BeamBrain [he/him]@hexbear.net to askchapo@hexbear.netEnglish · 8 months agoWhat's a megaproject you know is probably a bad idea, but would be sorely tempted to try if you were the leader of a wealthy country?message-squaremessage-square216fedilinkarrow-up196arrow-down10
arrow-up196arrow-down1message-squareWhat's a megaproject you know is probably a bad idea, but would be sorely tempted to try if you were the leader of a wealthy country?BeamBrain [he/him]@hexbear.net to askchapo@hexbear.netEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square216fedilink
minus-squareDessa [she/her]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up34·8 months agoA rail that runs from South Africa to Chile across the Bering Strait and the Darien Gap
minus-squareFALGSConaut [comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·8 months agoThe post says bad ideas, this one doesn’t count sorry
minus-squareDessa [she/her]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·8 months agoBridging the Darien Gap would involve cutting a path through the middle of a rainforest. It would be quite bad for the forest. Running a rail over the Bering Strait would be a pain to maintain, and a genuine disaster if something goes wrong.
minus-squareTraschcanOfIdeology [they/them, comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·8 months agoYeah, any megaproject that involves cutting through one of the most biodiverse ecosystems on earth is a very bad idea. It would be dope, but overall bad idea.
minus-squareCliffordBigRedDog [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·8 months agobuild a sea bridge across the gulf
minus-squareanaesidemus [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·8 months agoUhh, what about, tunnel?
minus-squareWIIHAPPYFEW [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·8 months agoLarouchite smh
A rail that runs from South Africa to Chile across the Bering Strait and the Darien Gap
The post says bad ideas, this one doesn’t count sorry
Bridging the Darien Gap would involve cutting a path through the middle of a rainforest. It would be quite bad for the forest.
Running a rail over the Bering Strait would be a pain to maintain, and a genuine disaster if something goes wrong.
Yeah, any megaproject that involves cutting through one of the most biodiverse ecosystems on earth is a very bad idea. It would be dope, but overall bad idea.
build a sea bridge across the gulf
Uhh, what about, tunnel?
Larouchite smh