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Arctic Dave Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-28-08 11:24 AM
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24. My first thought when I read this was.
Put down the crackpipe. This is too laughable. Let's say they do build a tunnel. Where does it go? Alaska doesn't even have road that goes anywhere near that part of the state much less a railbelt. Second what are they going to transport to Alaska that is going to justify the cost? Oil? Maybe. Third, there is no rail link between Alaska and the rest of N. America so it will be more then just building a tunnel and a railbelt to Alaska. Is Canada going to be part of this?
This is even ridculous even if it is a cover for an oil pipeline. I'm trying to run numbers in my head that would make this idea work instead of using tankers. So far, I got zilch. The price of oil would have to be so astronomical to make this thing profitable that more than likely the demand would waiver before this thing would pay for itself.
The only thing I can say is. It's his money, so if he wants to piss it away let him. It is a more creative way of doing it then the old sex, drugs and rock and roll.
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