Wanna drive from the U.S.A. to Russia? It'll cost $10-12 billion

[piedmont]

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20670001&refer=home&sid=a0bsMii8oKXw

Russia Plans World's Longest Tunnel, a Link to Alaska (Update4)

By Yuriy Humber and Bradley Cook

April 18 (Bloomberg) -- Russia plans to build the world's longest tunnel, a transport and pipeline link under the Bering Strait to Alaska, as part of a $65 billion project to supply the U.S. with oil, natural gas and electricity from Siberia.

The project, which Russia is coordinating with the U.S. and Canada, would take 10 to 15 years to complete, Viktor Razbegin, deputy head of industrial research at the Russian Economy Ministry, told reporters in Moscow today. State organizations and private companies in partnership would build and control the route, known as TKM-World Link, he said.

A 6,000-kilometer (3,700-mile) transport corridor from Siberia into the U.S. will feed into the tunnel, which at 64 miles will be more than twice as long as the underwater section of the Channel Tunnel between the U.K. and France, according to the plan. The tunnel would run in three sections to link the two islands in the Bering Strait between Russia and the U.S.

[JVS]

1. I would so love to roadtrip to Russia

[Bicoastal]

2. The question is...

How long would it take to drive from....say....the southern tip of Argentina to the southern tip of South Africa?

Technically, with this tunnel, it would be possible, right?

[piedmont]

4. Yep-- that's why it'd be so damned cool. Access to ALL of Eurasia/Africa by ROAD.

Of course, by the time it's completed Peak Oil will have happened and we won't be going anywhere real fast.

[Ignacio Upton]

7. There's always donkey

People still used the Silk Road to get across Eurasia during the Middle Ages. This Bering Straight link will be popular no matter what.

[Bicoastal]

8. That leaves only Australia uncovered, then...

And they probably like it that way...more beer for them.

[piedmont]

10. Don't forget Antarctica. We MUST find a way to drive down there to see the penguins

and repair the ozone hole with our exhaust!
:P

[Bicoastal]

12. Maybe build a bridge from the tip of Patagonia...

...to the Antartic peninsula.

On second thought, don't. Leave the penguins alone! :evilfrown:

[BlooInBloo]

13. They're dead.

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/09/0913_040913_penguins.html

[piedmont]

14. Buzzkiller.

[BlooInBloo]

15. lol! My apologies.

[piedmont]

18. no prob. Sucks for the penguins.

:(

[mark414]

3. as soon as it's done i'm hitchhiking to russia

...yes! B-)

[JVS]

6. wanna carpool with me?

[piedmont]

19. kick

[Bicoastal]

9. You aren't going to find many rides in Eastern Siberia...

I can tell you that right now. :evilgrin:

[mark414]

16. that's where this comes in handy:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans-Siberian_Railway

[UrbScotty]

5. Or here's another way of travel

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&saddr=new+york,+ny&daddr=paris,+france&sll=37.020098,-95.712891&sspn=47.20624,82.265625&layer=&ie=UTF8&z=3&om=1

Read line 23.

[Bicoastal]

11. LOL!!!

That's crazy, but strangely optimistic.

[w4rma]

17. Very good. (nt)