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Article #624897Re: 1958 Crisis in education
From: Kerr-MuddJohn
Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2018 09:03
Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2018 09:03
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On Sun, 22 Jul 2018 21:13:24 GMT, Bob Eager <news...@eager.cx> wrote: > On Sun, 22 Jul 2018 20:17:12 +0000, Kerr-Mudd,John wrote: > >> On Thu, 19 Jul 2018 06:21:58 GMT, Quadibloc <jsa...@ecn.ab.ca> wrote: >> >>> On Wednesday, July 18, 2018 at 9:19:28 AM UTC-6, JimP wrote: >>> >>>> The Bering Straight Bridge is brought up from time to time about >>>> connecting North America with Asia. >>> >>>> The problem is the ice pressure as the ice exits the Arctic Ocean and >>>> heads into the Bering Sea. The bridge supports would crumble. >>> I recall fantasy projects of the 70's - dam the Bering Straits, pump out the cold water into the Pacific, allow the Gulf stream to melt the Arctic and make Siberia into a vast wheat-producing area. (Only drawback - the Japanese might complain about having to live off walrus and caribou, and not having ice-free ports). A dry Mediterranean was another wheeze. >>> I don't really see the point in even *attempting* to address the >>> technical challenges of a Bering Strait bridge, unless the political >>> situation changes so that we have a reliably friendly nation across it. >>> >>> Of course, if a Bering Strait bridge is impractical, so much more so >>> would be bridges going from Quebec to Baffin Island and thence to >>> Greenland and thence, perhaps connecting a few more dots of land on the >>> way, to France and the continent of Europe. Now, *that* would unite >>> most of the world's industrialized democracies! >>> >>> John Savard >>> >>> >> Pure fantasy; what's needed is a Trans-Atlantic Tunnel. Hurrah! > > I remember that. > > Or this: > > https://metro.co.uk/2008/05/23/giant-telescope-links-london-to-new- > york-151871/ > > > Too much "Must Read" Clickbait. Nice word though: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telectroscope -- Bah, and indeed, Humbug.
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