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-square220fedilinkarrow-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-square220fedilink
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?
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?