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Aussie105

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58. This is a Spruce Goose moment!

Tue Dec 17, 2024, 04:13 AM

Dec 2024

A moment in history where it is shown a genius is just one inch from madness, and his next genius idea shows he has tipped over the edge.

Howard Hughes had his Spruce Goose, Elon has both his Mars colony and impossible tunnel.

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Musk weighs in on plan for $20 trillion tunnel linking New York to London [View all] 4th Dec 2024 OP

Musk should be the first passenger. viva la Dec 2024 #1

And the last. skypilot Dec 2024 #92

Trump couldn't even build a portion of a simple wall C_U_L8R Dec 2024 #2

That should bring the price of eggs down Walleye Dec 2024 #3

The Mid-Atlantic ridge spreads 2 to 5 cm per year. It also is known to be, you know, an active volcanic region. Johonny Dec 2024 #4

Flooded tunnels are not something I like, either. Kid Berwyn Dec 2024 #72

Exactamundo. If he is so rich, how come he's not smart? GreenWave Dec 2024 #76

His companies hire smart people Johonny Dec 2024 #83

He's fallen in love with tunnels snowybirdie Dec 2024 #5

The Boring Company Celerity Dec 2024 #17

Chicago doesn't have a subway. It has trains. FWIW: Musk wanted to do the same to San Antonio. LeftInTX Dec 2024 #53

Yeeee Haaaa,... Eloon's tunnel drilling company would make $19 trillion ,..... magicarpet Dec 2024 #6

Trump is going to make Musk pay him more than $5T for this contract. Irish_Dem Dec 2024 #8

The feasibility studies on projects like this are where the easiest money is. Emrys Dec 2024 #19

$20 trillion on a tunnel, but no money for SS, Medicare, healthcare, education. Irish_Dem Dec 2024 #7

The title of the OP is "Musk weighs in on plan for $20 trillion tunnel linking New York to London" Abolishinist Dec 2024 #23

It could be profitable at 20 billion Renew Deal Dec 2024 #42

That estimate's from the guy who bought Twitter for $44 billion Emrys Dec 2024 #49

$20 billion seems low when you consider how much stadiums seem to cost Renew Deal Dec 2024 #66

Well, yeah, we went through this sort of thought experiment in the UK Emrys Dec 2024 #69

B. S. C. Disaffected Dec 2024 #9

54 minutes? Why am i thinking of that submersible sub that imploded? IcyPeas Dec 2024 #10

'This remarkably short travel time would be achieved by creating a vacuum within the tunnel elleng Dec 2024 #11

OK? shanti Dec 2024 #57

Musk can't even get videos to play reliably on Twitter without stuttering unwatchably! n/t Emrys Dec 2024 #70

There's a 1930s movie about this Retrograde Dec 2024 #12

Seems very unlikely to me. La Coliniere Dec 2024 #13

and tariffs, youi know, i started using that word, tariffs its a beautiful word will pay for it rampartd Dec 2024 #14

😹 Meowmee Dec 2024 #15

The US needs high speed passenger rail first. Beartracks Dec 2024 #16

And next he will be saying the Brits will pay for it. SheltieLover Dec 2024 #18

The Mid-Ocean Ridge is one of the most seismically active areas on earth; 5.5 mag earthquakes are common. eppur_se_muova Dec 2024 #20

Also the distance widens 4 cm per year Diraven Dec 2024 #77

And the gaps are continuously filled in by ... fresh, hot lava flows ! }:D nt eppur_se_muova Dec 2024 #93

Eloon's "Super Chunnel" sounds like one of those pie-in-the-sky predictions... keep_left Dec 2024 #21

IGY. Thank you. I thought I lost it forever. 4th Dec 2024 #68

You're welcome. Very little music is ever really lost when there's YouTube. keep_left Dec 2024 #81

LOVE Fagen's solo stuff nt drmeow Dec 2024 #88

Not counting operating expenses, at $10,000 a trip taxi Dec 2024 #22

Musk is sounding more and more Bipolar, or on some serious speed and other drugs. Irish_Dem Dec 2024 #24

