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Proposed $19,000,000,000,000 tunnel could get you from London to New York in 54 minutes
« on: February 24, 2025, 02:59:34 pm »

Proposed $19,000,000,000,000 tunnel could get you from London to New York in 54 minutes

Daily Mail
By WILIAM HUNTER
24 February 2025



Imagine stepping on to a train in London and arriving in New York just 54 minutes later.

Although that might sound like something straight from the pages of science fiction, this is exactly what a proposed Transatlantic Tunnel claims it could achieve.

This Elon Musk-backed concept could allow travellers to complete the 3,400-mile (5,470 km) journey in less time than many people's inner-city commute.

But that convenience comes at a serious cost, with the estimated price tag reaching $19trillion (£15trillion) - over five times more than the UK's total gross domestic product.

Musk recently ignited renewed interest in the idea by claiming that his tunnel-digging company, The Boring Company, could complete it for '1000-times less money'.

While it sounds far-fetched, the basic technology needed to build the tunnel has already been developed.

Using vacuum tubes and magnetically levitating trains, friction could be reduced to nearly zero.

This could allow for staggering top speeds exceeding 3,000mph (4,800kmph) combined with a ride so smooth that it wouldn't spill your coffee.

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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-14429097/19-trillion-tunnel-London-New-York-minutes.html
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Re: Proposed $19,000,000,000,000 tunnel could get you from London to New York in 54 minutes
« Reply #1 on: February 24, 2025, 03:03:34 pm »
Why go to Londonistan?
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Re: Proposed $19,000,000,000,000 tunnel could get you from London to New York in 54 minutes
« Reply #2 on: February 24, 2025, 03:07:58 pm »
Flights from New York to London takes about 7-8 hours and costs about $1,000 roundtrip

It would take 19 billion roundtrip flights to cost the same to make it only an hour long by train.

And that does not include the maintenance of keeping that tunnel open or the transit inside it.

There is no sanity when it comes to liberal dreaming.

The tunnel to nowhere will surpass even Gavin's train to nowhere.
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Re: Proposed $19,000,000,000,000 tunnel could get you from London to New York in 54 minutes
« Reply #3 on: February 24, 2025, 03:13:53 pm »
Total waste of money.
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Re: Proposed $19,000,000,000,000 tunnel could get you from London to New York in 54 minutes
« Reply #4 on: February 24, 2025, 03:21:03 pm »
Whatttt could go wrong?????
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Re: Proposed $19,000,000,000,000 tunnel could get you from London to New York in 54 minutes
« Reply #5 on: February 24, 2025, 03:21:24 pm »
Good luck tunneling below, above, or around the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.

« Last Edit: February 24, 2025, 03:25:18 pm by DefiantMassRINO »
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Re: Proposed $19,000,000,000,000 tunnel could get you from London to New York in 54 minutes
« Reply #6 on: February 24, 2025, 03:26:03 pm »
Quote from: DefiantMassRINO on February 24, 2025, 03:21:24 pm
Good luck tunneling below, above, or around the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.


Especially considering it is a spreading center and plate boundary.
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Re: Proposed $19,000,000,000,000 tunnel could get you from London to New York in 54 minutes
« Reply #7 on: February 24, 2025, 03:41:20 pm »
All great achievements begin with a crazy dream.
Man cannot fly. Are you insane!
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Re: Proposed $19,000,000,000,000 tunnel could get you from London to New York in 54 minutes
« Reply #8 on: February 24, 2025, 03:42:35 pm »
You would have to tie me up and gag me to take a trip in something like that…..if it could ever be built, it certainly won’t be in my lifetime, so no worries.
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Re: Proposed $19,000,000,000,000 tunnel could get you from London to New York in 54 minutes
« Reply #9 on: February 24, 2025, 03:59:37 pm »
Quote from: GtHawk on February 24, 2025, 03:42:35 pm
You would have to tie me up and gag me to take a trip in something like that…..if it could ever be built, it certainly won’t be in my lifetime, so no worries.
I was thinking the same thing. I will not live to see this.

BTW: On a side note, the tunnel does not have to be completely underground.
Parts of it may simply go through the ocean above ground to avoid plates and quakes and such.
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Re: Proposed $19,000,000,000,000 tunnel could get you from London to New York in 54 minutes
« Reply #10 on: February 24, 2025, 04:18:48 pm »
Quote from: Texas Yellow Rose on February 24, 2025, 03:21:03 pm
Whatttt could go wrong?????

Other than just about everything you mean?
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Re: Proposed $19,000,000,000,000 tunnel could get you from London to New York in 54 minutes
« Reply #11 on: February 24, 2025, 04:24:38 pm »
Quote from: 240B on February 24, 2025, 03:41:20 pm
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Man still can't. Only his inventions get him off the ground, as an operator of a machine, or a passenger.
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Re: Proposed $19,000,000,000,000 tunnel could get you from London to New York in 54 minutes
« Reply #12 on: February 24, 2025, 04:37:23 pm »
Your dreams ... my money ... no thank you
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