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Erie Fred
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Yup, that was all part of the "Swords to Plowshares" program...or "How can we use up a bunch of theseRead something recently that they were going to do some of the excavations with nuclear bombs.....to speed things up a bit
nuclear warheads, so we can churn out more new ones"
Nothing can go wrong with that plan.....
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Its always busy, so a good earner for those who gain from it, might be some opposition to a new route and all that digging wont be cheap.
Be quicker and cheaper to just dig a new one-in parallel to the existing, like a dual carriageway and probably less politically fraught with issues
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totally right to build next to the original....but it's still under Arab control.......
the new one will be faster safer plus it'll be run by a friendly western power.......
I know where I would be spending my money and it wont be with the tent dwellers.....
the new one will be faster safer plus it'll be run by a friendly western power.......
I know where I would be spending my money and it wont be with the tent dwellers.....
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Whats strange is 2 weeks ago I was looking at the history of the suez canal and wondering why nobody had ever dug a second canal!....given the advancement in technology surely it would be reasonably quick too.
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Did I hear somewhere that they are digging a parallel canal to the Panama one? It's bigger, wider, deeper etc.
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What have you got against the scouts?
Current problem with the Panama canal is insufficient rainfall and inadequate water for the ginormous locks, but someone will be along in a minute to tell me climate change is a hoax.....
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All depends what your perception of time is grasshopper, example of a thousand years being only an hour in earth time. So what is 100 years of climate worth?...your prediction of a smart arrs coming to the table was right.
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Short of water or not, passing through it, is a very memorable experience! Its an amazing engineering feet!
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Size twelves, at the very least.
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And once its finished,weeks later some stupid spitting of dummys out and all other disagreements whatever between goverments etc,it'll be closed for X amount of years
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Didnt know it was that old, been through there a few times too…..Both Panama and Suez are quite something when you think about it. A suez max ship would be too big to get in to the Thames loaded for example, hence why the box boats go to Felixstowe.
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Maybe they can make it deeper on the sides, and with no locks, run it one way only as a giant "Log Flume"
Imagine the giant cargo ships flying down thru, being centered by the water, no control needed....until you exit.
None getting sideways either.....
Imagine the giant cargo ships flying down thru, being centered by the water, no control needed....until you exit.
None getting sideways either.....