I'm Pretty Convinced RobinA Dec 2024 #73

Hard to tell when they are also doing quite a few other drugs. Irish_Dem Dec 2024 #74

My immediate nightmare: Him, Drumpf, any wingnut as my seatmate on the entire trip. UTUSN Dec 2024 #25

I think he knows how repellant that would be to most people DFW Dec 2024 #55

That's not a plan DBoon Dec 2024 #26

Oh, good grief!! Lunabell Dec 2024 #27

Besides the cost, the lack of need and the incredible risks Maeve Dec 2024 #28

There is a need Renew Deal Dec 2024 #44

Who "needs" to get to Europe from here in an hour? Maeve Dec 2024 #65

Never mind plate tectonics, eh Eloon? roamer65 Dec 2024 #29

I'm sure Plate Techtonics might have something to say about that. haele Dec 2024 #30

How about a HSR all along the Eastern seaboard? Yavin4 Dec 2024 #31

Unexplained Mysteries Indeed nt reACTIONary Dec 2024 #32

Has anybody bothered to ask London if it really wants to be physically linked to New York? Emrys Dec 2024 #33

I live in the UK r�is�n_dubh Dec 2024 #48

Yeah, the Channel Tunnel freaks quite a few people out, Emrys Dec 2024 #50

It's all BS. sakabatou Dec 2024 #34

NYC and London VGNonly Dec 2024 #35

Once your in you can't get out Historic NY Dec 2024 #36

Dictators and their shortcoming-compensation megaprojects NotASurfer Dec 2024 #37

Harry Harrison wrote that novel decades ago DavidDvorkin Dec 2024 #38

That's it. Thanks. n/t 4th Dec 2024 #75

What a pile of steaming drug-induced BULLSHIT . . . . hatrack Dec 2024 #39

How many riders can you get per year? Renew Deal Dec 2024 #40

So, you're going to build a 3,400 mile long tunnel under a 5000 meter water column? LudwigPastorius Dec 2024 #41

Gonna need some high-faluting expansion joints canetoad Dec 2024 #43

Like this? DJ Synikus Makisimus Dec 2024 #45

I'd rather just send him to Mars, can we do that, please? Initech Dec 2024 #46

Yea, I ForgedCrank Dec 2024 #47

OMG!!! LeftInTX Dec 2024 #51

This is the best idea since the Springfield Monorail Blue Owl Dec 2024 #52

😆😆😆😆👍 underpants Dec 2024 #79

The Ketamine Kid has a plan to bankrupt both UK and US Hassler Dec 2024 #54

Why are we giving this air? flvegan Dec 2024 #56

This is a Spruce Goose moment! Aussie105 Dec 2024 #58

This is hubris turned into fevered insanity Akakoji Dec 2024 #59

I'm so glad we are controlling outrageous spending Norbert Dec 2024 #60

How about a bridge to Hawaii? JoseBalow Dec 2024 #61

Tell him it would require a 99.9% tax on billionaires and he'll STFU about it. Vinca Dec 2024 #62

Elon bdamomma Dec 2024 #63

He'll need a lot of child labor for that. How many will die for his tunnel? nt Hotler Dec 2024 #64

Empty promise Elon edhopper Dec 2024 #67

He has a history of outlandish prerictions Diraven Dec 2024 #78

Exactly edhopper Dec 2024 #89

Is this from The Onion? bif Dec 2024 #71

Teh stupud Basso8vb Dec 2024 #80

The tectonic plates (continents) chouchou Dec 2024 #82

Interesting Elon Musk has a Tunnel Company called The Boring Company TBC Oneear Dec 2024 #84

This is even dumber than his proposal to provide all of the sperm for his Martian colony sperm bank. Borogove Dec 2024 #85

Your social security dollars at work. Norbert Dec 2024 #86

Google Boring Company and scam JCMach1 Dec 2024 #87

How about a privately-financed borehole from Mar-a-Lago struggle4progress Dec 2024 #90

Here: PCIntern Dec 2024 #91

He should shut his big mouth. nt City Lights Dec 2024 #94

....and Mexico's going to pay for it? Sogo Dec 2024 #95