Hey tell me this don't sound like science fiction! According to this article in Dvice - Russia is spending 65 Billion dollars on a tunnel under the Bering Straight to Alaska. The word is that within 10 year you will be able to take a train from N. America and travel to eastern Europe and do so in about an hour. The tunnel will be about twice the length of the Chunnel at 64 miles and will cost $12 billion just to dig the tunnel itself. The balance will be the cost of rail lines connecting the Bering Strait area with the rest of the Russian rail network.
Now it is not completely a Russian government undertaking, but rather some sort of commercial partnership that is not completely clear, but the U.S. has been "invited" to participate.
Check out the artwork of the proposed project. It might be pie in the sky, but it is definitely on the edge thinking, I like it just for the scope.
Now it is not completely a Russian government undertaking, but rather some sort of commercial partnership that is not completely clear, but the U.S. has been "invited" to participate.
Check out the artwork of the proposed project. It might be pie in the sky, but it is definitely on the edge thinking, I like it just for the scope.
4 comments:
The US has been "invited" to participate??? Seems to me that if you are digging a tunnel towards another sovereign nation, you have to get their permission before you get any closed than about 12 miles...
It says "you'll be able to take a train from the western hemisphere to the eastern hemisphere in under an hour." Not sure how that translates to a one hour trip from N. America to Eastern Europe.
Oh I would say that the invitation is for commercial revenue don't you think Jon? I have no doubt that any tunnel construction going on inside the 12 mile limit would be under strict governmental control. But above and beyond that is the serious income this project would generate. But I am guessing the cream of this project is reserved for those that invested in the construction not generating the licenses.
anon, I would guess that it would be just the ride through the tunnel. Alaska is N.America and Siberia is eastern Europe. I might be over simplifying it some but its my guess that it is just the Bering Strait leg of the trip.
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