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Re:Powering Planes with Microwaves Is Not the Craziest Idea by OldManAndTheCpp on Monday June 24, 2024 @01:05PM (#40778446)
Yeah, trains don’t run over the ocean.
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Re:Powering Planes with Microwaves Is Not the Craziest Idea by wongarsu on Monday June 24, 2024 @01:16PM (#40778535)
This proposal doesn't either. Unless you are at a strait less than 200km wide. You could hop over the English channel, but if you want to go LA to London you have to take the long way around over the Bering strait.
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Re:Powering Planes with Microwaves Is Not the Craziest Idea by LargoLasskhyfv on Monday June 24, 2024 @09:20PM (#40783231)
They could.

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

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