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The Line is a 150km or so project (at the moment). You can appreciate the scale here: https://www.google.com/maps/@28.0609943,35.2178942,63268m/data=!3m1!1e3!5m

by csomar 2y ago

The Line is a 150km or so project (at the moment). You can appreciate the scale here: https://www.google.com/maps/@28.0609943,35.2178942,63268m/data=!3m1!1e3!5m1!1e1?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI0MTAxNi4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D https://www.google.com/maps/@28.0609943,35.2178942,63268m/da... At first, I thought it was one of these sci-fi concepts that governments talk about but never execute. But they are doing the project (although they have scaled it down considerably). Have nothing to say really.

mytailorisrich 2y ago
The line was never going to be built. 150km long with a massive cross-section is unrealistic. It has been massively scaled down to realistic proportions since, as expected.
Oarch 2y ago
They've done some groundworks for the entire length, but that's shifting sand about mostly for PR reasons. I believe the plan is to build the first 2km as a test. Which is still 500m high so just nuts. The project Corviale in Rome is 1km long as a reference.
Sporktacular 2y ago
"They have scaled it down considerably" Right, so it's no longer "a 150km or so project". It's actually a 1.5km project. This doesn't need more hype. So many people said this would be BS and they were right. The 1% remaining is a face saving gesture.
A_D_E_P_T 2y ago
Importing 400 million metric tons of steel would be a massive undertaking in its own right. Currently the largest importer of steel is the US, at less than 30 million MT. > https://www.statista.com/statistics/650538/leading-steel-importers-globally-sorted-by-country/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/650538/leading-steel-imp... Such a massive import scheme would probably disrupt global steel markets and lead to a price surge, which is not in evidence. If anything, steel prices have decreased over 2024: > https://tradingeconomics.com/commodity/steel https://tradingeconomics.com/commodity/steel So I don't know how much they're using, but I think we can safely rule out that they're really utilizing anything like 1/5 of global annual production.
- defrost 2y ago
  Again, China. Already importing more than a billion tonnes of raw meterial in order to make steel - they have the logistics to move weight and they're not importing steel they're importing iron ore and metallurgical coal to make it and use it. They're glutting with steel about now and in the near future, their massive city scale housing developments have come to an end and are possibly looking to sell their ongoing production to the Saudi's.
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by csomar 2y ago

mytailorisrich 2y ago

The line was never going to be built. 150km long with a massive cross-section is unrealistic. It has been massively scaled down to realistic proportions since, as expected.

Oarch 2y ago

They've done some groundworks for the entire length, but that's shifting sand about mostly for PR reasons. I believe the plan is to build the first 2km as a test. Which is still 500m high so just nuts. The project Corviale in Rome is 1km long as a reference.

Sporktacular 2y ago

"They have scaled it down considerably" Right, so it's no longer "a 150km or so project". It's actually a 1.5km project. This doesn't need more hype. So many people said this would be BS and they were right. The 1% remaining is a face saving gesture.

A_D_E_P_T 2y ago

Importing 400 million metric tons of steel would be a massive undertaking in its own right. Currently the largest importer of steel is the US, at less than 30 million MT. > https://www.statista.com/statistics/650538/leading-steel-importers-globally-sorted-by-country/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/650538/leading-steel-imp... Such a massive import scheme would probably disrupt global steel markets and lead to a price surge, which is not in evidence. If anything, steel prices have decreased over 2024: > https://tradingeconomics.com/commodity/steel https://tradingeconomics.com/commodity/steel So I don't know how much they're using, but I think we can safely rule out that they're really utilizing anything like 1/5 of global annual production.

defrost 2y ago
Again, China. Already importing more than a billion tonnes of raw meterial in order to make steel - they have the logistics to move weight and they're not importing steel they're importing iron ore and metallurgical coal to make it and use it. They're glutting with steel about now and in the near future, their massive city scale housing developments have come to an end and are possibly looking to sell their ongoing production to the Saudi's.

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