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Re:Giant Ship Is Moved To and Fro to Break Suction: Suez Update by riffraff on Monday March 29, 2021 @03:43AM (#26618651)
you could cut across the egypt/israel border from the gulf of aqaba.

It would be something like ten times the length of Suez, and I think there are mountains in the middle, but it would be pretty cool! :)

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Re:Giant Ship Is Moved To and Fro to Break Suction: Suez Update by danarmak on Monday March 29, 2021 @07:04AM (#26619932)
It's been proposed before! https://www.jpost.com/opinion/an-israeli-suez-canal-393225

It would be less than 3x the length, not 10x. The mountains are a problem; it could go around but would still need to dig a lot. And it doesn't seem feasible politically right now, but it could be a really cool project.

(If it was built, then a side-canal to irrigate the Dead Sea would be a relatively cheap value-add.)

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Re:Giant Ship Is Moved To and Fro to Break Suction: Suez Update by theshrike79 on Monday March 29, 2021 @04:17AM (#26618816)
The Norwegians are already planning a tunnel for boats: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stad_Ship_Tunnel

"In March 2021, the Norwegian Ministry of Transport and Communications gave approval for preparations to begin, with the Norwegian Coastal Administration expecting construction to begin in 2022."

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Re:Giant Ship Is Moved To and Fro to Break Suction: Suez Update by usrusr on Monday March 29, 2021 @06:25AM (#26619683)
Norway, where else! They seem to have an entirely different relation to tunneling than the rest of humanity:

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

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Re:Giant Ship Is Moved To and Fro to Break Suction: Suez Update by matkoniecz on Monday March 29, 2021 @08:11AM (#26620415)
And there are canal tunnels already - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canal_tunnel
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