32907207]Doesn't sound like a very smart idea: Train tracks under the ocean floor.
What if it breaks open, whole thing starts flooding.
What if a fault shifts near it, bloody cracks it open.[/QUOTE]
Same thing lies with BART systems in San Francisco. They build them strong enough that they don't break there, but it will be incredibly expensive to do the same on such a massive scale.
[QUOTE=Karmah;32907207]Doesn't sound like a very smart idea: Train tracks under the ocean floor.
What if it breaks open, whole thing starts flooding.
What if a fault shifts near it, bloody cracks it open.[/QUOTE]
Have you never heard of the channel tunnel?
It's not really anywhere near a plate margin
Sounds expensive, overly complex, somewhat risky, and with little benefit.
[QUOTE=jA_cOp;32907395]Have you never heard of the channel tunnel?[/QUOTE]
The Chunnel is under a tectonically stable region.
[QUOTE=Collin665;32907475]Sounds expensive, overly complex, somewhat risky, and with little benefit.[/QUOTE]
It's cool
[QUOTE=DainBramageStudios;32907554]The Chunnel is under a tectonically stable region.[/QUOTE]
The Bering Strait [I]is[/I] in a completely stable region.
Somebody should dare them to build it.
Let their ego's fuel their desire to make it happen.
because america has extra money to spend
Better than wasting trillions on the military, that's for sure, this would actually contribute to the world.
[QUOTE=GameDev;32908051]because america has extra money to spend[/QUOTE]
Say there's oil over in Russia (more, anyway) and it will get done within the next 5 years.
totally reminds of the presidential metro in fallout 3 they should do this itd be wicked
Build a superhighway instead, there is no point in wasting money digging under the sea floor.
[QUOTE=ultra_bright;32910842]Build a superhighway instead, there is no point in wasting money digging under the sea floor.[/QUOTE]
The maintenance costs alone for an above ground highway across the ocean in cold weather would be massive. Ice + salt water does not do good things to concrete and steel.
airplanes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Why? It's all the way up North in Canada/Alaska
Even if it was built, how useful would an undersea tunnel be when it's connected to thousands of miles of uninhabited wasteland on either side?
[QUOTE=Canuhearmenow;32911816]Even if it was built, how useful would an undersea tunnel be when it's connected to thousands of miles of uninhabited wasteland on either side?[/QUOTE]
It would connect the continents by land and develop the thousands of miles of uninhabited wasteland, it's not only the tunnel too, it's a major network of railway on both countries.
Yeah I can see this coming: World War 3, Russia VS. USA, Both sending highspeed trains loaded with loads of atomic bombs and missiles to each another.
[QUOTE=Mindfuck 2;32912591]Yeah I can see this coming: World War 3, Russia VS. USA, Both sending highspeed trains loaded with loads of atomic bombs and missiles to each another.[/QUOTE]
Train full of Russian troops and a Train full of US troops meet half way. Epic battle ensues under the ocean.
[QUOTE=OvB;32912934]Train full of Russian troops and a Train full of US troops meet half way. Epic battle ensues under the ocean.[/QUOTE]
Then a massive leak breaks in the tunnel and they all die
[QUOTE=Karmah;32907207]What if it breaks open, whole thing starts flooding.[/QUOTE]
It wouldn't be in the ocean. It would be under the ocean floor.
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