>Posted on 10/21/2011 9:16:14 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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Russian officials have backed the idea of a rail tunnel linking Russia and the US.
It would run under the Bering Strait for 105km (65 miles) - twice the length of the UK-France Channel Tunnel.
The tunnel itself has been estimated to cost $10-12bn and to take 10-15 years to build.
But an additional 4,000km (2,485 miles) of new track would be needed to link it to Russia's rail network, plus another 2,000km (1,243 miles) to connect to existing services on the US side.
(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.co.uk ...
“That movie has been made.
http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi2246508825/";
That trailer looks familiar, but what’s with Amazon claiming Transsiberian was released in 1969???????????????
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001KB9J00/ref=atv_feed_catalog?tag=imdb-amazonvideo-20
Didn’t anyone tell the Rooskie’s all they have to do is call it “high speed rail” and the Obama administration will be on it quicker than Moochelle on a chili dog in a high school cafeteria?
Great, just what we need a train to bring a trillion more illegal aliens from Russia. No thanks.
Notice that most of the North American portion isn’t in the US but Canada. For that reason alone this thing ain’t happening.
Notice that most of the North American portion isn’t in the US but Canada. For that reason alone this thing ain’t happening.
Since the present railways in Alaska do not connect to the Canadian railway system 2,000 kilometers of track will have to be built in Alaska and Canada to connect the tunnel to the Canadian-U.S. railway system.
Come back in the year 2100, we can see if this is an economically viable project then. I suspect it still will not be.
I guess the cruise ships and airlines can’t keep up with the massive tourism to and from Russia. And of course, every cargo ship in the world can’t satisfy our addiction to Russian products.
Yeah, go ahead and build it. Makes complete sense. /s
(1) Increased economic ties always decrease the chance of war.
Compare our relationship with China today vs the time prior to Nixon opening economic trade with China. We fought Chinese troops in Korea, and the fear of open war was real in the 1960s.
Today, we worry about economic competition with China, but we don’t worry much about a shooting war with China.
This tunnel would increase all of North America’s involement with Russia, and thus decrease the odds of a shooting war (btw, I think Russia will regain its former role as a military superpower in a couple of decades).
(2) What’s with this long rail from Alaska to NY?
There is already an extensive rail & road network in western Canada/USA which connects with the rest of the country. Shouldn’t the goal be to connect to the current infrastructure as quickly as possible, instead of building a new system?
(3) 12 billion?
Obviously, that would triple or quadruple to say $48 billion. But if split between it would be $24 billion for the west, which could be a shared cost between Canada and the USA.
The dollar amount is big, but not unworkable compared to our current budget.
Russia has huge reserves of oil and natural gas. Big enough to rival the middle east.
One of our goals should be to lower our dependence or middle-eastern oil, by developing our own resources and finding alternative foreign sources of oil.
I don't think so. Their birthrate has collapsed. There simply won't be enough Russians to man their armies.
Well, Emily Mortimer wasn't born until 1971, and Kate Mara not until 1983.
Likely database error. 1969 is the year you get if store zero as a Unix date (in Amazon's timezone).
It’s an awesome idea and I hope it gets done one day.
If it cuts down on the cost of Osetra fish eggs I might be inclined to support it..... /S
I think I’d insist on Palm D’ore Rose or Perrier Joet Brute’ or even a Veuve Clicquot to wash em down with and then switch to nice bottle of Kelt.
Yeah, if they could do that I’d say “Go for it!”
>>>>>>Great, just what we need a train to bring a trillion more illegal aliens from Russia. No thanks.>>>>>>>
C’mon. Statistically Russians are less likely to overstay their visas comparing to British and Japanese.
Numerous nations including Israel allows them visa-free.
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