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We just need to run railroad tracks over the oceans.

by smm11 5y ago

lupire 5y ago
Civilzation 1 player spotted!
paganel 5y ago
One can still dream about the Bering Straight bridge (or tunnel) [1] coming to life someday, plus the connecting (and now missing) railway parts over the two continents. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bering_Strait_crossing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bering_Strait_crossing
- yurishimo 5y ago
  Yeah, building the connection is one thing, but it's arguably more work to construct the railway to get to that remote region of Russia. There's a documentary (Long Way Round) about Ewen McGregor riding a motorcycle from London to NYC by going around the world across Eurasia. They were essentially ferried by a giant off-road truck through rural Russia and even then they had to practically dig a new path for truck to pass in some spots. That was in 2004, but I doubt the road of bones has gotten any better since then...
- nikanj 5y ago
  If only it wasn't Russia on the other end of that bridge. Nobody is going to risk the investment of building the bridge, when it would be subject to the general instability of Russian internal/external politics.
  - BirAdam 5y ago
    Russia has had one ruler for a very long time, and that ruler has had somewhat stable (even if bad) policies. This makes Russia a more predictable place than say… the USA where every 4 years you risk having one extreme political view vs another in control of the country. One year you have peace with Iran and Cuba, and the very next year that’s off the table and it’s sanctions time. That’s a massive swing in political fortune. Then there’s that thing of: should we? Absolutely, yes. Russia and the USA would destroy the Earth if tensions move to war. The US corporate press loves to say that Russians are massing troops on their border, but that’s within their own territory. Meanwhile, the USA has massed troops all over the globe with bases in nearly every country. The antagonisms need to stop. Peace needs to reign. The alternative is the death of the Earth. A train connecting Asia and North America might be exactly the kind of thing to bring this peace to the table. Politicians respond to lobbying. Cargo freight is big business. If enough money lined their pockets…
gruez 5y ago
How does that change anything? Most of the rail cars I see are also carrying containers.
LargoLasskhyfv 5y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Submerged_floating_tunnel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Submerged_floating_tunnel

We just need to run railroad tracks over the oceans.

by smm11 5y ago

We just need to run railroad tracks over the oceans.

lupire 5y ago

Civilzation 1 player spotted!

paganel 5y ago

One can still dream about the Bering Straight bridge (or tunnel) [1] coming to life someday, plus the connecting (and now missing) railway parts over the two continents. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bering_Strait_crossing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bering_Strait_crossing

yurishimo 5y ago
Yeah, building the connection is one thing, but it's arguably more work to construct the railway to get to that remote region of Russia. There's a documentary (Long Way Round) about Ewen McGregor riding a motorcycle from London to NYC by going around the world across Eurasia. They were essentially ferried by a giant off-road truck through rural Russia and even then they had to practically dig a new path for truck to pass in some spots. That was in 2004, but I doubt the road of bones has gotten any better since then...
nikanj 5y ago
If only it wasn't Russia on the other end of that bridge. Nobody is going to risk the investment of building the bridge, when it would be subject to the general instability of Russian internal/external politics.
- BirAdam 5y ago
  Russia has had one ruler for a very long time, and that ruler has had somewhat stable (even if bad) policies. This makes Russia a more predictable place than say… the USA where every 4 years you risk having one extreme political view vs another in control of the country. One year you have peace with Iran and Cuba, and the very next year that’s off the table and it’s sanctions time. That’s a massive swing in political fortune. Then there’s that thing of: should we? Absolutely, yes. Russia and the USA would destroy the Earth if tensions move to war. The US corporate press loves to say that Russians are massing troops on their border, but that’s within their own territory. Meanwhile, the USA has massed troops all over the globe with bases in nearly every country. The antagonisms need to stop. Peace needs to reign. The alternative is the death of the Earth. A train connecting Asia and North America might be exactly the kind of thing to bring this peace to the table. Politicians respond to lobbying. Cargo freight is big business. If enough money lined their pockets…

gruez 5y ago

How does that change anything? Most of the rail cars I see are also carrying containers.

LargoLasskhyfv 5y ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Submerged_floating_tunnel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Submerged_floating_tunnel