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It's been argued in another thread, and cited in the work of centrists economists, that the only hope of solving the "worker glut" in the short term is to spend at unprecedented levels on infrastructure projects. Unfortunately, most voters don't find roads to be politically very "sexy," and a big wall on the southern border isn't very practical.
So here's something that everyone can get behind (and on): the world's first Transatlantic Bridge.
This bridge would make it possible to drive cars and big rigs from the East Coast to the west coast of Europe. It would come with restaurants, hotels, service stations: enough to get this country to full employment for a long time. Plus, you wouldn't have to put up with the crappy service you get from air travel these days.
It's been argued in another thread, and cited in the work of centrists economists, that the only hope of solving the "worker glut" in the short term is to spend at unprecedented levels on infrastructure projects. Unfortunately, most voters don't find roads to be politically very "sexy," and a big wall on the southern border isn't very practical.
So here's something that everyone can get behind (and on): the world's first Transatlantic Bridge.
This bridge would make it possible to drive cars and big rigs from the East Coast to the west coast of Europe. It would come with restaurants, hotels, service stations: enough to get this country to full employment for a long time. Plus, you wouldn't have to put up with the crappy service you get from air travel these days.
Who would have jurisdiction on the bridge?
A "Stairway To Heaven" to go along with this pipe dream?
We can't. It's already been bought by some lady.
But seriously.....how do we overcome the 5,000 - 10,000 foot depths to set stanchions. Floating bridges would get torn apart.
China constructed the Danyang–Kunshan Grand Bridge in just 4 years, employing 10,000 workers, at a cost of about $8.5 million. It crosses low rice paddies, part of the Yangtze River Delta, with just a few miles of the bridge actually crossing the open water of Yangcheng Lake in Suzhou. The bridge averages about 100 feet (31 meters) off the ground.
Worlds Longest Bridge | Longest Bridge in the World
But seriously.....how do we overcome the 5,000 - 10,000 foot depths to set stanchions. Floating bridges would get torn apart.
Are we sure that the technology to set up offshore platforms in the Gulf and the North Sea wouldn't scale?
And even if it doesn't, I'm sure that multiple groups of researchers around the world have been thinking about this very problem for a while.
Are we sure that the technology to set up offshore platforms in the Gulf and the North Sea wouldn't scale?
And even if it doesn't, I'm sure that multiple groups of researchers around the world have been thinking about this very problem for a while.
International law.
Some day perhaps. But not in our lifetime. The Atlantic is a violent place.
People in the 1950s would have said that the (then) world's most powerful computer couldn't be made to fit in a wireless phone in their lifetimes...
Airline flights would be cheaper and far, far faster than driving over a bridge that size.
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