TruthfulPanda
Gone Fishin'
I believe Doggerland is further north.At least we'd get to see all the mysteries of Doggerland if it were above sea level.
I believe Doggerland is further north.At least we'd get to see all the mysteries of Doggerland if it were above sea level.
can't blame 'em for not wanting this--one of those islands looks like a dickSanta Monica offshore freeway – John Drescher and Moffat and Nichol – 1965
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the Santa Monica offshore freeway; build over the Santa Monica bay,
the $600 million raised causeway, lifted over a 30,000 ft-long chain of man-made islands, would connect the 10 Freeway in Santa Monica to the Pacific Coast highway in Malibu.
Do budget shortages and citizen anger, governor Pat Brown vetoed the project in September 1965.
sad but true..Weak capitalist projects are no match for superior Soviet engineering!
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Who would win? A late that has been here in the world for thousands of years? Or some Red Bois?Weak capitalist projects are no match for superior Soviet engineering!
If only it had been planned and desired...Weak capitalist projects are no match for superior Soviet engineering!
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Surely it wouldn't be that difficult to close off the Mediterranean? Ok, it would be an massive ecological catastrophe but we can't let a bunch of treehuggers stand in the way of progress, can we?
The Atlantropa plan could theoretically "work" because a lot of the Med's water evaporates, but it's not the same in the Baltic. If the Baltic was dammed, you'd just end up flooding northern Europe and Sweden until water goes around the dam. That's not to say that nobody ever has or nobody ever will propose a 'Baltlanropa' - something being a bad idea that wouldn't work *cough*mostmegaenginneringprojects*cough* hasn't stopped people from proposing them historically, after all.Did anyone try to drain the Baltic in the same way?
Oh, can you imagine the fun if Russia didn't have Kaliningrad? The trouble they would go to for an ice-free Baltic port?Did anyone try to drain the Baltic in the same way?
Considering how flat Denmark is, I imagine there would need to be a massive wall around Jutland and all the islands. Of course the Atlaeuropa was partially based on flooding Africa, so I wonder where they dump all this water. Maybe make a Magyar lake?The Atlantropa plan could theoretically "work" because a lot of the Med's water evaporates, but it's not the same in the Baltic. If the Baltic was dammed, you'd just end up flooding northern Europe and Sweden until water goes around the dam. That's not to say that nobody ever has or nobody ever will propose a 'Baltlanropa' - something being a bad idea that wouldn't work *cough*mostmegaenginneringprojects*cough* hasn't stopped people from proposing them historically, after all.
still need the canalBah: GulfOfMexitropia. Dam the Florida Straits (it's only 90 miles) and all along the island chain to Venezuela. Then we won't need offshore oil rigs. Or a Panama Canal.