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Re:$20T Transatlantic Tunnel Would Be 'High Risk' Build by domofutu on Sunday January 05, 2025 @03:11PM (#42604630)
Re:$20T Transatlantic Tunnel Would Be 'High Risk' Build by EA-3167 on Sunday January 05, 2025 @03:25PM (#42604739)
Why on Earth would we want a rail connection to the UK? If we were going to go through the trouble of building such a megastructure, surely we'd go the extra cm on the map and connect to mainland Europe?

Not that we need that either, or want it, but even in the fever dream this article presents, this doesn't make sense.

Re:$20T Transatlantic Tunnel Would Be 'High Risk' Build by pavel_lishin on Sunday January 05, 2025 @03:44PM (#42604865)
> with tech CEO Elon Musk even suggesting that he would be capable of getting the construction started for a fraction of estimated costs.

Name one construction project the man has completed under budget.

Re:$20T Transatlantic Tunnel Would Be 'High Risk' Build by timcambrant on Sunday January 05, 2025 @04:54PM (#42605376)
His rebranding of Twitter/X was probably under budget given they didn't do market research, didn't hire product design consultants and didn't use common sense.
Re:$20T Transatlantic Tunnel Would Be 'High Risk' Build by notAgreed on Sunday January 05, 2025 @03:12PM (#42604635)
I don't know shit and could have told everyone this is a high risk.
Re:$20T Transatlantic Tunnel Would Be 'High Risk' Build by pestatije on Sunday January 05, 2025 @03:21PM (#42604692)
click bait