• datelmd5sum@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    What is the point of this project? Wouldn’t it be 1000 times cheaper to just run a Viru Valge pipeline from Estonia to Finland?

  • Jay@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    The 100km tunnel “is expected to reduce the journey time from two hours to 20 minutes.”

    20 minutes for 100km(60 miles)? That’s moving pretty quick.

  • TenderfootGungi@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    This is 100km. The Bering Straight separating Russia and Alaska is 83 km (52 mi).

    There have been many proposals to build a bridge or tunnel to cross it. China recently (2014?) considered construction of a “China-Russia-Canada-America” railroad line that would include construction of a 200-kilometer-long (120 mi) underwater tunnel that would cross the Bering Strait. Source (from Wikipedia)

    • Thorny_Thicket@sopuli.xyz
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      1 year ago

      This project is still far away from becoming reality. The Finnish railway company “VR” is somewhat of a joke among the Finns because their trains stop working if there’s for example snow or leaves on the tracks

  • BlessedDog@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    Probably won’t happen from what I’ve gathered reading local news both Estonian and finnish.