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

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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