Posted on 12/16/2024 4:43:57 PM PST by Macho MAGA Man
Spanning 3,400 miles, the tunnel would be the most ambitious infrastructure project ever undertaken. The difficulties of building an underground rail tunnel all the way from London to New York might seem insurmountable, yet plans to actually construct such a tunnel are genuinely being considered, with those behind the idea estimating that it could cost somewhere in the region of $20 trillion.
Not only would the tunnel be the longest ever built by a huge margin at 3,400 miles long, but it would also make incredibly fast trans-Atlantic travel a reality, with trips between New York and London taking a mere 54 minutes to complete.
This remarkably short travel time would be achieved by creating a vacuum within the tunnel and using pressurized vehicles that could theoretically reach speeds of up to 3,000mph.
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Who wants to go to London?
He is not God like, but can he build a super fast train from London To New York given time?
Hell yes!
The tethered ring merits more consideration…
Uh…nope!
Too much sisemic instability along the Atlantic seafloor. The largest rift on the planet is in the atlantic basin. 20T is a stupid amount to waste on a precarious undertaking.
i would imagine the tunnel would float beneath the surface a few hundred feet...
Nope!
Trump might like this as his Pharaonic legacy.
You're probably right, but I've learned never to underestimate Musk. It was said that upright landing of booster rockets couldn't be done. Musk did it.
HaHaHaHaHa..Keep smoking Joe...Don’t forget to pony up some money for the effort.
Ketamine is a hell of a drug
Storyboard Video for Tethered Ring Animation Contest
https://youtu.be/b3O1gtr_oAk?si=5E1U4jpESsHfcccE
“This is nuts. How would they compensate for tectonic plate movement?”
My first thought.
Doesn’t Musk already have a tunnel that nobody uses?
You may need to visit China to see the previously “impossible” gargantuan bridges and tunnels they’ve built there lately.
I wonder who gets any gold or diamonds they find while digging the tunnel.
It will be an odd paragraph in the contract.
What type of tunnel or tube could possibly withstand the outlandishly tremendous water pressures at the depths of the ocean bed, that would have to be dealt with by this project?
I’m thinking Chunnel, Part 2
Someone check my math.
I’m coming up with 3,800 MPH to pull that off.
Color me beyond skeptical.
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