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Better Cold War option: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Plowshare https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Plowshare The ship’s a total loss, but Egypt als

Better Cold War option: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Plowshare https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Plowshare The ship’s a total loss, but Egypt also gets a new lake!

qbasic_forever 6y ago
You know there's probably someone doing the cost-benefit analysis right now to see if just digging a new canal channel around the ship would be faster and cheaper than removing it.
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- neartheplain 6y ago
  Why dig when you can blast? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Chagan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Chagan
  - mark_mart 6y ago
    I see you like to blast things hah. That canal was built in 10 years.
    - nullsense 6y ago
      Peter Thiel would ask "ok, but how would build it in 6 months?"
      - 205guy 6y ago
        The canal expansion in 2014 was actually completed in one year: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suez_Canal_Area_Development_Project https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suez_Canal_Area_Development_Pr...
HPsquared 6y ago
Those passing through the area afterwards might not like that idea.