Just arriving and only for a bit. However, I am catching the “intercontinental RR” conversation. I don’t know much, but I do know that if the RR was proposed in today’s political environment, then the envirowackos’ would shut it down. Same for the hoover dam, the TVA, etc, etc, etc....
Russia Green Lights $65 Billion Siberia-Alaska Rail and Tunnel to Bridge the Bering Strait!
http://inhabitat.com/russia-green-lights-65-billion-siberia-alaska-rail-and-tunnel-to-bridge-the-bering-strait/