Germany Is Burning Too Much Coal

Re:Germany Is Burning Too Much Coal by Tomte on Tuesday November 14, 2017 @01:39PM (#15697872)

I thought so. A pipe sounds much cheaper than boats.

> Its not feasible, unless you want the US taxpayers to pick up the bill and then subsidize it.

Oh, if that's possible, sure, thank you very much! ;-)

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Re:Germany Is Burning Too Much Coal by logfromblammo on Tuesday November 14, 2017 @02:25PM (#15698293)

Why couldn't you build a submarine pipeline, instead of the ship terminals and ships?

Langeled (1166 km) and Nord Stream (1222 km) transport gas under the sea, and a US-to-Germany pipeline would only be about 5 times that distance. I estimate Boston-to-Hamburg could be done for $60 billion, and it could make stops in Newfoundland, Ireland, and Britain.

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Re:Germany Is Burning Too Much Coal by gaius on Tuesday November 14, 2017 @01:44PM (#15697910)

Oh, if that's possible, sure, thank you very much! ;-)

That worked for German defence policy, so there's precedent...

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