08 Dec 04
There is a plan to build a submarine tunnel between New York and London that will reduce travelling time between those two cities to 54 minutes, making it possible to live in New York, yet work in London. (Or vice versa)
http://media.dsc.discovery.com/convergence/engineering/transatlantictunnel/interactive/interactive.html
Do we need this?
08 Dec 04
Originally posted by KneverKnightI have to imagine that a ticket to use this thing would be prohibitively
There is a plan to build a submarine tunnel between New York and London that will reduce travelling time between those two cities to 54 minutes, making it possible to live in New York, yet work in London. (Or vice versa)
http://media.dsc.discovery.com/convergence/engineering/transatlantictunnel/interactive/interactive.html
Do we need this?
expensive as to make it impractical.
Do we 'need' this? How are we defining 'need?' Do you 'need' an airplane?
As long as my tax dollars aren't paying for it, they can build it for all
I care. If the fee for using it is reasonable, I'll use it. There are some
ultra-fine pipe organs in England; I'd love to hear Evensong at Westminster
Abbey again.
Nemesio
08 Dec 04
Originally posted by nemesioIt's going to cost a bundle of money to build, more than the Apollo moon landings. What fare is reasonable for a 1 hour ticket to London? I don't see it flying yet, not enough passengers.
I have to imagine that a ticket to use this thing would be prohibitively
expensive as to make it impractical.
Do we 'need' this? How are we defining 'need?' Do you 'need' an airplane?
As long as my tax dollars aren't paying for it, they can build it for all
I care. If the fee for using it is reasonable, I'll use it. There are some
ultra-fine pipe organs in England; I'd love to hear Evensong at Westminster
Abbey again.
Nemesio
08 Dec 04
Originally posted by KneverKnightThis was my point. It would have to be like 3000 dollars or something.
It's going to cost a bundle of money to build, more than the Apollo moon landings. What fare is reasonable for a 1 hour ticket to London? I don't see it flying yet, not enough passengers.
It wouldn't be practical to work in London because you'd have to shell
out 15000 a week just to travel.
In terms of travel, let's say a round trip ticket costs $750. With a savings
of $2250, I'd be willing to travel by plane and lose the six or so hours.
That's just me. Maybe someone would feel that the extra six hours would
be worth that kind of money.
Not I.
Nemesio
08 Dec 04
Surely with all the worry about terrorism these days the security on that would have to be immense, a couple of thousand anchors seems like a pretty easy target.
Also, if that amount of money were put into researching other technologies, then surely in a few years times we could have planes as fast with a lot less of the environmental effects they bring on?
