I would need a study on if this would negatively impact desert ecosystems or introduce invasive species, but otherwise it sounds pretty cool if we limit the size until it’s about as big as the new Panama Canal expansions.
It’s not like the number of communities measuring a hundred miles wide are many. Also, believe it or not, the USA has bridge building technology. Shocking, I know.
Luckily this entire swath of land is completely void of human and animal life and nobody will be emminent-domained out of their homes and livelihoods with little to no reward for doing so, and bridges are notoriously so much more permeable than plain flat land. I’m such a silly goose to not have thought of those things when I wrote that very serious comment about this very serious hypothetical 🥸
Would need Willy Wonka’s chocolate factory to exist first for that to happen. After all, Snowpiercer is a sequel to The Great Glass Elevator. Charlie just changed his name.
Alright, I’ll take you seriously, the fuel efficiency per weight is far superior over water and vastly superior per volume. Sorry if I’ve been a little short with people in this thread, but it’s hard to take any of you seriously after that first guy suggested the canal would somehow displace millions of people as if it absolutely had to be routed in a perfectly straight line through major population centers. I wonder if the disconnect is that the European Mind cannot comprehend vast swaths of unprotected land being underutilized in the USA.
I would need a study on if this would negatively impact desert ecosystems or introduce invasive species, but otherwise it sounds pretty cool if we limit the size until it’s about as big as the new Panama Canal expansions.
Nevermind any communities you’d separate or destroy by dropping a big ol’ river through the middle of them
Americans don’t mind building highways, so it is not a concern to them.
Higheys through communities are good, then waterways are good too
It’s not like the number of communities measuring a hundred miles wide are many. Also, believe it or not, the USA has bridge building technology. Shocking, I know.
Luckily this entire swath of land is completely void of human and animal life and nobody will be emminent-domained out of their homes and livelihoods with little to no reward for doing so, and bridges are notoriously so much more permeable than plain flat land. I’m such a silly goose to not have thought of those things when I wrote that very serious comment about this very serious hypothetical 🥸
Do you lack reading comprehension? I said we should make it smaller than the image, idiot.
How is it that whenever I see somebody getting shitty on Lemmy, 90% of the time it’s FiniteBanjo
I’m the most honest person you’ll never meet.
Or, and hear me out, just build a fucking high speed railway
High speed railway and river/canal are not in the same ballpark.
No, they aren’t. One is realistic, the other isn’t. I’m not going to debate which is which.
We accept your resignation from the argument.
I would prefer the rail system myself, but to pretend they’re in the same league is laughable.
That would cause the world to freeze, I saw that documentary “snowpiecer” they built a high speed rail and it froze the world.
Would need Willy Wonka’s chocolate factory to exist first for that to happen. After all, Snowpiercer is a sequel to The Great Glass Elevator. Charlie just changed his name.
Stop trolling.
Says the guy seriously considering building a canal across the U.S. .
I wouldn’t tell anyone they’re a troll if I were you.
Alright, I’ll take you seriously, the fuel efficiency per weight is far superior over water and vastly superior per volume. Sorry if I’ve been a little short with people in this thread, but it’s hard to take any of you seriously after that first guy suggested the canal would somehow displace millions of people as if it absolutely had to be routed in a perfectly straight line through major population centers. I wonder if the disconnect is that the European Mind cannot comprehend vast swaths of unprotected land being underutilized in the USA.