Musk weighs in on plan for $20 trillion tunnel linking New York to London

Unexplained Mysteries ^ | December 16, 2024 | T.K. Randall

[Jonty30]

They have no choice.

[Pikachu_Dad]

At that depth, think Titantic sub like implosion. You are going to need way, way more than a snorkel. And a way to get past the mountain of rocks .

[Pikachu_Dad]

Yep ! And under a lot of pressure…

But a carbon fiber shell (Titantic sub( should be enough, right?

[SmokingJoe]

The money is part of what Musk was talking about. Like do it for much less than they were proposing,
You need to keep up, boy!

[Macho MAGA Man]

(What type of tunnel or tube could possibly withstand the outlandishly tremendous water pressures at the depths of the ocean bed)

It would be built 100s of feet below the ocean bed in solid rock.

[dforest]

Nah

[Jonty30]

It can be done, no question. There is just no need because cargo ships and planes are more efficient.

However, another problem is how to power the train to go through it, because you would be looking at an approximately 5000-6000 km. That’s like trying to power a home in California from a powerplant in New York.

[SmokingJoe]

Building the mighty Starship and catching it from the air is much harder than you think.
Look it up!

[SmokingJoe]

He has a tunnel in Vegas that is always busy,

[MV=PY]

The idea is that cars are suspended using magnetics.

[PghBaldy]

This was foretold years ago by https://youtu.be/biPX93IPzYY?si=OHy4bSPq4_1YATSH

[Sequoyah101]

Nonsense! Musk is simply bold, aduacious, inspired, brilliant, the smartest and richest man in the world. He is on another plane and walks on water! /s

There is the little matter of crossing the little old mid-Atlantic Ridge something very seismically active. Things like even lava flows.

[Western Patriot]

heres an idea build the tunnel to iceland come out on land, hop over the rift, then go back under. That could solve a lot of problems.

[SmokingJoe]

Answer me this, how is he powering Starship to Mars, a 6/7 month trip millions of miles away? 5000-6000 km is like kindergarten by comparison.

[irishjuggler]

Wouldn’t it be easier and cheaper to get back into supersonic air travel instead? There are ideas out there for mitigating the sonic boom issues .

[Paal Gulli]

They’re proposing to put a vacuum in a tube that has 5000 PSI of water pressure on it.

Think on that for a minute.

[Bigg Red]

Ditto. My claustrophobia is pinging just reading about it.

[Jonty30]

Certainly not through a powerline, that’s for sure.
He’ll probably use the same methods that were used for NASA projects to Mars.

[PGR88]

Is Musk really this stupid? I hope not....

It's his brand. Throw some crazy Buck Rogers ideal agains the wall, and see what sticks.

[SmokingJoe]

Yes they do.
Plenty of planes/flights.