World's longest sea crossing
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World's longest sea crossing
Whatever the wheres or whys of its issues, its a fantastic piece of engineering.
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Now all we need is a bridge from the UK to France......funded by a pensions tax on wealthier OAPs.
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Now all we need is a bridge from the UK to France......funded by a pensions tax on wealthier OAPs.
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Re: World's longest sea crossing
That's impressive
But it seems a bit daft not to have thrown in a rail line at the same time
But it seems a bit daft not to have thrown in a rail line at the same time
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Re: World's longest sea crossing
I'd vote for thatduke63 wrote:Whatever the wheres or whys of its issues, its a fantastic piece of engineering.
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Now all we need is a bridge from the UK to France......funded by a pensions tax on wealthier OAPs.
They are very good at infrastructure, but people do tend to die building this stuff
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Re: World's longest sea crossing
There's millions of Chinese. No one is going to miss a few.
Life does seem to be very cheap in China. There's far too much online footage of nasty car crashes out there.
Life does seem to be very cheap in China. There's far too much online footage of nasty car crashes out there.
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I expect the engineering logistics of transitioning a trainline from over the water, to under the water AND underground, and then back again, just for a few miles, are much more complicated for trains than for cars.
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D41 wrote:I expect the engineering logistics of transitioning a trainline from over the water, to under the water AND underground, and then back again, just for a few miles, are much more complicated for trains than for cars.
Just like a rollercoaster i'd imagine - could be fun.
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Re: World's longest sea crossing
They've been able to do it for over 150 years. I don't think it's anything new.
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Google tells me that @ 20% of the world's population live inside China's borders.Kwacky wrote:
Life does seem to be very cheap in China.
That's staggering when you think about it.
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They've been able to do it....or it's been considered feasible to do it?Kwacky wrote:They've been able to do it for over 150 years. I don't think it's anything new.
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You can't think of any examples where this happens?D41 wrote:I expect the engineering logistics of transitioning a trainline from over the water, to under the water AND underground, and then back again, just for a few miles, are much more complicated for trains than for cars.
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They have been able to do it and the Scandinavians have already done it and i traveled on it just a few weeks ago.D41 wrote:They've been able to do it....or it's been considered feasible to do it?Kwacky wrote:They've been able to do it for over 150 years. I don't think it's anything new.
Its a strange sensation emerging from the sea onto a bridge over the water.
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Not offhand, no.Kwacky wrote:You can't think of any examples where this happens?D41 wrote:I expect the engineering logistics of transitioning a trainline from over the water, to under the water AND underground, and then back again, just for a few miles, are much more complicated for trains than for cars.
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Don't like it...where are the bends so bikers can enjoy it?!
Personally see that as a massive engineering spectacular. They have clesrly worked hard. Maybe its more of showing off to the world what they are capable of. I think everywhere has something that they are proud of. London -london Bridge, The Shard, New York- Empire State Building, Paris Effiel Tower. China want to show that they are here and now. Mark my words we will be taught Chinese in 100 years because they would of wiped out any governments that pissed them off
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Personally see that as a massive engineering spectacular. They have clesrly worked hard. Maybe its more of showing off to the world what they are capable of. I think everywhere has something that they are proud of. London -london Bridge, The Shard, New York- Empire State Building, Paris Effiel Tower. China want to show that they are here and now. Mark my words we will be taught Chinese in 100 years because they would of wiped out any governments that pissed them off
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Mmmm Rossgo, so their previous endeavour the Great Wall of China doesn’t get a mention
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I'm starting to think the "World's longest sea crossing" would be done sitting in a helicopter stuck in between Rossgo & KK.
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Yes of course their history is grand. They have amazing buildings etc. But that means nothing in this world. They want to build modern and show off what they can do now. They are trying to modernise and show their strength. Mark my words they will be the next superpower, they are just trying to get everything into place nowkiwikrasher wrote:Mmmm Rossgo, so their previous endeavour the Great Wall of China doesn’t get a mention
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That would require you to get off your couchD41 wrote:I'm starting to think the "World's longest sea crossing" would be done sitting in a helicopter stuck in between Rossgo & KK.
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