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Why don’t we have over-ocean cables to ferry cargo/cargo ships?
by greentext 2y ago
Why don’t we have over-ocean cables to ferry cargo/cargo ships?
- doctorwho42 2y agoCable would get too heavy to hold up by both ends
- zardo 2y agoYou could have some floating supports.
- toast0 2y agoCable ferries exist, but the longest cable ferry route is 2 km [1]. Ignoring material science conerns, energy efficiency concerns, and the difficulties they add for other navigation, cable ferries tend to be quite slow even compared to intercontinental shipping, have a single vessel per route and have a two point route. [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/MV_Baynes_Sound_Connector https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/MV_Baynes_Sound_Connector