Recession reschmesssion. Russia has unveiled an ambitious (read: $65 billion) plan to build the world’s longest tunnel under the Bering Strait – as part of a railway corridor linking North America to Europe, via Siberia. Because ships and planes just weren’t cutting it. Also, this sucker’s going to be entirely fueled by green energy, apparently.
The downside for those wanting to go all Trans-Alaskan Express is a) current plans only include cargo freight and b) the tunnel alone would take about fifteen years to complete; railway and power grid construction would only add to that. In fifteen years, you’ll be reading this site on the RSS feeds on the back of your eyelids, but hey.
What is nice, too, is that the proposal is looking pretty environmentally kosher:
Proposed tidal energy plants could provide 10 gigawatts of energy and a string of wind power fields could churn a constant supply of clean energy, serving as a vital link to a worldwide energy grid. The tunnel alone would take fifteen years to complete – and an energy and railway network would take many more – but the project would significantly change the shipping and energy industry.
So hey, yay for giant construction bids in times of fiscal doubt.
[Source: Inhabitat]
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